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A man claiming to be a pastor(牧师) apparently tried to stiff a waiter on a tip, explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.

A photo of the receipt, posted to Reddit.com, shows a bill for $34.93 with an automatic 18 percent gratuity(小费) (or $6.29) added above a blank space for an additional tip.

“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be. (The automatic gratuity, however, had already been added to the total.)

The Reddit user who submitted the image explained in the comments section that the receipt was part of a total bill for a party of 20, which is why the gratuity was automatically added.

“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity," the server wrote. "It’s in the computer; it’s not something I do.”

The server added: “They had no problem with my service, and told me I was great. They just didn’t want to pay when the time came.”

Scribbling(乱涂) notes on receipts has become something of a trend. Earlier this month, the manager of a North Carolina Red Robin surprised an overdue pregnant woman by comping her meal.

“Once seated, a manager came up to us and started talking,” the woman's husband told Consumerist. “He was extremely friendly and jokingly asked my wife if this was her last meal before heading to the hospital.”

When the check came, a note from the manager next to her portion of the bill read: “MOM 2 BEE GOOD LUC.”

“It was a pleasant surprise and made my tired-of-being-pregnant wife a little more cheery,” the man said.

1.What did the pastor mean by saying, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”

A. He was bargaining with the waiter.

B. He didn’t mean to pay the gratuity at all.

C. God gave him the privilege not to pay a gratuity.

D. The gratuity had already been paid by his friends.

2.What do you learn from the article?

A. The pastor paid ten percent gratuity of the meal to God.

B. A party of six diners can choose whatever gratuity they want to pay.

C. According to the husband, the wife enjoyed the process of being pregnant.

D. The pastor paid $34.93 in total for the meal.

3.What does the underlined word “stiff” mean?

A. amuse                     B. abuse             C. persuade                D. fail to pay

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析:文章大意:文章介绍一个牧师不想付小费给餐馆,因为他认为自己是为上帝工作的,为什么要付小费,但是小费的账单是电脑自动生成的,因为他们是20人的聚餐。对于规定的8人。

1.细节题:从第三段的句子:“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be..这个牧师把小费改成0,说明他不想付小费。选B

2.推理题:从第五段的句子:“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity,"可知8个人以内的聚会,食客可以自己选择小费的数量,所以6个人也是。选B

3.猜词题:从后面的句子:explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.牧师说他为上帝工作允许他不要留下小费。说明他不想付小费(fail to pay)。A. amuse使好笑。B. abuse辱骂,C. persuade说服,选D

考点:考查故事类短文

 

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It was my first day of high school, and I was late.My next class, German, scared me.I just could not speak that _21__.As the bell rang, I ran to the classroom.
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