2019_2020学年高中英语Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountriesSectionⅠIntroduction.doc

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1、SectionⅠ　Introduction&ReadingandVocabularyⅠ.阅读理解A(2018·河南豫南九校高二上学期期末)TaxpayersinAmericapaylessforincometaxthanmanyEuropeans，accordingtoaPewResearchCenterreport.Belgiumhasthehighestincometaxrate，atnearly56percentofincome，accordingtotheOrganizationforEconomicCoo

2、perationandDevelopment，orOECD.TaxpayersintheU．S.paylessthan36percentoftheirincomesintothenationaltreasury.Taxespayforservicesprovidedbythegovernment.TheU．S.ranks25ofthe34developedcountriespolledinthereport.Anunmarriedpersonwithnochildrenwasusedasanexampleinthe

3、report.InAmerica，anunmarriedperson，withnochildren，makingtheaveragewageof$50,000in2014paid24.8percentoftheirincomeforfederal(联邦的)incometaxandpayrolltaxes(工资税)．AsimilarpersonlivinginBelgiumwouldpay42.3percentoftheirincome.Theaverageamongthe39countriesinthepollwa

4、s27.3percentincometax.　SouthKoreaandCanadahastwoofthelowesttaxrates.ThetaxrateinSouthKoreaforamarriedcouplewithtwochildrenisbetween10percentand20percent.AnunmarriedpersoninCanadawithtwochildrenhasataxratebelow10percent.ThedeadlinetopaytaxesinAmericaisusuallyAp

5、ril15.Thisyear,thedeadlineisApril18.Americantaxpayerscomplainthatwealthypeopleandlargecompaniespaytoolittletax，accordingtoaPewResearchCenterpollfrom2015.AmericanspaytaxtofundprogramslikeSocialSecurityandMedicaid,accordingtothePewResearchCenter.Lastyear，America

6、ntaxespaid$888billionforSocialSecuritybenefits.SocialSecuritypaystheelderlyanincomeaftertheystopworking.Thegovernmentalsopaidmorethan$546billionforMedicaidandMedicarebenefits.Thoseprogramspayforhealthandmedicalcaretopeoplewhocannotaffordit，accordingtotheCenter

7、onBudgetandPolicyPriorities.【语篇解读】　本文主要介绍了美国纳税人缴纳个人所得税的情况，及美国的税收用在哪些方面。1．Accordingtothearticle，whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?A．SouthKoreahasthelowesttaxrate.B．TaxpayersinAmericapaylessfortaxesthanmanyEuropeans.6C．Nocountriesintheworldhaveahigherincometax

8、thanthatinBelgium.D．ThedeadlinetopaytaxesinAmericaisusuallybetweenApril15andApril18.解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Belgiumhasthehighestincometaxrate，atnearly56percentofincome，accordingtotheOr