- 閱讀理解A
題干：WhenThomasKeller,oneofAmerica'sforemostchefs,announcedthatonSept.1hewouldabolishthepracticeoftippingatPerSe，hisluxuryrestaurantinNewYorkCity，andreplaceitwithEuropean-styleservicecharge,Iknewthreegroupswouldbeopposed：customers,serversandrestaurantowners.Thesethreegroupsareallcommittedtotipping-astheyquicklymadeclearonWebsites.Toopposetipping,itseems,istobeanticapitalist,andmaybeevenalittleFrench.ButMr.Kellerisrighttomoveawayfromtipping-andit'sworthexploringwhyjustabouteveryoneelseintherestaurantworldiswrongtostickwiththepractice.Customersbelieveintippingbecausetheythinkitmakeseconomicsense.“Waitersknowthattheywon’tgetpaidiftheydon’tdoagoodjob”ishowmostadvocatesofthesystemwouldputit.Tobesure，thisisatempting，apparentlyrationalstatementabouteconomictheory，butitappearstohavelittleapplicabilitytotherealworldofrestaurants.MichaelLynn,anassociateprofessorofconsumerbehaviorandmarketingatCornell’sSchoolofHotelAdministration,hasconducteddozensofstudentsoftippingandhasconcludedthatconsumers’assessmentsofthequalityofservicecorrelateweaklytotheamounttheytip.Rather,customersarelikelytotipmoreinresponsetoserverstouchingthemlightlyandleaningforwardnexttothetabletomakeconversationthantohowoftentheirwaterglassisrefilled-inotherwords,customerstipmorewhentheyliketheserver,notwhentheserviceisgood.Mr.Lynn'sstudiesalsoindicatethatmalecustomersincreasetheirtipsforfemaleserverswhilefemalecustomersincreasetheirtipsformaleservers.What’smore，consumersseemtoforgetthatthetipincreasesasthebillincreases.Thus，thetippingsystemisanopeninvitationtowhatrestaurantprofessionalscall“upwelling”：everybottleofimportedwater,everyespressoandeverycocktailisextramoneyintheserver'spocket.Aggressiveupwellingfortipsisoftenrewardedwhilelow-key,qualityserviceoftengoesunrecognized.Inaddition,thepracticeoftippooling,whichisthenorminfine-diningrestaurantsandisbecomingmorecommonineverykindofrestaurantabovethelevelofagreasyspoon，hasruinedwhatevereffectvotingwithyourtipmighthavehadonanindividualwaiter.Inanunreasonableoutcome，youarepunishingthegoodwaitersintherestaurantbynottippingthebadone.Indeed，thereappeartobelittleconnectionbetweentippingandgoodservice.
題目：It may be inferred that a European-style service_____. - A 、is tipping-free
- B 、charges little tip
- C 、is the author's initiative
- D 、is offered at Per Se
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的信號(hào)詞Eluropean-style service定位到第一段第一句。這句話(huà)指出，Thomas Keller宣布將在Per Se飯店取消小費(fèi)制度，并用歐式服務(wù)付費(fèi)制度代替它。由此可以推斷，European-style service charge 和 tipping 正好相反’ European-style service 是不付小費(fèi)的，A選項(xiàng)為正確答案。B選項(xiàng)中的little和原文中的abolish相矛盾。
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