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阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B. C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A trip across the Pacific will guarantee you a different experience with a tipping culture you’ve never come across in China.
In the US, giving a little _________ money to service workers on top of your bill is a common _________ .
Though US national law _________that businesses pay workers at least $7.25 (45 yuan) per hour, employees receiving tips—often waiters and waitresses—are the exceptions. They _________ only receive $2.13 an hour, and tips _________ the difference. As the Wall Street Journal put it, “The American system of tipping holds the promise of great _________ for waiting staff.”
So how should you tip if you are in the US?
_________ you pay tips as a percentage of the bill. Offering an extra 15 percent of the _________ to the waiter or waitress in a restaurant and to the delivery man or woman is customary and _________ . You can offer more for great service and less for _________ service.
Yet there is an_________ . For take-out food, you don’t have to _________ tips for the sellers. Tips are not expected at fast food restaurants, cafés or ice cream shops either, though a tip jar _________ be right by the cash register (收银机). Don’t feel obligated to throw some money in, remembering that it doesn’t hurt. Those workers do not _________ on tips.
Other service workers also receive tips. For taxi drivers, 15 percent is the norm (标准), _________ if they help with your bags. The same goes for tour guides.
Today, you can even pay tips on a credit card. When receiving a copy of the bill to sign, you are _________ to fill in how much you’d like to tip.
_________ thinking about when to tip and how much you should tip causes a big _________ for many Chinese people, it’s important to _________ in mind that as long as you show respect and use your reasoning, things will be just _________ .
1.A. good B. pocket C. extra D. lucky
2.A. method B. practice C. way D. agreement
3.A. requires B. believes C. hopes D. agrees
4.A. rarely B. usually C. seldom D. always
5.A. put up B. take up C. hold up D. make up
6.A. praises B. prizes C. awards D. rewards
7.A. Fortunately B. Naturally C. Normally D. Surprisingly
8.A. bill B. note C. check D. tip
9.A. expected B. limited C. illegal D. casual
10.A. superb B. poor C. splendid D. new
11.A. example B. incident C. exception D. opportunity
12.A. provide B. pay C. charge D. demand
13.A. need B. should C. must D. might
14.A. put B. live C. work D. rely
15.A. less B. bigger C. more D. smaller
16.A. eager B. free C. willing D. delighted
17.A. Though B. Now that C. As if D. when
18.A. dilemma B. enjoyment C. headache D. change
19.A. stay B. bear C. bring D. take
20.A. terrible B. various C. valuable D. fine