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  3. Read carefully the following excerpt on the argument about autistic people and then write your response in NO LESS THAN200 WORDS

Read carefully the following excerpt on the argument about autistic people and then write your response in NO LESS THAN200 WORDS

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问题     Read carefully the following excerpt on the argument about autistic people and then write your response in NO LESS THAN200 WORDS, in which you should:
    . summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then
    . comment on whether autistic people could be good workers. You can support yourself with information from the excerpt.
    Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
                        Autistic People May Be Good Workers
    Autism is a brain condition associated with poor social skills. It has a wide spectrum of symptoms, from obsessive behavior to hypersensitivity to sound, light or other sensory stimulation, the severity of which ranges from mild to life-blighting. The range of consequences is also wide. At one end, the autism of a computer scientist may be barely noticeable; at the other, a quarter of autistic children do not speak.
    Autism is a condition that defies simple generalizations. Except one: The potential of far too many autistic people is being squandered. Although around half of those with autism are of average intelligence or above, they do far worse than they should do at work. In Britain, only 12％ of higher-functioning autistic adults work full time. Globally, the United Nations reckons that 80％ of those with autism are not in the workforce.
    These numbers represent a tragic human toll, as millions of people live idle and isolated outside the world of work. Loving parents and siblings struggle to know how to help. Autism imposes hefty economic costs, reducing economic growth and swelling disability rolls. One study suggests those costs could be as high as 2％ of GDP. Fortunately, this need not be the case. Evidence, particularly from advanced economies, suggests there are plenty of things, from earlier screening to greater assistance with finding jobs, which could transform the lives of many autistic people.
    Plenty more companies could benefit from hiring autistic people. Agencies that specialize in recruiting them stress that even if their interviews are bad (not making eye contact, taking questions too literally), they may still be good workers. Once an autistic person is hired, small adjustments can help employers to get the best out of him, for example, by providing a quiet workspace and clear instructions, expressed textually or visually rather than verbally.
    Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
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答案 Could Autistic People Be Good Workers? The UN figures have reflected that most autistic adults in the world do not work full time and their beautiful minds are being wasted. The symptoms of their disease in brain usually mislead ordinary folks on their eligibility for a job. Specialized agencies point out they can still be good workers in spite of then-poor performance in the interview. Not all the people with autism can hold down a job. However, 1 am of the opinion that most of them have the ability to be qualified employees if there is a job for them. To start with, the high-functioning autistic people tend to be deft software analysts since they can spot patterns or errors in data which are invisible to most non-autistics. In addition, the less gifted autistic people can also become effective workers because they often have an extraordinary capacity to focus on details. What’s more, their desire for routine and dislike of change ensure their loyalty to the companies. In short, autistic employees can perform as well as their peers. They can excel at jobs that require precision and repetition because of their behavioral characteristics. Moreover, the employers will get the best out of autistic workers if they can offer a quiet workspace and clear instructions.
解析 本题讨论了大多数孤独症患者没有参加工作，其潜能被白白浪费这一社会现象，而专门从事孤独症患者招聘的机构指出他们其实可以成为好雇员。在具体行文方面，考生应在第一段总结上述选段要点，阐述该社会现象并指出孤独症患者可以成为好雇员。第二段集中探讨孤独症患者是否能成为好雇员。本文支持“孤独症患者能够成为好雇员”的观点，理由如下：高功能孤独症患者由于可以识别出数据中非孤独症患者无法识别的特征和错误，往往可以成为熟练的软件分析员；天赋稍差的孤独症患者则因其超凡的专注力和对细节的观察力而能够成为高效员工；他们对公司忠诚。最后总结全文，指出孤独症患者的工作表现并不比普通人差。
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