自信的故事高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day 24
Passage 1
From Mr. Ward Hoffman.
Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article “What's the tipping point” （Financial Times Weekend, April 9-l0） when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic（讽刺的）. If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he needs only ask the first American he meets in London.
Americans tip in restaurants for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement （补贴） the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of rvice does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor rvice, or a little more for good rvice.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the U.S., one ud to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market （高档的） restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we are encouraged to tip 20 per c
ent or more, to help restaurant workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restaurant in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated （复杂的） than that about Americans tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, U.S.
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From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.
Sir, I agree with most of Raj Persaud's opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception（例外）. Tips can be very uful when one is a repeat customer or diner.
It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not
work to his or her advantage. But frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in rvice and treatment will be easily felt.
Philip McBride Johnson,
Great Falls, VA 22066, U.S.
bqb是什么梗 1. What can we learn from Hoffman's letter?
A. Quality of rvice determines tipping in the U.S.cctv9dialogue 天堂英语
B. Americans don't tip in non fast-food restaurants.
frank sinatra C. Tipping in U.S. up-market restaurants is unnecessary.
D. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
2. Johnson's letter shows ______.
A. a stranger in a restaurant is likely to tip a bit more
B. diners receive better rvice if they frequent a restaurant
C. repeat dinners may get good rvice if they tip a bit more
D. the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers
3. From tbe two letters, we can learn Professor Raj Persaud ______.
A. feels doubtful about the value of tipping
B. believes tipping improves quality of rvice
C. wants to ask Hoffman about tipping in the U.S.交通工具英语
D. thinks tipping a bit more enables one to get good rvice
innocence 艾薇儿 4. The two letters most probably appears in a ______.
A. notice B. handbook tpp是什么意思C. book review D. newspaper
位置英文Passage 2
When you eat out in a restaurant, it is not unusual to hear people yelling, “Let me get this one!” and sometimes e them pushing or arm wrestling to fight for the privilege of paying the bill.
The fights are often very loud and active. Each person involved shows an honest desire to pick up the bill, and in the end, all the people at the table give the winner prai and gratitude.
In fact, figuring out who will get the bill is always a headache for Chine people at formal meals. Although the people hosting the meal are very likely to pay the check, it is a common practice to make a token (象征性的) effort to pay the bill, but you will embarrass them if you do end up actually chipping in (凑) some cash.
In recent years, going Dutch has been accepted by many young people. But older generations who fear “losing face” still find it embarrassing and mean to calculate each person’s share of the bill. As travel guide brand Lonely Planet noted, it is considered. “the height of unsophistication (不懂人情世故)”。
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But the days, thanks to digital payment apps, splitting the bill electronically is becoming a widely-accepted idea. Even people from older generations would like to do so.
By scanning a QR code and paying their share via social networking tool WeChat and e-commerce app Alipay on their smart phones in one easy click, urban Chine are finding it easier to save them the embarrassment of figuring out each person’s payment when they order a meal.
“This function has made going Dutch less trouble and more fun in China”, CNN noted.
“Becau of their convenience, many of us are never without our phones. And person-to-person mobile payment rvices are incredibly easy to u and save the trouble of dealing with change,” said an 18-year-old student in China.
“You can also leave funny notes using emoji (表情符号) like a bowl of rice or a cup of tea to describe a meal that you have shared. ”
