The third tax is for the city. This tax comes in two forms: property tax (people who own a home have to pay taxes on it) and excise (国产) tax, which is charged on cars in a city. The cities use these funds (资金) for education, police and fire departments, public works and municipal (市政内) buildings.

　　Since Americans pay such high taxes, they often feel that they are working one day each week just to pay their taxes. People always complain about taxes. They often protest that the government uses their tax dollars in the wrong way. They say that it spends too much on useless and impractical programs. Although Americans have different views on many issues (问题) , they tend to agree on one subject: taxes are too high.

　　72. How do you understand the sentence Americans do not have a corner on the 'death' market?

　　A. It means that Americans, just like all other people, must die.

　　B. It means that Americans do not have a secret place to keep from death in their life.

　　C. It means that Americans are not good at doing business in the death market.

　　D. It means that there is no such place as a death market in the U. S .

　　73. Why should the American people usually pay three types of taxes?

　　A. There are three levels of government -federal, state and city -to support the United States.

　　B. There are three kinds of taxes to pay, They are graduated income tax, sales tax and property tax.

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