A man claiming to be a pastor(牧師) apparently tried to stiff a waiter on a tip, explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.
A photo of the receipt, posted to Reddit.com, shows a bill for $34.93 with an automatic 18 percent gratuity(小費(fèi)) (or $6.29) added above a blank space for an additional tip.
“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be. (The automatic gratuity, however, had already been added to the total.)
The Reddit user who submitted the image explained in the comments section that the receipt was part of a total bill for a party of 20, which is why the gratuity was automatically added.
“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity," the server wrote. "It’s in the computer; it’s not something I do.”
The server added: “They had no problem with my service, and told me I was great. They just didn’t want to pay when the time came.”
Scribbling(亂涂) notes on receipts has become something of a trend. Earlier this month, the manager of a North Carolina Red Robin surprised an overdue pregnant woman by comping her meal.
“Once seated, a manager came up to us and started talking,” the woman's husband told Consumerist. “He was extremely friendly and jokingly asked my wife if this was her last meal before heading to the hospital.”
When the check came, a note from the manager next to her portion of the bill read: “MOM 2 BEE GOOD LUC.”
“It was a pleasant surprise and made my tired-of-being-pregnant wife a little more cheery,” the man said.
【小題1】What did the pastor mean by saying, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”

A．He was bargaining with the waiter.
B．He didn’t mean to pay the gratuity at all.
C．God gave him the privilege not to pay a gratuity.
D．The gratuity had already been paid by his friends.
【小題2】What do you learn from the article?
A．The pastor paid ten percent gratuity of the meal to God.
B．A party of six diners can choose whatever gratuity they want to pay.
C．According to the husband, the wife enjoyed the process of being pregnant.
D．The pastor paid $34.93 in total for the meal.
【小題3】What does the underlined word “stiff” mean?
A．a(chǎn)museB．a(chǎn)buseC．persuadeD．fail to pay


【小題1】B
【小題2】B
【小題3】D

解析試題分析：文章大意：文章介紹一個(gè)牧師不想付小費(fèi)給餐館，因?yàn)樗J(rèn)為自己是為上帝工作的，為什么要付小費(fèi)，但是小費(fèi)的賬單是電腦自動(dòng)生成的，因?yàn)樗麄兪?0人的聚餐。對于規(guī)定的8人。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：“I give God 10%,” the diner wrote on the receipt, scratching out the automatic tip. “Why do you get 18?” He then wrote “Pastor” above his signature, and an emphatic “0” where the additional tip would be..這個(gè)牧師把小費(fèi)改成0，說明他不想付小費(fèi)。選B
【小題2】推理題：從第五段的句子：“Parties up to eight ... may tip whatever they’d like, but larger parties receive an automatic gratuity,"可知8個(gè)人以內(nèi)的聚會(huì)，食客可以自己選擇小費(fèi)的數(shù)量，所以6個(gè)人也是。選B
【小題3】猜詞題：從后面的句子：explaining that his work for God allowed him not to leave one.牧師說他為上帝工作允許他不要留下小費(fèi)。說明他不想付小費(fèi)（fail to pay）。A. amuse使好笑。B. abuse辱罵，C. persuade說服，選D
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