Pocket Money Most British parents give their agers pocket money. agers get between ￡7 and ￡20 a week. They spend it on fast food， designed clothes， the cinema， concert， magazines and mobile phones. 1. Lazy parents？ 37% of parents pay agers to clean the living room， 66% of parents pay agers to take the rubbish out. 2. Lazy s？ 51% of agers don’t make their bed s before they leave home. Only 13% of agers wash the car for money. Some parents even pay their agers to do their homework. 3. Equality？ Not Yet！ Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs. For washing the dishes， boys get about ￡ 4 and girls get about ￡1. 4. And if you need some more money？ s get an extra ￡250 a year out of their parents on top of pocket money！ About 50% of s get gifts of money from their grandparents. Go to Mum if you need extra money！ She gives more than Dad. 5. Where you live makes a difference！ Parents in Scotland and the North of England give most pocket money. 6. Spending 51% spend their money on clothes. 39% buy cosmetics， jewellery and toiletries. Less than 30% of agers save any money. 7. Earnings Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money： Emma： I get ￡30 a month， I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room. James： I get ￡10 a week. But I have to clean the car， hoover(用真空洗尘器清洗) the house and load and unload the dishwasher. I usually save the money. Lain： I get ￡7. 50 a week. I have to be “good” but I don’t have to do any jobs for the money. Richard： I get ￡5 a week. But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me ￡25 a week for looking after their cats. 52. This passage is mainly about 　　　　. A. agers everywhere get pocket money B. how to spend pocket money C. some bits about pocket money in Britain D. how to get pocket money 53. According to the passage， which statement is true？ A. Parents are lazy so they let children do housework. B. s are too lazy to do housework unless they are given pocket money. C. The pocket money boys and girls get is not equal. D. It is not right for children to ask for pocket money. 54. We can infer from the passage that　　　　. A. boys earn more money at home than girls B. girls earn more money at home than boys C. only rich parents give children pocket money D. most children spend their pocket money 55. Who most probably gets the most money for a wh ole year according to the passage？ A. Emma. B. James. C. Lain. D. Richard.