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阅读理解 　　A lot of management training is held each year for Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores．Among the topics we address in our course is the retention(保护力)of quality employees-a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale in the service industry．During these discussions, I ask the participants,“What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?”Some time back a new manager took the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said,“It was a ＄19 baseball glove．” 　　Cynthia told the group that she originally took a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)position while she looked for something better．On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie．He needed a baseball glove for Little League．She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills．Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check．When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that served as an office．Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before．She was concerned and confused． 　　Patricia handed her a box．“I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,”she said,“and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids．This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves．You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us．” 　　The thoughtfulness, empathy and love of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays．An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove． (1) Among many of the problems in the service industry, talked about in this passage, is ________． [　　] A． how to ensure his employees’ high pay B． how to attract more customers C． how to look carefully after the employees D． how to keep the good employees from leaving (2) Although she was a new manager, Cynthia would do her job well in keeping quality employees because she ________． [　　] A． had mastered all the courses for the manager B． had already formed good relationship with the employees C． know the way how to deal with her employees D． had her own personal experience (3) This passage shows us that to run a business well it is necessary for managers to let their employees know ________． [　　] A． how much they can get for their job B． what good positions they can get later C． they are very vital to the business D． they are nice as well as useful (4) The story told in this passage tells us that employees care about ________． [　　] A． only how large a pay they can get B． love from the managing people rather than only money C． if their children could be properly taken care of D． what position they can be offered

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答案：1．D;2．D;3．C;4．B;