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    阅读理解。
    From Mr. Ward Hoffman.
    Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article "What's the tipping point" (Financial Times
    Weekend, April 9-l0) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic (讽刺的). If Prof
    Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask the first American he meets in
    London.
    Americans tip in restarts for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement (补贴) the salary of
    restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for
    poor service, or a little more for good service.
    Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per
    cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market (高档的) restaurant. Here, in San Francisco
    Bay area restaurants, we me encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restart workers live in this very
    expensive area.
    After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill.
    It was expected. There is nothing more complicated (复杂的) than that about Americas tipping in restaurants.
    Ward Hoffman,
    Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
    From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.
    Sir, I agree with most of Raj Persaud's opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception
    (例外). Tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner.
    It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her
    advantage. But frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in service and
    treatment will ba easily felt.
    Phfiip McBnde Johnson,
    Great Falls, VA 22066, US

    1. What can we learn from Hoffrnan's letter?
    A. Quality of service determines tipping in the US.
    B. Americans don't tip in non fast-food restaurants.
    C. Tipping in US upmarknt restarts is unnecessary.
    D. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
    2. Johnson's letter shows ______.
    A. a stranger in a restaurant is likely to tip a bit more
    B. diners receive better service if they frequent a restaurant
    C. repeat dinners may get good service if they tip a bit more
    D. the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers
    3. From tbe two letters, we can learn Professor Raj Persaud ______.
    A. feels doubtful about the value of tipping
    B. believes tipping improves quality of service
    C. wats to ask Hoffman about tipping m the US
    D. thinks tipping a bit mom one can get good service
    4. The two letters most probably appears in a ______.
    A. notice
    B. handbook
    C. book review
    D. newspaper
    本题信息:2005年湖南省高考真题英语阅读理解难度较难 来源:姜雪
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该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小,追根溯源,探索各项风俗的历史渊源,内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主,如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松,试题做起来比较顺手,但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神,就会丢分。   
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率,建议同学们做好以下几点:   
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现,越是容易的试题,同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢?因为在这种情况下,同学们极易产生麻痹思想,认为题目好做,就不引起高度重视,于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点,设计陷阱题。所以,无论试题难易与否,我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易,不欣喜;试题难,不悲观。   
2、根据前面讲到的方法,认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。   
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义,确定多义词或短语在文中的意思,确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象,或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子,切不可望文生义。   
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提,以具体事实为依据进行推理,做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接,只要弄清事实,即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。