4．The Dragon Boat festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month．It's a time for zongzi and racing dragon boats．Zongzi is sticky （粘的） rice cooked in leaves．People enjoy different kinds of zongzi．There are different things inside each one，such as meat，chestnut and even egg yolk（蛋黄）!
Dragon boat racing is，of course，a big part of the festival．These boats look like dragons．They race in rivers and lakes．Teams row their boat as fast as they can to try to finish first．A drummer often stands at the front of the boat to set the pace．
On this day，families put felon herb （艾草） on their front door．Some also eat salted duck eggs or drink some rice wine．
There is a sad story behind this day．Qu Yuan was a poet．He lived in the state of Chu during the Warring States Period （战国时期，475-221BC）．He loved his country，but he lost hope for it．So Qu threw himself into the Miluo River in Hunan．It was on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277BC．People threw rice into the river and drove boats to try to scare fish away from his body．
阅读文章，选择正确答案．
35．What do people do on the festival？D
A．Eat Zongzi．
B．Hold a dragon boat racing．
C．Put felon herb on the front door and drink rice wine．
D．All of the above．
36．Why do people in China celebrate the day？D
A．To have a dragon boat race．
B．For a family get-together．
C．To eat Zongzi．
D．To remember the great poet Qu Yuan．
37．Why did people throw the rice into the river？B
A．To give some food to Qu Yuan．
B．To scare fish away from Qu Yuan's body．
C．To feed the fish．
D．To grow rice．
分析 文章大意：
在战国时期，五月初五这天楚国的诗人屈原对国家失去了信息，然后就跳了汨罗河．人们为了保护她的尸体，想要赶走鱼群，于是就往河里扔米饭，在河里划船．久而久之，这就成为了一种风俗习惯，现在人称之为端午节，在这一天，人们通过吃粽子，赛龙舟，在家门前放艾草的方式来庆祝，也是为了纪念屈原．
解答 35．D，推理判断题，文中提到"It's a time for zongzi and racing dragon boats"在五月初五端午节这天，人们会吃粽子，赛龙舟，"On this day，families put felon herb on their front door"在这一天，平常人家还会在门前放上艾草，由此确定选择D．
36．D，推理判断题，文中提到"There is a sad story behind this day"端午节背后存在一个悲伤的故事，人们吃粽子，赛龙舟等是为了纪念死去的楚国诗人屈原，由此确定选择D．
37．B，推理判断题，文中提到"People threw rice into the river and drove boats to try to scare fish away from his body．"为了避免鱼群啃食屈原的身体，所以人们往河里扔米，在河里划船，想要因此吓走河里的鱼，由此确定选择B．
点评 对于阅读表达题，一定要记得首先通读全文，了解文章大意，然后再根据文章关键词，关键句，掌握细节问题，并进行推理判断，再去回答具体的问题．
