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              A middle-aged stranger visited us late on a dark rainy night when my father was working the night shift (a job for a period during the night). The stranger asked if he could wait under the eaves of our roof for the rain to stop. Then he disappeared, and we started hearing footsteps and creaking boards in the attic(the space or room at the top of a building, under the roof, often used for storing things). Was the stranger inside our house? My whole body couldn’t help but stiffen. In my mind’s eye, I could imagine the stranger pushing through the attic door and approaching us.
We immediately called Jerry, our neighbor, for help. He searched everywhere, but the visitor was nowhere to be found. As Jerry looked in the garage, he found the stranger lying underneath the car. Jerry exclaimed with fright, “You are not allowed to enter the house. Get off the property right now.”
We were determined to leave the house immediately. As we drove away, we saw the man blocking our way on the road and staring at us. We had to swerve to miss him. After that, I never saw the stranger again.
【小题1】The text is mainly about                .

A.the neighbor JerryB.a strange dream
C.a strange visitorD.footsteps in the attic
【小题2】Based on the text, which of the following statements is true?
A.The family h it the stranger with their car.
B.The stranger pushed through the family’s door.
C.Jerry was hurrying back from the night shift.
D.The author’s father wasn’t at home that night.
【小题3】Why did the family leave their house on a late, dark night?
A.It was raining hard and the eaves of their roof were broken.
B.There was a ghost wandering around the house.
C.They did not feel safe in their house.
D.The stranger was still somewhere inside the house.
【小题4】The text was written in order of            .
A.timeB.spaceC.importanceD.age of the family

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Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example to pay its soldiers, sailors and airmen, to build roads, bridges, offices, schools, etc and to buy goods from abroad; and only the people of the country can supply the money.One of the most important taxes is income-tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income-tax.Whether he is a businessman, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner, or anything else.This is called a “direct” tax, because it is paid in money direct to the government.

Another tax is paid on goods such as watches, jewellery, new clothes, tobacco, wine, etc, when they are brought into a country, such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are later sold in shops.We call it “indirect” tax, because it is paid indirectly through the shopkeeper.

People usually complain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent on the things that they and their families need.We need policemen to catch thieves, to see that men obey the laws, to direct traffic, etc, and they must be paid what they earn; children need education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paid.Above all, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we cannot have an army without paying for it.

Taxes, therefore, cannot be avoided.We buy our own food and clothes and pay for our own amusements, but there are several things that the State finds the money for, and that are necessary for us if our society is to continue.So we have no real cause to complain when we are asked to supply money to be spent for the good of ourselves and for our fellow-citizens.

1.Indirect tax means _______.

A.tax that one pays direct to the government

B.tax that is not paid directly to the government

C.tax that is paid as an extra amount added to the price of certain goods   

D.Both B and C

2.Which of the following is right?

A.Taxes are paid to the sellers.

B.Income-tax is an indirect tax.

C.The tax on new clothes is paid in money direct to the government.

D.Tax is amount of money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services.

3.People have no real reason to complain about having to pay taxes because _______.

A.some shopkeepers are very rich

B.they need money to buy goods from abroad

C.their children need education

D.the money is spent on the things that they and their families need

 

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