Question

One day a teacher was giving her young students a lesson on how the government works. She was trying to explain the principle(原理) of income tax（所得稅）.“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?”. All the students nodded.“Are there any questions? ”sheasked. All the students shook their heads.“Very good!”she said. “Now, I would like you to take a piece of paper and write a short composition 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.One day the teacher was trying to explain_________.

A. that everyone should pay income tax

B. how the government was formed

C. the basic principle of income tax

D. how much tax one should pay for his or her income

2.After the teacher’s explanation,_________.

A. each student seemed to understand the meaning of income tax

B. many of the students were still puzzled

C. all the students understood the meaning of income tax

D. all the students shook their heads

3.The students were asked to ________.

A. say something about income tax

B. answer some questions about income tax

C. write a composition on income tax

D. explain the principle of income tax

4.Little Joey____________.

A. was clear about the subject

B. understood what income tax meant

C. understood the teacher’s meaning

D. wrote a short composition about his dog

5.From the passage we know_______.

A. Joey’s composition was close to the topic

B. “income tax” and “in come Tax” sounds alike

C. little Joey was very clever

D. “income tax” share the same meaning with “in come Tax”

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了一則風(fēng)趣的小笑話：一名老師在上一堂有關(guān)“政府是怎么在收稅“的課，講完之后確認(rèn)學(xué)生是否聽(tīng)懂，要求同學(xué)們寫(xiě)一篇相關(guān)的小短文。結(jié)果一位Joey的同學(xué)寫(xiě)道：我曾有一只名叫Tax的狗。我打開(kāi)門，然后它就進(jìn)來(lái)了。

1. was trying to explain the principle(原理) of income tax（所得稅）.”她正試圖在解釋個(gè)人所得稅的原理。故選C。

2. everyone understand the meaning of income tax?”. All the students nodded.“Are there any questions? ”sheasked. All the students shook their heads.”老師問(wèn)：是每個(gè)人都明白了個(gè)人所得稅的意思了嗎？學(xué)生們都點(diǎn)頭。老師問(wèn)學(xué)生還有問(wèn)題嗎？學(xué)生們都搖頭。但由后面Joey的小笑話知，實(shí)際上是同學(xué)似乎是明白了個(gè)人所得稅的意思。故選A。

3. I would like you to take a piece of paper and write a short composition on the subject of income tax.”現(xiàn)在，我將要你們拿出幾張紙，以“個(gè)人所得稅”為題寫(xiě)下一篇小短文。故選C。

4.

5. tax” and “in come Tax” 是有點(diǎn)相似的。故選B。

考點(diǎn)：考查記敘文閱讀。