Dear Jack, I am writing to invite you to the fashion show to be held in our school hall this Wednesday on 20th June to r______ awareness of environmental ______ (保护) among middle school students. All the clothing in the show will be m______ from waste products, ______ as used newspapers, plastic packaging bags, rubbish bags, and some o______ waste. Moreover, the fashion show will have v______ of themes. There you will surely be able to see colorful ______ (风格) and fashionable designs.I believe the show won"t be ______ (失望) as all the designers are required to combine fashion ______ the theme "A green world." What might s____ you is that al l the designers are coming from our school! If you are interested, call me before this weekend! Yours, Lily | 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______ |
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How Much to Tip You"re out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think. Tipping, psychologists have found,is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter"s choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the bill"s total. Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night. "Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker," wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. "These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimicks them." So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, "Coming up!" Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home pay. The results were clear-it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat (模仿者) waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group. Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers" bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau (稳定期) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100. "That"s also a point of tipping," Green says. "You have to give a little extra to the cabdriver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren"t there, you"d never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there." | |
1. Apart from service, how many other factors affecting the customers"tipping are mentioned in the passage? | |
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A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4. | |
2. These studies show that _____. | |
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A. tipping can be affected by physical reactions to many different waiters B. people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics them C. the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as those who don"t mimick others D. mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad | |
3. According to the passage,which of the following will be likely to show the right change of the tip percentages? | |
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A. B. C. D. | |
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An American bestseller has been popular with the students in our school recently. It is 1. ________ inspiring that I would like to recommend it to you. This book, Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2. w________by Jack Canfield, first appeared 3.________ 1993 and soon became a bestseller. It will surely inspire readers of all 4. ________ (年龄). It has been put into many languages,spreading love to all over the world. 5. B________, an English version is of 6. g________ help to us English learners as it will help improve our English. It 7. ________ 64 yuan, but you can get it for 54. 4 yuan through online shopping, which will 8. ________ (节省) you 9.6 yuan.You can order it at www.dangdang.com, and 9. r________the book within one week after your payment is made. For further 10.________, please visit the website. | |
阅读理解。 Directions: The people below are all looking for a place for different purposes. After the description of these people, there is information about six places A-F. Decide which place would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 1-5 and then mark the correct (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one place which you do not need to use. | |
_____1. Smith is a professor who does research on ancient buildings. This month, his university gives a reward to him for his great contributions. So now an idea of traveling to a new place to continue his study has come into his mind. _____2. Though Lola is a woman reporter, she is brave enough to go deep into the places at war. Next month, she will go to a place at war, she is confident to do her work well and give people the most brief and real reports. _____3. Alice and Simon are going to get married. They want to hold an underwater wedding in a special place, which has beautiful scenery, silver sand and delicious seafood and luxurious hotels, where they can enjoy themselves. _____4. Jane is a modern girl, who is a crazy fan of rock music and films. She has a romantic dream, that is, one day, she will go to a beautiful place to appreciate all the attractive music and films with a cup of coffee in her hand. _____5. Tom is really depressed these days. Owing to his bad management, his company closed. He wants to go to a place to try his fortune so that he can start his business again in the near future. | |
A. Mauritius, an island lying off the southeast Africa in the Indian Ocean, which is rich in history, natural beauty and culture. It is a wonderful place for swimming and diving. The large number of interesting fish means it is also an exciting place for those who like to go fishing. B. Las Vegas is really a fascinated city. The most attractive thing here is gambling (赌博). Maybe you will become a millionaire or lose all your money overnight. What"s so clever about Las Vegas is that it makes absolutely certain that you have such a good time you don"t mind losing a bit of money along the way; that"s why they don"t even call it "gambling" anymore, but "gaming". C. Few cities leave the visitors with such vivid impressions, the whole city is something of a work of art, the quiet River Seine, the Eiffel Tower, Palais du Louvre and so on are really feast to your eyes. And annual film festival is held with a refreshing emphasis on art. Few cities can compete with the thousands. of cafés, bars and restaurants that line every Parisian street. D. Kitzbuhel is a paradise for all the skiers. With fine weather and breath-taking scenery, it is a world-class ski resort. Every winter, thousands of people come from all parts of the world to challenge themselves. If you can"t ski, don"t worry. The town offers many shops, café and a variety of entertainment. E. As the cultural centre and biggest centre and biggest city in the region, Jerusalem is regarded as a holy place by Jews, Muslims and Christians. However, since the war broke out, people there have suffered a lot, the situation has been tense, and peace is just a dream. F. The old Nile brought about the civilization of Egypt; people there regard it as "the mother river" of them. On both sides of the Nile stand noble pyramids which were built as the tombs of the ancient pharaohs (法老). And the constructions are beyond people"s imagination. |