第21題單選修改

閱讀下列短文,回答{TSE}題目.

It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure what tax he ought to pay to the government because it depends on so many different things：whether the man is married；how many children he has；whether he supports any relations；how much he earns；how much interest he receives；how much he has spent on his house during the year，and SO on and SO forth.All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.

There was a certain artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.

One year，after posting his check as usual，he began to wonder if he had paid enough，and after a lot of work，with a pencil and paper，he decided that he had not.He believed that he owed the government something.

He was just writing another check to send to the tax-collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door.Opening it，the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax—collector.The official explmned that too much had been paid，and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.

{TS} It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according__________.

A．how much education one has received

B．whether one is single or married

C．how old one’s children are

D．where one lives

參考答案：B

參考解析： 參考譯文

一個人往往很難確切地知道他應(yīng)該向政府交多少稅。交稅的金額由很多方面決定：是否已婚、孩子的多少、是否要資助親戚、掙多少錢、能得到多少利息以及每年在房子上花費多少錢等等。所有這些方面使得很難決定稅款的確切數(shù)額。有個藝術(shù)家，他總是很小心地繳納合適的稅款數(shù)額。有一年，他照例郵寄了納稅支票后，卻開始懷疑自己是否交足了稅額。用紙筆經(jīng)過一番計算后，他認(rèn)為自己沒有交夠，還欠政府一些錢。

但是正在他寫另一張繳稅支票時，郵遞員在他前門的郵箱里放了一封信。打開后，藝術(shù)家驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)原來是稅務(wù)官寄來的5鎊的支票。稅務(wù)官解釋說，他的稅額交多了，因此，多余的稅款現(xiàn)在要退還納稅人。

答案及解析

B【解析】事實細(xì)節(jié)題。題干意為“文章提到，一個人應(yīng)該根據(jù)什么來繳稅?”由文章的第一段第一句話看出，一個人所繳稅款是由很多方面決定的。whether the man is married是其中的一項。所以正確的答案為B。

第22題單選修改

The underlined word“proper”in the second paragraph means__________.

A．small

B．big

C．right

D．wrong

參考答案：C

參考解析：C【解析】詞語釋義題。題干意為“第二段第一行‘proper’的意思是什么?”“proper”的意思是“適當(dāng)?shù)模线m的”。由文章的最后兩段可知，藝術(shù)家擔(dān)心自己這次繳稅不夠，打算再次補交。所以他以前交的都是合適的。所以正確的答案為C。

第23題單選修改

After a lot of work，the artist thought.that：he had paid the government__________.

A．less tax than he should have

B．more tax than he should have

C．a(chǎn)s much tax as usual

D．just enough tax

參考答案：A

參考解析：A【解析】事實細(xì)節(jié)題。題干意為“經(jīng)過計算后，藝術(shù)家認(rèn)為這次他繳納的稅款如何?”從文章的第三段內(nèi)容可知，He believed that heowed the govemment something．根據(jù)意思，他認(rèn)為自己仍欠政府的錢，繳納的應(yīng)該比實際繳的多。所以正確的答案為A。

第24題單選修改

Why did the tax-collector send a letter to the artist?

A．To send him a new tax form.

B．To return the money over-paid.

C．To remind him of paying the tax.

D．To explain the rules of tax-paying.

參考答案：B

參考解析：B【解析】推理判斷題。題干意為“為什么稅務(wù)官給藝術(shù)家寄一封信?”由文章的最后一句話可知，too much had been paid，他的稅額交多了，因此，多余的稅款現(xiàn)在退還納稅人。所以正確的答案為B。

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