One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds dashing and dancing in the exciting atmosphere above the earth. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check.

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the controlling string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow(牽引), facing upward and against the wind. As 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 string. Finally, 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 wind. It 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 are. There always exist misfortunes and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Prohibition is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us pulled at the rules so hard that we never fly fast to reach the heights we might have obtained. If we keep all the commandment(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 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 up 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.

5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Fly with Restrictions

B. Where to Fly

C. Why to Fly Kites

D. Fly to Freedom

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:這是一篇敘事加議論的文章,講述了作者看到年青人在放風(fēng)箏,一只風(fēng)箏終于掙脫了束縛的繩索獲得了自由,然而最后命運卻很悲慘。由此他想到了,人生就像風(fēng)箏一樣,我們也需要遵守一些固有的規(guī)章制度,只有這樣我們才能行得穩(wěn)、飛得高。

1.】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章前一段可知在春日有風(fēng)的日子我觀看年輕人放多彩的風(fēng)箏。答案為C。

2.】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的 一、二段可知強風(fēng)和結(jié)實的線是風(fēng)箏在空中優(yōu)雅的飛舞。答案為B。

3.】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段可知,包括B、C、D三項信息,風(fēng)箏一旦失去線的束縛,就不能在空中自由飛舞。答案為A。

4.】推理判斷題。根據(jù)全文可知,通過風(fēng)箏的故事告誡我們?nèi)松拖耧L(fēng)箏一樣,我們也需要遵守一些固有的規(guī)章制度,只有這樣我們才能行得穩(wěn)、飛得高。答案為D。

5.】最佳標題。通過閱讀全文可知,要有限制的飛行,只有這樣我們才能行得穩(wěn)、飛得高。選A。

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