题文

阅读理解。

Taxes are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes, social security (安全) taxes, sales taxes… and the list seems endless. The biggest tax for most Americans is the incomes tax. The personal income tax is called a "progressive tax", because it takes more from those who earn (挣钱) most. For example, a person who earns about ＄3,500 a year, will pay a tax of only about 3.5% of earning, but if the same person earned ＄85,000 a year, he would pay an income tax of 35%. Over years the incomes tax has become more and more difficult for people to understand. Almost one half of all Americans now have to pay experts to prepare their tax reports. In fact, preparing taxes and giving tax have become a big industry (工业) in America.

1. Most Americans pay ______.

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A. taxes which are too many to list B. taxes either to the cities or the states they live in C. several kinds of taxes D. so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names

2. Which is the biggest tax for most Americans is ______.

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A. the state tax B. the social security (安全) tax C. the income tax D. the city tax

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

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A. Americans have all kinds of taxes. B. Personal income tax is the biggest tax in American. C. The more a person earns, the more income tax he should pay. D. Personal income tax can prevent the rich from getting richer.

4. The so-called "progressive tax" is the tax ______.

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A. collected for social progress B. that increases with each passing year C. that is collected from those who earn most D. that varies (变化) according to how much money a person earns

5. Why have preparing and giving advice become a big industry in America?     Because            .

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A. the list of taxes seems endless B. they would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere C. they find their knowledge about taxes is too limited to write a tax report by themselves D. paying experts to prepare their tax reports and asking for tax have been very popular

g 题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

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据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 Taxes are a big part in the United States. Most ..”主要考查你对  政治经济类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

政治经济类阅读

考点名称：政治经济类阅读

• 政治经济类阅读：
  该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。
  政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。
  再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
  

• 政治经济类阅读注意：
  1、要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识；
  2、对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇；
  3、阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。

  政治经济类阅读技巧：
  针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。
  1. 寻找主干：
  根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
  2. 剔除从句：
  在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
  3. 辨别分句：
  一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
  4. 寻找关键词：
  如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。