2021年全国公共英语二级考试模拟试题八（含答案分析）2

1、全国公共英语二级考试模拟试题八（含答案分析）2 D) Taxes（税）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 that on the money they earn - the ine tax. The personal ine tax is called a pro

2、gressive tax because it takes more from those who earn more. For example, a person who earns about 3,500 dollars a tear will pay a tax of only about 3.5 % of earning, but of the same person earned 85, 000 dollars a year, he would pay an ine tax of 35%. Over the years the ine tax has bee more and mot

3、e 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 advi _ have bee a big industry in America. 47. Most Americans pay _. taxes which are too _ny to list. taxes either to the cities or the

4、states they live in. so _ny kinds of taxes that they even dont know the names. several kinds of taxes. 48. Social security tax is collected from _. those who have broken the law. those who often _ke trouble, those whose lives and property are in danger. Every citizen living in the area in question(所

5、在). 49. What is a progressive tax? A progressive tax is the tax _. collected for social progress. that increases with each passing year. that is collected from those who earn most. that varies（变化）aording to how much money a person earns. 50. Why do almost one half of all Americans have to pay expert

6、s? Because the list of taxes seems endless. Because they would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere. Because they find their knowledge about taxes is so limited that they are unable to write tax report all by themselves. Because paying experts to prepare their tax report and asking for tax a

7、dvi _ have bee very popular. (E) More than 6000 children were expelled(开除) from US school last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8. The department gave a report to the expulsions(开除) as saying handguns aounted for 58 per _nt of the 6093 expulsions

8、 in 1996-97, against 7 per _nt for rifles(步枪) or shotguns and 35 per _nt for other types of firearms. The report is a clear sign that out nations public schools are cracking down(严惩) on students who bring guns to school, Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement. We need to be tough-mind

9、ed about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe. In March1997, an 11 years old boy and 13 years old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jone _oro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting

10、 at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14 years old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Dasucah, Kentucky. Most of the expulsions, 56 per _nt, were from high school, which have students from about age 13. 34 per _nt were from junior high schools and 9per _nt were from el

11、ementary schools, the report said. 51. From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools _. A. students enjoy shooting B. students are eager to be solider. C. safety is a problem D. students can _ke guns. 52. The report from the US Department of Education of Education shows that _. the nu

12、mber of the expulsions is not large. the number of the expulsion is wrong. there are sol _rs hiding among the students. guns are out of control in US schools. 53. The _in idea of paragraph four shows us _. some examples of shoot in US schools. the Americans feeling. some famous schools. that some te

13、achers were killed by students. 54. How _ny students were shot dead in 1997 in US schools? A. 10 B. 9 C. 12 D. 22 55. From this passage we know that _. every American cannot have guns. only sol _rs and poli _ can have guns. every American citizen can own guns. teachers have no money to buy guns. 第四部

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17、状况：良 学位：教育硕士 受教育背景：1987-1991 四川大学学习英语 ；1991-1993 纽约州立大学学习教育获硕士学位（Masters degree ） 工作经历：1993-1997 在纽约Central High School 教书；1997-now 在华盛顿Lincoln High School 教书 。 * Dear Mr. Smith ， Keys: 1-10 CDCAC CBBAB 11-20 BCCAB BCDDA 21-30 BCCDA DABCC 31-40 CBBAD DDBAB 41-50 CCCAA BADDC 51-55 CDABC 56. _oke _oki

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