三、完形填空。
One day a father and a son went to a kite festival. The son became very happy seeing the 1 filled with colourful kites. He asked his father to get him a kite and string (線) so that he could 2 one.
Soon the son's kite reached high. After a while, he said, "It seems that the string is 3 the kite from flying higher. If we break it, it will be 4 and go even higher. Can we break it?" The father agreed. The kite started to go a little higher. That made the son very happy.
But then the kite started to come down 5. The son was 6. He thought the kite without its string could fly higher, but 7 it fell down. He asked his father what was the 8.
The father replied, "In our life, we often think some things are with us and that they stop us from going higher. In fact, the string didn't stop the kite from going higher, but it helped it stay high when the wind slowed down. When we 9 the string, it fell down without the support. The string is just like the things that seem to stop us growing in our life. We can really grow up and become 10 by realizing the importance of these things.
The son knew what the father meant and he also knew what he should do.
( ) 1. A. park B. river C. sky D. box
( ) 2. A. run B. fly C. hit D. win
( ) 3. A. preparing B. waiting C. helping D. stopping
( ) 4. A. free B. cheap C. beautiful D. successful
( ) 5. A. happily B. slowly C. hardly D. comfortably
( ) 6. A. excited B. angry C. surprised D. bored
( ) 7. A. instead B. nearly C. probably D. hardly
( ) 8. A. weather B. fact C. matter D. advice
( ) 9. A. set up B. worry about C. think of D. cut off
( ) 10. A. stronger B. healthier C. happier D. cleverer
