五 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
Dear Cindy,
How are you? We had 1. ______ traditional Chinese festival last Monday. It is called the Dragon Boat Festival. This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan,one of the greatest 2. ______(China)poets. He 3. ______(jump)into the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month in 278 BC. People there tried to save him,4. ______ it was too late. They 5. ______(be)very sad and then they threw rice into the river to feed the fish so that they would stay away from his body. From then on,every year on this day,people enjoy 6. ______(make)zongzi which is made of rice with meat,eggs and so on. Now we regard(把……视为) it as our daily food. We can have it at any time we like. Have you ever watched the dragon boat races on TV? It is another important 7. ______(active)of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as 8. ______(quick)as they can. 9. ______ first team to reach the finishing line wins. If you have a plan to visit China next year,would you like to spend this festival 10. ______ us?
Best wishes!
Yours,
Tim
读后词汇拓展
1. so that ______
2. cross ______

1. a 2. Chinese 3. jumped 4. but 5. were 6. making 7. activity 8. quickly 9. The 10. with