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 special educational program.

B．A best-selling coffee.

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．develop students’ practical skills

C．do some research on nutrition

D．supply teachers with drinks

3.How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea?

A．She met her in the shop.

B．She heard her telling others.

C．She went to her office to deliver the tea.

D． She talked to her on the phone.

4.We know from the text that Ginger Gray ___________ ．

A．manages the Dixie P1T program in Kenton County

B．teaches at Dixie Heights High School

C．sees that the drinks meet health standards

D．owns the school’s coffee shop

A typical lion tamer（驯兽师）in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip( 鞭) at a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’s the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more)—only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become…take immediate action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.

1.Why does the lion tamer use a chair?

A. To entertain the audience.

B. To show off his skills.

C. To get ready for a fight.

D. To trick the lion.

2.In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?

A. They feel puzzled over choices.

B. They hold on to the wrong things.

C. They find it hard to make changes.

D. They have to do something for show

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph3?

A. Tolerant. B. Doubtful.

C. Respectful. D. Supportive.

4.When the world is “waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to _____

A. wait for a better chance

B. break your old habits

C. make a quick decision

D. ask for clear guidance

阅读下面材料，用不多于 1 个单词的正确形式填空

In the United States, there were 222 people 1. (report) to be billionaires (亿万富翁) in 2003. The 2. (rich) of these is Bill Gates, worth 3. least $ 41 billion, who made his money 4. starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old 5. he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire by the time he was 31.

6. , there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even 7. (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. 8. of these child actors made over a million dollars 9. (act) in movies before they were 14. But 10. youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!

—No words are strong enough to express our thanks for your coming.

—____.

A. It’s a pity. B. It’s my pleasure.

C. With pleasure. D. Never mind.

－I’ve decided to compete in the race, but I’m afraid I won’t be the best.

－____. You never know until you try.

A. Enjoy yourself B. Go for it

C. Do as you like D. Take your time

Our English teacher told us to find out ____the differences between American English and British English lie.

A. where B. how C. what D. which

He asked who was able to ____ a good solution to this problem.

A. get along with B. catch up with

C. come up with D. go on with

完形填空,阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Hot lava flows down a Hawaiian mountainside. Farther up the slope, volcanologist（火山学家）Ken Hon picks his way slowly across the____surface. The hot lava（岩浆）is slippery to walk on. “It’s like walking on ice,” Hon says. “But the bottom part of your boots starts to____ a little. You’ll get burned____you fall.”

Hon plants his feet carefully and slowly. He’s____ data on the lava flowing out of Kilauea, a volcano that has been erupting since 1983. ____the lava’s movements can save lives on the slopes below. But Hon must be____. New waves of lava are flowing down toward him. Every few minutes he looks up to see ____the streams are and makes sure the____lava hasn’t cut off his escape route.

“It’s___out there, like the heat from an oven,” Hon says. “Up close, you have to wear firefighters’ clothes____the clothes you’re wearing don’t catch fire or melt.”

“Back in 1990, lava entered the town of Kalapana. The lava moved slowly but steadily,” Hon says. “We____ evacuate(疏散) people from about 150 homes. The lava____forward and consumed all of the houses.” ____, everyone escaped. But today Kalapana is buried under 30 feet of lava.

Volcanoes aren’t____to Hon. They’re fascinating and exciting. “My____thing is to come out at the edge of a lava lake. Sometimes I’ve had to sleep with a gas mask on.” Still, Hon knows how to keep____ and knows when the lava is ____. “All of a sudden, it gets really bright inside your____!” he says, laughing. But the____is worth it, because the more Hon and other scientists can____volcanoes, the safer they can keep the people who live around these powerful forces of nature.

1.A. calm B. frozen C. flat D. rough

2.A. bend B. sink C. melt D. fly

3.A. though B. because C. if D. unless

4.A. collecting B. providing C. exchanging D. sharing

5.A. Knowing B. Stopping C. Filming D. Remembering

6.A. smart B. careful C. silent D. creative

7.A. where B. how C. which D. what

8.A. hardening B. moving C. cooling D. amazing

9.A. powerful B. crowded C. empty D. hot

10.A. or B. while C. but D. so

11.A. had to B. ought to C. should D. could

12.A. leaned B. inched C. put D. looked

13.A. Strangely B. Fortunately C. Hopefully D. Gradually

14.A. similar B. interesting C. scary D. important

15.A. lucky B. main C. worrying D. favorite

16.A. safe B. busy C. comfortable D. quiet

17.A. different B. distant C. close D. slow

18.A. bag B. tent C. car D. house

19.A. change B. view C. result D. danger

20.A. think of B. talk about C. learn about D. hear of

A certain famous actor donated a good sum of money and began _____school in this village, where many local children begin ____school at a proper age.

A. a, a B. /,a C. the,/ D. the, a

____ I met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life.

A. The first time B. The first time when

C. For the first time D. That was the first time