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Spring is a good time for kite flying--a polular activity in China. On a sunny day with good wind, you'll see hundreds of _____ kites flying in the sky. They have all kinds of shapes _____flowers, swallows (燕子) and peaches. Some of the shapes have special _____. For example, swallows mean good luck and peaches wish you a long life.
The city of Weifang in Shandong Province is the home _____ kites. It holds an international kite festival in April every year. There are competitions for kite -flying skills and new styles of kites.__ __ of kite fans from more than 30 countries visit the city to take part in the competitions, or to just enjoy the festival .
The largest kite in the world is a big "octopus". It's about 1,100 square meters, twice as big as a basketball court. Li Jingyang, a kite fan in Jilin,_ ___eight months making it in 2008.
Chinese people ____invented the kite for wars over 2,000 years ago.They ___ kites to send news to their friends.In the Tang Dynasty ,_ ___kites became a game for many people.
_____ ,The kite spread to the West in the 1100s. Kites shaped the first planes. At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, a board reads:"The earliest man -made planes were the kites and missiles (飞弹) of ancient China."