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was happy because her life was 7 than before. But the woman became greedy (貪婪 ). One day when the swan 8 , the woman caught her and took all her golden feathers. Suddenly the golden feathers 9 the mon (普通的 ) feathers. The swan said, “I came to help you, but you wanted to kill ( 殺 ) 10 . 1 will never e back. Never be greedy.” With these words, the swan disappeared ( 消失 ). 1. A. under B. near C. in D. next 2. A. haven’t B. don’t have C. didn’t have D. hasn’t 3. A. unhappy B. friendly C. happy D. happily 4. A. continued B. decided C. rushed D. tried 5. A. seeing B. taking C. bringing D. saying 6. A. but B. so C. and D. or 7. A. better B. good C. well D. the best 8. A. jumped B. picked C. cried D. came 9. A. changed into B. picked up C. took around D. go away 10. A. him B. her C. me D. his Ⅲ . 閱讀理解 One day a king went to a far away place in his country. When he came back, his feet hurt a lot. “There are too many small stones on the roads. They hurt my feet. You should cover (覆蓋 ) every road with leather (皮革 ),” he told his men. Of course, it would cost a lot of money. One of his men was very smart. He told the king, “Why not cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?” The king was surprised. He agreed to the man’s idea. He asked his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him. Maybe this is not the beginning of leather shoes. But it teaches us a les