浙江省杭州地区（含周边）重点中学2022-2023学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题
一、未知
The pandemic has been particularly hard on people working for tips. Some haven’t been able to do their jobs at all while others don’t interact with customers the same way. Just as many rvices have changed, so should tipping. Some old standards no longer em fair, and veral newer ones will apply long after the pandemic is over. As for specific situations, here’s what the experts recommend:
FOOD AND DRINKS
Restaurant workers
OLD RULE:Leave a tip only when you dine in.
NEW RULE:Always tip, even for takeout.
TIP: 15 to 20 percent when you dine in, and 10 to 15 percent on takeout or delivery orders.
HOME DELIVERIES
Package delivery drivers
OLD RULE:Don’t tip.
NEW RULE: Show appreciation if you get deliveries more than once a week.
TIP:Drinks, snacks, or $5 to $20 if a package is particularly heavy or large. Postal workers cannot accept cash or gifts worth more than $50 per year. UPS tells drivers to decline tips unless a customer insists. And FedEx bans employees from accepting cash or cash equivalents (such as gift cards).
PERSONAL SERVICES
Ride-share drivers
OLD RULE:Tip in cash.
NEW RULE:Ask your driver. The Lyft and Uber apps let you add gratuities, but some drivers prefer cash.
TIP:15 to 20 percent.
Hotel houkeepers保定旅游景点
OLD RULE: Tip at the end of your stay.
NEW RULE:Many hotels now do houkeeping by request only, so tip every time you ask them to come.
TIP:A few dollars per night, plus $5 for any extra requests, such as asking for additional toiletries.
Next time, you’re unsure whether a tip is in order, follow this simple rule: When in doubt, tip. “Tipping well is one way to make things easier for someone el.”
1. According to new rules, which of the following cannot get tips in cash or similar things?
A．A restaurant waiter.
B．A FedEx deliverer.
C．A Lyft driver.
D．A hotel houkeeper.
2. If the shared ride booked through the Uber App costs you 20 dollars, which tipping is appropriate?
A．Paying 22 dollars through the app.
B．Leaving a gift card.
C．Tipping 3 dollars in cash.
D．Offering a bag of snacks.
3. Where is the passage most probably taken from?像一样造句
A．A rearch report.
B．A fashion magazine.
C．A short story.
D．An advice brochure.
The 20-year-old student will be the first person to compete in
the final of the Miss England contest without make-up in its nearly新年感想
100-year history, in an attempt to show girls they don’t have to wear it to feel beautiful.
Ms. Raouf, from south London, won a special “bare-face” round
of the competition last week, strengthening her place in the final between 40 contestants on 17 October. But while previous winners of this round have returned to wearing make-up for the final, she will not. And if she wins, she says she will leave it off for the Miss World competition, hoping to “inspire the world”.
“I wanted to prove we have a choice,” she tells BBC News. Since last week’s bare-face round, Ms. Raouf has been “ overwhelmed ” by positive messages on social media. At her early age, Ms. Raouf was “ significantly incure ”, and found comparing herlf to the竹生
“ unrealistic standard of beauty ” shown on social media had a negative impact on her mental health. But as she got older she gained confidence-and she thinks taking part in the beauty contest, while “very scary” at the time, has incread this.
Ms. Raouf does not object to wearing make-up in general, and will still do so on other occasions. Sh
e only wants girls to place more value on their “inner beauty” rather than comparing themlves to others. “When you wear that amount of make-up you’re just concealing yourlf. Remove all tho layers and you’ll e who you truly are,“ she adds.
Miss World was first organized in 1951 in the UK. Some of the rules of entry for the competition have not been changed since then. Miss England hopefuls cannot be older than 27 in their year of entry, and are not allowed to be married or have given birth to children. In 2018, Veronika Didunko, who had been crowned Miss Ukraine, said the rules needed to change after she had her title taken away for being a mother.
Altering entry rules is difficult but not impossible. Some netizens commented, “Some contestants, Ms. Raouf included, u their platform to do something good in the world.”
4. Ms.Raouf won’t wear make-up in the final of the Miss England contest in order to .七巧板制作方法
A．prove girls’ natural charms
B．show her objection to make-up
C．get a better place in the final
D．challenge the competition rules
5. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to? A．The negative impact.
B．Her n of incurity.
C．Her confidence.
D．Her objection to make-up.
6. Who is qualified for the Miss World competition in the UK? A．Sopher, 26, an engineer who is pregnant.日本政法大学
B．Laura,23,a teacher at St Mary’ s School Ascot.
C．Marbella,28,a graduate from Glasgow University.
D．Jennifer,25, a houwife who looks after all the houhold duties.
7. Which of the following can best describe Ms.Raouf?
A．Bold and confident.
B．Responsible and talented.
C．Honest and considerate.
D．Outgoing and determined.
Grown-ups have long looked to childhood playthings for
nostalgia(怀旧)，comfort or value as collections, inspiring a nickname within the toy industry: kidults. This market came of age during the pandemic as many Americans looked to reconnect with their past as a way of reducing stress, becoming a key driver of new sales of everything from games to trading cards.People aged 18 and up accounted for 14% of U.S. toy industry sales for the 12-month period ended June 30, according to market rearcher NPD Group Inc., up from 9% in 2019. The $5.6 billion in sales to this group was up 26%, the cond-biggest ri after customers aged 12 to 17. The most popular items for older consumers were building ts (think
Legos),traditional plush (think stuffed animals) and action figures (think Star Wars and Marvel characters).
Toy executives and analysts e this moment differently than
other periods of nostalgia-bad buying. Instead of storing toys unopened on a shelf, adults are actively engaging with the dolls, stuffed animals and toy weapons many had previously put away after childhood. There is also broader social acceptance of kidult preferences, they say. A 2021 survey of 2,000 adults by the U.S. Toy Association found that more than 50% of adults bought toys and games for their own u.
Some of the world’s biggest toy companies are making a play for this emerging audience by creating adult-only e-commerce websites.
One is Hasbro Inc., which makes everything from My Little Pony to Marvel and Star Wars action figures. Adults are also a newer focus
for American Girl. When the company relead the first six American Girl dolls in their original outfits in May 2021,roughly half went to grown-ups buying them for themlves.
Jamie Cygielman, the company president, says American Girl has only scratched the surface of future plans to attract more mature audiences into the stores. She saw the progress firsthand while eing three parate groups of adult women celebrating birthdays with their dolls, no kids in sight.
8. What was the main factor for adults to buy toys during the pandemic?
A．The relief from stress.
B．The enjoyment for their own.
C．The value of toys.
D．Reconnection with their past.
9. What can we learn about kidults?
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A．The toy lling to kidults is on the increa.
B．Adults favor Legos, stuffed animals and Snow White.
C．Adults tend to put away their toys during the pandemic.
D．Few people are in favor of kidult preferences.
10. What message is delivered according to Jamie Cygielman? A．American Girl has a huge market.
B．American Girl appeals to adults well.
C．Kidults are easy to cheer up.
D．More future plans will be made to win kidults.
11. What’ s the best title of the passage?
A．The development of toy industry.
B．The kidult preferences for toys.
C．The benefits of childhood playthings.
雪莉realD．The business of lling toys to your inner child.
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