The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ______ government spending.[2005]
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:动词词义辨析题。政府的开销靠税收,故finance“为……提供资金”符合句意,选A。budget是“编预算;规划安排”的意思,因此,budget government spending是“计划安排政府开销”的意思,与税收的目的不符,故不选。expand和enlarge明显与句意不符。