Chinese culture has many, many festivals commemorating（紀念）some unusual events. Dragon Boat Festival is one such festival. The main thing to do on this day is to eat zongzi, the glutinous rice（糯米）dumpling.

　　In some places, people race boats that are colorfully decorated（裝飾）with dragon designs, but I have never seen such a race. I have, however, eaten lots of zongzi. You can buy them or eat homemade ones. They are commonly eaten as a snack food. Tile rice may be white, and it may have some red bean paste（紅豆沙）inside. Sometimes the rice is brown from a sauce and inside is a small chunk（塊）of ham. In any case, each one is wrapped in reed leaves and steamed, I suppose, for a long time. At first, I thought they were rather tasteless, but I have developed a taste for them now, and I like to eat them, though once a year is enough.

　　The origin of the zongzi is as strange as the food itself. There was a Chinese poet and official (Chinese officials in old times were always poets)named Qu Yuan. He was an official in the kingdom of Chu around 340~278 BC. China has a tradition of ministers（大臣）who give advice to the king, and Qu Yuan was such a minister. Qu Yuan advised the king of Chu to prepare for war because the state of Qin was ready to devour（吞滅）his state. But the king thought he was safe since the emperor of Qin seemed to be more interested in other, weaker states. But, finally, Qin did attack Chu, and the Chu kingdom was defeated.

　　Qu Yuan was so sad about this that he killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River. His countrymen, on learning of this, rushed to the scene in small boats and tried to find his body. They failed to find it, so they made the dumplings wrapped in reed leaves and threw them into the river so the fish would eat the dumplings and not Qu Yuan's body. That day was the fifth day of the fifth lunar（陰歷）month. Later, it became a ritual（儀式）to eat the zongzi and to hold dragon boat races on that day every year.

(1) What do people mainly do on Dragon Boat Festival?

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A．They eat zongzi.

B．They all go boating.

C．They swim in the river.

D．They all buy something to throw into the river.

(2) According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The author becomes so interested in zongzi that he eats them once a month.

B．The tale of how the zongzi came into being is even stranger than the food itself.

C．The king of Chu didn't like Qu Yuan's advice and killed him.

D．Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in commemoration of the death of Qu Yuan.

(3) Qu Yuan killed himself because ________

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A．the king of Chu didn't take his advice, and as a result the Chu kingdom was defeated by Qin

B．the Chu kingdom was the weakest state

C．he couldn't live a good life

D．he wanted to show his bravery in face of danger

(4) What is the purpose of this text?

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A．To tell the readers about different kinds of zongzi.

B．To give information about the war in old times.

C．To tell the readers about the zongzi, as well as the origin of Dragon Boat Festival.

D．To recommend that the readers eat more zongzi.

語法填空(共10小題；每小題l 5分．滿分l5分)

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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival _________ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自殺) by drowning himself.

Qu was a minister of the State of Chu _______ (situate) in the present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period（戰(zhàn)國時期）. He was upright, loyal and highly respected. ______, he was dismissed from office. ______ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were _______ (able) to recover his body.

The people of Chu _____ mourned Qu’s death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost ______ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile（爬行動物）in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised _______ to wrap the rice and bind it _____ throwing it into the river.

During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize（象征，表示） the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symbolize _______ many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.

24．The Dragon Boat Festival had its____as an event in memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet in China.

根據(jù)下列句子及所給單詞的首字母，寫出各單詞的完全形式（每空限填一詞）。
【小題1】May is the f________ month of the year.
【小題2】When he was young, Mandela decided to f________ for freedom all his life.
【小題3】When winter comes, night becomes longer and day becomes s________.
【小題4】We should listen to the teacher c________ and take notes in class when necessary.
【小題5】Jane likes acting and always d_______ of being a popular actress.
【小題6】Don’t believe what he said, he is l________!
【小題7】Jack used to rely on his parents, but now he wants to be i_________ from them.
【小題8】In China, the Dragon Boat Festival is held in m_______ of Qu Yuan.

選詞填空（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

1.If there is any new word, you can __________ your dictionary.

2. I __________ go fishing than swimming.

3.We can ___________ whatever information on the Internet.

4. Though ____________ only rice and muskets, our army won the war.

5. __________ his friends’ support, the poor student was able to finish university.

6.She is____________________ hearing from her boyfriend in Australia.?

7. On the Dragon Boat Festival people usually eat zongzi__________Qu Yuan,a great poet.

8. What he said ___________ me _________ my father, he once told me like that

9. — How did you find this important letter?

  — Quite ________.

10.He has been asked to ________ his absence.