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1、 otherwise youll leave servers angry everywhere you go.Here are just a few guidelines to tipping around the world.BrazilThere will always be a standard 10% service charge added to your bill, and you wont necessarily have to tip. If you do feel like being generous, an extra 5-10% will really make you

2、r server very happy. Just remember to do this as skillfully as possibleBrazilians dont make a big show of this.DubaiIn Dubai its a rule for restaurants to charge 10% tip on all restaurant and bar bills. You can add a couple of dirhams（迪拉姆,货币单位）to this if you feel like it. Waiters are not paid very m

3、uch in Dubai, so it is always very appreciated.GermanyGerman bars and restaurants will include the tip as part of what you owe, but thats not all you have to pay. It is a custom to round the bill up after that, usually to the euro. This can be anywhere from 5-10%. When its time to settle up, you won

4、t get a bill: your waiter tells you the total and then you tell them how much you want to pay, including your “tip”, and hand over the money.Czech RepublicWhile locals in the Czech Republic dont leave tips, that doesnt mean youre off the hook.Foreign tourists are definitely expected to leave some ki

5、nd of tip for serviceas long as youre in a high tourist traffic area, like Prague for instance. The standard tip is 10%.IndiaIf you like the service, go ahead and tip your server 5-10%. You have to adjust that amount though, based on how big the meal youre eating is. If the bill is for a small meal,

6、 and totals less than 300 rupees, tip the full 10%. If the bill is higher, tip towards the 5%.1. In which country do customers have to tip at least 10% for the service?A. Dubai B. IndiaC. Germany D. Czech Republic2. Which country has different tip cultures between citizens and foreigners?A. Dubai B.

7、 GermanyC. India D. Czech Republic3. If your bill is 2000 rupees in India, it is proper for you to tip_ rupees.A. 10 B. 80C. 120 D. 200【13题答案】【答案】1. A2. D3. CBAlvin Bamburg was deep in the woods when something caught his eye. As Bamburg approached, he found it was a broken balloon with a note: “Dear

8、 Santa, my name is Luna. I am four years old. I live in Liberal, Kansas. This year I have been nice. I would like candy, Frozen doll, dog. With love, Luna.” Bamburg felt his heartbeat quickened. Ever since he was a child, he had dreamed of this. “Years ago,” he says, “classes at school released ball

9、oons with notes. Ive always wanted to find one.” He believed this was his childhood wish coming true. And he knew he would make Lunas wish come true too. On January 2, 2021, Bamburg posted a photo of the balloon and the Christmas list on his Facebook page, asking for help locating the sender. At fir

10、st, he wasnt confident the strategy would work. But as he saw the number of people sharing his post increase by the hundreds, “My hope grew into expectations,” Bamburg says. At around the same time, Leticia Flores, the mother of four-year-old Luna, had no idea that such an effort was underway. One d

11、ay last December, Luna had an idea of sending letters to Santa by balloon. Flores helped her write the letters, put the notes into festive red balloons and took her outside to release the wishes. One day in early January, Flores got a call from a friend, saying “Someone found Lunas balloon.” “Its un

12、believable!” Flores says. She was more than touched when Bamburg drove 600 miles to send a dog and other gifts to them in April. Bamburg was happy and decided to attend a Santa Claus training school, hoping to bring fun to more kids.4. What did Alvin Bamburgs dream of since childhood?A. Having some

13、balloons sent to the sky.B. Having his own wish realized by balloons.C. Picking up a balloon with wishes on a note.D. Making others wishes come true in person.5. What do the underlined words “such an effort” in paragraph 4 mean?A. Sharing Lunas wishes. B. Making a Christmas list.C. Collecting likes

14、for the post. D. Finding out where Luna lives.6. Which of following best describes Alvin Bamburg?A. Confident. B. Responsible.C. Caring. D. Creative.7. Whats the text mainly about?A. A special New Year gift. B. Kindness from a stranger.C. A balloons magic journey. D. The great function of Facebook.【

15、47题答案】【答案】4. C5. D6. C7. BCFour years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build an artificial intelligence （AI） that could pass an 8th-grade science exam. They all flunked. Even the most developed system couldnt score higher than 60 points on the test. AI cant match the l

16、anguage and logic （逻辑） skills that students are expected to have when they enter middle school.Later, a system named Aristo was developed by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a lab in the US. It recently passed an 8-grade science exam taken by many US students, the New York Times repo

17、rted. It correctly answered more than 90% of the questions. Then it was given a 12th-grade exam and it scored more than 80 points.Aristo was able to pass the exam because it can not only understand language but also use logical thinking to solve difficult problems. For example, it can understand wha

18、t a forest fire is and how it could affect animals like rabbits. The Aristo system used Bert, a kind of technology developed by Google, to answer the questions. Bert has “read” thousands of Wikipedia articles and books. If it looks at a sentence with a missing word, it can correctly guess what the w

19、ord is. With the help of Bert, Aristo has “read” a lot of science questions and answers. Over time, it was able to find logical patterns （模式） on its own.Aristos success means that AI systems are getting better at understanding language and even respond to language. However, we cant compare this tech

20、nology to real human students and their logical ability, said Jingjing Liu, a Microsoft researcher, who has been working on similar technologies.8. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “flunked” in the first paragraph?A. Failed. B. Passed. C. Missed. D. Improved.9. Why was Aristo d

21、eveloped?A. To help students do well in exams.B. To improve the logical skills of AI.C. To help make school tests more scientific.D. To show ATS ability to solve science problems.10. What is the purpose of the third paragraph?A. To show what else Aristo can do.B. To tell what Aristo can learn on its

22、 own.C. To explain how Aristo learns to solve problems.D. To introduce another achievement in technology.11What do Jingjing Lius words show?A. AI is not as developed as it might seem.B. Humans cant live without AI in the future.C. AI will soon replace humans in many tasks.D. Aristos logical ability

23、still needs improving.【811题答案】【答案】8. A9. B10. C11. DDTattoos （纹身） are becoming more and more common. But they are not a new thing. Scientists have found some frozen bodies from around 3,000 BC and their skin shows the marks of tattoos. For example, Otzi, the Iceman （the oldest body ever found）, was

24、discovered in the mountains of Austria. He had many different lines and crosses tattooed on his back and his knees.The most common places to get tattoos are the tops of the arms for men and the bottoms of the backs for women. Any mark can be used but there are some common ideas. Some people like to

25、get animals, like dragons, birds and tigers. Other people like to get something written in a foreign language, so Chinese and Japanese words are common in America and the UK. If you cant read the language, make sure you get someone to check what they represent because the tattoo artist could write a

26、nything and you would never know.It is a big decision to get a tattoo because they are very difficult to remove. It is possible with expensive laser surgery （激光手术） but this is very painful and amazingly expensive and the skin will never be perfect afterwards. You want to do a test, to see how you lo

27、ok with a tattoo, you can get a temporary tattoo which disappears after about a month. This kind is very popular in India, where people often have them for festivals.In some countries, such as Japan and Korea, tattoos are still connected with law-breaking activities and it isnt normal to see a tatto

28、o in public. In many places of Europe and America, most people dont care very much whether you have a tattoo or not, though there are some types of job where they dont like tattoos. But some Presidents of the USA have had them.12. What can we know about tattoos from the first paragraph?A. Some froze

29、n bodies were 3,000 years old.B. Tattoos appeared early in human history.C. The Iceman was the first man to have tattoos.D. People in the past liked different lines and crosses.13. Why should we be careful when we get tattoos of languages?A. Because tattoos are hard to remove.B. Because the places t

30、o get tattoos are limited.C. Because the meanings of the foreign words are important.D. Because the educational level of tattoo artists is unreliable.14. Why are temporary tattoos getting popular?A. It is not difficult to remove them.B. They help make peoples skin perfect.C. People can have a laser

31、surgery to get them.D. They play an important role in some festivals.15. What does the last paragraph tell us?A. It is impolite to show tattoos in public.B. The Japanese are not allowed to get tattoos.C. Presidents of the USA support people in getting tattoos.D. Tattoos are accepted more easily in some Western countries.【1215题答案】【答案】12. B13. C14. A15. D第二节（共5小题; 每题2.5分, 满分12.5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Most people suffer some degree of anxie