Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many th

Why must we paytaxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, forexample 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 thecountry can supply the money．One of the most important taxes is income-tax which a person paysaccording to the amount of his income-tax．Whether he is a businessman, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, aminer, or anything else．This is called a “direct” tax, because it is paid in money direct tothe government．

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

People usuallycomplain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent onthe things that they and their families need．We need policemen to catch thieves, to see thatmen obey the laws, to direct traffic, etc, and they must be paid what theyearn; children need education and there must be schools and teachers; we wantour streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of workhave to be paid．Aboveall, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attackingenemies, 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, butthere are several things that the State finds the money for, and that arenecessary for us if our society is to continue．So we have no real cause to complain when we areasked to supply money to be spent for the good of ourselves and for ourfellow-citizens．

1.Indirect tax means _______．

      A．tax that one pays direct to thegovernment

      B．tax that is not paid directlyto the government

       C．tax that is paid as an extraamount 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 paidin money direct to the government．

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

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

       A．some shopkeepers are very rich

       B．they need money to buy goodsfrom abroad

       C．their children need education

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

4.“Taxes cannot be avoided” means _______．

      A．people have to pay taxes to thegovernment

      B．you do not have to pay tax onsome goods

      C．soldiers do not have to paytaxes

      D．all goods have to be taxed

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【答案】

1.D推断题。根据文章第 2 段：这种税款不是直接交给政府，而是以商品价格的形式由商店老板代收代交，从而可推知此题答案为 D。

2.D 推断题。根据文章第 1 段第 2 句 …for example to pay itssoldiers, sailors and airmen, to build roads, bridges, offices, schools, etcand to buy goods from abroad 可推知此题答案为 D。

3.D 推断题。根据文章第 3 段第 1 句 …the money is spent on thethings that they and their families need 可推知此题答案为 D。

4.A 推断题。根据文章倒数第 2 段的分析，可推知此题答案为 A。