9.The Chinese saying goes:Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.This is what the Seattle-based FareStart does.Not only does the charity(慈善機(jī)構(gòu)) provide meals for the homeless but it also teaches them cooking skills that prepare them for jobs in food service.
In Seattle,13.2% of people live below the poverty line.Since its beginning in 1999,F(xiàn)areStart has grown steadily,graduating 110people from its adult cooking training program in 2013,90% of whom went on to well-paid employment(職業(yè))within 90days of graduation.88% of those employees still held their positions six months later.
At FareStart,students begin their training with simple tasks like reading recipes(菜譜) and planning menus.Many also receive housing.In return,they are required to work.Starting with assisting in the kitchen preparing meals for people in shelters,the trainees move their way up the ranks,ending up in the kitchen of the FareStart restaurant in downtown Seattle.
The practical skill-training and other support services allow successful graduates like Jayna,a former nurse who lost her license due to drug and alcohol abuse,to get on in life.Since graduating from FareStart,she has worked in a small house at Yellowstone National Park."I could not have put myself back together again,"she said."FareStart did that for me."
Kevin,who graduated from FareStart in April 2012,is another success story.Previously homeless,he found that having to show up at the same place every day kept him on track.Upon leaving FareStart,Kevin began setting goals for his future and seeing them through-including holding down his current job for almost a year.
Going forward,F(xiàn)areStart plans to shift more focus to women,particularly women with children,who sadly make up an increasing percentage of the local homeless population.The organization also aims to double its student intake when it makes a gradual move to a bigger space in Seattle's Pacific Tower.
24.The author uses figures in Paragraph 2to showB.
A.cooking is becoming popular in Seattle
B.FareStart is helpful in creating employment
C.the growing population of Seattle
D.the rapid growth of unemployment
25.Both Jayna and KevinC.
A.worked at Yellowstone National Park
B.became homeless due to alcohol abuse
C.must be grateful to FareStart
D.lost their jobs for a year
26.We can learn from the text that FareStart willC.
A.help people in Seattle get out of poverty within 5years
B.make its restaurant the biggest one in Seattle
C.give more attention to homeless women
D.a(chǎn)dd more courses to meet the need of its students
27.What would be the best title for the text?A
A.A better way to feed the hungry
B.A new land found for housing
C.Success stories in Seattle
D.Poverty programs in Seattle.
分析 "授人以魚(yú)不如授人以漁",F(xiàn)areStart就是這樣的一家實(shí)踐技能培訓(xùn)中心.
解答 24-27.BCCA
24題答案:B考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,第二段通過(guò)列數(shù)字主要講的是FareStart 學(xué)員的高就業(yè)率、高薪資以及穩(wěn)定性等.由此可知其目的是為了表明FareStart 在就業(yè)這一方面是有幫助的,故本題答案為B選項(xiàng).
25題答案:C考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段的The practical skill-training and other support services allow successful graduates like Jayna…to get on in life.實(shí)踐技能培訓(xùn)使像Jayna一樣成功的畢業(yè)生走入了生活的正軌.以及倒數(shù)第二段的Kevin,who graduated from FareStart in April 2012,is another success story.2012年四月畢業(yè)于FareStart的Kevin是另一個(gè)成功的故事.可知這兩人都會(huì)感激FareStart,故本題答案為C選項(xiàng).
26題答案:C考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)文章最后一段的Going forward,F(xiàn)areStart plans to shift more focus to women,particularly women with children,who sadly make up an increasing percentage of the local homeless population.在前進(jìn)的路上FareStart計(jì)劃轉(zhuǎn)移更多的注意力到女性身上--尤其是有孩子的女性,令人難受的是她們?cè)诓粩嗟丶哟螽?dāng)?shù)責(zé)o家可歸人口的百分比占比.可知本題答案為C選項(xiàng).
27題答案:A考查主旨大意,本文主要講的是一個(gè)"授人以魚(yú)不如授人以漁"的實(shí)踐技能培訓(xùn)中心FareStart;其目的是為了讓人們能夠通過(guò)所學(xué)的技能真正擺脫貧困.故本題答案為A選項(xiàng).
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇科教類(lèi)閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì) 性找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案.