We know that we have to pay for what we get. If we buy food, we know there will be a bill to pay. These are private bills. But there are also public bills that must be paid. Public bills are paid by the government. In turn, we get these services through taxes. What would happen if everyone in the city stopped paying taxes The water supply would stop; water might become unclean and impure. The streets might not be cleaned. There would be no police force to protect people and property. Schools would be closed. People would become sick and diseases might spread. We should not want to live in such a city. We all want pure water and food, clean streets and good schools. We want the police to prevent crime. The chief duty for every government is to protect persons and property. More than three quarters of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. The next largest amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on sc
A. By taxing public services.
B. By providing needed services.
C. By making people pay for private bills.
D. By collecting taxes.
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[听力原文]8-10
W: Excuse me; do you know how this works
M: Yes. Put the washing inside.., shut the door... the money goes in here. Then when the machine starts you have to put the soap powder in through here.
W: Is that all
M: Yes.
W: But is there anything I should do when it works
M: You don’ t have to do anything else until the machine stops.
W: Thank you so much.
[听力原文]8-10
W: Excuse me. Do you know how this works
M: Yes. Put the washing inside.., shut the door.., the money goes in here. Then when the machine starts you have to put the soap powder in through here.
W: Is that all
M: Yes.
W: But is there anything I should do when it works
M: You don’t have to do anything else until the machine stops.
W: Thank you so much.
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