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UK restaurants will soon have to give all tips to their staff. It will be illegal for restaurants to keep tips. Many restaurants keep the tips customers add to their credit card payments or put in tip jars. Some restaurants use tips to pay workers. People are angry about this. Restaurant workers are very low paid. Many need the tips to survive. Over 150,000 hotels, bars and restaurants employ about two million people in the UK.

Many staff are happy with the new law. They are fed up with chain restaurants keeping their tips. Restaurants often use tips to help pay chefs and kitchen staff. Workers went on strike earlier this year because of low pay. The new law will make sure restaurant workers are treated fairly. Workers will get to keep all of their tips. Restaurants’ owners say a new law is unnecessary because their industry makes sure working conditions are fair.

1.Where do customers put their tips?

A In tip jars.

B In the bank.

C In their bags.

D In their family.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句Many restaurants keep the tips customers add to their credit card payments or put in tip jars.可知顾客会把小费放进小费罐子里，故选A。

2.What do some restaurants use customers' tips for?

A For lunch.

B For investment.

C For buying food.

D For paying staff.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第四句Some restaurants use tips to pay workers.可知一些餐馆用小费来支付工人的工资，故选D。

3.Why did workers go on strike earlier this year?

A Because they got low pay.

B Because they were poor.

C Because they didn’t like working.

D Because they didn’t like their boss.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第四句Workers went on strike earlier this year because of low pay.可知由于工资太低工人罢工，故选A。

4.Who thought the new law was unnecessary?

A The UK government.

B Restaurants’ owners.

C Customers.

D Restaurants’ workers.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句Restaurants’ owners say a new law is unnecessary because their industry makes sure working conditions are fair.可知餐馆老板说新的法律是没有必要的，因为他们的餐馆保证工作条件公平，故选B。