2001年在职攻读硕士学位全国联考教育硕士英语二试题

　　[C] Milton Friedman refused to accept the prize.

　　[D]the Nobel committee had not the ability to make decisions.

　　32. We can learn from the text that about the winners of the Nobel prize in economics during 1990s, .

　　[A] Gary Becker won the prize after he forced the committee to act.

　　[B]Mr Nash's illness delayed his receiving of the prize.

　　[C]obert Lucas received the prize earlier than expected.

　　[D] Robert Merton and Myron Scholes played jokes on the prize.

　　33. According to the text, the author's attitude toward Nobel prize in economics is .

　　[A]doubtful.

　　[B]positive.

　　[C] hostile.

　　[DJ indifferent.

　　34. From the third paragraph, we learn that .

　　[A] Fisher Black did not live long enough to win the Nobel prize.

　　[B] the Nobel committee will soon take old age into account.

　　[C] younger people are more likely to win the prize.

　　[D] Zvi Griliches won the prize after he died.

　　35. In the last paragraph of the text, Mr Samuelson's attitude toward the economics committee's selection methods is .

　　[A] critical.

　　[B] approving.

　　[C] angry.

　　[D] ironic. 转贴于：博学在线_考研

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　　Text 4

　　In America alone, tipping is now a $16 billion-a-year industry - all the more surprising since it is a behavioural oddity. Consumers acting rationally ought not to pay more than they have to for a given service, Tips, which are voluntary, above and beyond a service's contracted cost, and delivered afterwards, 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.

　　A paper analysing data from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants shows that 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.

　　Tipping is better explained by culture than by economics. In America, the custom hasbecome institutionalised: it is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. In a New Yorkrestaurant, failing to tip at least 15% could well mean abuse from the waiter. Hairdressers canexpect to get 15-20%, the man who delivers your groceries $2. In Europe, tipping is lesscommon; in many restaurants, discretionary tipping is being replaced by a standard servicecharge. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught on at all.

　　How to account for these national differences? Look no further than psychology.According to Michael Lynn, the Cornell paper's co-author, countries in which people are moreextrovert, sociable or neurotic tend to tip more. Tipping relieves anxiety about being served bystrangers: And, says' Mr Lynn, "in America, where people are outgoing and expressive, tippingis 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 and lackof neuroses, no doubt.

　　While such explanations may be crude, the hard truth seems to be that tipping does notwork. It does not benefit the customer. Nor, in the case of restaurants, does it actuallyincentivise the waiter, or help the restaurant manager to monitor and assess his staff. The cry ofstingy tippers that service people should "just be paid a decent wage" may actually makeeconomic sense.

　　36. From the text we learn that Americans .

　　[A] are willing to give tips because they love the practice.

　　[B] like to givetips to service people to help them financially.

　　[C] are reluctant to give tips, but they still do so.

　　[D] are giving less and less tips.

　　37. According to Paragraph 3, we learn that .

　　[A] tips are voluntary in America.

　　[B] people don't tip in Europe.

　　[C] tipping is rare in many Asian countries.

　　[D] tipping is now popular in Iceland.

　　38. According to Michael Lynn, .

　　[A] nervous people do not usually tip.

　　[B] A merican people are anxious.

　　[C] Icelanders don't like to show off.

　　[D] people will ignore you if you tip bakly.

　　39. The text indicates that in America .

　　[A] customers tip 8% to 37% of the meal price if a meal was "excellent".

　　[B] a waiter can abuse a customer if he fails to tip 15%.

　　[C] the amount of tipping is standardized with different services.

　　[D] the man who carry groceries for you can expect to get 15-20%.

　　40. According to the text, the author believes that in America .

　　[A] the better the service, the bigger the tip.

　　[BI tips can reward the effort of good service.

　　[C] tips can reduce feelings of inequality.

　　[D] tips cannot prompt better service. 转贴于：博学在线_考研

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