If you ever go to the US and eat at a restaur...

If you ever go to the US and eat at a restaurant, there’s a very important difference you should know about. US people have a custom to give money to waiters and waitresses as a tip for their work.

But why is this? Shouldn’t waiters get paid enough by their bosses? Well, many waiters and waitresses get paid below the US minimum wage (最低工资) and work for tips to make up for that. According to the American travel website TripAdvisor, some states pay their servers (服务员) only $2.13 (about 14 yuan) per hour.

While no one makes you tip, if you are at a sit-down restaurant, it is usually expected that you tip your waiter 15 to 20 percent of what your bill is.

It’s not just for waiters either. Hotel maids, hairdressers and taxi drivers also usually work for tips. But it is much more expected to tip waiters.

The US hasn’t always had this tipping culture. In fact, people were mostly against it until the Prohibition Era (禁酒令时代) in the 1920s. The government said no one could sell alcohol (酒). Then, restaurants had trouble making enough money. So they started to ask people to tip their waiters.

This tipping culture has lasted through the years, but most people don’t like it. Some think restaurant bosses use it as an excuse to not pay their workers well. There isn’t much action being taken to make a change yet. So for now, be sure to tip your waiter when in the US.

1.If a server works eight hours a day, he can get 　　　　 from his boss.

A. $2.13　　　　 B. $17.04　　　　 C. ￥14

2.Besides waiters and waitresses, 　　　　 also works for tips in the US.

A. customers　　　 B. taxi drivers　　　 C. restaurant bosses

3.When the restaurants couldn’t sell alcohol, 　　　　 .

A. they were bankrupt (破产的) and closed down

B. the bosses still made much money

C. they started to ask people to tip

4.We can learn from the passage that 　　　　 .

A. the waiters and waitresses aren’t well paid in the US

B. the custom of giving tips only appears in the US

C. all Americans are glad to tip their waiters

5.About American’s tipping culture, foreign visitors think 　　　　 .

A. they need to fight for their own rights

B. they should “do as the Romans do”

C. they can leave it alone

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If eating makes you feel better, you can go to your favourite restaurant to have a nice meal.　　 The sentence elements(成分) of the underlined parts is_______.

A. Subject　　 B. Predicative

C. Object　　　 D. adverbial

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

--Have you ever been to the Water Park with your sister?

-- 　　　　　　　 of us has. We plan to go there together this weekend.

A. Neither　　　　　　　　 B. None

C. All　　　　　　 　　　　 D. Both

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

You shouldn’t start ______ first if there are ______ people at the table.

A. eat; old　　 B. to eat; younger　　 C. eating; older　　 D. eating; young

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Have you ever gone to a fast-food restaurant to eat and gotten a kid's meal that came with a toy? Sometimes those meals have different toys for boys and girls —maybe a truck for the boys and a toy bear for the girls. Who decides that boys like to play with trucks and girls like to play with stuffed animals? I know many boys who like stuffed animals and lots of girls who play with trucks. When we decide what someone will like or how they will act just because they are boys or girls, we are stereotyping（形成模式化观念）.

A stereotype is a group that we put people into. Our human brains do this all the time; it's one of the ways that our brain has learned to deal with the world. We see someone and put that person into a group—for example, the old or the young, a boy or a girl. Is that a bad thing? No, it's not.

One advantage of a stereotype is that it enables us to deal with situations rapidly because we may have had a similar experience before. The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world; since they cut down the amount of processing（i.e. thinking）we have to do when we meet a new person.

Although grouping itself isn't bad, it can be harmful sometimes. It makes us ignore differences between each single person, that is, we usually think all the people in one group are the same but that might not be true.

When we stereotype, we think of a group and give everyone in that group certain characteristics. For example, the fast food restaurant believed that all boys like to play with vehicles and all girls prefer toy animals. They did that based only on whether they were boys or girls.

Stereotypes are problems when beliefs that people have about groups are not necessarily true. Have you ever heard anyone say that "Men are better drivers than women"? Statements like this take a group of people and give all of them the same behaviors or characteristics. I know men who are good drivers, and I know women who are good drivers. It's not fair to judge all people in a group by a stereotype. We need to remember that everyone in the group is an individual who has different abilities, interests, strengths and behaviors.

1.The example of different toys for boys and girls is mentioned to show that_________.

A.boys and girls prefer different toys

B.boys and girls are treated unfairly

C.people sometimes mix children's likes

D.people have fixed ideas on things

2.Which of the following stereotypes is useful?

A.Making friends by his appearance.

B.Boys do better in science than girls.

C.Youth easily do unreasonable things.

D.Red signs on the road warn us of danger.

3.The underlined word “ignore” in Paragraph 4 probably means _________.

A.fail to notice B.fail to trust C.fail to search D.fail to face

4.What does the writer want to tell us about stereotyping?

A.Stereotyping is like a coin which has two sides.

B.It helps our brain learn to deal with similar situations.

C.Judging people by stereotyping them makes things hard.

D.Trying to learn about and form some kinds of them stereotypes.

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1. If you want to eat some Indian food, you can go to ________ .

A. Fenfang Restaurant　　　　　　　　　 B. Rose Society

C. Flora’s Kitchen　　　　　　　　　　 D. Millie Chen’s

2.　 You can call ________ if you want to have a taste of Southern home cooking.

A. 54-0305-1122　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 50-4525-8898

C. 50-3346-9997　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. 50-4822-2342

3. You can eat some ________ food in Flora’s Kitchen.

A. Italian　　　　 B. Chinese

C. Japanese　　　 D. Indian

4. The latest business hour lasts until _________ among the four restaurants.

A. 2:00 a.m.　　　 B. 3:00 a.m.

C. 3:00 p.m.　　　 D. 10:30 p.m.

5. You can have _______ choices if you want to have dinner at 6:00 p. m. on Saturday evening.

A. one　　　　　　 B. two　　　　　　　 C. three　　　　　　　　 D. four

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One Saturday evening， my husband and I went to have dinner at a restaurant. As we sat there eating and sharing conversation， I watched an old woman stop and look around. I looked over at my husband and said， “She must be lost.”

I got up and caught up with her as she walked by our table and touched her lightly on the shoulder. “Ma’am， are you having trouble finding who you are dining with?” I asked.

She said yes. She was there with her daughter. I asked if her daughter was the only person she was there with， and she replied yes. “If you stay right here， I will find her and come back and take you to her—to save you some steps，” I offered. She looked at me and said， “But you don’t know who I am here with.”

She was right. I explained that her daughter should be easy to find， because I thought she would be the only lady sitting by herself in the whole restaurant. She agreed…but just then a young man stopped me and asked， “Is she looking for her seat? They’re sitting at a table right across from us.”

I told him that she was and thanked him. I watched as they walked off together and kept my eyes on the old woman to make sure that she could see her daughter and all was well. I couldn’t help but think that it must not be much different from being lost as a child. I wondered if I too would accept the help from strangers when I was as old as the lost woman.

1. Where did the story happen?

A. In the street.　　　　 B. In a restaurant.

C. In a hotel　　　　 　 　 D. In a kitchen.

2. The woman stopped and looked around because___.

A. she lost her way　　　　　　　　 　　 　 B. she asked for some food

C. she didn’t feel well　　　　　　　　 D. she looked for the toilet

3. Who did the woman come to the restaurant with?

A. Her husband.　　　　 B. Her son.　　　　　 C. Her daughter.　　　 D. Her friend.

4. Who helped the woman find her seat in the end?

A. A waiter.　　　　　　 B. Her daughter.　　　　 C. The writer　　　　 D. A young man.

5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The writer was afraid she would have to accept help from strangers when she was old.

B. The writer felt sorry for the woman because she couldn’t find her way to her daughter.

C. The writer decided that she wouldn’t accept help from strangers like the woman.

D. The writer thanked the young man for he helped the woman to find her daughter.

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

----Will we have dinner at the Hope Restaurant ?

----Maybe. We’ll go there if the show ______ before 6. But I don’t know if there ______ any free tables then.

A. will end; were　　 B. will end; will be　　 C. ends; were　　 D. ends; will be

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——Will we have dinner at the Star Restaurant?

——Maybe. We’ll go there if the show 　　 before 6. But I don’t know if there 　 any free tables then.

A. will end; will be　　 B. will end; were

C. ends; were　　 D. ends; will be

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

— Will we have dinner at the Hope Restaurant?

— Maybe. We’ll go there if the show before 6. But I don’t know if there any free tables then.

A. will end； were　　 　　　　 B. will end； will be　　　

C. ends； were　　 　　　　 D. ends； will be

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