Question

One day a teacher was giving her young students a lesson on how the government works ．She was trying to explain the principle of income tax （收入稅）．

“You see ,” she began , speaking slowly and carefully , “each person who works must pay part of his or her salary （薪水） to the government ．If you make a high salary , your taxes are high ．If you don’t make much money, your taxes are low ．”

“Is that clear ?” she asked ．“Does everyone understand the meaning of income tax ?” The students nodded．“Are there any questions ?” she asked ．The students shook their heads ．

“Very good !” she said ．“Now ,I would like you to take a piece of paper and write a short paragraph on the subject of income tax ．”

Little Joey was a slow learner ．He had lots of problems with spelling and grammar , but this time he at least seemed to understand the task ．He took his pen and after a few minutes , he handed the teacher the following composition :

Once I had a dog．His name was Tax．

I opened the door and in come Tax．

1.The teacher was trying to explain one day ．

A．the basic principles of the income tax

B．how the government works

C．everyone should pay income tax

D．how much tax one should pay for his income

2.After the teacher’s explanation, ．

A．a(chǎn)ll the students shook their heads

B．many of the students were still puzzled

C．not all the students understood the meaning of income tax

D．a(chǎn) few students disagreed with their teacher

3.The students were asked ．

A．to say something about income tax

B．to answer some questions on income tax

C．to write a composition on “income tax”

D．to explain the principle of income tax

4.Little Joey ．

A．was clever

B．understood what the teacher said

C．was not clever enough

D．did as what he was told to do

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文中講述了一個(gè)老師用很生動的方法講解收入稅，而一個(gè)平時(shí)拼寫和語法都不太好的學(xué)生好像

明白了老師所講的，原來這個(gè)孩子說自己養(yǎng)一只叫Tax的狗，讓狗in come就變成了收入稅。孩子誤解了老

師所講的收入稅。

1.She was trying to explain the principle of income tax可知她今天嘗試講解收入稅的制度，A符合題意，故選A。

2.

3. would like you to take a piece of paper and write a short paragraph on the subject of income tax可知老師讓學(xué)生們以收入稅為話題寫一段話，故C選項(xiàng)這一個(gè)關(guān)于收入稅的作文為正確選項(xiàng)，故選C。

4.

考點(diǎn)：考查生活故事類短文閱讀。