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Most cities and/or states in the US collect a sales tax on almost everything you buy. When you move into a new community, it is a good idea to ask how much the local sales tax is, and what items are and are not taxable. Both taxable items and the amount of tax vary considerably from place to place, from one or two percent in some places up to eight or ten in others. The New York City sales tax, for example, is currently 8%, so if you buy a pair of $40 shoes you will actually have to pay $43.20. This makes paying and getting correct change much more difficult.
Another thing that makes service exchanges more complicated is tipping. Waiters and waitresses, cab drivers, barkers and all sorts of other people must be tipped in most places. Their employers give them low wages because it is expected that customers will make up the difference. If you don't, the service person can't earn a living. Tipping also varies from place, generally in the area of 15% of your bill(before taxes), but again you should ask local residents whom to tip and how much.
What are the two things that American people can't avoid？
______ and ______.
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We had been wanting to expand our children"s horizons by taking them to a place that was unlike anything we"d been exposed to during our travels in Europe and the United States. In thinking about what was possible from Geneva， where we are based， we decided on a trip to Istanbul.
We envisioned the trip as a prelude to more exotic ones， perhaps to New Delhi or Bangkok later this year， but thought our ll-and 13-year-olds needed a first step away from manicured boulevards and pristine monuments.
What we didn"t foresee was the reaction of friends， who warned that we were putting our children "in danger"， referring vaguely， and most incorrectly， to disease， terrorism or just the unknown. To help us get acquainted with the peculiarities of Istanbul and to give our children a chance to choose what they were particularly interested in seeing， we bought an excellent guidebook and read it thoroughly before leaving.
Friendly warnings didn"t change our planning， although we might have more prudently checked with the U.S. State Department"s list of trouble spots. We didn"t see a lot of children among the foreign visitors during our six-day stay in Istanbul， but we found the tourist areas quite safe， very interesting and varied enough even to suit our son， whose oft-repeated request is that we not see "every single" church and museum in a given city.
Vaccinations weren"t needed for the city， but we were concerned about adapting to the water for a short stay. So we used bottled water for drinking and brushing our teeth， a precaution that may seem excessive， but we all stayed healthy. Taking the advice of a friend， we booked a hotel a 20-minute walk from most of Istanbul"s major tourist sites. This not only got us some morning exercise， strolling over the Karakoy Bridge， but took us past a colorful assortment of fishermen，vendors and shoe shiners.
From a teenager and pre-teen"s view， Istanbul street life is fascinating since almost everything can be bought outdoors. They were at a good age to spend time wandering the labyrinth of the Spice Bazaar， where shops display mounds of pungent herbs in sacks. Doing this with younger children would be harder simply because the streets are so packed with people; it would be easy to get lost.
For our two， whose buying experience consisted of department stores and shopping mall boutiques， it was amazing to discover that you could bargain over price and perhaps end up with two of something for the price of one. They also learned to figure out the relative value of the Turkish lira， not a small matter with its many zeros.
Being exposed to Islam was an important part of our trip. Visiting the mosques， especially the enormous Blue Mosque， was our first glimpse into how this major religion is practiced. Our children"s curiosity already had been piqued by the five daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers in every corner of the city， and the scarves covering the heads of many women. Navigating meals can be troublesome with children， but a kebab， bought on the street or in restaurants， was unfailing!y popular. Since we had decided this trip was not for gourmets， kebabs spared us the agony of trying to find a restaurant each day that would suit the adults" desire to try something new amid children"s insistence that the food be served immediately. Gradually， we branched out to try some other Turkish specialties.
Although our sons had studied Islam briefly， it is impossible to be prepared for every awkward question that might come up， such as during our visits to the Topkapi Sarayi， the Ottoman Sultans"palace. No guides were available so it was do-it-yourself， using our guidebook， which cheated us of a lot of interesting history and anecdotes that a professional guide could provide. Next time， we resolved to make such arrangements in advance.
On this trip， we wandered through the magnificent complex， with its imperial treasures， its courtyards and its harem. The last required a bit of explanation that we would have happily left to a learned third party.
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When people form. opinions about someone or something, what affects them most is not substance but style. Is style. more important than substance？ Write a composition on this issue.
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words:
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your composition.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Many animals engage in play，but homo sapiens is the only animal (1) have invented sports.Since sports are an invention，a part of culture (2) than an aspect of nature，all definitions of sports are somewhat arbitrary. (3) sports are a human universal found in every known culture or a (4) unique to modern society depends upon one's definition of sports.Men and (5) have always run，jumped，climbed，lifted，thrown， and wrestled，but they have (6) always performed these physical activities competitively. Although all literate societies seem to (7) contests of one sort or another in which men， and sometimes women， (8) in displays and tests of physical skill and prowess，sports may be (9) defined as physical contests performed for their own sake and not for (10) ulterior end.According to this strict definition，neither Neolithic hunters nor contestants (11) religious ceremonies such as the ancient Olympic Games were engaged in sports. (12) on the stipulation that sports must be performed for their own sake (13) the paradoxical elimination of many activities which are usually thought of as (14) ，such as exercises done for the sake of cardiovascular fitness，races run (15) satisfy a physical education requirement，ball games played to earn a paycheck. (16) definition also means abandonment of the traditional usage in which"sport，"derived (17) Middle English disporter，refers to any light hearted recreational activity.In the. (18) of some 18th- century aristocrats，a game of backgammon and the seduction of (19) milkmaid were both considered good sport，but this usage of the term (20) become archaic.
(1)
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