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London's Eggs & Bread cafe offers boiled eggs, toast, jam , and bacon , as well as tea, coffee and orange juice. But at the end of the meal, customers don't have to worry about the bill. Hungry customers can pay whatever amount they can afford to eat at the cafe, or nothing at all. (5) Owner Guy Wilson says his cafe aims to build community, rather than profits. He wants to provide a bridge for people to connect in an area that has been divided by class and wealth by providing affordable breakfasts. The cafe is open in the mornings every day of the year and has two members of staff or supervisors on shift every day. (6) The cafe doesn't use volunteers, but pays its staff to ensure consistency in its service. It doesn't take donations and doesn't want to be seen as a charity. Mr. Wilson says, (7) when people start to know other people around them, they realize they're not that different. And whatever their financial background, or their educational background , most people have something in common with each other. He says it's important that his cafe can offer his customers security and permanence.
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预览三道题各选项，由选项中的 free meals、class difference、customers、service、charity、cafe等词可知，新闻内容与咖啡馆提供免费餐有关。 第5题各项均为动词短语，可能考查咖啡馆提供免费餐的目的或可能的结果。第6题各选项均用 It作主语，意在说明这家咖啡馆的经营方式、用人方式等内容。 第7题各选项主语均为They，且结合各选项语义可推测They 指代“顾客”，由此推测本题考查内容与顾客有关。
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5) What does Guy Wilson say his cafe aims to do?
B)。【精析】新闻开头提到，伦敦的一家咖啡馆提供早餐，顾客用餐后可支付他们所能支付的任何价格，或者完全不用支付。 咖啡馆主人盖伊·威尔逊说他开咖啡馆目的不是赚钱，而是通过提供人们可以吃得起的早餐，为具有不同阶级和经济背景的人们搭建沟通的桥梁。因此，答案为B)。
6) What does the news report say about Eggs & Bread cafe?
C)。【精析】新闻中提到，这家鸡蛋面包咖啡馆每天早上提供服务，全年无休。咖啡馆由两名员工或主管轮流值班，不使用志愿者， 但会付给员工费用以保证服务的连续性，咖啡馆不接受捐款。与各选项信息比对，答案为C)。
7) What happens when people start to know each other according to Guy Wilson?
D)。【精析】新闻末尾提到，当人们开始了解周围的人时，他们会意识到他们与别人并无太大不同， 不管他们的经济、教育背景怎样，大多数人都有共同之处，因此答案为D)。