[求助]大全-A-2

icekun

2.     Which of the following best completes the passage below?

One tax-reform proposal that has gained increasing support in recent years is the flat tax, which would impose a uniform tax rate on incomes at every level. Opponents of the flat tax say that a progressive tax system, which levies a higher rate of taxes on higher-income taxpayers, is fairer, placing the greater burden on those better able to bear it. However, the present crazy quilt of tax deductions, exemptions, credits, and loopholes benefits primarily the high-income taxpayer, who is consequently able to reduce his or her effective tax rate, often to a level below that paid by the lower-income taxpayer. Therefore, ______

(A) higher-income taxpayers are likely to lend their support to the flat-tax proposal now being considered by Congress

(B) a flat-tax system that allowed no deductions or exemptions would substantially increase actual government revenues

(C) the lower-income taxpayer might well be penalized by the institution of a flat-tax system in this country

(D) the progressive nature of our present tax system is more illusory than real（D）

(E) the flat tax would actually be fairer to the lower-income taxpayer than any progressive tax system could be

主要是题目不太懂，那个HOWEVER后面的句子是不是Opponents of the flat tax 提出的？

还是作者提出的对Opponents of the flat tax 的否定？

Ggirl

不是Opponents of the flat tax提出的. 应该是作者提出的

fiscal

其实影响不大。

文章开始说，FLAT TAX RATE 将会给各个阶级一个统一的税率. 反对者不赞成这样的一个FLAT TAX RATE,他们说,progressive tax system让富的人出了更多的钱.也就是说,反对者赞成progressive tax system这样的一个方法。然后文章说在progressive tax system下，其实富人没多出钱,所以结论就是progressive tax system这玩意是没有用的，幻想>实际的。作者是赞同FLAT TAX RATE的.

但是分不分得清这个问题不大，只要知道progressive tax system这个是没用的就可以了.