【文章內容簡介】 oduced the ELEA puter system. This was the first mainframe (主機) puter designed and made in Italy.After Adriano died in 1960, the pany had a period of financial problem. Other panies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian pany.In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other panies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s leading panies in information technology and munication. There are now five independent panies in the Olivetti group — one for personal puters, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telemunications.45. From the text we learn that .A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a yearB. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950sC. some of Olivetti’s 700 staff regularly visited customers in ItalyD. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning46. What was probably the direct result of Olivetti’s falling behind in electronic technology?A. Adriano’s death. B. A period of financial problems.C. Its faster progress. D. Its agreements with other panies.47. What do we know about Olivetti?A. It produced the best typewriter in the world.B. It designed the world’s first mainframe puter.C. It exported more typewriters than other panies.D. It has five independent panies with its head office in Ivrea.48. The best title for the text would be .A. The Origin of Olivetti. B. The Success of Olivetti.C. The History of Olivetti D. The Production of Olivetti. CDGEWOOD — 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 ., 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 chatting with the teacher on the line.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.Specialeducation 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 overe was productrelated. 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 nonfat milk, fell within nutrition (營養(yǎng)) guidelines.The whole school has joined in to help.Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the morning. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups. 49. What is the text mainly about？ A. A bestselling coffee. B. A special educational program. C. Government support for schools D. A new type of teacherstudent relationship.50. 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 drinks51. How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea？ A. She once met her in the shop. B. She heard her saying it with others. C. She talked to her on the phone. D. She went to her office to deliver the tea.52. We know from the text that Ginger Gray . A. starts the guidelines for coffee shops B. sees that the drinks meet health standards C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School D. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton CountyDFor many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parentteen war is about boundaries — where is the line between what I control and what you do?Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. Partly, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ plete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.In this article, I’ll describe three nowin situations that monly arise between teens and parentsand then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first nowin situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. The second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. The