四六级考试

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Not long ago, a mysteriousChristmas card dropped through our mail slot. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn’t sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank.Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are rendered at 4A、m., you can’t simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct.
So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated black market fireworks. ①
With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4A、m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rude- ness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul inChristmases past.② I honestly hadn’t realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he’d used the card tactiC、So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket(收取保护费的黑社会组织).
Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. ③ The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn’t enclosed his ownChristmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. "I know you don’t care how merry myChristmas is, and that’s fine," the gesture said "I want $ 30, or I’ll ’forget’ to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day."
I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning,Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn’t yet been picked up. "Someone stole Mickey’s tip!"Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check.
ButEd had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelleD、The following Tuesday morning, whenEd saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. "Are you Mickey "
The man looked at him with scorn. "Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling." Not only hadEd insulted this man by hinting that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him.Ed ran
back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the truck had been watching the whole transaction. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the air. "Anyone else "
Had we consulted’ the website of theEmily Post Institute, this embarrassing breach of etiquette (礼节) could have been avoideD、Under "trash/recycling collectors" in the institute’s Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says: "＄10 to ＄ 30 each." You may or may not wish to know that your pet groomer, hairdresser, mailman and UPS guy all expect a holiday tip.
Ed’s encounter with the recycling team shows that______.A．Ed was desperate to correct his mistake
B．Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul
C．Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver
D．Ed no longer wanted to give them money

网考网参考答案：A
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推断题。倒数第二段和第三段描写了Ed与回收人员见面的情景，倒数第三段提到：when Ed saw a truck outside，he ran out with his wallet．倒数第二段表明：Ed ran back inside for more funds．He peeled off another twenty and looked around，waving bills in the air．“Anyone else ”可见，Ed急切地想修正自己的错误，急切地想给遇到的任何一个服务人员小费，故选项[A]为答案。选项[B]为绝对项，与文章后半部分内容不符，排除；倒数第二段只是提及Then he noticed that the driver Of the truck had been watching the whole transaction，没有指出Ed不愿意给小费，排除[C]选项[D]与原文矛盾，排除。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>

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