Those who fight against alcohol sales say the extra tax comes at a cost
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Mr.Miller, who does not drink, says he is concerned that if the vote passes, his 12-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son will have easier access to alcohol.
David Hatch, the political strategist of Angelina County Citizens for Responsible Business （ACCRB）, argues that Mr.Miller's cost revenue figures paint an inaccurate picture because they do not consider the additional sales taxes from alcohol purchases, only revenue from alcohol excise taxes, the bulk of which flow to the state.
Oscar Dillahunty,a 69-year-old,one-time beer distributor who hired Mr.Hatch and started ACCRB, has estimated that the county could rack up at least US$15 million in annual beer sales alone, which would translate into US$225,000 in sales tax revenue for Lufkin and US$75,000 for the county.He says his estimate is based on sales in a similar county in Mississippi, where he previously owned a beer distributor.
Many officials in towns and counties that recently went wet say they have not seen an increase in reported crime or drunken driving.Steven Cagle, the city manager in Duncanville, said the town had not devolved into "Drunkenville," as church groups claimed it would.
Three police chiefs David Walker of Fort Payne, Tex., Benny Womack of Albertville, Ala., and Eddie Phillips of East Ridge, Tenn. all say they have not seen any increase in law enforcement problems since alcohol sales began in 2004.
But just as the feared public mayhem wrought by alcohol abuse often fails to materialize, the economic prosperity is often absent, too.In Albertville, Ala., the Rev.Willis Kelly, who preaches at Douglas First Baptist Church, says he is still waiting for the town5s financial boom."The folks that wanted it to go wet campaigned on the idea that it would bring in money to build a new school,"
Mr.Kelly said "Last year, they collected only a little over US$100,000 in extra taxes.That wouldn't even buy toilet paper."
Mr.Kelly says that since the vote in June, no new restaurants have opened in Albertville, a town of 18,000 people 65 miles from Birmingham, and only one of the two grocery stores in town opted to sell beer and wine.
Jon Howard, director of finance for Albertville,would not confirm Mr.Kelly's tax numbers, and Mayor Carl Pruett declined to comment on the town's economy.
In Lufkin, where in recent years the economy has been surging without the help of alcohol sales, some citizens just want their town to be a bit more like the rest of the country and a little less Bible Belt."This is the 21st century," said Ernest Rowe,a 70-year-old retired forest worker.6tI just want to be able to buy my case of Coors Light, come home and pop open a cold one."
單選題第1題According to Lee Miller, alcohol sales fails to increase_______.
A.extra tax revenue
B.motor vehicle accidents
C.law enforcement services
D.behavior problems for kids
參考答案：A
答案解析：邏輯推理。第一段第一行表明給售酒加稅會(huì)付出代價(jià)。本段"for every US$1 in
revenue the state received from alcohol, US$9 is paid out for expenses like...”計(jì)算了收支情況,即收支比為1:9,且支付的費(fèi)用都因售酒而起,得不償失。
單選題第2題The word "measure" underlined in Paragraph 1 means_______.
A.alcohol sales
B.extra tax
C.treatment for alcohol abuse
D.Angelina Citizens for a Better Community
參考答案：B
答案解析：語(yǔ)篇銜接。第一段出現(xiàn)the measure,用了定冠詞,表明該措施是確定的已知信
息,在語(yǔ)境中業(yè)己提到的措施是第一行的extra tax,即the measure回指extra tax。
單選題第3題The_______is the collector of alcohol excise taxes.
A.state treasury
B.township council
C.county government
D.federal government
參考答案：A
答案解析：近義表述。本題題干中的collector根據(jù)語(yǔ)境判斷意為"收稅員、稅收獲得者",
即問(wèn)題是誰(shuí)收取了酒類消費(fèi)稅。第三段第四行"...alcohol excise taxes, the bulk of which
flow to the state"中的非限定性定語(yǔ)從句清楚表明酒類消費(fèi)稅中大部分流入了州財(cái)政。
單選題第4題Mr.Hatch shares the opinions of_______.
A.Carl Pruett
B.Ernest Rowe
C.Benny Womack
D.Oscar Dillahunty
參考答案：D
答案解析：比較判斷。第三段Mr. Hatch的觀點(diǎn)是Mr. Miller's cost revenue不準(zhǔn)確,只
計(jì)算了消費(fèi)稅,沒(méi)有考慮 the additional sales taxes from alcohol purchases;第四段
Oscar Dillahunty的觀點(diǎn)是該縣啤酒年銷售額至少US$15 million,給Lufkin帶來(lái)稅收
US$225,000,縣財(cái)政 US$75,000;第六段 Benny Womack 的觀點(diǎn)是 they have not seen
any increase in law enforcement problems since alcohol sales began in 2004,駁斥了 Mr.
Miller的觀點(diǎn)；Carl Pruett出現(xiàn)在第九段,作為鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng),他拒絕評(píng)論該鎮(zhèn)的經(jīng)濟(jì)；Ernest
Rowe在最后一段,他只想回家喝一杯冰鎮(zhèn)啤酒。把Mr. Hatch的觀點(diǎn)與四個(gè)選項(xiàng)提到
的人兩相比較,只有Oscar Dillahunty與之接近,二者都認(rèn)為酒類銷售可以增加財(cái)政
收入。
單選題第5題The phrase "public mayhem" underlined in Paragraph 7 refers to _______
A.alcohol abuse
B.drunken driving
C.public disorder
D.economic prosperity
參考答案：C
答案解析：詞義界定。不同于第2題依賴語(yǔ)篇銜接手段即可確定詞義,本題需要語(yǔ)境。假設(shè)
mayhem是生詞,要確定詞義,只能依靠上下文,即語(yǔ)境。首先,從局部語(yǔ)境"...just
as the feared public mayhem wrought by alcohol abuse, the economic prosperity ..."
mayhem是alcohol abuse的結(jié)果,是公眾擔(dān)心的（feared）不好的結(jié)果。其次,擴(kuò)大語(yǔ)境
來(lái)看,第一段第五行提到三點(diǎn)：alcohol abuse,law enforcement services 和 motor vehicle
crashes。第五段第二行駁斥了 vehicle crashes,第三行駁斥了 alcohol abuse,第六段
最后一行駁斥了 law enforcement problems。緊接著第七段開頭出現(xiàn)了本題的設(shè)問(wèn),因
此,綜合起來(lái),選項(xiàng)C概括了上述問(wèn)題。
單選題第6題The last sentence of Paragraph 7 uses a metaphorical device termed_______
A.allusion
B.metaphor
C.simile
D.hyperbole
參考答案：D
答案解析：修辭手段�；I到的款項(xiàng)尚不足購(gòu)買廁紙,用這樣的修辭手段表明籌到的金額之
低,遠(yuǎn)不及預(yù)期目標(biāo),屬于夸張。
[知識(shí)拓展]常用修辭手段包括simile （明喻）,metaphor （隱喻）,synecdoche （提喻）,
metonymy （借代）,personification （擬人）,hyperbole （夸張）,pun （雙關(guān)）,analogy （類比）,
irony （反語(yǔ)）,allegory （諷喻）,onomatopoeia （擬聲）,parallelism （排比）,synesthesia （通
感）,rhetorical repetition （疊言）,alliteration （頭韻）,euphemism （委婉）等。
單選題第7題Mr.Carl Pruett appears in the same stand as_______.
A.Jon Howard
B.Willis Kelly
C.Ernest Rowe
D.Lee Miller
參考答案：A
答案解析：比較判斷。第九段對(duì)比了兩人的態(tài)度,首先Jon Howard不予證實(shí)Mr. Kelly的稅收
數(shù)據(jù),其次Carl Pruett作為鎮(zhèn)長(zhǎng)拒絕評(píng)論該鎮(zhèn)的經(jīng)濟(jì),二人對(duì)于爭(zhēng)議問(wèn)題都不明確表
態(tài),因而立場(chǎng)相同,故選A。
[知識(shí)拓展]比較判斷時(shí)需抓住核 心詞,表明Mr. Carl Pruett立場(chǎng)的核 心詞為would not
confirm,而Carl Pruett則是declined to comment,故抓住這兩處有利于判斷立場(chǎng)和態(tài)度。
單選題第8題The "Bible Belt" underlined in the last paragraph refers to an area where_______.
A.no alcohol sales are allowed
B.locals seldom discuss tax revenue
C.townships look like the rest of the US
D.people spend their leisure time reading the Bible
參考答案：A
答案解析：詞義界定。第十段大意為"一些居民想本鎮(zhèn)與大部分地區(qū)一樣有酒出售,這樣人
們回家可以愜意地來(lái)一瓶",由語(yǔ)境確立了詞義,故選A。
單選題第9題The Rev.Willis Kelly_______.
A.expects a financial boom in the town
B.advocates that a new school be set up
C.doesn't see much growth in Albertville
D.hopes that townsfolk can buy their drinks
參考答案：C
答案解析：語(yǔ)義推理。第七段第一句為本段主題句,即人們擔(dān)心酗酒會(huì)帶來(lái)社會(huì)混亂,但實(shí)
際上這一點(diǎn)并未變成現(xiàn)實(shí),且經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮也未實(shí)現(xiàn)。余文對(duì)此予以例證,比如提到的經(jīng)
濟(jì)沒(méi)有起色,增稅不足以提振經(jīng)濟(jì)。因此,C選項(xiàng)符合原意。
[知識(shí)拓展]英語(yǔ)許多段落都有主題句,多數(shù)在段首,也有在段中和段末的。段首主題
句經(jīng)常由段落其余部分予以論證支撐,思路清晰,邏輯嚴(yán)密。本文第七段即如此。就
本題而言,命題者成功設(shè)置了一個(gè)強(qiáng)有力的干擾項(xiàng)A,其語(yǔ)義與牧師Kelly的原話非常
近似,但is still waiting這樣的表達(dá)屬委婉表述,字面意思似乎是"他還在等待經(jīng)濟(jì)繁
榮",其實(shí)深層意思為經(jīng)濟(jì)并沒(méi)有起色。
單選題第10題The passage is a/an_______.
A.news report
B.literary narrative
C.opinion exposition
D.essay argumentation
參考答案：A
答案解析：題材分類。由于本文有許多意見(jiàn)表達(dá),且不同人士意見(jiàn)相左,故讀者容易選擇C
或D。實(shí)際上,本篇材料就售酒加稅一事,征求了不同地方、不同行業(yè)人士的看法,
屬于客觀報(bào)道,因此選A。
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