Question

    When we walked into the cafe, we were greeted by a waitress who smiled, held out a menu, and pointed to a table. It's only when we asked for a table for six that we realized something was a bit different. The waitress glanced at our group and held up six fingers. That's because all the staff are deaf.

Last month, the Huffington Post visited Smiles Cafe in Granada. The business only employs people who are deaf, from the waiters to the cooks. “My goal is for this cafe to be a mirror for other businesses to lose their fear of hiring people with disabilities," the founder Antonio Bunuel, who is from Spain, told HufPost. “It's also for the people who work here to lose their own fear of getting into the work force," he added, “So they can fly.”

In the city, about 1 person in 15 has a disability. But around 99 percent of people with a disability are unemployed. While the law requires companies to employ two people with disabilities for every 50 employees, many businesses don't. “Smiles Cafe was born out of a provocation. 99 percent of people with disabilities here are jobless. That was wrong!" Bunuel said. “So I decided to open a cafe where all of the employees were deaf to show that it works.

At the cafe, customers order by pointing to items on the menu, which have special symbols to indicate substitutions. For instance, if you're ordering fruit parfait, and you don't want yogurt on it, you just point to the illustration (图示) of the parfait, and then to the image of yogurt with a big red “X" over it. To help customers communicate with staff and learn while they eat, the walls are covered with letters_? words and phrases, from “Thank you" to “Welcome" with illustrations that show the corresponding translation. The cafe, now five years old, is a project of the non-profit Centro Social Tio Antonio. “We've opened a small window," the founder said, “If it serves to create awareness, then that's a start.

1.Why did the waitress hold up her fingers when the author ordered?

A.All workers were deaf. B.She didn't want to say anything.

C.She was suffering a throat ache. D.It was a special greeting.

2.What did the founder of the cafe expect his employees to do?

A.Make a big fortune. B.Become well-known in the city.

C.Recover from their illnesses. D.Overcome their fears to work.

3.What does the underlined sentence mean about Smiles Cafe in Para 3?

A.People expected to keep a good volunteering tradition.

B.It was founded to take a challenge of employing the disabled.

C.Founders reached an agreement after discussions.

D.The disabled were worried about their work at first.

4.What is helpful to the customers in the cafe?

A.The deafness of the employees. B.Special symbols on the menu.

C.The non-profit model of the cafe. D.The awareness of the employer.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇新闻。文章主要介绍了格拉纳达的一家名为Smiles Café的咖啡店和这家只雇佣聋哑人的咖啡店的成立背景。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中“The waitress glanced at our group and held up six fingers. That's because all the staff are deaf.”可知，服务员看到我们点单的时候，竖起了6个手指，这是因为所有的员工都是聋哑人，因此A项切题。故选A项。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中“It's also for the people who work here to lose their own fear of getting into the work force.”可知，咖啡店的创始人目标是让这里工作的人不再害怕成为工作人员，克服工作的恐惧，因此D项切合题意。故选D项。

3.词义猜测题。根据前文“While the law requires companies to employ two people with disabilities for every 50 employees, many businesses don't.”可知，尽管法律要求这些公司每50人中要雇佣2个残疾人，然而很多公司并没有这么做。结合下文“So I decided to open a cafe where all of the employees were deaf to show that it works.”可知，因此创始人决定开一家只雇佣聋哑人的咖啡店。划线句起到承上启下作用，连接上下句语境，通过翻译选项可知，B项“为了挑战雇佣残疾人而成立了这家咖啡店”符合题意。故选B项。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段中“At the cafe, customers order by pointing to items on the menu, which have special symbols to indicate substitutions.”可知，在咖啡店顾客们通过指着菜单上的物品点单，在菜单上有特殊符号表示替代，意在表明菜单上的特殊符号对于顾客点单很有帮助，因此B项切题。故选B项。