Ⅳ.完形填空
A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky 21 colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for his son. The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said,“Father, it seems that the string is 22 the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be 23 and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father cut the string off of the reel(线轴). The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy 24.
But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. It soon 25 to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He said to his father,“I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. 26 did it fall down?”
The father explained,“The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, 27 was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right 28 using the string. But when you cut the string, it could 29 support the kite.”
We may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are 30 us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.
()21. A. useful for B. full of C. proud of D. famous for
()22. A. pushing B. stopping C. dropping D. moving
()23. A. heavy B. smart C. free D. short
()24. A. sad B. angry C. worried D. happy
()25. A. fell B. drove C. climbed D. rode
()26. A. When B. What C. Where D. Why
()27. A. and B. because C. if D. but
()28. A. road B. street C. direction D. order
()29. A. no longer B. any longer C. any more D. no more
()30. A. calling B. paying C. holding D. looking

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