EDGEWOOD - Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.

     Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.

     By closing time at 9.20 a.m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks.

     "Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good," Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.

     The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.

     They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.

     Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.

     Not that it was easy. Chevalier's first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?

     Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (营养) guidelines.

     The whole school has joined in to help.

     Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.

1.What is the text mainly about?

    A.A best-selling coffee.

    B.A special educational program.

    C.Government support for schools.

    D.A new type of teacher-student relationship.

2.The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to__________.

    A.raise money for school affairs

    B.do some research on nutrition

    C.develop students' practical skills

    D.supply teachers with drinks

3.We know from the text that Ginger Gray__________.

     A.manages the Dixie P1T program in Kenton County

     B.sees that the drinks meet health standards

     C.teaches at Dixie Heights High School

     D.owns the school’s coffee shop

Ginny Ruffner is one of the best-known glass artists in the United States. Her one-of-a-kind pieces are colorful, detailed and often humorous. Over the years, she became famous for a method called lamp working, also known as flame working. It involves using a torch to melt and shape the glass instead of blowing on it.
Ginny Ruffner almost died in a three-car accident in 1991. No one thought the Seattle-based artist would ever walk or talk again. An award-winning(优等的) film documentary explores that period of her life. "It's scary when you can't talk, you can't do... all your life." said Ruffner.
Ms. Ruffner was in a coma(昏迷) for five weeks and a wheelchair for five years. But she overcame her injuries. And although she still has difficulty walking and talking, she has willed herself back to work. Now, she has a team that helps bring her dream to life.
Her team recently finished an eight point five meter-high flowerpot made of steel and aluminum. It is now in downtown Seattle. Ms. Ruffner was recently honored in Washington, DC.  The Renwick Gallery presented a special showing of the film, "A Not So Still Life, the Ginny Ruffner Story."
Ms. Ruffner says “it has been a long battle, but the hardest part has not been the physical problems. I hate being taken for granted, being ignored. The way I talk, people assume that I'm either really old, or kind of retarded(智力迟钝的), and that is so frustrating."
But she is firm. She says "Fortunately I've done a lot of stuff in my life, so I know that the best thing is to be open to the mystery, who knows what great things will happen. I'm sure they're many more to come."
Ginny Ruffner's art can be seen in more than forty museums around the world. Her work and her life continue to motivate people of all ages.
【小题1】Within five years after a car accident, Ginny Ruffner _____.

A.was unconscious of everything
B.had trouble walking and talking
C.got over injuries completely
D.went back to her work
【小题2】From this passage we can learn _____.
A.Ginny Ruffner finished an eight point five meter-high flowerpot made of steel and aluminum himself
B.The Renwick Gallery made him a the film documentary , "A Not So Still Life, the Ginny Ruffner Story."
C.Ginny Ruffner's art is shown in more than forty museums in the United States
D.Ginny Ruffner’s story has encouraged people to do what they want to
【小题3】What was the most difficult to accept for Ginny Ruffner?
A.The physical disabilities
B.Being considered old andstupidity
C.Being looked down upon
D.Being mistaken as a useless man
【小题4】The best title of this passage is _____.
A. A New Exhibit of Bright Life
B.The Life of a Glass Artist
C. A New product of a glass artist
D.The Introduction of a Great Glass Artist
【小题5】From this passage we can know Ginny Ruffner is _____.
A.determined and optimistic
B.ambitious and stubborn
C.hopeful and energetic
D.devoted and active

Mary Buendia once spent a day in an airplane, looking for a cat. She didn't find it that day. The plane flew around all over the world for three weeks with the cat on board. She finally found it in the cargo hold and sent it home first-class. Another time ,she found two suitcases full of birds from Turkey. But her strangest experience was when she pulled a snake out of a man's pants.
Mary Buendia is an animal health inspector at JFK Airport in New York. She takes care of all the animals that pass through the airport and checks that they are healthy. In the Animal Health Center, there are areas for dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, and fish. There is also an area for very big animals. The biggest they ever had was a black rhino. "It was no problem." she says.
At the center, they receive all types of animals  monkeys, wild cats, poisonous spiders. It's impossible for one person to know about all of these, but there are 20 people working with Mary. Among them, they understand how to take care of the animals. She recently had to feed a group of toucans, which are rare birds. "luckily," she says, "there is a supermarket nearby which is open 24 hours. I had to go at 2 a.m to buy bananas.
Mary often works at night. "It's quiet between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m." she says, "because we don't have night flights. We try to give the animals a quiet night." Mary clearly loves her job. "You never know what the day will bring,"she says, and goes off to feed the birds.
【小题1】The best title of the passage will probably be _____.

A.JKF Airport in New YorkB.Airport Health Inspector
C.Mary BuendiaD.Animal Health Center
【小题2】Form the first paragraph, we can know that _____.
A.working as an Airport Health Inspector, Mary Buendea has various experiences
B.after the cat was found, it was sent home to New York
C.Mary got frightened when she pulled a snake out of a man's pants
D.Mary was tired of dealing with animals at the airport
【小题3】We can infer from the passage that _____.
A.Mary often works at night during flights
B.it took Mary a whole day to find a lost cat in an airplane
C.only healthy animals can be permitted to go aboard the airplane
D.Mary knows everything about the animals by working with 20 other people

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