63. In which column of a newspaper will the article be published?

A. Entertainment.　　 B. People.　　 C. Culture.　 D. Sports.

C

You’re out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.

Tipping, psychologists( 心理学家 ) have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors ( 因素 ) ranging from the waiter’s choice of words to how they carry themselves while taking orders to the bill’s total. Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.

“ Studies before have shown that mimicry ( 模仿 ) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” said Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous ( 大方的 ) toward the person who mimics them.”

So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half respond to diner’s meal orders with a phrase such as, “Coming up!” Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home pay. The results were clear ── it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat waiters earned almost double the amount of tips than the other group.

Leonard Green and Joel Myerson , psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper might be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, taxi drivers and hair stylists, they found tip percentages in three areas dropped as customers’ bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau ( 稳定 ) when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.

“That’s also a point of tipping,” said Green. “ You have to give a little extra to the taxi driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren’t there you’d never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there.”

62. "Madame Butterfly" is __________.

A. a Chinese opera　 B. a Western opera　 C. a piece of music　 D. a song

61. Which statement is right according to the passage?

A. Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei stand for the same generation of CNO vocalists.

B. "Rigoletto" is a famous piece on the theme of the moon.

C. "Lofty Mountain and Flowing River" is a traditional Chinese music.

D. Zhou Yaokun will play solos and Fan Weiqing will collaborate(合作) with the folk music orchestra.

60. If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music "Memory of Childhood", you will dial ______.A. 6551 - 4787　 B. 6848 - 5462　 C. 8315 - 6170　 D. 6606 - 9999

59. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. My father loved his motorcycle. He rode through the dirty streets of Allentown every day.

B.I was not allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up, but when I was just 16 I was allowed to drive a car.

C. My father was always proud of what I did. He was very pleased when I won a spelling contest at school.

D. My father bought a motorcycle, but got rid of it because he fell off it so often.

B

Happy birthday

　　 The China National Opera(CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.

　　 Different generations of CNO vocalists, like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like "The White-haired Girl" and "The Hundredth Bride", as well as, arias of such Western opera classics as "Madame Butterfly", "La Traviata" and "Rigoletto ".

　　 Time/date: 7: 30 pm, September 7,8

　　 Location: Tianqiao Theatre

　　 Tel:6551 - 4787, 8315 - 6170

　　 Tickets: 60 - 500 yuan (US $7.2 - 60.2)

Folk music

　　 A concert will be held to feature some recently composed traditional Chinese music works.

　　 The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as "Memory of Childhood", "Memorial Ceremony for God" and "Wine Song".

　　 Time/date: 7: 30 pm, September 13

　　 Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China

　　 Tel: 6848 - 5462, 6841 - 9220

　　 Tickets:30 - 200 yuan(US $3.6 - 24.1 )

Moon music

　　 A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21^st this year.

　　 The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centred on the theme of the moon, such as "Moonlight ", "Spring Night on a Moonlit River" and "Lofty Mountain and Flowing River."

　　 A number of established traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate with the folk music orchestra.

　　 Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 21st

　　 Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

　　 Tel: 6606 - 8888, 6606 - 9999

58. Which of the following statements shows that my father was a curious man?

A. I wasn't allowed to have a car when I was growing up.

B. He was the first person in town to buy a motorcycle.

C. He was always proud of my success.

D. He was very open with his feelings and his love.

57. My father trusted no vehicle with less than for wheels because _____.

A. he did not like the way I always borrowed bicycles from friends

B. he thought that cars were faster than motorcycles

C. he liked every new model made by the Ford Motor company

D. he had trouble in riding his motorcycle

56. I hugged and kissed my father at every opportunity,______.

A. even though I hated to do so　　　

B. because I was told to do so by my mother

C. as I was named president of the Ford Motor company

D. for I felt it quite natural to do so

54. A. pond　　　　　　　　　 B. campus　　　　　　　　　　 C. distance　　　　　　　　　 D. wilderness