任务型阅读。阅读短文，按各题的任务要求答题。 The Dragon Boat

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任务型阅读。阅读短文，按各题的任务要求答题。

     The Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) is the day to remember a Chinese national hero, (1)Qu Yuan, who threw

himself into the river and died over 2,000 years ago. Old story has it that people, (2)______ (为了救屈原), 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 (3)on

the fifth day of the fifth lunar (阴历的) month, (4)especially in the southern provinces where there are many

rivers and lakes.

     The dragon boat races (5) 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 10 meters

long, have colorful"dragon " heads mad tails (尾巴), and (6) boats carries a team of 20 or 22 players.

Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries, including

America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

1. 将1处的划线部分译成汉语。

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2. 将2处的汉语译成英语。

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3. 根据3和4处的划线内容在下面句子的空白处各填人一个适当的词。

    The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, so we can also call it "The Double 

    _____ Festival".

     Dragon boat races. are mostly held in South China because there are more _____ areas there.

4. 根据(5)和(6)处的音标写出其单词。

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5. 根据短文内容回答问题：What do you think of the future of the dragon boat race? 

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