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高中英语NewZealand
高中英语NewZealand
(考试总分:
100分考试时间:
120分钟)
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