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Most people agree that taxes must be paid. Government couldn’t run without m

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问题     Most people agree that taxes must be paid. Government couldn’t run without money. So people don’t argue against taxes. They just argue about how taxes should be collected.
    At present the federal government works with a "progressive tax". The tax covers a percentage of people’s wages. Not everyone pays the same percentage of his salary in taxes. Taxpayers fall into different "tax brackets" depending on their income. Poor people are in a low tax bracket. They pay the smallest percentage of income in taxes. Middle income workers pay a larger percentage than the poor. And the rich fall into the high tax brackets. Few rich people like the progressive tax.
    The government took a poll. Among other people, the government talked to Ray Mathers and Eve Winick.
    "Let’s change to a flat rate tax," says Ray Mather. "Everyone should be taxed the same percentage. It’s fair. And it’s easy to figure out. " Mathers is president of Trig Computer Company. He makes over $ 80 000 a year.
    "I don’t want a flat rate income tax," says Eve Winick. Winick is a grammar school teacher. Her school is in a poor neighborhood. She makes $ 14 000 a year. "I don’t care if it’s easier to figure out. What I want to know is, would I pay less tax?" Winick worries about her students’ parents. "Some of them can hardly support themselves. Why should they pay heavier taxes? They’re the people who need government services. "
    Mathers thinks a flat rate would help in the long run. "The country could lower taxes after a while. See, if I paid fewer taxes, I’d save money. I’d put that money into my business and hire more people. Those people could pay taxes. Everybody would be better off. "
Questions: [br] What is the passage mainly about?
选项 A、Ray Mathers and Eve Winick hold different opinions on tax.
B、People have different views and reasons about how taxes should be paid.
C、The progressive tax covers a percentage of people’s wages.
D、The flat rate taxes require everyone to pay the same percentage of their income.
答案 B
解析 第5题问本文的主题是什么。综合利用各种阅读方法，总结归纳一下全文中的关键词句，我们可以推断出本题的正确答案应是B：人们对如何收税的看法各不相同，理南也因人而异。而选择项A、C、D都只表达了文章里面的部分内容，不能够用来总结全文的中心主旨，所以，它们都不是最佳的正确答案。
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