You can use your smartphone to get pretty much anything delivered directly to your door almost immediately. The hardest part is the process of trying to work out if you should tip and if so, doing the quick math before you get to the door. And, you know well that you should tip about 15-20% at restaurants, but do the same rules apply to delivery drivers?
The co-founder of Grubhub, Matt Maloney, pretty much set the standard for tipping delivery people in a Facebook post. He’s a strong supporter of tipping, and Grubhub’s website suggests a $5 or a 20% tip. Maloney also said this number should go up if you order during, say, a snowstorm.
However, most other delivery services say on their websites that tipping is not required. Some services, like Door Dash, do suggest no tip on their checkout window. Many, like Amazon Prime Now, allow customers to change their tip amount after their delivery has been received to reflect the quality of service. These companies help customers save money but delivery drivers are upset. They deal with bad weather, heavy traffic, extreme tiredness, and more, all for a $1 tip. Many feel that if you’d tip your pizza boy or girl, you should tip your delivery driver.
The Emily Post Institute (EPI)’s official suggestion falls in line with Maloney’s: “10-15% of the bill, or $2-5 for pizza delivery depending on the size of the order and difficulty of delivery.”
Just like servers in a restaurant, delivery drivers almost always rely on your tips for their income. Tipping is a long-standing cultural tradition in America. So, until drones (无人机) can deliver hot dogs straight to your door, it’s best to tip the people riding through the city at all hours to bring you hot fresh food.
1.What do we know about tipping delivery drivers?
A. It is not widely accepted.
B. It upsets many delivery services
C. It can’t reflect the quality of service
D. It is a deeply rooted tradition in America.
2.Which of the following suggests the highest tips in the passage?
A. The EPI. B. DoorDash.
C. Grubhub. D. Amazon Prime Now.
3.What is the author’s attitude to tipping delivery drivers?
A. Doubtful. B. Unconcerned
C. Disapproving. D. Supportive.
假定你是李华，你校英文报举办征文活动，话题是对即将来你校任教的英语老师的建议和期望。请你给报社写一篇征文。内容包括:
1.欢迎新老师，期待取得进步；
2.讲课语速建议；
3.英语为主，必要时说汉语。
注意:
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(ʌ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today I visited the West Lake, Hangzhou, where is extremely beautiful on spring. I saw many young people rode shared bikes as they offered so much convenient. With so many bikes offered by different company, you can find a bike almost everywhere. Also, you can drop them anywhere you want and they are cheap to use them. This new service is much good than public bikes. When someone wants to use a public bike, he has lo find a bike station. He also needed a station to return it. As result, he has to walk any distance to fetch or return it.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
My best friend and I walked to an ice cream shop today. I brought my water bottle out of habit and handed it to her so naturally that I had no idea why I brought it. We kept 1. (go) though. On our way, a man asked 2. either of us had money for water, or a drink or something. He was sitting on the ground at the time with a board he stopped holding up.
I offered my reusable water bottle to him. He drank all the water quite 3. (rapid). He gave my bottle back after all. I said to my friend with 4. smile, “That was why I brought it then.”
On the return back from the ice cream store, I tried 5. (get) water to go, in case he might be still there. They only had mineral water and lemon water there, something he probably disliked. It turned out he was no 6. (long) there, though.
My friend and I talked about keeping water 7. (bottle) in our cars. This way, we give with healthy things 8. are truly helpful. We both like the 9. (create) idea and these things would 10. (prepare) soon.
One morning when I was sending a package to a poor woman, I noticed a little dog in her yard. He was ________ from a terrible case of mange (癞疥). I asked her if he was her dog and she said yes. I asked why she didn’t ________ him and she told me there was nothing she could do about it for being short of ________.
My heart broke as I ________ him slowly trying to stand his ________ from the illness. I asked her if she would mind if I tried to ________ him. I told her I would try to get some ________ to make him feel comfortable. Instead of going to a ________ chemist’s shop, I went to the local animal doctor and told him what the dog ________ like and he told me what I needed. When I ________ to the woman’s home I asked her if she would be sure to ________ the dog in the medicine liquid every day until it was ________. I made her promise because I knew I could not ________ every day to make sure it was done.
Two weeks later when I returned to the house, this ________ little ball of dog with red fur ________ me at the door. It was him, shaking his tail ________. I smiled and told the woman she did a great ________. I asked her if I could call him Firecracker (爆竹) because his ________ was so red and lively. She ________ her head yes with tears in her eyes too. Every time I went to her home Firecracker always greeted me with a wave of his tail. That was the best $16 I ________ spent.
1.A. coming B. suffering C. away D. different
2.A. feed B. sell C. treat D. donate
3.A. time B. ability C. food D. money
4.A. imagined B. watched C. heard D. kept
5.A. pain B. noises C. looks D. hopelessness
6.A. change B. please C. help D. buy
7.A. medicine B. love C. water D. milk
8.A. rural B. food C. strange D. regular
9.A. sounded B. looked C. smelled D. felt
10.A. returned B. hurried C. rushed D. turned
11.A. raise B. protect C. walk D. bath
12.A. cut down B. taken apart C. used up D. paid off
13.A. come B. work C. question D. flee
14.A. weak B. funny C. energetic D. naughty
15.A. drove B. ignored C. attacked D. recognized
16.A. honestly B. carefully C. anxiously D. happily
17.A. service B. job C. favor D. attempt
18.A. fur B. neck C. eye D. nose
19.A. dropped B. moved C. nodded D. shook
20.A. even B. never C. then D. ever
Recent scientific studies have only underlined the importance of good sleep. But just what can a woman (or man) do to get a good night’s rest? 1..
Silky (丝滑) Smooth
For silky smooth skin, buy some silky smooth cloth without wrinkling (起皱)！ 2.. Silk won’t leave impressions on the face, those kind of strange marks that can appear anywhere on the body after sleeping on cotton cloth. Soft cloth can suit your body’s natural shapes and help keep their proper form.
3.
Here’s a simple way for people who have a hard time falling asleep: try taking a shower! Showering can relax the body and mind, helping the muscles to let go of daily stress. 4.. But most importantly, a shower also helps adjust body temperature. To actually fall asleep, our body temperatures need to drop a little bit.
Limits Out
In order to ensure quality sleep, make sure all lights are out in the room. Sleeping in the dark helps remove upset and helps our bodies go into deep sleep, during which the body and mind repair themselves. 5..
A. Cool Down
B. Slow Down
C. These three easy tips will help you sleep better at night
D. This kind of cloth don’t wrinkle quite as roughly as cotton
E. Sleeping on your back keeps facial skin laying at a natural angle
F. A piece of black cloth covering eyes can help with the process too
G. Even better, it affords an opportunity to remove all makeup before bed
