单选题
The average American drinks a gallon of soda a week, which delivers roughly 1, 000 calories and no
nutrition
. The average American is also overweight or obese. Could changing one of those things help change the other?
A growing number of officials think so, which accounts for a
spate
of proposed new taxes on soda as a way to discourage consumption while at the same time raising money to fund other obesity-fighting
initiatives
. Some 20 states and cities, from New Mexico to Baltimore,
contemplated
soda taxes this spring.
The reaction against them has been swift and fierce. In March, scores of soda-company employees sporting Pepsi, Coke and 7-Up gear
swarmed
the Kansas state
senate
to fight a proposal that would have added a penny in tax for each teaspoon of sugar in a nonjuice drink. That would have increased the price of a 12-oz. soda by about 10
单选题
The officials proposed new taxes on soda for all these purposes
Except
______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】具体细节题
[解析] 文章第二、三段都涉及了官员提议征收汽水税的目的。其中第二段提到了discourage consumption和raising money to fund other obesity-fighting initiatives两个目的,分别对应[A]和[D]。第三段提到的address a recession-induced budget gap对应[B]。[C]利用常识进行误导,我们知道很多税种有缩小贫富差距的作用,比如个人所得税,但是这里的“汽水税”属于消费税,主要目的在于引导人们消费。
单选题
Which proverb can best illustrate the attempt of senator John Vratil?
【答案解析】具体细节
[解析] 本题考查对第五段内容的理解。究竟征收汽水税对于美国人的体重下降能起到怎样的作用呢?关于这一点存在着争议。但是这一段中有一句话很明确,studies do show that a 10% increase in the price of soda leads people to purchase about 10% less of it。研究发现汽水价格上涨10%确实会导致购买量下降,但是无法确定的是消费者是否会从其他食物中摄取更多卡路里。因此[A]正确。[B]、[C]选项错误。[D]利用文中第二段最后一句话出现的一个细节设置干扰选项,这句话中提到了有人担心汽水税会使一些人失业,但这也只是一种担忧,并不。是事实,因此[D]错误。
单选题
According to the poll in the last paragraph, citizens" attitude toward soda tax is ______.