44. 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.

42.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. 　　　　 43.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.

41. 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

40. The author concludes the passage with the advice that

A. people benefit more from daily multivitamins than a balanced diet

B. people should expect multivitamins to be used to cure diseases

C. it's risky to take multivitamins without listening to the doctors

D. it's reasonable to take a proper amount of multivitamins daily

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B

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.

39. It can be seen that large doses of multivitamins __________ .

A. may cause serious side effects 　　　

B. may help prevent excessive bleeding

C. are likely to increase the blockage of arteries

D. are advisable for those with vitamin deficiencies

38. It has been found that vitamin E _________ .

A. can effectively help cure heart disease

B. should be taken by patients regular and directly

C. has a preventive but not curative effect on heart disease

D. should be given to patients with heart disease as early as possible

37. According to the author, clinical trials of vitamin supplements _________ .

A. often result in misleading conclusions

B. take time and will not produce conclusions 　

C. appear to be a pure waste of time and resources

D. should be conducted by scientists in some other ways

36. At one time doctors discouraged taking multivitamins because they believed that multivitamins _________ .

A. were too expensive for daily consumption

B. were potentially harmful to people's health

C. could not easily be absorbed by the human body

D. could not provide any cure for vitamin deficiencies

34. 　A. cover　　　　 B. destroy　　　 C. produce　　　 　D. protect