| 公共英语考试PETS二级每日一练（2019/7/19） |
| 第1、2、3、4题： 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 income tax. The personal income tax is called a "progressive 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 income tax of 35%. Over the years the income tax has become more and mote 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 advice have become a big industry in America. 47. Most Americans pay ________. Ａ．taxes which are too many to list. Ｂ．taxes either to the cities or the states they live in. Ｃ．so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names. Ｄ．several kinds of taxes. 48. Social security tax is collected from _______. Ａ．those who have broken the law. Ｂ．those who often make trouble, Ｃ．those whose lives and property are in danger. Ｄ．Every citizen living in the area in question(所在). 49. What is a " progressive tax"? A "progressive tax" is the tax _______. Ａ．collected for social progress. Ｂ．that increases with each passing year. Ｃ．that is collected from those who earn most. Ｄ．that varies（变化）according to how much money a person earns. 50. Why do almost one half of all Americans have to pay experts? Ａ．Because the list of taxes seems endless. Ｂ． Because they would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere. Ｃ． Because they find their knowledge about taxes is so limited that they are unable to write tax report all by themselves. Ｄ． Because paying experts to prepare their tax report and asking for tax advice have become very popular. |
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| 第5、6、7题：I found myself facing a dry-cleaning store which had once been one of the best restaurants in New York. On Sundays the old man would take my mother and me for dinner. There had been a balcony(走廊)where a baker (面包师)in a tall white hat baked fresh bread , and been whenever a customer entered, the baker would look down and put in a fresh batch(一炉).I could see the manager who always sat down with us while we ate .He had some disease , I suppose, because the right side of his face was swollen (肿 )out like a balloon , but he always wore a hard wing collar and a white tie , and never seemed sick .A Negro with a moustache was looking through the store window at me .For a moment I was anxious to go and tell him what I remembered. I did not go into the store , nor even toward our house , I went down town instead and sat in my room , trying to read. 49. Why did the writer stop in front of the store? A. He wanted to take some clothes to be cleaned. B. He was thinking about his boyhood. C. He was looking for a good place to eat. D. He wanted to buy some fresh bread. 50. In America "old man" probably means _______. A. uncle B. grandfather C. father D. friend 51. What did the writer do when he walked away from the dry-cleaning store? A. He stopped thinking about his childhood. B. He went to the field where the children were playing. C. He went into the restaurant . D. He returned to the room where he was staying. |
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| 第8题：-----_____istheengineer'shusband? -----Theneighborofyourbrotherinthecorner.（） A.Who B.What C.How D.Which |
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| 第9题：-----willyoubeabletofinishthejobthisweek? -----（）,butI'mnotskilledenough,youknow. A.Ican'tsayso B.Iexpectso C.I'msureso D.Idon'tknowso |
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| 第10题：Afiremandiscoveredthe（）ofthefire. A.truth B..reason C.cause D.fact |
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| 第11题：wentonatriptoSingaporelastmonth.（） A、SodidI B、SoIdid C、SowentI D、SodidI,too. |
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| 第12题：Throughlongpowerlineselectricitygoes（） A.totheplaceneeded B.thereitisneeded C.whereitisneeded D.whichitisneeded |
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| 第13题：注意: 原行没有错 不要改。 Once there lived a scholar. Although he was as 56. ___________ poor as a church mouse, he was afraid for losing 57. __________ face. One night the thief broke into his house, 58. __________ but could find nothing worth of stealing. The 59. __________ thief murmured, "What a bad luck! 60. __________ I've run into a rich man's house!" 61. __________ Heard this, the scholar quickly took a few coins 62. __________ from his pocket what he had managed to save , and then 63. __________ run after the thief. When he caught up with the thief, 64. __________ he whispered, "Just took away these coins. Please 65. __________ don't let anyone know about my poverty ... don't let me lose face !" |
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| 第14题：Peter,JohnandTomeach（）. A.saytheycamefirst B.saystheycamefirst C.sayshecamefirst D.saycamefirst |
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| 第15题：Henrywasdeportedforhavinganexpiredvisa.He（）hisvisarenewed. A.shouldhavehad B.musthavehad C.mighthavehad D.wouldhavehad |
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