高中 英语 New Zealand文档格式.docx

高中 英语 New Zealand文档格式.docx

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一、阅读理解（本题共计10小题，每题10分，共计100分）

1、Asapersonwhowritesaboutfoodanddrinkforaliving.Icouldn’ttellyouthefirstthingaboutBillPerryorwhetherthebeershesellsarethatgreat.ButIcantellyouthatIlikethisguy.That’sbecauseheplanstobantippinginfavorofpayinghisserversanactuallivingwage.

Ihatetipping.

Ihateitbecauseit’sanobligationdisguisedasanoption.Ihateitforthepost-dinnermathitrequiresofme.Butmostly,IhatetippingbecauseIbelieveIwouldbeinabetterplaceifpaydecisionsregardingemployeesweresimplyleftuptotheiremployers,asisthecustominvirtuallyeveryotherindustry.

Mostofyouprobablythinkthatyouhatetipping,too.Researchsuggestsotherwise.Youactuallylovetipping!

Youliketofeelthatyouhaveavoiceinhowmuchmoneyyourservermakes.Nomatterhowthemathworksout,youpersistentlyviewrestaurantswithvoluntarytippingsystemsasbeingabettervalue,whichmakesitextremelydifficultforrestaurantsandbarstodoawaywiththetippingsystem.

Oneargumentthatyoutendtohearalotfromthepro-tippingcrowdseemslogicalenough:

theserviceisbetterwhenwaitersdependontips,presumablybecausetheyseeabenefittosuccessfullyveilingtheircontemptforyou.Well,ifthisweretrue,wewouldallbeslippingafew100-dollarbillstoourdoctorsonthewayouttheirdoors,too.Butasitturnsout,waitersseeonlyatinybumpintipswhentheydoanexceptionaljobcomparedtoapassableone.Waiters,keenobserversofhumanitythattheyare,arecatchingontothis;

inonepoll,afull30%saidtheydidn’tbelievethejobtheydidhadanyimpactonthetipstheyreceived.

Socomeon,folks:

getonboardwithditchingtheoutdatedtipsystem.Payalittlemoreupfrontforyourbeerorburger.SupportBillPerry’spub,andanyotherbarorrestaurantthatdoesn’taskyoutododrunkenmath.

55.WhatcanwelearnaboutBillPerryfromthepassage?

A.Herunsapubthatservesexcellentbeer.

B.Heintendstogetridofthetippingpractice.

C.Hegiveshisstaffaconsiderablesumfortips.

D.Helivescomfortablywithoutgettinganytips.

56.Whatisthemainreasonwhytheauthorhatestipping?

A.Itsetsabadexampleforotherindustries.

B.Itaddstotheburdenofordinarycustomers.

C.Itforcesthecustomertocompensatethewaiter.

D.Itposesagreatchallengeforcustomerstodomath.

57.Whydomanypeoplelovetippingaccordingtotheauthor?

A.Theyhelpimprovethequalityoftherestaurantstheydinein.

B.Theybelievewaitersdeservesuchrewardsforgoodservice.

C.Theywanttopreserveawonderfultraditionoftheindustry.

D.Theycanhavesomesayinhowmuchtheirserversearn.

58.Whatdoestheauthorargueforinthepassage?

A.Restaurantsshouldcalculatethetipsforcustomers.

B.Customersshouldpaymoretipstohelpimproveservice.

C.Waitersdeservebetterthanjustrelyingontipsforaliving.

D.Waitersshouldbepaidbyemployersinsteadofcustomers.

2、Whileallculturessharethesamebasicemotions,thebodylanguageusedthroughoutdifferentcountriesoftheworldvaries（变化）greatly.Whatcanmeanonethinginonecountrycanoftenmeansomethingcompletelydifferentinanother.

Forexample,inNorthAmericaandEuropepeopletendtopreferdirecteyecontact（接触）.ButinsomeAsiancountrieslongereyecontactisconsideredrude.

Sowhencommunicatingwithpeople,alwaysbeawareofdifferentculturalcustomsthatmayexist.

AVsignintheUScouldmeanvictory,butinEngland,itstandsforarudechallenge,whichhasthesamemeaningasshowingthemiddlefingerintheUS.

TheOKgesture（手势）inAmericaandEnglandisgiventomeaneverythingisgoodorwell.ButinLatinAmericaislookedonasarudesign.

Thethumbs（拇指）upsigninAmericaandmostofEuropemeansthatsomethingisgoodorwelldone,butitisconsideredrudeinmanyAsiancountries.

PuttingyourfeetonthetableisgenerallynotthoughttoberudeinAmericaandEngland.However,inThailand（泰国）itisreallyrude.

Tellingsomeonetocometoyoubycurlingyourindexfinger（食指）isacceptableinAmericaandEngland,butthisgesturesignifiesdeathinSingapore.

RaisingyourhandupmeansstopinAmericaandEngland.InsomeAsiancountriesthisgestureisusedwhenaskingforpermissiontospeak.

Inmostwesternizedcountriesitisconsiderednormalfortwomentoshakehands.InsomeAsiancountriesitisquitenormalformentokisseachother,whileinmostwesternizedcountriesmenkissinginpublicwouldbeviewedashomosexual（同性恋）behavior.

Ifyouwouldlikemoreinformationondifferentculturalgesturesallovertheworld,seethissiteonnon-verbal（口头的）communication.

69.What’sthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.HowtoShow