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The Dragon Boat Festival(端午節(jié)) is the day to remember a Chinese national hero,①Q(mào)u Yuan,who threw himself into the river and died over 2,000 years ago..Old story has it that people,②______(為了救屈原),beat drums to drive fish away,and threw rice dumplings (zong zi) into the river to keep the fish from eating his body. For thousands of years,people have spent the festival by eating zong zi and holding dragon boat races ③on the fifth day of the fifth lunar(陰歷的) month,④especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.
The dragon boat races ⑤/??u/that many people want to save Qu's body.Those races are the most exciting part of the festival,with very large crowds of people watching them.The special boats,more than 10meters long,have colorful"dragon"heads mad tails( 尾巴),and ⑥/i:t?/boats carries a team of 20or 22players.Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries,including America,Canada,Australia and New Zealand.
96.將①處的劃線部分譯成漢語.兩千多年前屈原投江(河)而死.
97.將②處的漢語譯成英語.in order to save Qu Yuan
98.根據(jù)③和④處的劃線內(nèi)容在下面句子的空白處各填人一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~.
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month,so we can also call it"The Double ③Five/FifthFestival".
Dragon boat races.a(chǎn)re mostly held in South China because there are more④waterareas there.
99.根據(jù)⑤和⑥處的音標(biāo)寫出其單詞.show,each
100.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題:What do you think of the future of the dragon boat race?It will become more and more popular.