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2016~2017学年度10月份月考[来源:学*科*网]
高三英语试卷
考试时间100分钟 试题分数 150
卷I
第一部分:听力略
第二部分:阅读理解( 共 2 节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
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Tom goes everywhere with Catherine Green, a 54-year-old secretary. He moves around her office at work and goes shopping with her. "Most people don't seem to mind Tom," says Catherine, who thinks he is wonderful. "He's my fourth child," she says. She may think of him and treat him that way as her son. He moves around buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but in fact Tom is a dog.
Catherine and Tom live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected to lead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the government, which also provides a high level of care for its people. This level of care costs money.
People in Sweden pay taxes on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means more taxes. Some people are paying as m