三、阅读理解
A father and his son went to a kite festival. The son was full of joy when he saw so many colourful kites. He wanted to fly one, too. The father then bought a kite for him.
The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, he said, “Father, it seems that the string (线) is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, the kite will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father then cut the string. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy happy.
But, slowly, the kite started to come down. Finally it fell to the ground. The son asked, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”
The father explained, “The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite.”
Sometimes, we may feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.
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) 1. How did the boy feel when he saw the colourful kites?
A. Strange.
B. Happy.
C. Relaxed.
D. Surprised.
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) 2. What happened to the kite when the son started to fly it?
A. It could not fly.
B. It fell apart in the sky.
C. It was high up in the sky soon.
D. It fell down from the sky.
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) 3. Why did the son want to cut the string?
A. Because he preferred to use a longer one.
B. Because he thought the kite would fly higher.
C. Because he found the string was not strong.
D. Because he didn’t want to fly the kite.
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) 4. According to the passage, what happened to the kite after the string was cut?
A. It fell to the ground in the end.
B. It fell down at once.
C. It became broken suddenly.
D. It slowly flew far away.
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) 5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The things that hold us back can in fact support us.
B. We can fly kites in our free time with our parents.
C. Flying kites can make people healthy.
D. It’s dangerous to cut the string when flying kites.