We know that we have to pay for what we get. If we buy food, we know there will be a bill to pay. These are private bills. But there are also public bills that must be paid. Public bills are paid by the government. In turn, we get these services through taxes. What would happen if everyone in the city stopped paying taxes The water supply would stop; water might become unclean and impure. The streets might not be cleaned. There would be no police force to protect people and property. Schools would be closed. People would become sick and diseases might spread. We should not want to live in such a city. We all want pure water and food, clean streets and good schools. We want the police to prevent crime. The chief duty for every government is to protect persons and property. More than three quarters of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. The next largest amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on sc
A. By taxing public services.
B. By providing needed services.
C. By making people pay for private bills.
D. By collecting taxes.
Passage Two
What should we do if we want to succeed in the project we are in charge of（）| When we want to (56)
other people what we think, we can do it not only with the help of
words, but also in many (57) ways. For example, we sometimes
move our heads (58) when we want to say "yes", and we move
our heads (59) when we want to say "no" . People who can (60) hear (60) speak talk to each other with the help of their fingers. People who do not understand each other’ s language have to do the same. The following story shows (61) they sometimes do it. (62) English man who could not speak Italian was (63) travelling in Italy. One day he entered a restaurant and sat (64) a table. When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, (65) his fingers into it, (66) them out again and moved his lip. In this way he meant to say," (67) me someth A. any B. some C. little D. few 我来回答: 提交
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