As a design student in Detroit，Veronika Scott was worried about the increasing numbers of homeless people suffering deeply during the cold winters．At the age of 21，she created The Detroit Empowerment Plan not to solve homelessness，but to provide muchneeded warmth to the city's 20，000 street homeless people by designing a sleepingbag coat． It is selfheated，waterproof（防水的），and transforms into a sleeping bag at night．It's made by a group of homeless women who are paid，fed and housed while creating these coats made for those living on the streets．The focus is on the humanitarian system to create jobs for those that desire them and coats for those that need them at no cost．The goal is to employ，educate，and instill （灌输）pride．The importance is not with the product but with the people． Veronika Scott is a product design student at the College for Creative Studies．When she was working in studio class，a humanitarian group came in to sponsor the studio．They said"to design to fill a need"．Detroit has a pretty large number of people，about 20，000 living on the streets．She spent three days a week，every week，for five months working in a homeless shelter．The people there became part of the entire design．When the term ended，the project did not．She continued the project not just because she was crazy about it but because actually people needed it．She realized she had to take it to the next level and make it a system． In the beginning the empowerment plan was just about the coat．She could produce some coats by herself but she really wanted to reach out to people who needed jobs．Now the importance of the project lies not within the product，but within the people who are involved and affected by the system．Thus it is one way to break the homeless cycle by giving homeless women jobs while in the shelter，so they can earn money，find a place to live in，and gain back their independence for themselves and their family．
Veronika Scott's sleepingbag coat ______ ．
A. is very expensive B. has many functions C. is mainly used at night D. is made by some students
What first drove Veronika Scott to create The Detroit Empowerment Plan？ ______
A. Her studio class． B. The visiting group． C. Her college teachers． D. The homeless people．
People CANNOT get ______ through the empowerment plan．
A. clothing to wear B. houses to live in C. family to feed D. jobs for independence
Does your local high school have a student newspaper？ Only one in eight of New York's public high schools has student newspapers - and many of those are published just a few times a year． A few more are online， which can leave out poorer schools． Rebecca Dwarka， an 18yearold senior who works for her student paper said， "Facebook is the new way of finding out what happened． Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole article about it， which makes a ‘whole article" sound a little like a long sentence in lonely places．" I am not nostalgic （怀旧的） about high school student newspapers and never worked for mine． I put out what was then called a personal magazine with a group of friends because we wanted to write about peace， war， rock "n" roll without school officials warning us not to make jokes about the local officials． Hearing that school newspapers are in decline because students now "find out what happened" on social networking websites is a little discouraging because it proves that for millions of Americans， journalism is becoming a doityourself thing． Every citizen can be a reporter． When something happens， we look for social media messages as soon as they flash， too． Facebook posts and Tweets have become the means by which citizens and reporters can prove， deny， pass on stories and express opinions without the press challenging， researching， or slowing the message． But truly good journalism is a craft， not just a blog （博客） post． It requires not only seeing something carefully， but also reporting it with perspective． It uses an eye for detail to help prove a larger view． And even journalism that conveys an opinion strives （力求） to be fair． If school newspapers begin to disappear， I hope there are other ways for students to learn that．
We can infer from what Rebecca said that ______ ．
A. people like to sit down to read articles B. students like reading detailed articles C. school newspapers are becoming unpopular D. Facebook is the quickest way of spreading news
In the author's opinion， social media messages ______ ．
A. are usually discouraging for readers B. reflect the power of small voices C. make journalism become a craft D. aren't based on careful research
According to the author， good journalism should ______ ．
A. act as blog posts in modern times B. focus on something in detail C. convey a message quickly D. fairly convey an opinion
What's the best title for the text？ ______
A. High school newspapers - an endangered species B. Social networking brings about new journalism C. Everyone can become a reporter at present D. Social media or newspaper？
