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2016-02-06
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More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children, a new survey showed last Tuesday.
The survey, published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $ 3 million or more in assets. It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well-developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”.
The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made, first-generation rich. Fifty-two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are, and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth. One in there parents said they had never thought to do it.
They are worried that their children would become lazy, spend money freely, make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.
Only 34 percent strongly agreed that t heir children would be able to handle any inheritance(遗产) they plan to leave them.
“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said Sallie Krawcheck, president of the Bank of America Globai Wealth and Investment Management. “Our research, however, uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”
The trend is led by the world’s richest man Bill Gates, who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(基金会), and not to his children.
“We want to five it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact,” he said.
Of his plans for his children, Gates said: “I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage… they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”
60.We can learn from the passage that .
A.rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance
B.rich parents don’t equal rich kids, at least in the US
C.American children don’t get to inherit their parents’ wealth
D.poor children don’t expect themselves to be as rich as their parents
61.According to the survey, most rich Americans .
A.think they owe their children nothing
B.think it best to give their money back to society
C.doubt their children’s ability to handle wealth
D.are confident of their children’s ability to handle wealth
62.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refers to .
A.responsible children B.Bill Gates and his wife
C.first-generation rich D.rich parents
63.From the last paragraph, we can see that Bill Gates wants to show .
A.the trend of leaving no inheritance to children
B.the positive impact of charity on society
C.the way of giving back to society
D.the importance of independence for children
C
Beijing;(13, July)China sent up a new data relay satellite, Tianlian I -02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in South-western Sichuan province.The new satellite will promote the country's satellite communication network for space docking (对接).
The satellite was launched on a Long-March-SC carrier rocket at 11:41 p.m., sources at the centre told Xinhua News Agency.The satellite separated from the rocket 26 minutes after its launch and was then successfully delivered into a geostationary transfer orbit (地球同步转移轨道).
Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite is the country's second data relay satellite.The first, Tianlian I -01, was launched on April 25.2008.
The two satellites will form a network to improve communications between China's spacecraft and bases on Earth, according to the centre.They will also be used to help the nation's first space docking, scheduled for the second half of this year.
As planned, China will launch space module Tiangong-I , which was designed as a platform that will dock with an unmanned spaceship, Shenzhou, for the county's first space-docking mission this year.
Two more Shenzhou spaceships will dock with Tiangong-I next year, and one will be manned by two or three astronauts, according to China Manned Space Engineering Office, which was the main user of the Tianlian I series data relay satellites.
"The new satellite can cover a greater area to track and command the country's space vehicles in low-Earth orbits, such as manned spacecraft and remote sensing satellites, from a higher position m outer space.Only three satellites of this kind are needed to form a global communication network, and China has two now." Pang Zhihao, a researcher and deputy editor-in-chief of Space International, said.
The satellite could also equip astronauts with real-time communications, which will benefit the county s future manned space flights, he said.
64.What is the main purpose to send up Tianlian I -02 ?
A.To test the function of a Long-March-SC carrier rocket.
B.To carry some astronauts into space to do some research.
C.To send more information and clearer pictures to mobile phones on the earth.
D.To promote the country's satellite communication network for space docking'
65.Which of the following is TRUE according to the news report?
A.Shenzhou Ⅷ is a manned spaceship.
B.Tiangong- I will dock with three Shenzhou spaceships next year.
C.the satellite is of great importance to China's space exploration.
D.china’s first ^a06 docking will be done in the second half of next year.
66.The best title of the passage could be _____.
A.China Launched a New Space Shuttle.
B.China's Plan for Space Exploration.
C.China’s Progress m China's Space Exploration.
D.New Satellite Helps China's Space Exploration.
D
I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago,I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines.I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again.I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me.I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up.Could he be more intent while standing up?
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success.This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.
Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits,and all you can do is loving and accepting them.As parents,throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids' best cheerleaders,guiding them and helping them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate.Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine.We need to learn to accept our kids' ways of doing things.Some way may have worked for me but doesn't mean we need to carry it through generations.There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique.It makes us free and happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live their own life.
67. At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.
A. pay more attention to his study B. keep silent in the room
C. finish his homework on time D. get right answers
68. Inspired by the case of his son,the author began to doubt________.
A.the importance of parents B.the old form of education
C.the relationship between kids and their parents D.the good grades of some kids
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