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Dear Anne,

How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday,__ 1__12^th,2013. It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.

This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of __2__greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5^th of the lunar calendar(阴历) ，278 BC. People there rowed the boats to ___3___him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the ___4___to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.

___5___ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy ___6___ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only ___7___a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.

Have you ever ___8___the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as ___9___as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.

If you have a plan to visit China next year, would ___10___like to spend this festival with us?

                                                         Best wishes,

                                                         Xiao Qiang

Answer 1

1. June   2. the  3. save  4. river/water  5. From

6. eating/having  7. once  8. watched/seen 9. fast  10. you