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against it to achieve great shook and pulled, but the controlling string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow(牽引 ), facing upward and against the the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say,“ Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They flew beautifully even as they fought the forced restriction of the , one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose.“ Free at last,” it seemed to say.“ Free to fly with the wind.” Yet freedom from control simply put it at the mercy of an unsympathetic gentle flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a twisted mass of weeds and string against a dead bush.“ Free at last”. Free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to settle down lifeless against the first roadblock. How much like kites we sometimes always exist misfortunes and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain is a necessary counterpart to the winds of of us pulled at the rules so hard that we never fly fast to reach the heights we might have we keep all the mandment(戒律 ), we will never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground. Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the prohibitions are actually the steady force that helps us climb and achieve. 1. In the passage the writer watched . A. many young people enjoying the sunny day B. many birds dashing and dancing in the sky C. many young people flying multicolored kites D. the strong winds blowing against the sky 2. What enables a kite fly gracefully in the sky according to the story? A. The kite itself and strange shapes. B. A long string and blowing wind. C. A windy spring day and blue sky. D. The size of the kite and a long string. 3. What didn’t happen to the freed kite? A. It kept flying freely in the air. B. It lay powerless in the dirt. C. It was trapped in a dead bush. D. It was blown helplessly around. 4. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage? A. To give us tips on how to fly kites effectively. B. To warn us that freedom is actually powerless. C. To explain that restrictions are really unnecessary. D. To teach us a lesson that rules are important in life. 1. C [細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的 “...I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds dashing and dancing...”可知一群年輕人正在放飛五顏六色的風(fēng)箏,故選 C。 ] 2. B [推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容和第二段中的 “They flew beautifully even as they fought the forced restriction of the string.”可知是長長的風(fēng)箏線和風(fēng)讓風(fēng)箏在空中飛翔, B 項表述符合文意,故選 B。 ] 3. A [細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的 “It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a twisted mass of weeds and string against a dead bush.”和 “Free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to settle down lifeless against the first roadblock.”可知,這只斷線的風(fēng)箏不能繼續(xù)在空中自由地飛翔,故選 A。 ] 4. D [寫作意圖題。根據(jù)最后一段中的 “...some of the prohibitions are actually the steady force that helps us climb and achieve.”可知作者借助風(fēng)箏告訴我們這樣的生活哲理:規(guī)章制度是重要的,故選 D。