The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Of all the legends about it, 1. one is about Qu Yuan. Qu was a poet of the State of Chu. He was very faithful to his state. When he realized that his state was becoming weaker 2. weaker, he felt heartbroken. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 BCE, Qu threw 3. into the Miluo River and died for his homeland. People who lived near the river rushed into their boats 4. for him. They threw zongzi and other food into the river to keep fish 5. eating Qu's body.
To remember Qu, the 6. of holding dragon boat races and throwing zongzi into the river on that day were passed down, and the holiday was 7. “Dragon Boat Festival”. In 2009, the Dragon Boat Festival became China's 8. festival to be recognized as one of the world's intangible cultural heritages(非物质文化遗产).
In Qu's hometown, a dragon boat race is 9. welcomed every year during the festival. Dragon boat racing, in fact, has developed from a local activity into 10. international sporting event. China's dragon boats have “rowed” throughout the world.

【解析】：本题考查语法填空，涉及形容词最高级、连词、反身代词、非谓语动词、介词、名词复数、被动语态、序数词、副词及冠词等知识点。1. “Of all the legends”提示用形容词最高级，famous的最高级是the most famous；2. “weaker and weaker”是固定搭配；3. “throw oneself into”表示“投身于”，用反身代词himself；4. 用不定式to search表目的；5. “keep...from doing”是固定短语；6. 谓语动词were提示主语用复数customs；7. “be named”表被动；8. 表示“第一个”用序数词first；9. 用副词really修饰形容词welcomed；10. “international”以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an。
【答案】：1. the most famous
2. and
3. himself
4. to search
5. from
6. customs
7. named
8. first
9. really
10. an