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广东省2013年高考英语二轮强化训练36 信息匹配 请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。 首先，请阅读下列介绍节日的信息： A. World Refugee Day The United Nations estimates that about twenty two million people in the world are refugees (难民). To honor them, the UN celebrated its first international “World Refugee Day” last month. The day also marked the fiftieth anniversary of an international agreement on the importance of refugees. The Nineteen Fifty One Convention on the Status of Refugees explained the legal rights of refugees. B. Martin Luther King，Jr. Day Monday, January twenty first is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States. It celebrates the life and work of the American civil rights leader who fought for Blacks’ rights. Sarah Long tells us about him. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January fifteenth, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a minister of a Christian Baptist Church. C. Valentine’s Day Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day each year on February fourteenth. It is a holiday for lovers. Valentine’s Day is a good day for a man to ask his girlfriend to marry him. It is also a good day for couples to get married. But most Americans do not go that far to celebrate the day named for Saint Valentine. He was an early Christian churchman who reportedly helped young lovers. D. International Women’s Day Next Saturday is International Women’s Day. The United Nations says it will observe the day with a meeting to honor the women of Afghanistan. UN officials say the event will celebrate the spirit, heroism and survival power of Afghan women who were severely oppressed under the Taliban rulers. Organizers say the event will also be used to make known the needs of Afghan women. E. Saint Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March seventeenth. It is a religious holiday in Ireland. It is the day to honor the man who brought the Roman Catholic religion to Ireland more than one thousand years ago. Saint Patrick’s Day is not an official holiday in the United States. But a lot of people celebrat