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)44. A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows( )45. A. fast B. lucky C. easy D. freeⅦ.閱讀理解(每小題2分,共20分)AA peacock (孔雀) and a tortoise (龜) were good friends. One day, a bird catcher caught the peacock and was going to sell him on the market. The peacock asked the bird catcher to allow him to say goodbye to his friend the tortoise. The bird catcher agreed.The tortoise asked the bird catcher to let the peacock go, but he refused. The tortoise then said, “If I give you a nice gift, will you let my friend go?” “Certainly,” answered the bird catcher.So the tortoise jumped into the river and after some time, he came up with a big pearl (珍珠). The bird catcher was so surprised. He was so happy that he let the peacock go.A few days later, the bird catcher came back to the tortoise. He thought he didn’t get enough for letting the peacock go. He told the tortoise that he would catch the peacock again unless he got another big pearl.The tortoise knew his friend the peacock went to a safe place. “Well,” said the tortoise, “please return the pearl that I gave you and I will e back with two.”The bird catcher thought for some time and gave the pearl to the tortoise. Then the tortoise swam away and said, “I am not so stupid to take one and give two!” The bird catcher could only stand by the river and feel sorry for being greedy (貪婪的).根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。( )46. What did the peacock want to do before the bird catcher was going to sell him?A. To give a gift to his friend . B. To give a gift to his parents.C. To say goodbye to his friend. D. To say goodbye to his parents.( )47. What did the tortoise promise the bird catcher at first?A. Lots of fish. B. A nice gift. C. A larger bird. D. Special skills.( )48. The bird catcher came back to the tortoise because he wanted to ______.A. sell the tortoise B. catch more birdsC. learn how to catch fish D. get more from the tortoise( )49. What did the bird catcher get at last?A. Nothing. B. Two birds. C. A big pearl. D. Two big pearls.( )50. The passage mainly tells us ______.A. we shouldn’t be greedy B. tortoises are clever animalsC. we should be friendly to animals D. two different animals can be good friendsB: Kellie Lenamond is 16. She’s from the United States. She has many hobbies. She likes playing volleyball. She also likes playing the violin, and she loves singing. But Kellie has an unusual hobby: beekeeping (養(yǎng)蜂).Kellie doesn’t work with her bees every day. She looks after her hives (蜂房) about twice a month in the spring, summer and autumn. She spends more time with her bees in winter. There aren’t many flowers for the bees to get food from at this time of year. So Kellie feeds the bees sugar water in is a usual day for Kellie when she wor