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Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. One principle of taxation, called the benefit principle, states that people should pay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services. This principle tries to make public goods similar to __36__ goods. It seems reasonable that a person who often goes to the movies pays more in __37__ for movie tickets than a person who rarely goes. And __38__ a person who gets great benefit from a public good should pay more for it than a person who gets little benefit. The gasoline tax, for instance, is sometimes __39__ using the benefits principle. In some states, __40__ from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads. Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads, the gasoline tax might be viewed as a __41__ way to pay this government service. The benefits principle can also be used to argue that wealthy citizens should pay higher taxes than poorer ones, __42__ because the wealthy benefit more from public services. Consider, for example, the benefits of police protection from __43__. Citizens with much to protect get greater benefit from police than those with less to protect. Therefore, according to the benefits principle, the wealthy should __44__ more than the poor to the cost of __45__ the police force. The same argument can be used for many other public services, such as fire protection, national defense, and the court system. 37()

A. adapt
B. contribute
C. exerting
D. expenses
E. fair
F. justified
G. maintaining
H. private
I. provided
J. revenues
K. similarly
L. simply
M. theft
N. total
O. wealth

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Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. One principle of taxation, called the benefit principle, states that people should pay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services. This principle tries to make public goods similar to __36__ goods. It seems reasonable that a person who often goes to the movies pays more in __37__ for movie tickets than a person who rarely goes. And __38__ a person who gets great benefit from a public good should pay more for it than a person who gets little benefit. The gasoline tax, for instance, is sometimes __39__ using the benefits principle. In some states, __40__ from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads. Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads, the gasoline tax might be viewed as a __41__ way to pay this government service. The benefits principle can also be used to argue that wealthy citizens should pay higher taxes than poorer ones, __42__ because the wealthy benefit more from public services. Consider, for example, the benefits of police protection from __43__. Citizens with much to protect get greater benefit from police than those with less to protect. Therefore, according to the benefits principle, the wealthy should __44__ more than the poor to the cost of __45__ the police force. The same argument can be used for many other public services, such as fire protection, national defense, and the court system. 39()

A. adapt
B. contribute
C. exerting
D. expenses
E. fair
F. justified
G. maintaining
H. private
I. provided
J. revenues
K. similarly
L. simply
M. theft
N. total
O. wealth

Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. What does the speaker say about camping()

A. It isn’t one of the cheapest ways of having a holiday.
B. It is the most comfortable ways of spending a holiday.
C. It is the most popular ways of having a holiday.
D. It is an inexpensive way of spending a holiday.

Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. What do most people do in Andorra do nowadays()

A. They work in foreign business.
B. They work in the tourist industry.
C. They farm and raise sheep.
D. They work in transportation industry.

Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. What does the passage tell us about the most popular tent sold in Britain()

A. It is the frame tent for two people.
B. It consists of an inner and an outer tent.
C. It is the kind of the outer tent with a ground sheet.
D. It is comfortable with windows, kitchens and sitting rooms.

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