The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most significant traditional festivals. It{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(celebrate) on the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.

    The festival is said to be{#blank#}2{#/blank#}honour of Qu Yuan, a great poet who tried all his best to help his own country but failed and committed suicide by drowning himself in Miluo River. The folks respected and loved him so much{#blank#}3{#/blank#}they threw zongzi into the river{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(prevent) fish from eating his body. Later it became a custom for people to eat zongzi and watch dragon boat races on that day.

    To advance and enrich the fine cultural heritage of the nation, the Dragon Boat Festival has been an{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(office) public holiday in our country since 2008.

    I{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(travel) to many places since I went to college. What impressed me deeply was{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(I) travel to Tibet last year. I took the train there with my friends and enjoyed the scenery all the way. When the train was close to Tibet, I had{#blank#}3{#/blank#}headache. Then I{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find) it difficult to breathe and felt{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tire). I knew that all my symptoms(症状)were called altitude sickness. And it took me a few hours to get used to it.

    Tibet is known as the “Roof of the World”{#blank#}6{#/blank#}has a number of famous{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(place) of interest including Potala Palace and Mount Everest. So when I felt a little{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(well), I couldn't wait to head towards them. I was very happy{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(see) that the top of Mount Everest was covered with snow even{#blank#}10{#/blank#} July and when the sun came out, it became pure and beautiful.

    One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} some of them looked {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “{#blank#}8{#/blank#} anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted. “Oh dear! It's {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(I).” She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done, and the crowed of strangers {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sudden) became friendly to one another.

    Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} farm, which looked almost abandoned.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it began to rain heavily. While {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the cow. In order to support his family, Mr.

    Johnson {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (begin) to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton, too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market {#blank#}9{#/blank#} people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (he) that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.