A.Because they are less harmful.B.Because they cost less.C.Because they taste better.D
A.Because they are less harmful.
B.Because they cost less.
C.Because they taste better.
D.Because they last longer.
A.Because they are less harmful.
B.Because they cost less.
C.Because they taste better.
D.Because they last longer.
A.Because this was the second week of the trial.
B.Because this was the third and the last week of the trial.
C.Because this was the first trial.
D.Because this was the third trial.
Why had they left England?
A.Because of religious problem.
B.To set up a new religion.
C.To learn new farming.
D.Because of the Indians.
A.Because repair costs have increased,
B.Because they like the courses,
C.Because they like plumbing.
D.Because the courses cost less.
Why did more and more people came to eat at the Happy Restaurant?
A.Because the price was lowered(降低 ).
B.Because there were more kinds of dishes.
C.Because men and women were given menus with different prices on them.
Why isn't the word "sir" commonly used in Britain?
A.Because it sounds too servile and is likely to cause embarrassment.
B.Because it can only be used in some certain occupations.
C.Because it is an impolite word.
D.Because it shows that the speaker is not a well-bred person.
听力原文:F: Sorry, Mr. Li. I'm late. The traffic is bad.
M: It doesn't matter.
Why is she late for school?
A.Because there is a lot of traffic.
B.Because she gets up late.
C.Because she is very busy.
Everyone knows that taxation is necessary in a modern state: 【21】______ it, it would not be possible to pay the soldiers and policemen who protect us; 【22】______ the workers in government offices who 【23】______ our health, our food, our water, and all 【24】______ things that we can not do for ourselves. By 【25】______ of taxation, we pay for things that we need as 【26】______ as we need somewhere to live and something to eat.
In most countries, a direct tax on persons, 【27】______ is called income tax, exists. It is arranged in such a way that the poorest people pay 【28】______ , and the percentage of tax grows greater as the tax-payer's 【29】______ grows. In England, for example, the tax on the 【30】______ people goes up as high as ninety-five percent!
But countries with direct taxation nearly always have 【31】______ taxation too. Many things imported into the country have to pay taxes or"duties". 【32】______ ,it is the men and women who buy the imported things in the shops who really 【33】______ pay the duties, in the 【34】______ of higher prices. In some countries, too, there is a tax 【35】______ things sold in the shops. If the most necessary things are taxed, a lot of money is collected, but the poor people suffer 【36】______ . If unnecessary things like jewels and fur coats are taxed, 【37】______ is obtained, but the tax is fairer, as the 【38】______ l pay it.
Probably this last kind of indirect tax, 【39】______ with a direct on incomes which is low for the poor and high for the rich, is 【40】______ arrangement.
【21】
A.because of
B.instead of
C.with
D.without
【C4】
A.because that
B.because
C.that because
D.that
【C19】
A.because of
B.in case of
C.in spite of
D.but for