Unit 2 The United Kingdom Using language课时作业

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

　　阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

From Mr Ward Hoffman

　　Sir,I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article "What's the tipping point?" (Financial Times Weekend,April 9-10) 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 need only to 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 service does not enter into it,beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service,or a little more for good service.

　　Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice.In the US,one used to tip about 15 percent 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 percent 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 percent 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,US

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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 useful 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 service and treatment will be easily felt.

Philip McBride Johnson,

Great Falls,VA 22066,US

1.What can we learn from Hoffman's letter?

A.Quality of service determines tipping in the US.

B.Americans don't tip in non-fast-food restaurants.

C.Tipping in the US up-market restaurants is unnecessary.

D.In the United States tipping is complicated.

答案D

解析由"There is nothing more complicated than that about Americans tipping in restaurants."可知,在美国,没有比付小费更复杂的事情了。