【MostchildrenintheUnitedStatesarereturningtoschoolafterthesummerholiday．PubliceducationforchildrenintheUnitedSatesisfree．Butparentsstillhavetobuythingssuchasnewclothes，bagsandothersuppliesfortheirchi】
MostchildrenintheUnitedStatesarereturningtoschoolafterthesummerholiday．PubliceducationforchildrenintheUnitedSatesisfree．Butparentsstillhavetobuythingssuchasnewclothes，bagsandothersuppliesfortheirchildrenbeforeeverynewschoolyear．
8，000Americanstookpartinastudy．ItsaidthatthisyearAmericanparentswouldspendalmost15billiondollarspreparingtheirchildrenforschool．
Thestudyalsofoundthat93percentoffamilieswithschoolagechildrenplantobuyclothes，shoesandschoolsupplies．Eachfamilywillspendalmost500dollarsonthosethings．Thisis7percentmorethanlastyear．Almosthalfofquestionedparentsalsosaidtheyplannedtospendabout100dollarsonelectronics(电子产品)andcomputers．
Halfoftheparentsinthestudysaidtheirchildrenwouldusetheirownmoneytobuysomethingsforschool．Teenagedchildrenarcexpectedtospendabout85dollarseachforsupplies．23percentofparentssaidthateventheiryoungerchildrenwouldbuysomethingsforthemselves．
Tohelpshopperssavemoney，severalcitiesletpeoplebuysomegoodswithoutpayingsalestax．Washington，D．C．，issuchacity．Ithasaten—daysalestaxholidayinAugust．Atthattime，peoplecanbuyclothing，shoesorschoolsuppliesthatcostlessthan100dollarswithoutpayingsalestax．
1．Howmanychildrenplantousetheirownmoneytobuyschoolneeds?
A．Sevenpercentofthem． B．Twenty—threepercentofthem．
C．Ninty—threepercentofthem．D．Noneoftheabove．
2．Howmuchdideachfamilyspendlastyearonchildren’sschoolsupplies?
A．535dollars． B．465dollars． C．565dollars． D．435dollars．
3．Shopperscansavemoney ．
A．inspecialdays B．inallbigcities
C．duringholidays D．whenthethingscost$100
4．Wecanlearnfromthestudythat
A．8，000parentswillspendabout15billiondollarsfortheirchildren’sschoollife．
B．93％oftheAmericanfamilieshaveschoolchildren．
C．500dollarsonchildren’sclothes，shoesandschoolsuppliesisnecessaryforafamily．
D．7％ofthefamilieswanttospend100dollarsoncomputersandelectronics．
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