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1、高考阅读练习1  Areyouabigfanofpirate（海盗）stories?Doyouknowhowtotalklikeapirate?YoucanhavefunonSeptember19th.ThisspecialholidayiscalledInternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay.Itwasinventedin1995bytwoyoungAmericans,JohnBaurandMarkSummers.Thesetwogoodfriendscameupwiththisideawhentheywereplayingracquetball,andb

2、egantotalklikepirates.Atthatmoment,theythought,“Youngpeopleareinterestedinpirate.Butthereisnosuchachanceforpeopletogettogethertoshareit.Whynothaveadaywheneverybodytalkslikeapirate?”TheydecidedtomakeSeptember19ththedate.Sincethen,BaurandSummershavetriedhardtopromoteTalkLikeAPirateDay.AsBaursai

3、d,“We'vetalkedlikepirates,andencouragedseveralofourfriendstodosoeverySeptember19th.”Atfirst,thisdaywasonlyknownbyafewpeople.In2002,BaurandSummerssentaletterabouttheirinventedholidaytoDaveBarry.Thiscolumnist（专栏作家）reallylikedtheiridea.Hepromotedtheholidayandmadeitknowntomoreandmorepeople.Now,it

4、hasreallybecomeaninternationalholiday.OnTalkLikeAPirateDay,youneedtodresslikeapirate.Youshouldwearabighatormaybecoveroneofyoureyes.Youcanpretendtobeanykindofpiratethatyoucanfindinanystoryormovie.Havingfunandbeingrelaxedarenottheonlybestthingsabouttheholiday.Youngpeoplesharethesameinterestandc

5、hildhooddreamsthatday.That'swhyitiswelcomedbysomanypeople,especiallyyoungpeople.Unliketraditionalholidays,InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDayisabrandnewholidaywhichisinventedbytheyouththemselvesandcelebratedbythemselvestoo.BecauseofBaurandSummers'imaginationandcreativity,thousandsofyoungpeople'sp

6、iratedreamcometrue.Nexttime,whenyouhaveagoodidea,whynotshareitwithyourfiendsandinsistonyourbelief?Maybeyoucancreateanotherwonderfulholidayfortheyouthinthefuture.1.HowdidJohnBaurandMarkSummersinventthespecialholiday?A.ManyyoungpeopleaskedthemtodoitB.TheydiditjustforpleasureC.Theythoughtoutthei

7、deabychanceandimaginationD.Theydiditinordertohonorpirates2.Whyaretheholidaybecomemoreandmorepopular？.A.Youcanhavefunandrelaxyourselffreely.B.youngpeoplecanexchangeideasanddreamsonthedayC.youngpeoplecanhavefunandberelaxed.D.youcanplaytheroleof