六级选词填空沪江题库整理

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1、六级选词填空练习一TheFairTax(交易税)isaproposaltoabolishtheInternalRevenueService(国税局).Itthrowsoutallexistingfederaltaxesandreplacethemwitha30%nationwideretailsalestax,whichwould1aboutasmuchasincometaxes,payrolltaxes,excisetaxesandthelotdonow.TheFairTaxgot2likethis,Linbecksaid:ThreeoldrichmeninHoustontal

2、kedoverlunchin1995aboutwhattheycoulddotoleavethecountrybetteroffbeforetheydied.Theyhitonreformingthetaxsystem,andin3simplifyingit,asaworthygoal."I'vebeena4ofthecomplexityofthetaxcode,"ishowLinbeckputsit.Themainideabehindshiftingtaxationinthisdirectionistoremovetheburdenoninvestmentandproducti

3、onandplaceitallonconsumption,5probablystimulatinglong-rungrowthandexports.Lindbeckalsoarguesthatwiththepayrolltaxgone;low-incomeworkerswillstandamuchbetterchanceofsavingupmoneyandrisingoutof6.ThiswasareferencetotheworkofW.MichaelCox,chiefeconomistoftheFederalReserveBankofDallas.Consumptionisw

4、ealth,theargumentgoes,whichmakesaconsumptiontaxthefairestkindoftax.OnebigcatchisthattheFairTaxwould7lowertaxratesonthosewiththehighestincomes.Linbeckhadaninterestingifnotentirelyconvincingtome,atleastresponsewhenIbroughtthatup."Idon’tknowmanypoorpeoplethatbuyaG5.Thebestindicatorofpeople’swell

5、-beingiswhatthey8andhowtheyspendit."Allinall,it'sanextremely9plan—SteveForbes'flattaxwasasimilarattempttoshifttaxesontoconsumption,butwouldhaveleftmostofthe10taxstructureintact.It'sfairtoobjecttoitassimplytooimportantforourpoliticalsystemtohandle.练习二Worldleadersneedtotakeactionontheenergycris

6、isthatistakingshapebeforeoureyes.Oilpricesare1anditlookslessandlesslikelythatthisisabubble.Thepriceofcoalhasdoubled.CountriesasfarapartasSouthAfricaandTajikistanareplaguedbypowercuts.Richstates,nolongerstrangerstoperiodicblackouts(断电),areworriedabout2ofenergysupply.Inthedevelopingworld,1.6bil

7、lionpeople—aroundaquarterofthehumanrace—havenoaccesstoelectricity.Ibelievethatfundamentalchangesareunderwayintheenergyfieldwhosesignificancewehavenotyetfullygrasped.Global3forenergyisrisingfastasthepopulationincreasesanddevelopingcountriessuc