题目列表(包括答案和解析)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一 个最佳答案。
There are many different kinds of taxes 1 in the U.S. The most 2 tax is the sales tax. When someone 3 something, he pays the price of his purchase 4 a small additional percentage. This purchase is the sales tax. The revenue (税收) from the sales goes to the state government to help pay 5 public schools, 6 safety, roads, parks and benefits 7 the poor. Each state sets its own tax percentage. Some states are considerably lower than others. In some states there is no sales tax.
A second type of tax is the 8 tax. This tax is a percentage of all the money 9 by a family each year. Americans pay income taxes to the federal government 10 uses the revenue for national expenses 11 defense, help for the needy and other public services. Some states also have a state income tax. The income tax, 12 other taxes, is usually graduated. This means the tax percentage increases 13 a family's income increases.
A third kind of tax is the 14 tax. This tax is paid by anyone who 15 land or a house. The 16 of the tax is based on the property's 17 . The revenue from this tax goes to 18 governments for school and community services.
In addition people must pay the luxury tax 19 they purchase certain things such as cigarettes and alcoholic beverages (酒饮料).
A fifth kind of tax is the inheritance tax (继承税). When someone 20 usually his family inherits the 21 person's wealth and property. However, those who inherit must pay a percentage of this 22 to the government 23 an inheritance tax.
24 we have heard, there are five kinds of taxes that Americans pay. 25 Americans don't want more taxes.
(1) A. paying B. paid C. to be paid D. having paid
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(2) A. important B. common C. private D. public
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(3) A. sells B. steals C. loses D. buys
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(4) A. plus B. times C. minus D. divided
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(5) A. for B. to C. off D. out
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(6) A. private B. public C. official D. bosses
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(7) A. from B. to C. for D. off
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(8) A. salaries B. income C. money D. wages
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(9) A. to be earned B. earning C. earned D. having earned
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(10) A. what B. all what C. where D. which
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(11) A. for example B. such as C. for instance D. they are
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(12) A. like B. as C. except D. except that
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(13) A. before B. unless C. as D. even
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(14) A. houses B. land C. furniture D. property
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(15) A. buys B. owns C. had D. sells
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(16) A. amount B. position C. quality D. reason
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(17) A. value B. position C. percentage D. importance
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(18) A. state B. local C. federal D. same
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(19) A. when B. unless C. because D. since
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(20) A. died B. will die C. dies D. dying
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(21) A. death B. dying C. deadly D. dead
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(22) A. money B. wealth C. amount D. debt
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(23) A. like B. as C. for D. from
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(24) A. As B. What C. Which D. That
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(25) A. No B. Most C. Few D. Fewer
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“We can 2 , ”said his mother, a divorced mother who works as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids, she didn’t have much money for 4 .
A week later the phone rang. “Your son won our drawing!” a woman 5 .
“Great, ”cried his mother, “Which 6 did he win? ”
“All of them. A thousand toys!”
The next Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise, opened the door and his face 8 up. “Mom, ”he cried, “Cartoon Network is here!”
So were dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the cartoon-covered truck. They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled(摇晃) from the truck’s back doors.
Tyrus thought he could 11 his whole room with them. But as he looked at the children around him, he 12 . The others in their working-class neighborhood didn’t have
13 either.
“Here, ”he said, 14 a doll to a little girl. Then he handed a boy another. “Take
15 you want, ”Tyrus told the kids—and they did, 16 him over and over.
Tyrus kept several games, but he hasn’t done giving. “Why don’t we give some to your
17 , Mom? ” he asked. They 18 almost 100 toys to the elementary school where she works. “The first thing my son thought of was to 19 , ”his mother says, smiling, “I’m so 20 of him. ”
1. A. though B. as
C. as long as D. so that
2. A. guess B. ask
C. wait D. try
3. A. support B. promise
C. treat D. consider
4. A. drawings B. extras
C. food D. schooling
5. A. declared B. explained
C. spoke D. praised
6. A. prize B. pay
C. toy D. wealth
7. A. seeing B. helping
C. knowing D. enjoying
8. A. lighted B. looked
C. turned D. set
9. A. attractive B. warm
C. helpful D. excited
10 . A. off B. out
C. down D. up and down
11. A. join B. fill
C. keep D. have
12. A. worried B. stopped
C. laughed D. examined
13. A. much B. great
C. little D. quantities
14. A. showing B. moving
C. handing D. driving
15. A. wherever & n bsp; B. however
C. whenever D. whatever
16. A. troubling B. interrupting
C. reminding D. thanking
17. A. schools B. friends
C. students D. children
18. A. contributed B. delivered
C. sold D. lent
19. A. take B. lend
C. give D. imagine
20. A. fond B. proud
C. sure D. kind
“Do you think we’ll win? ”ten-year-old Tyrus Lucas asked his mother 1 he wrote his name on the entry(参赛作品） to Cartoon Network’s toy sweepstakes.
“We can 2 , ”said his mother, a divorced mother who works as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids, she didn’t have much money for 4 .
A week later the phone rang. “Your son won our drawing!” a woman 5 .
“Great, ”cried his mother, “Which 6 did he win? ”
“All of them. A thousand toys!”
The next Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise, opened the door and his face 8 up. “Mom, ”he cried, “Cartoon Network is here!”
So were dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the cartoon-covered truck. They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled(摇晃) from the truck’s back doors.
Tyrus thought he could 11 his whole room with them. But as he looked at the children around him, he 12 . The others in their working-class neighborhood didn’t have
13 either.
“Here, ”he said, 14 a doll to a little girl. Then he handed a boy another. “Take
15 you want, ”Tyrus told the kids—and they did, 16 him over and over.
Tyrus kept several games, but he hasn’t done giving. “Why don’t we give some to your
17 , Mom? ” he asked. They 18 almost 100 toys to the elementary school where she works. “The first thing my son thought of was to 19 , ”his mother says, smiling, “I’m so 20 of him. ”
1. A. though B. as
C. as long as D. so that
2. A. guess B. ask
C. wait D. try
3. A. support B. promise
C. treat D. consider
4. A. drawings B. extras
C. food D. schooling
5. A. declared B. explained
C. spoke D. praised
6. A. prize B. pay
C. toy D. wealth
7. A. seeing B. helping
C. knowing D. enjoying
8. A. lighted B. looked
C. turned D. set
9. A. attractive B. warm
C. helpful D. excited
10 . A. off B. out
C. down D. up and down
11. A. join B. fill
C. keep D. have
12. A. worried B. stopped
C. laughed D. examined
13. A. much B. great
C. little D. quantities
14. A. showing B. moving
C. handing D. driving
15. A. wherever B. however
C. whenever D. whatever
16. A. troubling B. interrupting
C. reminding D. thanking
17. A. schools B. friends
C. students D. children
18. A. contributed B. delivered
C. sold D. lent
19. A. take B. lend
C. give D. imagine
20. A. fond B. proud
C. sure D. kind
Suddenly Sting has become a 2 .“I can’t walk down a street any more without feeling that people are 3 me,” he says.
“When I’m not working, all I want to do is to be a 4 person. I make a point of walking round the street, just being 5 .”
He and Frances bought the house in 6 when Sting returned from The Police’s highly successful world tour.
“I picked Ireland because, apart from being 7 ,you can stay in touch with England while 8 life at a slower pace!”He also has Irish ancestry(祖先)and an Irish 9 ,Frances, a well accepted actress.
Sting is very much a man 10 the eighties:“Frances 11 to be considered as only my wife, which I’m 12 about. She has her own 13 .She’s ambitious(雄心勃勃的)and clever, but she has never let it affect her. It’s 14 been that way. When we got married and had Joseph,”explains Sting,“we both agreed that being 15 was not going to affect our work.”
A fixed 16 life is clearly important to Sting. It remains the one constant factor in a world that has changed completely for him since he 17 a job in teaching for the music business. Sting loved 18 ,but could not help playing in bands. So he tried to 19 both, teaching by day, playing by night. It left him so 20 that he knew he had to choose one or the other.
1. A.Hardly B. Better
C. More? D. Less
2. A. superstar B. teacher
C. singer D. player
3. A. following B. calling
C. watching D. waving
4. A. famous B. rich
C. normal D. poor
5. A. myself B. himself
C. ourselves D. themselves
6. A. England B. America
C. Scotland D. Ireland
7. A. near B. area
C. pleasant D. mountainous
8. A. suffering B. leading
C. protecting D. enjoying
9. A. wife B. friend
C. partner D. parent
10. A. of B. in
C. for D. at
11. A. agrees B. asks
C. refuses D. likes
12. A. worried B. glad
C. thankful D. angry
13. A. child B. life
C. job D. mind
14. A. seldom B. sometimes?
C. recently D. always
15. A. parents B. singers
C. players D. teachers
16. A. singing B. family
C. teaching D. playing
17. A. took up B. gave up
C. picked up D. put up
18. A. working B. traveling
C. changing D. teaching
19. A. make &n b sp; B. get
C. have D. do
20. A. given out B. picked out
C. died out D. tired out
There have been many great inventions, which have changed the way we live. The first great invention was 1 that is still very important today—the wheel(轮子). This made it easier to 2 heavy things and to travel long distances.
For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that have as much 3 as the wheel. Then in the early 1800’s the world started to 4 . There was little unknown land in the world. People did not 5 to explore any more. They began to work so as to
6 life better.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. 7 them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big 8 of our life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great 9 : the helicopter in 1909; movies with sound in 1926; the computer in 1928; and jet planes in 1930. This was also a time 10
a new material was first made. Nylon came 11 in 1935. It changed the 12 of clothes people had been wearing.
The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over 13 .
They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live 14 lives. By the 1960’s most people could 15 to live at least 60.
By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions 16 to be made. But man now had a desire to explore again. The world was 17 to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into 18 . Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, 19 China and Japan have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step away from the earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a 20 thought. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never dreamed of.
1. A. the one B. that C. one D. it
2. A. carry B. bring C. find D. put
3. A. time B. knowledge
C. situation D. effect
4. A. appear B. mind
C. change D. rise
5. A. have B. want
C. decide D. like
6. A. work B. turn
C.make D. think
7. A.In B. Among
C. Between D. About
8. A. sort B. part
C. step D. use
9. A. results B. jobs
C. things D. inventions
10. A. when B. which
C. if D. as
11. A. out B. in
C. away D. about
12. A. rest B. course
C. kind D. pattern
13. A. rules B. diseases
C. difficulties D. problems
14. A. more important B. longer
C. happier D. better
15. A. hope B. expect
C. start D. ask
16. A. go on B. begin
C. are able D. continue
17. A. useful B. popular
C. common D. known
18. A. space B. sky
C. air D. room
19. A. including B. except
C. but D. like
20. A. moving B. interesting
C. beginning D. surprising
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