國(guó)家開放大學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)院綜合英語unit8單元練習(xí)-Unit 8 單元練習(xí)答案

1、試卷總分:100 得分:90Vocabulary?Choose the best answer for each of the following items.?I was _ if you could pay me early.wanderingwondering?wanting?missing答案:B2.Youd better think twice before making any _.choosechosenchoice?choosing答案:C3.?Nowadays, people are _ great pressures.?in?under?with?on答案:B4.Water

2、 was found at a _ of 30 meters.depth ? ?deep? ?deepness?deeply答案:A5.Do you feel _ when you are with strangers?ease?easilyat ease?in ease答案:CGrammar?Choose?the?best?answer?for?each?of?the?following?items.6.We went to a party last night. I wish Mary _ there.would be? ?were?was?had been答案:D7.?I am supp

3、osed _ to basketball practice.to goto going?go?going?答案:A8.I wish I _ as much about records _ Judy.know, as?know, like?knew, as?knew, like答案:C9.?It is pretty cold. Youd better _ on my coat.?put ?to put?putting?to putting答案:A10.?I wish Mr. Li were here. He _ how to fix the machine.will knowknewis kno

4、wing?knows答案:DDialogue? ?Choose the best answer for each of the following items.11.Sorry I cant come to your party tonight. I have a big exam to study for.? Oh, gee, I know how that is. Well, good luck on your test. ?.Thank you for your coming.Thanks for being so understanding.The same to you.?答案:B1

5、2. How often do you have your hair cut? ? .Usually twice a month. But when Im busy, maybe once a month.?My mother sometimes does it. And my brother does it for me, too.I usually go the barbers.答案:A13. Maybe I could help you print out the report and photocopy it. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ye

6、s, she will finish the report tomorrow and get some photocopies.Please fetch my photos when you pass by the camera shop.Oh, Id really appreciate it if you could, but I dont want you to ruin your evening.答案:C14.Are you too busy to have lunch? ? ?Well, youd better have something to eat. I could pick u

7、p a sandwich for you to have at your desk.Im afraid so. Youd better go without me.No. Actually Ive already had my lunch.On the contrary, Ive been ready to go out eating with you.答案:A15. What subjects do you have for today? ? .May I borrow your politics book today?We have English, Chinese, politics,

8、physics, chemistry and geography. Why?We have English, Chinese, history, physics, chemistry and geography. Why?We have English, Chinese, history, physics, politics and geography. Why?答案:BReading?Read the following passages and choose the best answer for each of the following questions.?Everybody loa

9、thes it, but everybody does it. A recent poll showed that 40% of Americans hate the practice. It seems so arbitrary, after all. Why does a barman get a tip, but not a doctor who saves lives?In America alone, tipping is now a $16 billion-a-year industry. Consumers acting rationally ought not to pay m

10、ore than they have to for a given service. Tips should not exist. So why do they? The conventional wisdom is that tips both reward the efforts of good service and reduce uncomfortable feelings of inequality. The better the service, the bigger the tip.Such explanations no doubt explain the purported（

11、傳說的）origin of tipping in the 16th century, boxes in English taverns（酒館）carried the phrase “To Insure Promptitude（敏捷, 迅速）” (later just “TIP”). But according to new research from CornellUniversity, tipping no longer serves any useful function.The paper analyses data from 2,547 groups dining at 20 diff

12、erent restaurants. The correlation between larger tips and better service was very weak: only a tiny part of the variability in the size of the tip had anything to do with the quality of service. Customers who rated a meal as “excellent” still tipped anywhere between 8% and 37% of the meal price.Tip

13、ping is better explained by culture than by economics. In America, the custom has become institutionalized: it is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. In a New York restaurant, failing to tip at least 15% could well mean abuse from the waiter. Hairdressers can expect to get 15-20%, th

14、e man who delivers your groceries $2. In Europe, tipping is less common; in many restaurants, discretionary（任意的, 自由決定的）tipping is being replaced by a standard service charge. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught on at all.How to account for these national differences? Look no fur

15、ther than psychology. According to Michael Lynn, the Cornell papers co-author, countries in which people are more extrovert（喜社交的）, sociable or neurotic（神經(jīng)質(zhì)的） tend to tip more. Tipping relieves anxiety about being served by strangers. And, says Mr. Lynn, “in America, where people are outgoing and exp

16、ressive, tipping is about social approval. If you tip badly, people think less of you. Tipping well is a chance to show off. “ Icelanders, by contrast, do not usually tip a measure of their introversion, no doubt.While such explanations may be crude, the hard truth seems to be that tipping does not

17、work. It does not benefit the customer. Nor, in the case of restaurants, does it actually stimulate the waiter, or help the restaurant manager to monitor and assess his staff. Service people should “just be paid a decent wage” which may actually make economic sense.16.Which is true according to the

18、passage?It is regulated that the customers must pay a tip if they want to get good service.There exists the tipping custom in each country.?In some countries, tipping has become an industry.More and more people are in favor of tipping.答案:C17.What can we know about the origin of “tip”?It originated f

19、rom the English inn service.The original purpose of tip was to ensure that waiter could get more money.The waiter threatened the customers with bad service if no tips were given.It originated in a small English village.答案:A18.We can get the information from the article that _.?tipping is very popular in European countries?in Asian countries tippi