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C. they could not be stored for years on end D. many products would lose their value 55. How many advantages of money are mentioned in this passage? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:
Passage Four
There are two common explanations for origin of tipping. The Oxford English Dictionary says tip was seventeenth-century underworld slang for “give”———as in
“Tip me your money or your life.” (85)Opponents of tipping will probably prefer this explanation, since it suggests the practice as originally a form of robbery. A less reputable, but nonetheless charming explanation is that in Renaissance(文艺复兴) coffeehouses, boxes were set near the door, into which customers could drop money: These boxes, according to the story, bore the legend “To Insure Promptitude,” which was ultimately shortened to TIP. Whether it was a serving woman or a boss with his or her eye on depressing wages who first thought up the idea, the story does not say.
Tipping became common in England by the middle of the eighteenth century. Because it is ill-suited to a country without an established servant class, it did not catch on in America until after the Civil War, when former slaveholders suddenly found themselves having to pay the help and when new-rich industrialists adopted the European fashion. By the turn of the century, we had made the custom our own, and the American “big tipper” was on his way.
Today, although the lines between bribery(贿赂) and thanks for services remain as vague as ever, tipping has become universal, not least because, in an increasingly uncertain economy, it provides the growing service class with income that is at least as reliable as
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wages and that is less subject to tax review. Not surprisingly, government officials as among the few die-hards who still question the tipping system. They have a point too. Tippers’ International Association estimates that U.S. workers get about $5 billion a year in tips.
56. In the seventeenth century, tip was probably a word used by_____.
A. lawbreakers B. customers C. waitresses D. coffeehouse bosses 57. Tipping did not become popular in U.S. until after the Civil War because______.
A. the country was free of a servant class
B. former slaveholders did not want to pay the help
C. northern industrialists refused to adopt the European fashion D. tipping was contradictory to the American custom 58. Tipping is universally accepted mainly because_______.
A. it is an easy way to make money
B. it ensures people a good and prompt service C. it enables the service class to be free from taxes
D. it supplies the service class with a sort of reliable income
59. Which of the following words can best describe the government officials’ attitudes towards the tipping system?
A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent. 60. The passage is about_______.
A. the origin of tipping B. the practice of tipping in U.S C. the popularity of tipping D. the shaping of the tipping system
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得分 评卷人 III. Cloze Test (20分)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.
Henry’s job was to examine cars crossing the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every morning, except weekends, he 61 see a factory worker coming up the hill toward the frontier, 62 a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle 63 the frontier, Henry used to stop the man and 64 him take the straw off and 65 it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see 66 he would find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets 67 he let him tie the straw up again. The man would then pull it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always 68 to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things 69 in the straw, he never found 70, even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was 71something, but he was not 72 to imagine what it could be.
Then one morning, after he had looked 73 the straw and emptied the factory worker’s pockets 74 usual, he 75 to him, “Listen, I know that you are smuggling things 76 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is that you are bringing into the country so successfully? I’m an old man, and today is my last day on the 77 .Tomorrow I’m going to 78 .I promise that I shall not tell 79 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling. “The factory worker did not say anything for 80 . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and quietly,
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“Bicycles.”
61. A. should B. would C. might D. must 62. A. pushing B. pulling C. filling D. carrying 63. A. arrived B. appeared C. came D. reached 64. A. force B. order C. make D. call 65. A. show B. lead C. unite D. loose 66. A. that B. where C. how D. whether 67. A. before B. thus C. first D. so 68. A. lucky B. expecting C. suspecting D. insisting 69. A. had been hidden B. hiding C. have been hidden D. hidden 70. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 71. A. cheating B. smuggling C. stealing D. pushing 72. A. capable B. possible C. able D. clever 73. A. through B. thoroughly C. upon D. on 74. A. then B. more C. as D. like 75. A. cried B. said C. ordered D. told 76. A. cross B. behind C. across D. into 77. A. job B. work C. case D. duty 78. A. return B. risk C. retire D. rest 79. A. everyone B. someone C. no one D. anyone 80. A. long time B. period C. moment D. some time
试卷II
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得分 评卷人 IV. Translation (20分) Section A. (非英语专业学生做)
Directions: In this part of the test, there are five items which you have to translate into Chinese. Each item has one or two sentences. These sentences are all underlined and taken from the reading passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension part. You are allowed 20 minutes to do the translation. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context. 81. (Para.6, Passage 1)
In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number.
82. (Para.1, Passage 2)
However, once a solid-fuel rocket has been ignited, it will keep burning. It cannot be stopped and reignited whenever desired and its thrust cannot be varied.
83. (Para.1, Passage 3)
Specialization is encouraged, because people whose output is not a complete product but only a part of one can be paid an amount equivalent to their share of the product
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