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You’ll find it amazing to support people when you go out to eat! Just look for restaurants that hire people with disabilities,which are making the world a more inclusive place. Each bakery,café and restaurant below has a wonderful and heartwarming story.
Hugs Care: McKinney,Texas
Ruth Thompson once had a vision to create a nonprofit café that would be run and operated primarily by adults with special needs. With hard work,a strong passion and an amazing team,Hugs Café opened its doors in 2015.“Hugs Café is now so much more than a job to our 23 teammates,which is enhancing the meaningful lives of adults with special needs through training and employment at Hugs Café. Thompson says.
Vinny&Bay’s Coffee and Eatery: Panama City,Florida
“A lot of people plan their vacations around coming to this coffee shop,”says café owner Kara Rigby. Vinny & Bay’s Coffee and Eatery was established “so that Baylee had a place to work,”Rigby adds. Baylee is Rigby’s daughter’s friend who has a disability. The coffee shop’s goal become training for individuals like Baylee. Some workers have even started at Vinny & Bay’ s and were able to work in a regular workplace. Rigby says that her employees” have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities. They love unconditionally,and it changes the whole environment and business.” Rigby believes that incorporating even just one or two disabled individuals into a business can change the whole atmosphere—for the better!
Sugar Pl um Bakery: Virginia Beach,Virginia
Head to Sugar Plum Bakery to find a delicious carrot cake and see people with disabilities successfully working alongside none—disabled workers. Sugar Plum has been promoting the integration of adult s with developmental disabilities by providing training and employment opportunities to more than 1,000 people with disabilities since 1987.Whether they’re scooping cookies or making cupcakes,Sugar Plum’s disabled employees are the backbone of the bakery.
1. What do the three restaurants have in common?
A. They are established by adults with special needs.
B. They are supported by charities or local government.
C. The provide training and employment to disabled individuals.
D. The employers and employees there are all individuals with disabilities.
2. It can be known from the passage that ______________.
A. Hugs Café set up in 1987 now has 23 teammates
B. Rigby founded her coffee shop to help Baylee,her daughter
C. Disabled individuals are not able to work in a regular workplace
D. Sugar P1um Bakery hires both normal people and people with disabilities
3. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggest?
A. Disabled workers there are the most important part.
B. The bakery get s support and strength from backbone.
C. The customers are always backing the disabled workers.
D. The employees have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文,介绍了三家致力于帮助残疾人的面包店和咖啡店。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据Hugs Café is now so much more than a job to our 23 teammates,which is enhancing the meaningful lives of adults with special needs through training and employment at Hugs Café. Thompson says.可知对于Thompson 的23位同事来说,在Hugs Café工作不仅是份工作,这些有特殊需求的成年人通过在Hugs Café得到的培训和工作增加了生活的意义。有特殊需求的成年人就是指残疾人,说明Hugs Cafe为残疾人提供培训和就业机会。根据Baylee is Rigby’s daughter’s friend who has a disability. The coffee shop’s goal become training for individuals like Baylee.可知贝利是个残疾人。Vinny&Bay’s Coffee这家咖啡馆的目标是为像贝利这样的残疾人提供培训。根据Sugar Plum has been promoting the integration of adult s with developmental …disabilities since 1987.可知Sugar Plum这家店自从1987年以来,为超过1000名残疾人提供了培训和就业机会。综上所述,三家店都为残疾人提供培训和就业机会,故选C项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据Head to Sugar Plum Bakery to find a delicious carrot cake and see people with disabilities successfully working alongside none—disabled workers.可知在Sugar Plum Bakery可以看到残疾人和非残疾人一起工作,这说明Sugar Plum Bakery既雇佣普通人又雇佣残疾人,故选D项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。划线部分Sugar Plum’s disabled employees are the backbone of the bakery. 意思为“Sugar Palm的残疾人员工是这个面包店的支柱”,将残疾人员工比作支柱表明他们是这里最重要的部分,故选A项。
【点睛】推理判断题主要考查考生理清上下文逻辑关系的能力和考生的识别能力。考生要把握文章的内在关系,理解文章的真正含义。比如本文第3小题,根据Sugar Plum’s disabled employees are the backbone of the bakery.可知这家店的残疾人员工被比喻成支柱,支柱一般是用于形容中坚力量的,这说明残疾人员工是这家店最重要的一部分,故选A项。