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. 38()
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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What does the man mean?()
A. They might as well catch the coming bus.
B. They will also miss the next bus.
C. They might as well take the next bus.
D. They hurry up to catch the coming bus.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. What do we learn about the men’s father-in-law()
A. He is a salesman of J.R. Motors.
B. He is the boss of the restaurant.
C. He is the Managing Director of J.R. Motors.
D. He is the managing director of the big factory
Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. What can be said about Andorra before the 1930s()
A. Travelers were easy to reach the country.
B. The living way of the people changed quickly.
C. It has a small number of farmer population.
D. It was cut off from the rest of the world.
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