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    阅读理解。
    Everybody hates it, but everybody does it. A recent report said that 40%of Americans hate tipping. In
    America alone, tipping is a $16 billion-a-year industry. Consumers acting politely ought not to pay more than
    they have to for a given service. Tips should not exist. So why do they? The common opinion in the past was
    that tips both rewarded the efforts of good service and reduced uncomfortable feelings of inequality. And also,
    tipping makes for closer relations. It went without saying that the better the service, the bigger the tip.
    But according to a new research from Cornell University, tips no longer serve any useful function. The
    paper analyzes numbers they got from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants. The connection between
    larger tips and better service was very weak. Only a tiny part of the size of the tip had anything to do with the
    quality of service.
    Tipping is better explained, by culture than by the money people spend. In America, the custom came into
    being a long time ago. It is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. In New York restaurants, failing
    to tip at least l5% could well mean dissatisfaction from the customers. Hairdressers can expect to get l5%-20%, and the man who delivers your fast food $2. In Europe, tipping is less common. In many restaurants the
    amount of tip is decided by a standard service charge. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught
    on at all. Only a few have really taken to tipping.
    According to Michael Lynn, the Cornell papers' author, countries in which people are more social or
    outgoing tend to tip more. Tipping may reduce anxiety about being served by strangers. And Mr. Lynn says,
    "In America, where people are expressive and eager to mix up with others, tipping is about social approval. If
    you tip badly, people think less of you. Tipping well is a chance to show off."
    1. This passage is mainly about ________.
    A. different kinds of tipping in different countries
    B. the relationship between tipping and custom
    C. the origin and present meaning of tipping
    D. most American people hate tipping
    2. Which of the following best explains the underlined phrase "caught on"?
    A. become popular.
    B. been hated.
    C. been stopped.
    D. been permitted
    3. Among the following situations, in your opinion, who is likely to tip most?
    A. A Frenchman just quarreled with the barber who did his hair badly in New York.
    B. An American just had a wonderful dinner in a well known restaurant in New York.
    C. A Japanese businessman asked for a pizza delivery from a Pizza Hut in New York.
    D. A Chinese student enjoyed his meal in a famous fast food restaurant in New York.
    4. We can infer from this passage that ________.
    A. tipping is no longer a good way to satisfy some customers themselves
    B. tipping is especially popular in New York
    C. tipping in America can make service better now
    D. tipping has something to do with people's character
    本题信息:2011年0123月考题英语阅读理解难度较难 来源:姜雪
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什么是历史文化类阅读:

本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议,所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。


历史文化类阅读技巧:

题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时,我们应注意以下几个方面:
1、采用先题后文:先读题目,再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点,如果带着问题读文章,有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后,自然会加深我们对文章的理解,这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类:一类是Main idea型;一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点:
a.读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁,而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心,即主题句在文章开头。因此,要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b.读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾,作为对全篇的总结。
c.读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同,而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d.从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中,这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题,在主题句出现后,再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e.归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句,只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。