[单项选择]In Para. four, the word "Rusken" most probably means ______.


A. a traffic police who directs the traffic
B. a bad example to give a caution
C. one person who breaks the traffic regulations
D. the driver loved by the passengers

[单项选择]In Para. four, the word "Rusken" most probably means ______.


A. a traffic police who directs the traffic
B. a bad example to give a caution
C. one person who breaks the traffic regulations
D. the driver loved by the passengers

[单项选择]The word "subversive" in Para. 2 most probably means"_________".


A. destructive
B. tolerable
C. constructive
D. submissive

[单项选择]The word "discrepancy" (Para. 3) most probably means ______.


A. difference
B. excellence
C. inborn ability
D. inability

[单项选择]The word "undermine" ( Para. 2 ) most probably means________.


A. go below
B. weaken
C. effect
D. destroy

[单项选择]The word "superfluous" (Para. 3) most probably means


A. indispensable
B. available
C. surplus
D. supplementary

[单项选择]The word "leap" (Line 3, Para 4) most probably means ______.
A. "fall off"
B. "get off"
C. "jump over"
D. "stop down"

[单项选择]The phrase "from rags to riches" most probably means ______.
A. from dirt to cleanness B. from poverty to wealth
C. from poor health to good condition D. from old clothes to new ones

[单项选择]As used in this passage, the word "fraudulent" means ______.


A. actual
B. amorphous
C. deceptive
D. diabolical

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Passage Four
Most cities and/or states in the U. S. collect a sales tax on almost everything you buy. You must ask when you move into a new community how much the local sales tax is, and what items are and are not taxable. Both taxable items and the amount of tax vary considerably from place, from one of two percent in some places up to eight or ten in others. The New York City sales tax, for examples, is currently 8% , so if you buy a pair of $40 shoes you will actually have to pay $43.20. This makes paying and getting correct change much more difficult ( not to mention making .everything more expensive). We say in America that only two things in life are unavoidable: one is death and the other 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 with this indignity. Waiters and waitresses, cab drivers, hotel bellboys, barbers and hairdres
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 in the U. S.
D. vary from place to place in the U. S.

[单项选择]The word "innovations" in the second paragraph means _________.


A. new theory
B. new phenomenon
C. changes
D. new inventions