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2. what is the reaction of the ministry of culture to south korea’s intending to make the dragon boat festival its own culture heritage?
a. fighting against south korea b. telling south korea it’s not right to do so
c. considering to do the similar thing d. asking south korea not to do so.
3. after qu yuan’s death, zongzi was thrown into the water to _______.
a. feed him. b. protect his body from going bad.
c. prevent the fish biting his body d. attract his soul
4. now, the dragon boat festival has become ______ activity.
a. a nationwide b. a worldwide c. an asian d. a foreign
b
well, when the huge wave hit the boat, my safety belt broke and i was swept overboard. i don’t really understand how it happened, but it did. i heard someone yell out, but then my boat, wild one, went off into the darkness and i was alone in a very rough sea. i then spent five and a half hours in the water. the place where it happened was, oh, about 50 kilometers from shore. it was likely that i wouldn’t see another day, but i always thought i'd overcome the difficulties. at first i was watching out for wild one. the rest of the crew knew i was gone, so they were sure to come back and look for me.
after a while, i saw the boat’s lights when it came looking for me. they were within about 300 meters of me, but the spotlight just missed me. the reason why they didn’t see me was because of the huge waves. you know, i started sailing when i was seven, and started ocean racing when i was about eighteen, but i’d never been overboard before. i believed i was going to survive, but it was very cold, and as the hours passed i started to get desperate — and frozen!
it was around 5 am when i saw the lights of a tanker (游船) coming towards me. i figured it was probably my last chance. at first, i thought they were going to miss me, and then they made a slight turn and i yelled out “help!” and they heard me. then another yacht (快艇) appeared. these guys were terrific. they gave me dry clothes, and then one jumped into the bunk (船上依壁而設的座位) and hung onto me. they covered us with as many dry clothes as they could, and the guy with me stayed to send his body heat to me.
5. the author of the passage was alone in the sea not because ________.
a. the wind was too strong b. the wave hit the boat
c. the safety belt was broken d. his boat was in the darkness
6. he was not saved by his crew because _________.