三、完形填空
A father is flying a kite in the park. His little son is ____1____ him carefully.
After some time the son says, "Dad, the kite ____2____ go any higher because you are bringing it down with the string (线)." He asks ____3____ father to stop holding the string.
Hearing this, the father smiles and breaks (弄断) the ____4____. The kite goes higher and higher, but then falls (掉落) to the ____5____. The child looks at it and feels ____6____. The father sits next to him and says,
"Son, this can be a ____7____ for you. We may have a great success (成功) one day. Then we might feel like some of the people in our ____8____, such as our family or ____9____, are keeping us ____10____ when we could fly even higher. We want to be ____11____ from these strings because we think they're ____12____ us. But in fact, these things keep us stable (稳定的). We might fly too high—and then come down to the ground if there are ____13____ people to keep us safe."
It is ____14____ to give up family and friends, ____15____ they can help keep us stable when we fly high.
( ) 1. A. teaching
B. making
C. watching
D. showing
( ) 2. A. can't
B. needn't
C. mustn't
D. shouldn't
( ) 3. A. he
B. his
C. him
D. that
( ) 4. A. kite
B. string
C. leg
D. glass
( ) 5. A. bed
B. world
C. ground
D. shop
( ) 6. A. comfortable
B. sad
C. happy
D. excited
( ) 7. A. fun
B. style
C. lesson
D. wish
( ) 8. A. school
B. family
C. life
D. class
( ) 9. A. ladies
B. brothers
C. grandparents
D. friends
( ) 10. A. up
B. down
C. off
D. on
( ) 11. A. free
B. busy
C. big
D. strong
( ) 12. A. teaching
B. helping
C. stopping
D. watching
( ) 13. A. some
B. a lot of
C. no
D. many
( ) 14. A. dangerous
B. important
C. kind
D. clever
( ) 15. A. and
B. but
C. so
D. because