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the poor people tomorrow. B: OK! (44)________ A: I’m going to draw pictures and sell them to raise money for disabled people. B: Sounds great! (45)________ A: Let’s meet at 8:00 am tomorrow at the school gate. B: OK. See you then. 四 . 閱讀理解(共 20 小題;每小題 2 分,滿分 40 分) 閱讀下列短文,從每小題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中選出一個最佳選項。 A Emojis, or emoticons, are picturelike characters which many people find necessary in their social working munications. They allow people to liven up their texts with hundreds of colourful images. But do you often feel that there are still not enough emojis to express (表達(dá) ) yourself very well? Laura Ustick, manager of a fastfood restaurant in Illinois, US, said, “There are emojis for ice cream, pizza and sushi, but not for the allAmerican hot dog.” That’s why he and other emoji fans are taking action to get more emojis. “When we want to write something cute, it’s just not there,” Ustick told The Wall Street Journal. Other emoji fans are trying to get symbols like cupcakes and bacon, according to the newspaper. The BBC also reported on a petition (請愿書 ) posted on calling on Apple to increase the diversity (多樣性 ) within its keyboard. However, not everyone can design (設(shè)計 ) an emoji symbol. Emojis are largely controlled by the Unicode Consortium. It was founded by some puter programmers in the 1980s. In response (答復(fù) ) to the petition, an Apple spokesperson last month said, “We have been working closely with the Unicode Consortium. We are trying to meet the needs of emoji fans.” ( )46. From the first paragraph, we can learn that _______. A. there are enough emojis B. there’s no need for people to use emojis C. some emojis are dangerous D. emojis can help people express themselves ( )47. What can we learn about Laura Ustick? A. He is not an emoji fan. B. He hopes there will be more emojis. C. He doesn’t like eating hot dogs. D. He works for The Wall Street Journal. ( )48. Which of the following about Apple is TRUE? A. It posted the petition on . B. It cannot design emoji symbols. C. It is controlled by the Unicode Consortium. D. It was founded in the 1980s. ( )49. Who would be the most interested in this passage? A. Emoji fans. B. Textbook writers. C. Food lovers. D. Restaurant managers. ( )50. The passage probably es from a(n) _______. A. story B. diary C. report D. advertisement B A man has a friend going out of town for Thanksgiving and he accepts the job of watching his parrot over the holiday. The trouble is, this parrot likes to swear (說臟話 ). It’s now the day before Thanksgiving, and this guy is having guests over! He shakes the bird and yells, “STOP IT!!!” This, of course, just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever. Then the guy gets mad and says, “OK for you!” and locks the bird in a kitchen cabi (櫥柜 ). But the bird swears even louder than before. At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer (冰柜 ). For the first few seconds there is a terrible noise. Then the bird suddenly gets very quiet. At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he’s so worried that he opens up the freezer door. The bird climbs onto the man’s arm and says, “Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I will do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on.” The man is astounded. He can’t understand the sudden change that has e over the parrot. “So, by the way,” the parrot says, looking nervously back towards the freezer, “what did the turkey do?” ( ) reading above is a _____. A. love story B. joke C. film review D.