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(2025 泰州姜堰期中)A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. When they 1, there were many parents and their children playing in the park. The son was happy when he saw the sky filled with 2 kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. So they went to a kite shop and 3 a beautiful one.
The father is good at flying kites. Soon the 4 was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Dad, it seems that the 5 is stopping the kite from flying higher. 6 we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?" The father said 7 but just cut the string(线) off. The kite really went higher. This made the little boy 8.
But then, after a few minutes, the kite started to 9 slowly. It soon fell into the 10 and got wet quickly. The son was 11 to see this. He asked his father, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?"
The father smiled and said, "The role of the string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky, because the kite 12 couldn't fly up. You helped the kite go up in the right direction(方向) using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite."
In our life, we may sometimes 13 like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. 14 in fact, these may be the things that support us the most. We can really 15 and become better by knowing the importance of these things.
() 1. A. arrived B. hurried C. moved D. waited
() 2. A. clear B. simple C. colourful D. terrible
() 3. A. made B. broke C. sold D. bought
() 4. A. bird B. plane C. leaf D. kite
() 5. A. wind B. string C. air D. sky
() 6. A. If B. And C. Because D. Until
() 7. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
() 8. A. bored B. sad C. happy D. afraid
() 9. A. go up B. cut out C. write down D. come down
()10. A. ground B. lake C. tree D. grass
()11. A. angry B. relaxed C. surprised D. excited
()12. A. itself B. myself C. yourself D. himself
()13. A. sound B. feel C. taste D. smell
()14. A. And B. But C. So D. Because
()15. A. grow up B. stay up C. work on D. look out

【语篇导读】本文通过讲述小男孩和父亲一起
参加风筝节放风筝的故事阐明人生哲理:有时
生活中看似阻碍我们前进成长之物,实则是支
撑、助力我们成长的重要因素。
1. A 提示:arrive意为"到达";hurry意为"匆忙";
move意为"移动";wait意为"等待"。句意:当他们
到达时,有很多家长和他们的孩子在公园玩。
2. C 提示:clear意为"清澈的";simple意为"简单
的";colourful意为"五颜六色的";terrible意为"糟
糕的"。与上一句中"there were many parents and
their children playing in the park"相呼应,此处指天
空中飞舞着五颜六色的风筝。
3. D 提示:make意为"制作";break意为"打破";
sell意为"卖";buy意为"购买"。上文提到儿子也
想放风筝,因而他们去风筝店买了一个漂亮的
风筝。
4. D 提示:句意:很快风筝就飞上了高空。
5. B 提示:wind意为"风";string意为"线";air意
为"空气";sky意为"天空"。根据下文"Can we cut
it"和"cut the string off"可知,此处指风筝线。
6. A 提示:if意为"如果";and意为"和";because
意为"因为";until意为"直到"。句意:如果我们剪
断它,它就会是自由的并且飞得甚至更高。前后
句之间是一种假设关系,因此应用if引导条件状
语从句。
7. D 提示:everything意为"一切";something意为
"某事";anything意为"任何事";nothing意为"没
有什么"。根据下文"just cut the string off"可推知,
父亲什么都没说,只是剪断了线。
8. C 提示:bored意为"无聊的";sad意为"伤心
的";happy意为"开心的";afraid意为"害怕的"。
根据上一句"The kite really went higher."可知,风
筝果然飞得更高了,这让小男孩感到开心。
9. D 提示:go up意为"上升";cut out意为"切断";
write down意为"写下";come down意为"下降"。
根据下文"fell into"和"Why did it fall down"可知,
此处指几分钟后,风筝开始往下落。
10. B 提示:ground意为"地面";lake意为"湖";tree
意为"树";grass意为"草"。根据空后"got wet
quickly"可推知,风筝很快掉入了湖里。
11. C 提示:angry意为"生气的";relaxed意为"放松
的";surprised意为"惊讶的";excited意为"兴奋
的"。句意:小男孩看见此景感到惊讶。
12. A 提示:句意:风筝线的作用不是阻碍风筝飞得更
高,而是帮助它停留在空中,因为风筝本身是无法飞
翔的。此处指代风筝,应用itself,意为"它自己"。
13. B 提示:sound意为"听起来";feel意为"感觉";
taste意为"尝起来";smell意为"闻起来"。句意:
在我们的生活中,我们有时可能会感觉有些东西
在阻碍我们,不让我们成长。
14. B 提示:and意为"和",表示顺承;but意为"但
是",表示转折;so意为"所以",表示因果;because
意为"因为",表示因果。"阻碍我们成长"与"最支
持我们"在语义上是转折关系,应用转折连词but。
15. A 提示:grow up意为"成长";stay up意为"熬
夜";work on意为"从事";look out意为"小心"。
句意:通过了解这些事情的重要性,我们得以真正
成长并且变得更好。