Every morning, kids from a local high school are working hard. They are making and selling special coffee at a coffee cafe. They are also making a lot of money. These students can make up to twelve hundred dollars a day. They are selling their special coffee to airplane passengers. After the students get paid, the rest of the money goes to helping a local youth project.

These high school students use a space in the Oakland airport. It is usually very crowded. Many people who fly on the planes like to drink the special coffee. One customer thinks that the coffee costs a lot but it is good and worth it. Most customers are pleasant but some are unhappy. They do not like it if the coffee cafe is not open for business.

The students earn ﹩6.10 an hour plus tips. They also get school credit(学分) while they learn how to run a business. Many of the students enjoy the work although it took some time to learn how to do it. They have to learn how to steam milk, load the pots, and add flavor. It takes some skill and sometimes mistakes are made. The most common mistake is forgetting to add the coffee. But many students enjoy the job, because they learn a lot experience by serving people. This will benefit them a lot when they enter into society after they finish their school education.

1.The students in the coffee cafe_____________.

A. are volunteers without being paid

B. work in the morning five days a week.

C. send coffee on the planes for the passengers.

D. contribute some of the earnings to a youth program.

2.Some passengers are unhappy because______________.

A. the special coffee costs too much.

B. the kids often forget to add the coffee.

C. they can’t be served at some time.

D. the coffee cafe was often crowded.

3.By working at the cafe, the students can do all of the following EXCEPT__________.

A. earning pocket money.

B. enjoying free flights.

C. receiving school credit.

D. learning to make coffee.

4.How do students think of their job?

A. Boring B. Hard C. Interesting D. Useful

Students from Florida International University in Miami walked on water Thursday for a class assignment.To do it,they wore aquatic (水上的)shoes they designed and created.

Alex Quinones was the first to make it to the other side of a 175-foot lake on campus in record time—just over a minute.Quinones,who wore oversized boat-like shoes,also won last year and will receive $ 500.Students had to wear the aquatic shoes and make it across the lake in order to earn an “A” on the assignment for Architecture Professor Jaime Canaves,Materials and Methods Construction Class."It's traditional in a school of architecture to do boats out of cardboard for a boat race.I thought our students were a little bit more special than that," Canaves said." We decided to do the walk on water event to take it to the next level."

A total of 79 students competed in the race this year in 41 teams.Only 10 teams failed to cross the lake.Others who fell got back up and made it to the end.The race is open to all students and anyone in the community.The youngest person to ever participate was a 9-year-old girl who competed in place of her mother,while the oldest was a 67-year-old female.

A large crowd on campus joined Canaves as he cheered on the racers.He shouted encouraging words,but also laughed as some unsteadily made their way to the end.

"A part of this is for them to have more understanding of designing and make it work better," he said.It is also a lesson in life for the students.

“Anything,including walking on water,is possible,if you do the research,test it and go through the design process seriously.”

1.For what purpose did the students take part in the race?

A.To go across the lake to school.

B.To test their balance on the water.

C.To pass Professor Canaves’ class.

D.To win the prize money of $ 500.

2.Which of the following is true about the race?

A.The students who fell into the water had to quit.

B.More than 20 teams failed to cross the lake.

C.The students kept silent when the other racers competed.

D.The youngest competitor competed instead of her mother.

3.According to Canaves,this race can help the students_________.

A.understand designing better

B.achieve almost everything

C.work together and unite as one

D.walk on the surface of water

4.What is the purpose of this passage?

A.To advertise a student' s program.

B.To report an interesting assignment.

C.To introduce a creative professor.

D.To encourage special events on campus.

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