Salesman： $73.07，please.

　　Peter： 　 What? Show me the receipt.

　　Salesman： Here it is.

Peter： 　 Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.

　　Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.

　　Peter： 　 And what is the $5.57 for?

　　Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.

1. The $5.57 is for the ___________.

         A. tax　　　B. bags　　　C. jacket　　D. shirt

2. When did Peter do some shopping?

　　     A. On June 17.B. At noon.C. On June 25.D.In the morning

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    Salesman： $73.07，please.

    Peter： What? Show me the receipt.

    Salesman： Here it is.

    Peter： Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.

    Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.

    Peter： And what is the $5.57 for?

    Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.

   1   The $5.57 is for the ___________.

A. tax            B. bags       C. jacket         D. shirt

   2   When did Peter do shopping?

A. On June 17.    B. At noon.    C. On June 25.    D. At night.

    China has three economic areas(经济区): eastern China，central China，and western China.

Shanxi，Gansu，Qinghai，Xinjiang，Ningxia，Sichuan，Chongqing，Yunnan，Guizhou and Tibet

are in western China. It covers 5，385，700 square kilometres，making up 56.4% of Chinese

territory(国土) and is home to 230 million people. It is 23% of China's population.

    The western area is rich in mineral(矿产) and energy resources(能源) (water，coal，sun

energy，and wind power). It also has large grassland，ice and snow resources waiting to be

developed. It is home to many wild animals and plants，and it gives us with important medicinal

resource.

    The Chinese leaders have decided to develop the western area. Jiang Zemin said，“Without

development of the western area，how can we modernize the whole country，and how can China

become an economic power?”

    Since 1949，when the People's Republic of China was founded，it is not the first time for

China to develop its western part. China will make its western area a long-term base for economic

development and use its rich resources to develop economic power.

   3  The territory of western China is _______.

A. as large as that of eastern China

      B. as large as that of central China

C. as large as that of eastern China and central China

D. the largest one of the three areas

4  Do you know why we develop western China?

      A. Because the people of western China are rich

B. Because it has 230 million people

C. Because it makes up 56.4% of Chinese territory

D. Because we will modernize the whole country

5 An economic power means _____.

A. a rich and strong country

B. a large country

C. a country with much more population

D. a large country without economic development

6 What is the best advantage(优势) of West China?   

A. Its rich resources  B. Animals   C. Plants  D. Its economic power

7 What is the best title for the passage?

A. China-a large country           B. Developing Western China

C. Home to wild animals and plants  D. Rich Western China

    One day James came up to Dick and said，“Look，what I’ve found in Mr. Trotter’s rubbish

bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were test questions for history. “That’s our history paper. I’m

sure of it，” said James，“ It’s in Mr. Trotter’s handwriting.” “Yes，I think so.” said Dick. “ I’ll sell the

paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the three days he went round the class and sold

the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $40. All the students were

sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they

had to work hard at preparing them.

    The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom. “History test，”he said

and then gave out the test paper. Oh dear! It was different from the paper that James had found.

None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their

money back to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers’rubbish bins again.

8  Who wrote the test questions on the paper?

A. Mr. Trotter. B. James. C. Dick. D. The headmaster.

9  In the end，James got _________ from his classmates.

    A. $40      B. $1    C. no money    D. some money

10 Which of the following was true?

A. The question in the paper were quite easy.

B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.

C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found.

D. Some students did very well in the history exam.

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 ________．

    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．Social security tax is collected from _______．

    A．those who have broken the law

    B．those who often make trouble

    C．every people living in the area in question

    D．every person in America

（    ）3．Which of the following is NOT true?

    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 _________．

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 tax become a big industry in America? Because______

    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

  Salesman： $ 73.07 , please .

    Peter： What ? Show me the receipt .

    Salesman： Here it is .

Peter： Look . The price on this shirt is $17 . But the receipt          

says $27 .

    Salesman： You are right . The receipt is wrong .

    Peter： And what is the $5.57 for ?

    Salesman： That’s for tax （税）.

76. The $5.57 is for the ___________.

A. tax              B. bags         C. jacket             D. shirt

77. When did Peter do shopping?   A. On June 17. B. At noon.  C. On June 25. D. At night.

78. How much is the shirt?  A. $27    B.$17    C.$12    D.$31.5

79. Where did Peter buy all these things?

A. Carrefour（家乐福）   B. Beijing Hualian   C. Cheap House   D. Auchan  (欧尚)

80.In fact, how much should Peter pay at last?

 A. $73.07     B. $63.07     C. $53.07       D. $67.50