Do you know when and why people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in China?You may always find either a （1）______ or a sad story behind a festival.The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated （2）______ the fifth day of the fifth lunar month by eating zongzi and holding dragon boat races.
The festival began during the Warring States （战国时期） with a （3）______ of more than 2,000 years.The date of the festival is the date （4）______ Qu Yuan died.He was a wise and upright （正直的） man,and was loved by people.He wanted the king of Chu to （5）______ against the State of Qin but was refused and sent to somewhere far away from his homeland.During his stay in other states,he wrote （6）______ poems to express his strong feelings for Chu.On the day when Chu was defeated by Qin,Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River for his motherland by killing himself.
After the （7）______ of Qu Yuan,people of Chu went to the Miluo River to cry over the great （8）______ they loved so much.Some threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves into the river to feed the fish （9）______ keep them away from Qu Yuan.
Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become a (10)______ festival for the Chinese people.
| （1） | A．beautiful | B．lovely | C．serious | D．common |
| （2） | A．at | B．on | C．in | D．by |
| （3） | A．vacation | B．history | C．date | D．day |
| （4） | A．when | B．where | C．why | D．what |
| （5） | A．learn | B．play | C．change | D．fight |
| （6） | A．few | B．no | C．many | D．several |
| （7） | A．success | B．spirit | C．expression | D．death |
| （8） | A．emperor | B．doctor | C．poet | D．teacher |
| （9） | A．in order to | B．so that | C．in order that | D．as a result |
| (10) | A．modern | B．traditional | C．international | D．new |