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　　Chinese culture has many many festivals commemorating（纪念）some unusual events. Dragon Boat Festival is one such festival. The main thing to do on this day is to eat zongzi the glutinous rice（糯米）dumpling.

　　In some places people race boats that are colorfully decorated（装饰）with dragon designs but I have never seen such a race. I have however eaten lots of zongzi. You can buy them or eat homemade ones. They are commonly eaten as a snack food. Tile rice may be white and it may have some red bean paste（红豆沙）inside. Sometimes the rice is brown from a sauce and inside is a small chunk（块）of ham. In any case each one is wrapped in reed leaves and steamed I suppose for a long time. At first I thought they were rather tasteless but I have developed a taste for them now and I like to eat them though once a year is enough.

　　The origin of the zongzi is as strange as the food itself. There was a Chinese poet and official (Chinese officials in old times were always poets)named Qu Yuan. He was an official in the kingdom of Chu around 340~278 BC. China has a tradition of ministers（大臣）who give advice to the king and Qu Yuan was such a minister. Qu Yuan advised the king of Chu to prepare for war because the state of Qin was ready to devour（吞灭）his state. But the king thought he was safe since the emperor of Qin seemed to be more interested in other weaker states. But finally Qin did attack Chu and the Chu kingdom was defeated.

　　Qu Yuan was so sad about this that he killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River. His countrymen on learning of this rushed to the scene in small boats and tried to find his body. They failed to find it so they made the dumplings wrapped in reed leaves and threw them into the river so the fish would eat the dumplings and not Qu Yuan's body. That day was the fifth day of the fifth lunar（阴历）month. Later it became a ritual（仪式）to eat the zongzi and to hold dragon boat races on that day every year.

(1) What do people mainly do on Dragon Boat Festival?

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A．They eat zongzi.

B．They all go boating.

C．They swim in the river.

D．They all buy something to throw into the river.

(2) According to the text which of the following is TRUE?

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A．The author becomes so interested in zongzi that he eats them once a month.

B．The tale of how the zongzi came into being is even stranger than the food itself.

C．The king of Chu didn't like Qu Yuan's advice and killed him.

D．Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in commemoration of the death of Qu Yuan.