Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
【真题来源：2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第三套）Part Ⅲ，Section C，第55-60题】
Passage One
The fifth largest city in the US passed a significant soda tax proposal that will levy 1.5 cents per liquid ounce on distributors.
Philadelphia's new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote. It sets a new bar for similar initiatives across the county. It is proof that taxes on sugary drinks can win substantial support outside super-liberal areas. Until now, the only city to successfully pass and implement a soda tax was Berkeley, California, in 2014.
The tax will apply to regular and diet sodas, as well as other drinks with added sugar, such as Gatorade and iced teas. It's expected to raise $410 million over the next five years, most of which will go toward funding a universal pre-kindergarten program for the city.
While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.
“The tax passed today unfairly singles out beverages—including low- and no-calorie choices,” said Lauren Kane, spokeswoman for the American Beverage Association. “But most importantly, it is against the law. So we will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppose this tax and take legal action to stop it.”
An industry backed anti-tax campaign has spent at least $4 million on advertisements. The ads criticized the measure. characterizing it as a “grocery tax.”
Public health groups applauded the approved tax as a step toward fixing certain lasting health issues that plague Americans. “The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushes a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure be inspirational to many other places,” said Jim Krieger, executive director of Healthy Food America. “Indeed, we are already hearing from some of them. It's not just Berkeley' anymore.”
Similar measures in California's Albany, Oakland, San Francisco and Colorado's Boulder are becoming hot-button issues Health advocacy groups have hinted that even more might be coming.
What does the passage say about the newly-approved soda tax in Philadelphia?
文章第二段指出，这一税收提案为全国范围内的类似举措设定了新的标准，这项提案的通过证明，对含糖饮料征税可以在超级自由的地区以外赢得大量支持也就是说，在费城通过的这项税收提案可能会鼓励其他城市进行效仿，故本题选B 。选项B 中的follow suit意为 “模仿，效仿”。原文set a...bar意为 “设定……的标准”。选项A 、C和D 的内容原文没有提到，均可以排除。
What will the opponents probably do to respond to the soda tax proposal?
第四段指出，该措施的反对者，包括汽水的游说者，则提出了尖锐的批评，并声称一定会在法庭上对该税提出质疑。这意味着反对者们准备采取法律行动来反对汽水提案，故本题选C。 Take legal action against it同义替换原文中的challenge the tax in court。选项A 、B和D 的内容文章都没有提及，均可以排除。
What did the industry-backed anti-tax campaign do about the soda tax proposal?
第六段指出，一项由行业支持的反税运动已经花费了至少400万美元的广告费，这些广告批评该措施，将其描述为“食品杂货税” 由此可知，由行业支持的反税运动通过做广告的形式来批判该措施，故本题选D。 选项A和C的内容原文都没有出现，可以排除。选项B 中虽然出现了与原文第六段的grocery（食品杂货店；食品杂货）同源的词汇grocers（食品杂货商），但是原文是说广告中将汽水税形容为“食品杂货税”，并不是说反税运动想赢得食品杂货商的支持，故排除。
What did public health groups think the soda tax would do?
文章倒数第二段第一句指出，公共卫生组织称赞这项已经获批的税收是向解决某些长期以来困扰美国人的健康问题迈进了一步，换句话说，公共卫生组织认为汽水税可以帮助美国人解决某些长期的健康问题，故本题选B 。选项B 中的fix certain long-time health issues同义替换了原文中的fixing certain lasting health issues。选项A 、C和D 的内容原文没有提到，均可以排除。
What do we learn about similar measures concerning the soda tax in some other cities?
最后一段第一句指出，在加利福尼亚州的奥尔巴尼、奥克兰、旧金山和科罗拉多州的博尔德， 类似的措施正在成为热点话题。众所周知，热点话题是大家比较感兴趣的话题，能触发人们思考的神经，即这些话题比较“敏感”，故本题选A 。sensitive issues同义替换原文中的hot-button issues; 题干里的 similar measures是原文原词重现。选项B 、C和D 的内容文章都没有提及，均可排除。