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(諷刺的). 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 restaurants for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement (補(bǔ)貼) 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 (高檔的) restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we are 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 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. 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 be easily felt.

Phfiip McBnde Johnson,

Great Falls, VA 22066, US

64. 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.                                  

65. 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             

66. 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. wants to ask Hoffman about tipping in the US

      D. thinks tipping a bit more one can get good service                       

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

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

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A.reaching for            B. glancing at               C. staring at                  D. picking up

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During the years of depression(蕭條), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other.
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Then she gently lifted the  51   fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
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A．discoveringB．watching C．findingD．seeing
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A．timeB．chanceC．turnD．decision
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A．the storyB．the proverbC．the legendD．the joke
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2.A.reaching for        B. glancing at          C. staring at           D. picking up

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6.A.suspected           B. impressed            C. regretted            D. embarrassed

7.A.discovering         B. watching             C. finding          D. seeing

8.A.closing         B. rolling              C. cleaning         D. wiping

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     During the years of depression(蕭條), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade
things with each other.
     One day I was   1   some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily   2   a full
basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was  3   to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas fo
r just a marble (彈球).
     Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby,   4_ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the
three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things   5   he didn't really need any marbles. I left
the stand, smiling to myself,   6   by this man.
     Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬禮),
_7    three young men . They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with
her and moved on,   8   their eyes.
     Our   9   came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned  10    she had told me about the  11  She told me, "
Those three young men above were the boys I told you about. They just told me   12  they appreciated
the things Jim 'traded 'with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt."
      "We've   13    had a great deal of the wealth in this world," she  14  , "but right now, Jim wouldW#W$ W%.K**S*&5︿U consider himself to be the   15   man."
      Then she gently lifted the  16     fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
     At that time I realized that we would not be   17     by our words, but by our kind   18  . It is said that
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(     )1. A. buying  
(     )2. A. reaching for
(     )3. A.  astonished
(     )4. A. turned over
(     )5. A. but  
(     )6. A. suspected
(     )7. A. discovering
(     )8. A. closing
(     )9. A. time    
(     )10. A. the story    
(     )11. A. marbles
(     )12. A. why      
(     )13. A. ever  
(     )14. A. laughed    
(     )15. A. honest
(     )16. A. lifeless
(     )17. A. thought
(     )18. A. deeds  
(     )19. A. strict
(     )20. A. ignore

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B. glancing at  
B. amazed    
B. going over
B. otherwise
B. impressed
B. watching     
B. rolling
B. chance      
B. the proverb  
B. men    
B. how    
B. always    
B. cried  
B. happiest  
B. regretless
B. touched  
B. things  
B. honest  
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C. came over
C. or    
C. regretted    
C. finding
C. cleaning
C. turn  
C. the legend
C. debt  
C. when  
C. never
C. sighed
C. coldest
C. useless
C. remembered
C. remarks
C. special
C. recognize

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D. picking up      
D. worried        
D. coming over    
D. although        
D. embarrassed    
D. seeing          
D. wiping          
D. decision        
D. the joke        
D. life            
D. what            
D. seldom          
D. added          
D. richest        
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D. affected        
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During the years of depression(蕭條), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other.

One day I was   36   some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily   __37   a full basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was _ 38   to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas for just a marble (彈球).

Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby,   39__ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things  _40   he didn’t really need any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself,   41   by this man.

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“We’ve _ 48__ had a great deal of the wealth in this world,” she __49__, “but right now, Jim wouldW#W$W%.K**S*&5^U consider himself to be the __50__ man.”

Then she gently lifted the  _51_  fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.

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36.A.buying                 B. selling                      C. borrowing                D. hunting

37.A.reaching for          B. glancing at               C. staring at                  D. picking up

38.A. astonished            B. pleased                     C. annoyed                   D. worried

39.A.turned over           B. went over                 C. came over                D. looked over

40.A.but                       B. otherwise                 C. or                            D. although

41.A.suspected              B. impressed                 C. regretted          D. embarrassed

42.A.discovering           B. watching           C. finding                     D. seeing

43.A.closing                 B. rolling                            C. cleaning                   D. wiping

44 A. time                    B. chance                      C. turn                         D. decision

45.A. the story          B. the proverb            C. the legend                D. the joke

46.A. marbles               B. men                         C. debt                         D. life

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48.A. ever                    B. always                         C. never                       D. seldom

49.A. laughed            B. cried                        C. sighed                      D. added    

50.A. honest                 B. happiest                   C. coldest                         D. richest

51.A. lifeless                B. regretless                  C. useless                     D. hopeless

52.A. thought               B. touched                    C. remembered             D. affected

53.A. deeds                  B. things                      C. remarks                    D. rewards

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