2026安徽農(nóng)商行校園招聘英語練習(xí)題（3）

　　閱讀理解：

　　Most cities and states in the U.S. collect a sales tax on almost everything you buy. When you move into a new community, you must ask how the local sales tax is, and what items are and are not taxable. Both taxable items and the amount of tax vary considerably, from one or two percent in some places up to eight or ten in others. The New York City sales tax, for example, is currently 8%, so if you buy a pair of ＄40 shoes, you will actually have to pay ＄43.2. This makes paying and getting correct change much more difficult (not to mention making everything more expensive). We say that in America only two things in life are unavoidable: one is death and the other is taxes.

　　Another thing that makes money exchanges more complicated is tipping. The Chinese people have happily put an end to tipping, but westerners are still plagued by this indignity. Waiters and waitresses, cab drivers, hotel bellboys, barbers and hairdressers and all sorts of other people must be tipped. Their employers give them low wages because it is expected that you, the customer, will make up the difference. If you don't, the service person can't earn a living. Tipping also varies from place to place, generally in the area of 15% of your bill (before taxes), but again you should ask local residents whom to tip and how much.

　　There is another kind of tipping as well. You generally need to give something (cash or a bottle of whisky) to the mailman and to your building super at Christmas time. You should also discuss this with neighbors and colleagues.

　　問題：

　　1. This passage is about_____.

　　A.shopping and tipping

　　B.sales and taxes

　　C.sales taxes and tipping

　　D.sales taxes and people

　　【參考答案】C

　　［考點］主旨大意題

　　【精析】C 通讀全文可知，第一段主要講述了美國的銷售稅；第二、三段主要介紹了給小費的行為。因此，這篇文章的內(nèi)容主要是關(guān)于銷售稅和給小費這兩個方面的內(nèi)容。故選C。

 

　　2.Usually, taxable items and the amount of tax_____.

　　A.have no difference from place to place in the U.S.

　　B.are over 15% in the U.S.

　　C.have been put an end to in the U.S.

　　D.vary from place to place in the U.S.

　　【參考答案】D

 

　　3.According to the passage, if you buy a pair of ＄50 shoes in the New York City, you pay an extra_____ as the sales tax.

　　A.＄4.5

　　B.＄4

　　C.＄5

　　D.＄5.5

　　【參考答案】B

　?。劭键c］推理判斷題

　　【精析】B 根據(jù)第一段第四句"The New York City sales tax, for example, is currently 8%…"可知，紐約市目前的銷售稅是8%。由此可推知，一雙50美元的鞋子會額外收8%的銷售稅，即50×8%=4美元。故選B。

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