短文理解 |||第一節(jié)短文理解 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　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 taxcollector.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�合適的”。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.as much tax as usual

　　D.just enough tax

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：A【解析】事實細節(jié)題。題干意為“經(jīng)過計算后，藝術(shù)家認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。