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What do you see from a handful of seeds? Some see green plants, some see blooming flowers, or just seeds. But one group of Shanghai students saw an opportu­nity to make money.
Eight students from No 2 Secondary School Attached to East China Normal Uni­versity started a virtual company selling different seeds and seed products. They successfully sold 28 pictures pasted with different seeds at a campus auction a week a­go. The company, which has recruited around 20 student staff members, has earned over 2000 yuan in the past three months.
"We donated part of the money to a poor school in the countryside of Anhui Province. It's great to realize our ideal of ‘spreading love and culture with seeds’ after many tests and lots of hard work," said Senior 2 Shi Chen, CEO of the compa­ny.
Just like any other company, Shi's didn't develop smoothly. Shi and her young colleagues used to sell fresh flowers and old books, and later found seeds might be something that their company could engage in. They bought seeds of various plants and flowers at low prices from a local farm and sold them in schools or on streets. The creative students also made accessories and pictures with different seeds.
With little business knowledge, the students had to learn new skills as the lead­ers of different departments, such as public relations (PR), sales and marketing. They persuaded a joint Sino-French company near their school to give them training in business management. They also asked some local businessmen to act as their consul­tants.
"They helped us overcome our shyness. We also learned quite a lot of business theory. I found communication skills and teamwork are very important for my job," said Senior 1 Qian Yifei.
The 16-year-old was elected as PR manager thanks to her talent for speaking. She is also in charge of after sales service, dealing with complaints and providing suggestions.
As the head of the company, CEO Shi has a lot more to think about. First of all, she has to learn how to make her colleagues work efficiently as the company only opens at weekends due to all their studies. So she established a system to evaluate every one's performance, in terms of punctuality, efficiency, profits knowledge and so on.
"It makes the company more formal," she said.
59. What is the purpose of opening the company?
A. To earn money for their education fees.
B. To spread love and culture with seeds.
C. To see whether they can open a company.
D. To collect money to open a Hope School.
60. At a campus auction a week ago, they ________ .
A. sold 28 green plants with different flowers
B. sold 28 seeds pasted with different pictures
C. sold 28 pictures pasted with different seeds
D. sold 28 flowers pasted with different pictures
61. According to Qian Yifei, what matters most in dealing with public relations?
A. Communication skills and teamwork.
B. Creative and critical thinking.
C. Educational background.
D. Business theories.
62. What does the word "it" (in the last paragraph) refer to?
A. Selling seeds.
B. To have a person as CEO.
C. Every colleague’s performance.
D. To make her colleagues work efficiently.
63. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The company is owned by 8 students.
B. The company is over-night successful.
C. The company gets a lot of help from others.
D. The company sells old books and fresh flowers.

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What do you see from a handful of seeds? Some see green plants, some see blooming flowers, or just seeds. But one group of Shanghai students saw an opportu??nity to make money.

Eight students from No 2 Secondary School Attached to East China Normal Uni??versity started a virtual company selling different seeds and seed products. They successfully sold 28 pictures pasted with different seeds at a campus auction a week a??go. The company, which has recruited around 20 student staff members, has earned over 2000 yuan in the past three months.

"We donated part of the money to a poor school in the countryside of Anhui Province. It's great to realize our ideal of ‘spreading love and culture with seeds’ after many tests and lots of hard work," said Senior 2 Shi Chen, CEO of the compa??ny.

Just like any other company, Shi's didn't develop smoothly. Shi and her young colleagues used to sell fresh flowers and old books, and later found seeds might be something that their company could engage in. They bought seeds of various plants and flowers at low prices from a local farm and sold them in schools or on streets. The creative students also made accessories and pictures with different seeds.

With little business knowledge, the students had to learn new skills as the lead??ers of different departments, such as public relations (PR), sales and marketing. They persuaded a joint Sino-French company near their school to give them training in business management. They also asked some local businessmen to act as their consul??tants.

"They helped us overcome our shyness. We also learned quite a lot of business theory. I found communication skills and teamwork are very important for my job," said Senior 1 Qian Yifei.

The 16-year-old was elected as PR manager thanks to her talent for speaking. She is also in charge of after sales service, dealing with complaints and providing suggestions.

As the head of the company, CEO Shi has a lot more to think about. First of all, she has to learn how to make her colleagues work efficiently as the company only opens at weekends due to all their studies. So she established a system to evaluate every one's performance, in terms of punctuality, efficiency, profits knowledge and so on.

"It makes the company more formal," she said.

59. What is the purpose of opening the company?

A. To earn money for their education fees.

B. To spread love and culture with seeds.

C. To see whether they can open a company.

D. To collect money to open a Hope School.

60. At a campus auction a week ago, they ________ .

A. sold 28 green plants with different flowers

B. sold 28 seeds pasted with different pictures

C. sold 28 pictures pasted with different seeds

D. sold 28 flowers pasted with different pictures

61. According to Qian Yifei, what matters most in dealing with public relations?

A. Communication skills and teamwork.

B. Creative and critical thinking.

C. Educational background.

D. Business theories.

62. What does the word "it" (in the last paragraph) refer to?

A. Selling seeds.

B. To have a person as CEO.

C. Every colleague’s performance.

D. To make her colleagues work efficiently.

63. What can we learn from the passage?

  A. The company is owned by 8 students.

B. The company is over-night successful.

C. The company gets a lot of help from others.

D. The company sells old books and fresh flowers.

Three  21  ago, my family got our first computer.  22  the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a  23   one. After my father. and I talked for a long time, he  24  . We went to many shops and read many ads.   25   we bought an HP computer.

During the first week, I noticed  26   our computer had some problems. I spent many hours   27   to fix it, but it   28   work. So I   29   to phone the HP compa­ny and ask them   30   to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 31 that day.

The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer    32 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing.

A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by  33  .

It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I be­lieve that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems,   34   I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't     35    .

1. A.  days       B.  weeks        C.  months        D.  years

2.A.  At         B. On            C. To             D. For

3.A.  big         B. new          C. cheap           D. small

4. A.  won        B.  paid         C.  agreed         D.  received

5.A.  At first      B. At last         C. At once         D.  At times

6.A.  if           B.  that         C. what            D.  how

7.A.  try          B. tried          C.  to try         D. trying

8.A.  do           B.  did         C.  don't          D.  didn't

9.A.  hoped        B.  have        C. had             D. liked

10.A.  how         B.  what         C.  why          D.  where

11. A. free           B. sad           C.  busy          D. exciting

12.A. already         B. always        C.  still          D.  usually

13.A. themselves      B.  himself      C.  itself         D.  myself

14.A.  or            B.  then         C.  so           D. and

15.A. a waste of time    B. a successful job C.  a good computer   D.  a bad company

Three  21  ago, my family got our first computer.  22  the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a  23  one. After my father. and I talked for a long time, he  24 . We went to many shops and read many ads.   25  we bought an HP computer.
During the first week, I noticed  26  our computer had some problems. I spent many hours   27  to fix it, but it   28  work. So I   29  to phone the HP compa­ny and ask them   30  to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 31 that day.
The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer    32 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing.
A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by  33 .
It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I be­lieve that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems,   34  I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't    35   .