7．Taxpayers in America pay less in income tax than many Europeans，according to a Pew Research Center report．Belgium has the highest income tax rate，at nearly 56 percent of income，according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development，or OECD．Taxpayers in the U．S．pay less than 36 percent of their incomes into the national treasury．Taxes pay for services provided by the government．The U．S．ranks 25 of the 34 developed countries polled in the report．
An unmarried person with no children was used as an example in the report．In America，an unmarried person，with no children，making the average wage of 50，000 in 2014 paid 24.8 percent of their income in federal income tax and payroll taxes （工資稅）．A similar person living in Belgium would pay 42.3 percent of their income．The average among the 39 countries in the poll was 27.3 percent income tax．
South Korea and Canada had two of the lowest tax rates．The tax rate in South Korea for a married couple with two children is between 10 percent and 20 percent．An unmarried person in Canada with two children has a tax rate below 10 percent．
The deadline to pay taxes in America is usually April 15．This year，the deadline is April 18．American taxpayers complain that wealthy people and large companies pay too little tax，according to a Pew Research Center poll from 2015．
Americans pay tax to fund programs like Social Security and Medicaid，according to the Pew Research Center．Last year，American taxes paid for 888 billion in Social Security benefits．Social Security pays the elderly an income after they stop working．The government also paid more than 546 billion in Medicaid and Medicare benefits．Those programs pay for health and medical care to people who cannot afford it，according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities．
28．According to the article，which of the following statements is TRUE？B
A．South Korea has the lowest tax rate．
B．No countries in the world have a higher income tax than that in Belgium．
C．Taxpayers in America pay less in taxes than many Europeans．
D．The deadline to pay taxes in America is usually between April 15 and April 18
29．The majority of people benefiting from the taxes in America areA．
A．the elderly retirees
B．unmarried people
C．Married couples
D．wealthy people and corporations
30．How is Passage 2 mainly developed？D
A．By giving descriptions
B．By analyzing causes
C．By describing process
D．By making comparisons
31．The best title for the text might beC．
A．The Main Use of Taxes in America
B．Taxes in America and Taxes in Other Countries
C．US Taxes Low Compared to Other Countries
D．Taxpayers'Complaints about Paying Too Much Tax．
分析 本文介紹了美國納稅人支付所得稅相對(duì)其他國家較低，比利時(shí)的稅收最高，收入的百分之五十六，英國是收入的百分之三十六，韓國和加拿大有兩個(gè)稅配比，韓國夫婦有兩個(gè)孩子是10%到20%，在加拿大未婚的人和有兩個(gè)孩子低于10%．通常在美國納稅的期限是今年4月15日，最后期限是4月18日．文章就此，展開了討論．
解答 28．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段中的信息"Belgium has the highest income tax rate，at nearly 56 percent of income，according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development，or OECD．"可知，Belgium的收入稅最高，達(dá)到收入的將近56%．故選B．
29．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段中的信息"Americans pay tax to fund programs like Social Security and Medicaid，according to the Pew Research Center．…Social Security pays the elderly an income after they stop working．"可知，在美國受益于稅收的大多數(shù)人為年長的退休人員．故選A．
30．D．段落結(jié)構(gòu)題．該段主要內(nèi)容是比較在美國和在比利時(shí)沒有結(jié)婚、沒有孩子的人所上交的個(gè)人收入稅，在美國是收入的24.8%，而在比利時(shí)使收入的42.3%．故選D．
31．C．標(biāo)題判斷題．縱觀全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要介紹的是美國的稅收相對(duì)其它國家相對(duì)低．故選C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)社會(huì)文化類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)
