【正文】 ng or left some part of her job inplete from the day before. She was confused and nervous. Patricia handed her a box. “I happened to hear 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. Although this baseball glove is only $19, we do care about you. And I want you to know you are important to us.” With the $19 baseball glove in hand, Cynthia felt warm in heart. Since then, she worked even harder. She didn’t change her job. Now she is a manager of the store. “The story is over,” Smith said, “Boys and girls, what did you learn from it? Please think it over and tell me your opinions. You can discuss with your partners.” ?? (10 minutes passed.) “Excellent. All of you did a good job,” Smith continued, “The story is really an important lesson to us all. We know people remember more how much a boss cares than how much the boss pays. In the future, if you want to be a good boss, please remember small loving things you do will bring you more hardworking workers. Thank you for your listening. Class is over. See you tomorrow.” 38. Smith is a ________. A. student B. teacher C. clerk D. boss 39. The best title of the story Smith told is ________. A. Cynthia and Her NineYearOld Son B. A Baseball Glove and Its Owner C. The Conversation Between Boss and Clerk D. A Valuable $19 Baseball Glove 40. According to the passage, the omitted(省略的 ) part in is mainly about ________. A. Smith’s s uggestion of the story B. boys’ and girls’ discussion and opinions C. Cynthia’s intr oduction of herself D. the good ways to be a good boss 41. If you want to be a good boss, you need to ________. A. pay your workers as much money as possible B. show your workers what good future they can have later C. do small loving things to attract (吸引 ) good workers D. let good workers know they are nice and useful D Have you ever heard about seed(種子 ) libraries? It’s a new fastest growing group in America. We know a basic rule of any library is that you return what you take out. For example, when you take out books and DVDs, you’re supposed to bring them back so others can use them. In seed libraries, you can borrow small bags of seeds and plant them at home. But you can bring them back only when you manage to grow healthy and strong plants in the end. If not, the seeds can’t be returned to the library. So it’s a roll of the dice to the seed libraries. Why do we need seed libraries if there’s a strong chance nothing will e back at all? Thea Atwood, manager from a seed library, says, “Seed lib raries are necessary. It helps people know more about different seeds. It also makes seed planting more active. Finally, it will improve and push the development of seeds and gardening.” In the past, the task of protecting and saving seeds was mainly done by big seed banks. There are million different kinds of seeds kept in professional seed banks around the world. The biggest one is in the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋 ). It holds seeds for more than 770,000 different plants. But those seeds are locked away. Common people can’t see or plant them. Seed libraries are different. They bring seeds into spreading, town by town. They encourage people in different areas to plant their seeds. “The more seeds you can borrow and plant,” says Stephen Brush, an ecologist, “the better the seed bees. Because more seeds will be saved and new kinds will be developed if people plant them more.” A few years ago, there were only several seed libraries around the country. Now there are more than 200. They’re often set up in local libraries, farms, or greenhouses. So it is convenient for local munities to get seeds that are more suitable for growing in local areas. Will seed libraries take the place of the seed bank in the future? I don’t think so. They will save more different kinds of seeds into the seed banks and make them perfect! 42. The underlined phrase “ roll of the dice” (Para. 1) refers to ________. A. risk B. success C. decision D. memory 43. The number of seeds in the biggest seed bank is ________. A. 200 B. 770,000 C. 7,400,000 D. 8,170,000 44. Seed libraries are necessary because________. A. they sell seeds to people from different munities B. they encourage people to exchange money and food C. they improve and push the development of seeds and gardening D. they lock more seeds and stop people from planting them 45. What can we infer from the passage? A. Seed libraries will take the place of seed banks in 15 years. B. Recently, there are only 20 seed libraries in America. C. The more exchange you get, the worse the seed bees. D. Seed libraries will be more weled by local munities. 卷Ⅱ 四 、詞匯運用（本題有 15小題，每小題 1分；共計 15分） A. 根據(jù)短文內容和括號內所給漢語意思，寫出空白處各單詞的正確形式（每空一詞） 。