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“指望单个国家独立地做出必要的牺牲来保存能源是不现实的。如果我们希望为下一代保护世界的能源资源，国际领导力量和全球性的公司是基本的。”

“Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.”

当地报纸的社论：

过去的10年里，桔类水果的价格实际上上升了。11年前，Megamart每个柠檬要价5分，现在一般要价为30分一个。过去11年只有一年不适合桔类水果生长。显然，柑桔种植者应该对桔类水果价格过度上涨负责。为防止他们继续哄抬价格规范价格规定很有必要。

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1.The total market value of real estate in Altonville has steadily declined over the past four
years. This decline has meant that the overall figure on which the city’s property tax is
based—the assessed value of that real estate—has also declined. Moreover, the
percentage of assessed value that was paid as property taxes to the city did not change
during this period.
The information above most strongly supports which of the following?d
A. Money collected from property taxes provided most of Altonville’s revenue during
the past four years.
B. The percentage of Altonville’s overall revenue that was collected from property
taxes did not change over the past four years.
C. Altonville officials had proposed raising property tax rates during the past four
years but never did so because of strong opposition from property owners.
D. The total amount of revenue that Altonville has collected from property taxes has
declined over the past four years.
E. During the past four years, Altonville officials also did not increase tax rates on
other sources of revenue such as retail sales or business profits.

还有个变体

The total market value of real estate in Altonville has steadily declined over the past four
years. This decline has meant that the overall figure on which the city’s property tax is
based—the assessed value of that real estate—has also declined. The percentage of
assessed value that was paid as property taxes to the city, however, did not change from
year to year during this period.
the information above most strongly supports which of the following?(c)
A. The percentage of Altonville’s yearly revenue that comes from money collected
in property taxes did not change over the past four years.
B. The percentage of Altonville’s yearly revenue that comes from money collected
in property taxes has declined steadily over the past four years.
C. The amount of revenue that Altonville collected from property taxes was lower
last year than it was four years ago.
D. During the past four years, Altonville officials increased tax rates on other sources
of revenue such as retail sales and business profits.
E. Altonville will soon require property owners to pay a higher percentage of the
assessed value of their property as property tax.

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2. “It is unrealistic to expect individual nations to make, independently, the sacrifices necessary to conserve energy. International leadership and worldwide cooperation are essential if we expect to protect the world’s energy resources for future generations.”