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The porter brings your bags to your room and helpfully explains all you want to know. Then he points to the phone and says, “If there"s anything else you need, just call.” All this time you have been thinking one thing, “How much should I tip(付小费) him?” To make your next trip a little easier, here"s a guide to tipping across some Asian countries.
Bangkok
In general, the more Westernized the place is, the more likely you will be expected to leave a tip. Some top-end restaurants will add a 10% service charge to the bill. If not, waiters will appreciate you tacking on(附加) the 10% yourself. However, if you"re eating at a lower-end(低档的) restaurant a tip is not necessary. If you"re staying at one of Bangkok"s many five-star hotels, expect to tip the porter 20 to 50 baht(泰国货币单位), depending on how many bags you have. Taxis are now metered in Bangkok. Local custom is to round the fare(车费) up to the nearest five baht.
Hong Kong
Tipping is customary in this money-mad metropolis(大都市). Most restaurants add a 10% service charge to the bill, but the extra money often ends up in the pocket of the owner. If the service is good, add another 10% to the bill, up to HK $100 in an especially nice restaurant. For HK $10 hotel porters should do it at all but the nicest hotels where a new HK $20 bill may be more acceptable. When in a taxi, round up(凑整数) to the nearest dollar.
Kuala Lumpur
Tipping in Malaysia is limited to the expensive Westernized hotels, which often add a 10% service charge to your meal or hotel room. If you are at a hotel restaurant, expect a 10% service charge. But at local restaurants, there"s no need to add a tip. At five-star hotels, one or two ringgit(马来西亚货币单位) will content a porter. At lower-end buildings don"t feel you have to tip. Like Bangkok, many taxis are now metered so you can just round up to the nearest ringgit.
Seoul
Tipping is not part of Korean culture, although it has become a matter of course in international hotels where a 10% service charge is often added. If you"re at a Korean barbecue joint(烧烤处), there"s no need to add anything extra. But a nice Italian restaurant may require a 10% contribution. If you"re at a top-end hotel, so expect to pay 500～1 000 won per bag. Taxi drivers don"t accept a tip. Keep the change for yourself.
小题1:In which of the following cities is it unnecessary to tip the taxi-drivers?| A．Bangkok. | B．Hong Kong. | C．Seoul.. | D．Kuala Lumpur |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT the unit of money?| A．Baht | B．Charge. | C．Won. | D．Ringgit. |
小题3:From the text, we can infer tipping comes from _______.| A．the west | B．Hong Kong | C．Asian countries | D．Bangkok |
小题4:If you stay at a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, how much will you pay the porter at least?| A．one ringgit. | B．10% of service charge | C．half a ringgit. | D．two ringgit. |
小题5:The writer seems _______.| A．to give the readers some advice on how to tip | B．to tell the readers how to travel | | C．to ask the readers to go on a travel to Asian cities | D．to make the trip more pleasant |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：作者向读者详细介绍了四个不同地方付小费的异同之处。
小题1:细节题。从最后一句话 Taxi drivers don’t accept a tip. Keep the change for yourself可知选C。
小题2:词义猜测题。通读全文便知A、C、D三项分别是不同国家的货币单位。
小题3:语义理解题。从第 2 段第 1 句话 In general, the more Westernized the place is, the more likely you will be expected to leave a tip 中可以得出结论。选A
小题4:细节题。从第 4 段倒数第 3 句话 At five-star hotels, one or two ringgit will content a porter 可知答案是A。
小题5:主旨题。根据文章内容和第1段的最后一句便知作者的意图是建议读者如何恰当地付小费.选A
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When you’re a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD, 1 your parents won’t give you the money for it. I thought life was so 2 when things like this happened-----until September 11, 2001.
I was in P.E. when the planes hit the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. As soon as I got home and for weeks before, I saw the disaster 3 on TV. Seeing the innocent people running for their 4 as the debris(瓦砾) started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the 5 brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t help imagining what the people on the 6 and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not 7 what was going on. I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to 8 others. It tore my heart apart to watch the 9 looks on the faces of so many people who didn’t know if their loved ones were dead or alive while 10 in all the debris.
Then it 11 me: All my life I had thought mainly of myself. I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted.
A feeling of coldness 12 down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily 13 to my family. My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again. I began to evaluate what a real 14 in life was.
This disaster 15 me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time. Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it’s just 16 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a 17 that I may never tell them that 18 .
Not getting a new CD is not going to 19 my life. I can live with those kinds of problems. But losing someone I love would 20 make my life miserable.
9/11 showed me just what I am.
| 小题2: | | A．unfair | B．uncomfortable | C．unbelievable | D．uncertain |
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| 小题3: | | A．happen | B．occur | C．strike | D．unfold |
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| 小题4: | | A．lives | B．families | C．houses | D．friends |
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| 小题5: | | A．curtains | B．buildings | C．gates | D．bedrooms |
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| 小题6: | | A．seats | B．planes | C．corners | D．streets |
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| 小题7: | | A．believing | B．thinking | C．caring | D．knowing |
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| 小题9: | | A．puzzled | B．severe | C．dirty | D．desperate |
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| 小题10: | | A．hidden | B．found | C．trapped | D．placed |
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| 小题11: | | A．hit | B．surprised | C．rewarded | D．told |
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| 小题12: | | A．cooled | B．dropped | C．ran | D．passed |
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| 小题13: | | A．happened | B．compared | C．related | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．relationship | B．problem | C．need | D．fate |
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| 小题15: | | A．persuaded | B．reminded | C．taught | D．informed |
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| 小题17: | | A．story | B．doubt | C．chance | D．plan |
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| 小题18: | | A．ever | B．once | C．enough | D．again |
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| 小题19: | | A．end | B．save | C．spare | D．break |
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| 小题20: | | A．rather | B．truly | C．probably | D．frequently |
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Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City’s jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York’s widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars.
When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal（用踏板踩）his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane.
Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it’s possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21st century New York City looks like.
Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic.
Lois: We wanted a lane — the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way. And it has not been done the right way.
Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan. I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own.
Craig: I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in. You took what used to be a full street and you’re shrinking it.
Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood. But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%. Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that a mandate.
Caroline: If this was an election, we would have already had our victory. The public has spoken and they keep speaking. And I think, more importantly, the public is starting to vote with their pedals.
小题1:What does Aaron mean by saying “This is what 21st century New York City looks like.”? | A．There are hundreds of miles of new bike lanes in 21 st century New York City. | | B．Drivers slow down their cars and bikes are taken off the sidewalk in New York. | | C．Bikes are used as a means of transport in 21 st century New York City. | | D．It’s possible to make the streets safe for pedestrians in New York. |
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT support the opponents of these new bike lanes? | A．Drivers lose parking spots and lanes for cars. | | B．The two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents. | | C．We took what used to be a full street so the road is broader than before. | | D．The removal of one bike lane through a neighbourhood in Brooklyn was not supported by the majority of New Yorkers. |
小题3:“A mandate” in Paragraph 8 was referred to a demand or command from ______. | A．the authority | B．the public | C．the supporters | D．the government |
小题4:What of the following might be the best title of the passage? | A．Ride on National Bike-to-Work Day | B．A New Bike Lane Appears in New York | | C．A Bike Lane Divides New Yorkers | D．Who Wins an Election |
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Have you thanked your grandma today? You might want to consider it. A recent study found that kids live longer when a grandmother takes part in their daily lives.
Most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over. Women, however, often live for many years after they stop having kids.
To try to understand why, researchers from Finland looked at birth and death records of two communities from the 18th and 19th centuries, one in Finland and one in Canada. In these communities, 537 Finnish women and 3,290 Canadian women were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50.
For every decade they lived beyond 50, the researchers found that the women ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. It didn’t matter what the differences in health or living conditions were between the two communities or from family to family.
Grandchildren were also more likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers were alive when they were born. If their grandmothers were younger than 60 at the time, that was even better. The study also found that women had children 2 to 3 years earlier if their own mothers were still alive at that time than those whose mothers had died.
The researchers suggested that grandmothers have provided important assistance in raising their grandchildren for at least the past 200,000 years. As a result, they helped extend everyone’s lifespan.
So, don’t take your grandma for granted!
小题1:How many women in the survey in the two communities were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50?| A．537. | B．3,290. | C．3,827. | D．2,753. |
小题2:According to the passage, what influence did it have on a woman if her mother was still alive?| A．She was also more likely to live into adulthood. | | B．She had children 2 to 3 years earlier. | | C．She ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. | | D．It had no influence on her. |
小题3:How did grandmothers help extend everyone’s lifespan?| A．They provided them with better living conditions. | | B．They provided assistance in raising their grandchildren. | | C．They helped with housework. | | D．They made everyone happy. |
小题4:According to the passage, we don’t know that _______.| A．kids live longer when grandmothers take part in their daily lives | | B．most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over | | C．women often live for many years after they stop having kids | | D．grandchildren are less likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers are alive |
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Have you felt annoyed when a cellphone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this．Now in New York City, USA，a rule is carried out in schools．Students can’t even bring cellphones to schoo1．Is it a good thing or not?
Anxious parents say that cellphones are an important tool in holding New York city’s families together．
“I worry about it，” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid． It’s necessary in our everyday life．We have a washing machine. We have running water, and We have cellphones．”
Many American parents think cellphones connect them to their children on buses，getting out from subways, walking through unknown places．
“I have her call me when she gets out of school，”said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother． “No one in New York is going to let their child go to school without a cellphone”
What about the cellphone owners, the students? Most of the students said cellphones were essential and the cellphone was like all extra(额外的)hand or foot for them．
“I feel so empty，”said May Chom，1 4．There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone．It will be a really, really boring trip．”
小题1:You can use a cellphone___________．| A．to enjoy listening to music | | B．to work as running water | | C．to work as a washing machine | | D．to send children to school |
小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE?| A． Many American parents don’t think cellphones are necessary for the students． | | B．Cellphones only bring troubles to the school life． | | C． Cellphones connect children with their families when they are outside． | | D． All the school children agreed not to use cellphones at school. |
小题3:What does the underlined word “essential” mean in Chinese?小题4:The article is about the____ in carrying out the rule not to use a cellphone in schoo1．| A．happiness | B．interest | C．problem | D．satisfaction |
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From the health point of view we are living in an amazing age．We are free from many of the most dangerous diseases．A large number of once deadly illnesses can now be cured by modem medicine．It is almost certain that one day medicines will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases, The expectation of life has increased greatly．But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the unbelievable killing of men, women and children on the roads．Man vs the motor-cart,It is a never-ending battle which man is losing．Thousands of people over the world are killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen．
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel （方向盘）, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man"s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become crazy when they are behind a steering-wheel .They are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-olds and completely selfish．All their hidden angers and disappointments seem to be brought to die surface by the act of driving．
The surprising thing is that society smiles so gently on the motorist and seems to forgive his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience.Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable(不宜居住的） because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is ruined by road networks; and the deaths become nothing more than a number every year, to be easily forgotten．
It is high time that a world rule was created to reduce this senseless waste of human life．With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are unbelievably lax（不严格）and even the strictest are not strict enough．A rule which was universally accepted could only have an obviously beneficial effect on the accident rate．Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done．The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through strict tests for safety each year．Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can damage a person"s driving ability．Present drinking and driving laws should be revised much stricter．Speed limits should be required on all roads．Governments should lay down safety directions for car factories, as has been done in the USA．All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned．These measures may not sound good enough．But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if it results in reducing the number of deaths．After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars．
小题1:What is the main idea of this passage?| A．Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists． | | B．Thousands of people are killed each year． | | C．The laws of some countries about driving are too lax． | | D．Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents． |
小题2:What does the author think of society towards motorists?| A．Society laughs at the motorists． | | B．Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns． | | C．Victims of accidents are nothing． | | D．Society easily forgives their rude driving． |
小题3:What does the author mean by saying " his car becomes the extension of his personality" in paragraph 2?| A．Driving can show his hidden qualities． | | B．Driving can show the other part of his personality． | | C．Driving can bring out his character． | | D．Driving can represent his manners． |
小题4:Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?| A．Build more highways． | | B．Stricter driving tests． | | C．Test drivers every three years． | | D．Raise age limit and make safety specifications． |
小题5:The author"s attitude towards the traffic situation is ______．| A．positive | B．unsatisfied | C．promising | D．unclear |
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