专四

单选题The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to __ government spending.

A.finance
B.expand
C.enlarge
D.budget

参考答案:A进入在线模考
【译文】总统解释说,征税的目的是为政府开支提供资金。
动词的含义及用法。政府的开销靠的是税收,因此A.finance“为……提供资金”是正确答案。又如:They work hard to finance their daughter through law schoo1.(他们辛苦工作,供女儿读完法律学校。)D.budget意为“编预算;规划安排”,budget government spendin9是“计划安排政府开销”的意思,与税收的目的不符合,故不选。8和C明显与句意不合。