Question

【題目】 On a weekend during Spring Festival, my parents and I were sitting in a restaurant. The drinks and food were good, so when we finished, my father left a tip(小費(fèi)). As we were about to open the door, the waiter caught up with us. He gave the tip back to us. My dad forgot that here is China, and tipping is not common.

However, in some countries, tipping is the norm. That’s the way it is in the US. It’s said to be good manners to tip your waiter, taxi driver, hairdresser, doorman and so on. And how much you tip depends on the service, which can really put your math skills to the test! But we usually give a tip that is 15-20% of the bill.

So why is there a strong custom of tipping? In the US, waiters have a very low income(收入). They depend on tips to pay their bills. As a US writer once wrote about her experience as a waitress, “It was difficult and I lived and died by my tips."

【1】What did the family think of the food at the restaurant?

A.Delicious.B.Cheap.C.Cold.

【2】Where were the parents when the waiter stopped them?

A.At the table.B.At the door.C.Outside the restaurant.

【3】What does the underlined word “norm” mean in Paragraph 2?

A.Idea.B.Custom.C.Bill.

【4】What can be the tip for a $100 bill according to the writer?

A.$8.B.$10.C.$18.

【5】The last paragraph mainly tells us __________.

A.who need tips for their life

B.how the US writer made her life

C.why tipping is popular in the US

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文通過作者春節(jié)期間的一個經(jīng)歷引出了不同國家給小費(fèi)的這一現(xiàn)象，在中國給小費(fèi)并不常見，但在一些國家，給小費(fèi)是一種常態(tài)。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。delicious美味的；cheap便宜的；cold冷的。根據(jù)第1段中“The drinks and food were good, so when we finished, my father left a tip.”可知作者一家覺得餐館的食物很好，所以才給了小費(fèi)。故選A。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段中“As we were about to open the door, the waiter caught up with us.”可知服務(wù)員追上去的時候作者一家正要開門，應(yīng)該是在門旁邊。故選B。

【3】

詞義猜測題。idea主意；custom風(fēng)俗，慣例；bill賬單。根據(jù)畫線詞所在語境“That’s the way it is in the US. It’s said to be good manners to tip your waiter, taxi driver, hairdresser, doorman and so on.”可知在美國給服務(wù)員、出租車司機(jī)、理發(fā)師、門衛(wèi)等人小費(fèi)是有禮貌的，結(jié)合下文“So why is there a strong custom of tipping?”可知給小費(fèi)是一種習(xí)俗，結(jié)合選項可知“norm”與“custom”意思相近。故選B。

【4】

計算題。根據(jù)第2段中“But we usually give a tip that is 15-20% of the bill.”可知給的小費(fèi)是賬單的15%到20%之間，賬單是一百元的時候，C項小費(fèi)占賬單的18%，而其他兩項均不足15%。故選C。

【5】

段落大意題。根據(jù)最后一段“So why is there a strong custom of tipping?”詢問為什么給小費(fèi)的風(fēng)俗如此盛行，及后文對問題的回答，可知最后一段主要告訴我們?yōu)槭裁唇o小費(fèi)在美國盛行。故選C。