Three people were sitting around a table in a restaurant in Brazil.How much do you think each of them tipped（給小費）？The British asked，"It's common to tip 10 percent，right？"The American woman cried，"Oh，I was planning to leave 20 percent!"And the Chinese asked，"What's a tip？"
   Although it is not a custom to tip in China，tipping is a big deal in Western countries.When travelling to countries like the US and Canada，it is common to tip about 10 to 15 percent of the bill.
   Usually，people give tips to a waiter or waitress when they eat in a restaurant.The US tops the list of the biggest restaurant tips，with waiters and waitresses expecting to get 10 to 25 percent of the total bill.
   So if you order ＄100（about 662 yuan） worth of food，you are expected to pay your waiter at least ＄15 making your total payment ＄115.
   But why is this？Many waiters and waitresses get paid below the US minimum wage（最低工資） and work for tips to make up for（彌補） that.According to the American travel website，some states pay their servers（服務(wù)員） only ＄2.13 per hour.It is not just for waiters，either.Hotel maids，hairdressers and taxi drivers also usually work for tips.
   Besides the US，tipping is also popular in some Southeast Asian countries，such as Indonesia and Thailand.However，in Japan there is a no-tipping culture and you may actually offend the waiter if you try to give him money.

（1）Tipping is a big deal in

B

B

countries.
A．Southern
B．Western
C．Asian
D．Eastern
（2）Why is tipping so important in the US？

C

C

A．Because it is advised by the travel website.
B．Because waiters will offer better service.
C．Because servers there are not well paid.
D．Because people have much money.
（3）The underlined word "offend" means

A

A

in Chinese.
A．冒犯
B．表揚
C．嘲笑
D．移動
（4）From the passage，we can learn EXCEPT

D

D

.
A．tipping is popular in US
B．people in some Southeast Asian countries also tip
C．tipping is a big deal in Western countries
D．it is OK to tip a waiter in Japan