潍坊市2021届高三第一学期期末考试英语试题
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Before the December holiday craze and celebrations start, November is an ideal time to visit the southeast states to enjoy mild temperatures and unique festivals and events.
South Carolina Pecan Festival in Florence
Head to downtown Florence for this popular annual community event held the first Saturday of November. There are stages with live music, over 250 food and craft vendors, art exhibiti
ons, amument rides, antique tractor show, car show, and pecan cooking competition with celebrity judges.
Seagrove Pottery Festival in North Carolina
This yearly festival features hand-made pottery, colonial crafts, and pottery-making demonstrations. Pottery collectors can pick up some limited-edition pieces signed and dated by local potters. Always the weekend before Thanksgiving, the event starts on Friday, with a duration of three days.
Mule Day in Calvary, Georgia
Labeled as the largest one — day festival in southwest Georgia, this annual event, always held the first Saturday in November, features a sunri breakfast, mule parade （骡子游行），flea
market with hundreds of booths, a barbecue and fish fry, regional entertainment, and more. Mule Day celebrates the mules' significant contribution to the area's agriculture.
Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham, Alabama
Veterans Day, a federal and state holiday in the United States, is always celebrated on November
11th. There are events throughout the Southeast, including parades and ceremonies on or clo to Veterans Day.
1. What can people do at Pecan Festival?
A. Appreciate art works. B. Watch music shows on screen.
C. Drive modem tractors and cars. D. Buy food cooked by celebrities.
2. Why is Mule Day celebrated?
A. To boost the local market. B. To advocate cooking skills.
C. To enhance the importance of economy. D. To honor mules for their role in agriculture.
3. Which festival falls on November 11th?
A. Pecan Festival. B. Pottery Festival.
C. Mule Day. D. Veterans Day.
B
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) —During his leisure time, Mahinda Dasanayaka packs his motorbike with books and rides his mobile library—across mostly muddy roads running through tea-growing mountain areas—to underprivileged children in backward rural parts of Sri Lanka.
Having witnesd the hardships faced by children who villages have no library facilities, Dasanayaka, a child protection officer for the government, was looking for ways to help them. Then three years ago, he launched his program, called "Book and Me”.
He purchad a cond-hand Honda motorbike for 30,000 Sri Lankan rupees($162), On
his off days—mostly during weekends—he rides his motorbike, which is fixed with a steel box to hold books, to rural villages and distributes the reading material to children free of charge.
He began the program in 2017 with 150 books—some of his own and others donated by friends
colleagues and well-wishers. His collection includes about 3,000 books on a variety of subjects. So far, he said, his program has benefited more than 1 ,500 children, as well as about 150 adults.
“I wanted to do something for children who are burdened with an exam-centered education. . . And to change the way kids look at society, to change their perspectives and broaden their imagination, M he said.
Apart from giving away books, Dasanayaka also speaks to the children for a few minutes, usually under a roadside tree, highlighting the value of reading, books and authors. He th
en conducts a discussion on books the children have read, with the aim of eventually forming reading clubs.
While Dasanayaka spends his own money on his program, he is not wealthy, with a take- home income of 20,000 rupees ( $108 ) a month from his job. He said he spends about a quarter of that on gasoline for his mobile library.
4. How did Dasanayaka start "Book and Me”?
A. With a large sum of money. B. With a ud motorbike and 150 books.
C. By subscribing to books for children. D. By borrowing a steel box from his workmate.
5. What do we know about Dasanayaka from his words in Paragraph 5?
A. He is uncertain about his program.
B. He is trying to better kids' living conditions.
C. He is eking to change kids' ways of thinking.
D. He is optimistic about the existing schooling system.
6. Why does Dasanayaka hold discussions on books kids read?
A. To keep in touch with them. B. To prepare to start reading clubs.
