Taxes 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 the incomes tax．The personal income tax is called a“progressive tax”．Because it takes more from those who earn（挣钱）most．For example，a person who earns about$3，500 a year，will pay a tax of only about 3．5％of earning，but if the same person earned$85，000 a year，he would pay an income tax of 35％．Over years the incomes tax has become more and more 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 have become a big industry（工业）in America．

（    ）1．Most Americans pay ________．

    A．taxes which are too many to list

    B．taxes either to the cities or the states they live in

    C．several kinds of taxes

    D．so many kinds of taxes that they even don’t know the names

（    ）2．Social security tax is collected from _______．

    A．those who have broken the law

    B．those who often make trouble

    C．every people living in the area in question

    D．every person in America

（    ）3．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．Americans have all kinds of taxes．

    B．Personal income tax is the biggest tax in American．

    C．The more a person earns，the more income tax he should pay．

    D．Personal income tax can prevent the rich from getting richer．

（   ）4．The so-called“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

（   ）5．Why have preparing and giving tax become a big industry in America? Because______

    A．the list of taxes seems endless

    B．they would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere

    C．they find their knowledge about taxes is too limited to write a tax report by themselves

    D．paying experts to prepare their tax reports and asking for tax have been very popular

Mrs. King is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a Children’s Hospital in Beijing. She is also learning Chinese medicine(医术) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves working for children. She works hard in the day and reads English books on（关于） Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese books, too.
Her husband Mr. King is a teacher. He teaches English in a junior high school in Beijing. He works hard, too. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches three classes every day. Sometimes, on Saturdays and Sundays, he teaches other English classes. He wants to make more money（挣更多钱）.
【小题1】Mrs. King works in a _____ .

Mrs. King is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a Children’s Hospital in Beijing. She is also learning Chinese medicine(医术) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves working for children. She works hard in the day and reads English books on（关于） Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese books, too.

Her husband Mr. King is a teacher. He teaches English in a junior high school in Beijing. He works hard, too. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches three classes every day. Sometimes, on Saturdays and Sundays, he teaches other English classes. He wants to make more money（挣更多钱）.

1.Mrs. King works in a _____ .

A．shop                                 B．junior high school in Beijing

C．hospital in America                      D．hospital in Beijing

2.Both of the Kings _____ .

A．live in America                         B．live in Shanghai

C．work hard                             D．work every day

3.Mrs. King learns Chinese from _____ .

A．her teacher                           B．the books

C．the doctors                            D．the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends

4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A．Mrs. King can speak English and Chinese.

B．Mrs. King knows much about Chinese medicine.

C．Mrs. King is from America.

D．Mr. King sometimes teaches other English classes on weekends.