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【題目】(A)

After living and teaching in China for 10 months, my wife and I returned to California to visit our children and friends. Many of them asked what we liked most about China. The friendly people, the wonderful food, and the beautiful sights were at the top of our list. Then one night, after yet another restaurant dinner with friends, I realized that there was one other thing that I really liked about China: No tipping.

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In America, the three kinds of services that require tipping are waiters/waitresses, taxidrivers, and barbers. The standard tip is now between 15 and 20 per cent of the bill, depending on the quality of service. Why these three particular services deserve this special treatment is a mystery to me. Why am I supposed to tip a waiter for bring me food when I don’t need to tip the flight attendant on an airplane for doing the same thing? Why do I need to tip a taxi drive, but not the bus driver? Why am I expected to tip the barber for cutting my hair but not the dentist for fixing my teeth? I have been a teacher for 39 years. No one has ever tipped me after a particularly successful class or lecture.

　　The whole concept of tipping doesn't make any sense. I have heard that there are some expensive restaurants in major cities in the US where the restaurant does not give the waiters any salary at all due to the large amounts of the tips.

　　The tipping problem in many European countries is solved by adding a 15 per cent to the bill. I prefer the Chinese solution: No tipping at all.

When I was visiting the US this summer, I went out to dinner several times with friends. Having spent 10 month in China not even thinking about tipping, I found it irritating to have to spend extra money on the meal -- especially when the amount of the tip would every often buy a meal in China. While I understand why China, as a developing nation, has gradually accepted many Western customary practices, I hope the Chinese are wise enough to never start the unnecessary practice of tipping.

【1】What made the writer realize that he liked no tipping most about China ?

A. Talking with his friends . B. Returning to California.

C. Giving a large amount of tips. D. Having dinner in a restaurant.

【2】If the bill is＄200 in an European restaurant, how much should a customer pay as a tip?

A. ＄20 B. ＄30 C. ＄50 D. ＄100

【3】What’s the writers opinion on tipping in the US?

A. Wise B. Necessary C. Reasonable D. Annoying

【4】Which of the sentences is true?

A. All kinds of services need tipping in the US . B. The writer hoped China would never start tipping .

C. The writers whole family lived in China for 10 months. D. China has never accepted any western customary practices

【5】What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Please stop tipping. B. My experiences in china

C. There is no tipping in china D. Tipping in different countries.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】試題分析：本文作者通過和美國(guó)和歐洲國(guó)家對(duì)比，指出在中國(guó)消費(fèi)不用付小費(fèi)很受歡迎，而這也是自己喜歡中國(guó)的最重要原因。

【1】題意：是什么讓作者意識(shí)到他最喜歡中國(guó)的沒有小費(fèi)？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. Talking with his friends和他的朋友談話。B. Returning to California. 返回加利福尼亞。C. Giving a large amount of tips. 提供大量小費(fèi)。D. Having dinner in a restaurant.在餐館吃飯。根據(jù)Then one night, after yet another restaurant dinner with friends, I realized that there was one other thing that I really liked about China: No tipping.，可知選C。

【2】題意：在歐洲的餐廳如果賬單是＄200，那么一個(gè)客戶要付小費(fèi)多少？考查數(shù)字理解題。根據(jù)The tipping problem in many European countries is solved by adding a 15 per cent to the bill.，可知200x 15%=＄30，故選B。

【3】題意：作者對(duì)美國(guó)小費(fèi)的看法如何？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. Wise明智的；B. Necessary必要的；C. Reasonable合理的；D. Annoying討厭的。根據(jù)Why these three particular services deserve this special treatment is a mystery to me.和后面連續(xù)三個(gè)why，可知選D。

【4】題意：哪個(gè)句子是正確的？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. All kinds of services need tipping in the US . 在美國(guó)，各種各樣的服務(wù)都需要付小費(fèi)；根據(jù)In America, the three kinds of services that require tipping are waiters/waitresses, taxi drivers, and barbers.，可知說法錯(cuò)誤。B. The writer hoped China would never start tipping .作者不希望中國(guó)開始付小費(fèi)；根據(jù)最后I hope the Chinese are wise enough to never start the unnecessary practice of tipping.，可知說法正確。C. The writers whole family lived in China for 10 months. 作者全家住在中國(guó)10個(gè)月；根據(jù)I went out to dinner several times with friends. Having spent 10 month in China not even thinking about tipping,，可知是他的朋友在中國(guó)住了10個(gè)月，說法錯(cuò)誤。D. China has never accepted any western customary practices中國(guó)從未接受任何西方慣例；根據(jù)While I understand why China, as a developing nation, has gradually accepted many Western customary practices,，可知中國(guó)正在逐步接受許多西方的習(xí)慣做法，故說法錯(cuò)誤。綜合以上分析，故選B。

【5】題意：這篇文章最好的題目是什么？考查綜合理解題。A. Please stop tipping. 請(qǐng)停止小費(fèi)。B. My experiences in china我在中國(guó)的經(jīng)歷。C. There is no tipping in china中國(guó)沒有小費(fèi)。D. Tipping in different countries. 不同國(guó)家的小費(fèi)。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，作者談?wù)摰氖窍矚g中國(guó)的沒有小費(fèi)這種現(xiàn)象，可知There is no tipping in china最合文意，故選C。