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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

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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 ha easily felt.

Phfiip McBnde Johnson,

Great Falls, VA 22066, US

68. 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.

69. 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 ifthay tip a bit more

D. the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers

70. 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

71. The two letters most probably appears in a ______.

A. notice B. handbook C. book review D. newspaper

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

My mother helped to build ships during World WarⅡ. She was a(n) 1woman to seek work at this South Portland Shipyards (造船厂). She was raising four children 2. I still remember my mom’s struggle to keep the 3together.

After the divorce, there wasn’t much 4. At first my mom worked in washing houses in 5places. And she later got the job in a department store 6she noticed some young women would come in, all 7in big boots and rough overalls and they would have 8of $600 to cash. And she finally asked one of them where they 9and made so much money. And they said in the 10. So my mother went over, and the man who 11her asked whether she wanted to be a welder (焊工) or a burner. My mother asked which 12the most. He said the welder. Then she said that was 13she wanted to do. He said: “oh, why?” She said: “Ha, I have four children to 14.”

It was bitterly cold in the winter going into the bottom of those steel ships. They had to creep into narrow basis and lay on their backs, and welded 15. And I remember her neck and her chest all spotted with 16from the sparks. And her shift (轮班) was midnight to 6 AM, so she could be home with us 17the day. I remember her dressing was man’s clothing. Once she fell and 18her foot and they brought her home in the middle of the night, and she was weeping. After the Shipyard 19, she needed to have two jobs to make enough money. And we kids were more or less on our own, and that was not a happy time. But still she was 20to keep us together as a family.

1.A. educated B. employed C. unmarried D. divorced

2.A. for her life B. on her own C. like her own D. by her love

3.A. children B. home C. ships D. family

4.A. happiness B. work C. money D. strength

5.A. different B. dirty C. difficult D. busy

6.A. that B. which C. where D. when

7.A. worn B. dressed C. covered D. decorated

8.A. marks B. checks C. coins D. dollars

9.A. lived B. graduated C. worked D. performed

10.A. navy B. factory C. shipyard D. army

11.A. examined B. interviewed C. questioned D. accepted

12.A. charged B. cost C. spent D. paid

13.A. why B. how C. whether D. what

14.A. take care of B. play games with C. spend time on D. feed food with

15.A. sideways B. outward C. overhead D. downward

16.A. burn marks B. white points C. red circles D. dark lines

17.A. on B. by C. among D. during

18.A. damaged B. wounded C. injured D. ached

19.A. moved B. closed C. opened D. ruined

20.A. persuaded B. attracted C. demanded D. determined

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