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This group of children grow vegetables and take care of animals，but they are not playing"Farmville"online．Students at Gateway International School have started farming a small piece of land in the school．The students in the school are from different countries，such as and the Philippines．
To make the children self-reliant and develop friendship between children from different countries，we asked them to grow vegetables．They were excited about the idea，"said Grace Alwyn，the head teacher of the school．"They give part of the harvest to us and we cook it for them．We are planning to ask the parents to buy the vegetables planted by the children．This will also leach them the importance of money．"
The students are also encouraged to keep pets．"They feed the animals in the morning and check on them through the day．We think it's a good way for them to learn to be responsible （负责任的）．"said Alwyn．
Pritesh，a school student in Grade 8，said，"I understand how farmers work．As we grow the vegetables ourselves，we don't feel like wasting them．It is a very interesting hobby．"A parent named Arundhati Swamy said，"Through farming they are exploring nature and learning to love the environment．They will learn a lot from these activities．"
44．The underlined word"self-reliant"in Paragraph 2most probably meansD．
A．自私的 B．自由的 C．自尊的 D．自立的
45．From the last paragraph we can learn that the parent was feelingA．
A．pleased B．bored C．worried D．surprised
46．We can infer （推断） from the passage thatB．
A．the students in the school are from the same country
B．the students are excited about farming
C．the students are playing a game of farming
D．the students don't feel like eating vegetables after farming
47．The purpose of the school activities is toC．
A．introduce farming skills
B．encourage the students to keep pets
C．help students to be self-reliant and responsible
D．ask the parents to buy the vegetables planted by their children．
