問題詳情
四、閱讀測驗Four years ago, PepsiCo began rolling out a wellness program that charges its employees $50 a month ifthey smoke or have obesity-related medical problems such as diabetes, hypertension, and high blood pressure.Workers can avoid the surcharge if they attend classes to learn how to break their nicotine addictions or loseweight. When about 400 unionized PepsiCo bottlers and truck drivers in central New York learned early last yearthey’d be subject to the fee, they rebelled. It’s a “sin tax,” says Ozzie Martucci, secretary-treasurer of TeamstersLocal 669 in Albany. “We’re against that type of tax, frankly. It feels wrong.”PepsiCo opposes so-called sin taxes when it comes to levying them on its own products— an idea Congressfloated in 2009 as a way to pay for health-care reform. Thirty states introduced legislation for soda taxes meant toimprove residents’ health and close budget gaps. PepsiCo spent at least $17 million on lobbying and advertisingto battle the proposals from 2009 to 2011, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, aWashington advocacy group. In the end, none of the taxes passed. “Most rational people understand that oneproduct is not the cause of obesity,” says DeCecco. “It’s caused by a multitude of factors.”The soda maker doesn’t think of its $50 assessment as a sin tax. Says DeCecco: “What company wouldn’twant a healthy, engaged workforce?”
【題組】46. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage above?
(A) Sin Tax vs. Soda Tax
(B) Health Insurance Scandal
(C) Controversy Over Sin Tax
(D) Health Hazards of Sin Tax
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(5),B(1),C(11),D(4),E(0)