Researchers claimed that waitresses who wear red get up to 26 percent extra in tips than they would wearing other colors. However, the team finds that the sexes tip very differently—with the bigger tips coming only from male customers.
No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time. Yet men, whether they realize it or not, add anything between 15 and 26 percent more to a waitress in red than they would if it was the same waitress wearing a different color.
The test was simple. Take 11 waitresses in five restaurants over a six-week period and ask them to wear the same kind of T-shirt every day but change the colors. Previous research has suggested waitresses could earn more if they acted charmingly or wore more make-up than their colleagues. But this study, by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, only changed the color of the T-shirt. Every other aspect from make-up to behavior remained the same.
When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones. 
A total of 272 restaurant customers were studied by researchers Nicolas Gueguen and Celine Jacob for the international journal of the tourism industry.
Even as a T-shirt, it shows just how much the color red is thought, by men, to increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of woman, said the researchers.
The researchers wrote: As red color has no negative effect on women customers, it could be in their interest to wear clothes at work.
【小題1】The underlined word “identical” in Para. 4 probably means____________________.

A．different B．similarC．the sameD．close
【小題2】According to the passage, in the research by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research waitresses could earn more by _________________.
A．wearing red T-shirts
B．putting on attractive make-up
C．changing the color of T-shirts
D．behaving themselves
【小題3】Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A．Bright color can increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of women.
B．Waitresses in red make no difference to female customers.
C．Make-up makes no difference to man customers.
D．Whether male customers tips more or not depends on service.
【小題4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A．People tip differently if waitresses wear different make-up.
B．Waitresses who wear red get more tips than they would wearing other colors.
C．Male customers are more interested in the red color.
D．Red color has no negative effect on female customers.


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：本文中講述了研究人員進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查報(bào)告，服務(wù)員所穿的衣服的顏色對(duì)顧客所給小費(fèi)的數(shù)量的影響，研究發(fā)現(xiàn)穿紅色服裝的服務(wù)員從男性顧客那里得到的小費(fèi)更多，而女性顧客幾乎沒有影響。
【小題1】C猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)本句When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.可知穿著別的顏色的衣服的時(shí)候，服務(wù)員得到男性顧客和女性顧客的小費(fèi)幾乎一樣，但是穿上紅色的衣服的時(shí)候，男性顧客所給的小費(fèi)要多很多。說明該詞表示的是C項(xiàng)含義。
【小題2】A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第4段When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones可知傳紅色衣服的服務(wù)員得到的小費(fèi)會(huì)更多，故A正確。
【小題3】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time.可知無論服務(wù)員穿什么顏色衣服，女性顧客所給的小費(fèi)幾乎都一樣。故B正確。
【小題4】B 主旨大意題。本文中講述了研究人員進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查報(bào)告，服務(wù)員所穿的衣服的顏色對(duì)顧客所給小費(fèi)的數(shù)量的影響，研究發(fā)現(xiàn)穿紅色服裝的服務(wù)員從男性顧客那里得到的小費(fèi)更多，而女性顧客幾乎沒有影響。故B正確。
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