题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
广东省佛山市华英学校2024-2025学年七年级上学期12月月考英语试卷
Do you like to go to the library? If you are lucky, you may meet a pig there. Her name is Daisy II. The pig star travels to different libraries for story hours. She helps teach children that reading is fun.
Everything started in 1995. That year, Mr. and Mrs. Minor got a pet pig called Daisy. Daisy loved different people. She even did a Kiss A Pig event. People paid to give Daisy a kiss and later the Minors gave the money to children in need. A librarian (图书管理员) saw Daisy at the event. It gave her a good idea. She invited (邀请) Daisy to the library for story hours. Mr. Minor accepted the invitation.
Daisy became popular soon. Children loved seeing her in the library. More and more libraries invited Daisy for story hours. Mr. Minor gave up his job. He and Daisy started traveling around the country together.
In 2009, Daisy died of old age. Daisy II took over the show. Now, Mr. Minor travels with Daisy II. "I did over 300 shows last year, " Mr. Minor says. He plans to do more this year. "Meeting Daisy makes kids want to read more about pigs, " he says. "Then they may decide to read something else. "
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