A. To encourage us to visit Tulou.
B. To introduce Fujian Tolou to us.
C. To teach us how to build buildings like Tulou.
D. To introduce the outlook of Tolou.
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday. (1) It is a great holiday for every Chinese. Meanwhile, it is a holiday with the longest history among traditional Chinese festivals.
The racing of dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom to attempt to save the patriotic1 poet Qu Yuan. A dragon boat is a very long and narrow humanpowered boat. It has a history of more than 2,000 years.In the following thousands of years, the game spread to Japan, Vietnam and Britain as well as Chinas Taiwan and Hong Kong. Now dragon boat racing has developed into an aquatic2 sports item which features both Chinese tradition and modern sporting spirit. In 1980, it was listed into the state sports competition programs and has since been held every year. (2) On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up with a perfume pouch3. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal4 medicines, and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament5. They are said to be able to ward off evil.
(3) It is said that people ate them in the Spring and Autumn Period (770476 BC). In early times, it was only glutinous6 rice dumplings wrapped in reed or other plant leaves and tied with colored thread, but now the fillings are more diversified7, including jujube8 and bean paste, fresh meat, and ham and egg yolk. If time permits, people will soak glutinous rice, wash reed leaves and wrap up zongzi themselves. (4) The custom of eating zongzi is now popular in North and South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.
【生词注释】
1. patrioticadj. 爱国的;有爱国心的;爱国心强的
2. aquaticadj. 水的；水上的；水生的
3. pouchn. 小袋；小包；囊状袋
4. herbaladj. 草本植物的
5. ornamentn. 装饰(品)；点缀(品)
6. glutinousadj. 粘的；胶状的
7. diversifiedadj. 多样化的；多种多样的
8. jujuben. 枣子；枣树；枣子糖
根据短文内容，按照题目要求回答问题
1. 选出最适合的填入短文空缺处的选项。选项中有一项多余。
A. Zongzi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival.
B. Qu Yuan was talented and ambitious.
C. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the lunar August.
D. Otherwise, they will go to shops to buy whatever stuff they want.
E. The award is called “Qu Yuan Cup”.
2. Please list two customs during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Cultural 1 have begun to be a hot topic in China today as the balance between developing the nation and retaining traditional culture must be found. This can be seen in the publics desire to rebuild places of 2. This can be seen intensively1 in Beijing as traditional courtyards are 3（remove） to make way for large, 4 buildings. As people gain more 5 and are able to move around freely in China, they want to preserve the relics of their cultural past. People now wish to preserve traditional architecture like 6 city walls instead of 7(knock) them down. Some even wish to 8 those that have been torn down. The Chinese people are renewing their interests in the folk arts and are dedicating2 new culture exhibitions in order to educate people on their grand heritage. This is not just a domestic3 idea. Chinese 9 is also spreading abroad as people express an interest in China. Chinese studies abroad have increased a great deal as China becomes more of a growing economic and international player. The interest in Chinese relics abroad is also high 10 foreigners are coming to appreciate Chinese culture.
【生词注释】
1. intensivelyadv. 加强地；集中地
2. dedicatevt. 献出；提献辞；致力于
3. domesticadj. 国内的；家庭的；驯养的
根据短文内容，在文中的空白处填入恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
