1、高考英语阅读训练（075）In 1986,Willie Mays was paid$125,000 to play baseball,but the$80,000 a year earned by Babe Ruth,the homerun king of the early 1930s,went a great deal fartherThe two men paid greatly different amounts for federal taxes and consumer goodsread what Dr Lawrence Ritter had to say on this mat
2、terDr Ritter is chairman of the department of finance（财政）at New York Universitys graduate school of business ”On his$80,000 Ruth paid$11,500 in federal income taxes,giving him a takehome pay of$68,500On his$125,000 Mays paid a federal income tax of$73,000,leaving$52,000 in take-home payIn addition,c
3、onsumer prices today are about 22 times as high as they were in 1931At todays prices,Mays$52,000 takehome bay would buy what$23,000 would have bought in 1931In terms of purchasing（购买）power,Mays Salary（薪水）was worth only about one-third of Ruths”1The best title for this passage is _ APoor Willie BRich
4、 Babe CRising Price DToo Much Tax 2The passage seems truthful because _ Ait is about real people BDr Ritter is a famous professor Cit gives exact figures（数字）Dit is well written 3Which of the following is true?ARuth had bigger salary BMays got more take-home pay CRuth had bigger purchasing power DMay
5、s could spend less money on consumer goods 4Mays federal income tax is _ higher than Ruths A144%B584%C44%D168%5From the passage we can conclude that _ Athe United States is getting richer and richer Bthe dollar today is worth less than it was in the thirties CAmerican people are paid today less than in 1931 DAmercian sportsmen become poorer and poorer Keys:1-5 ACCCB
