【多维精练】2016高考英语-阅读七选五集训（十）
【全国优秀高中英语名师】
甘肃庆阳 刘克炜
【多维精练】第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Passage 1
The wildly spread news on the Internet that civil servants salaries are being raised was "confirmed"
Raising the salaries of public servants has been a sensitive issue for years. 36 Apart from their salaries, public servants are seen as a group that enjoys some tempting welfares. They enjoy government-subsidized housing, free healthcare and better education for their children.
37 However, the prices of consumer products, including essentials - from vegetables and fruits to pork and beef - have risen considerably over the past decade. 38 As prices keep rising, unchanged salary means the decline of their incomes. Some government employees' pay checks, accidentally leaked from time to time, also indicate they are not paid as well as many people believe.
It is unfair for civil servants not to be paid according to the importance of the work they do. 39 But it does not mean that all government employees, especially the ordinary ones, have illegal sources of income. The country is making continuous efforts to fight corruption and promote frugality(节俭).
40 It especially matters for those at the mid
