Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes

Americans often say that there are two things p person______ in life: death and tax.

A．can be sure of

B．should be sure of

C．must be sure of

D．must be sure about

What does the speaker mean？

A．Americans are worried about only two things.

B．Americans are worried more about death than about taxes.

C．Americans are as worried about death as about taxes.

D．Americans are as sure of taxes as of death.

听力原文： Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death end taxes. Americans do not have a corner on the "death" market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the worst taxes.

Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes.

Salaried people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percentage of their salaries to the federal government. The federal government has a graduated income tax; that is, the percentage of the tax increases as a person's income increases. With the high cost of taxes, people are not very happy on April 15, when the federal taxes are due.

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A．Government and taxes.

B．Work and taxes.

C．Freedom and taxes.

D．Death and taxes.

听力原文： Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes. Americans do not have a corner on the "death" market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the worst taxes. Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types of taxes. Salaried people who earn more than a few thousand dollars must pay a certain percentage of their salaries to the federal government. The federal government has a graduated income tax; that is, the percentage of the tax increases as a person's income increases. With the high cost of taxes, people are not very happy on April 15, when the federal taxes are due.

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A．Government and taxes.

B．Work and taxes.

C．Freedom and taxes.

D．Death and taxes.

From the passage we can know that ________.

[A] American businessmen do things more quickly than Japanese ones

[B] American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”

[C] Americans usually say what they are thinking

[D] Americans do not express themselves clearly

A．the things are used by people, too

B．people feel the things too often

C．people know how to use the things

D．the things are easy to feel

A．The Americans feel comfortable when touching each other.

B．The Americans are cold and distant.

C．The Americans often say "Excuse me".

D．The Americans keep a usual distance between an arm's length to four feet when talking.