牛津英语译林版 8上 英语阅读专项训练（含教师版）

8上 英语阅读专项训练 2 一、完形填空 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 filed 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 ___4___ flying kites. Soon the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Dad, it ___5___ that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. ___6___ we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cu tit?” The father said ___7___ but jus cut he string 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 onto the ground in the end. The son was ___10___ 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 ___11___ of the string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky, because the kite ___12___ can’t fly up. You helped the kite go up in the right ___13___ using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite. ” In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. ___14___ in fact, these might 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. reached D. waited 2. A. clear B. humorous C. colorful D. awful 3. A. made B. bought C. sold D. broke 4. A. for B. to C. with D. at 5. A. shakes B. seems C. turns D. covers 6. A. If B. Though C. Because D. Until 7. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing 8. A. bored B. sad C. happy D. afraid 9. A. come down B. go up C. cut out D. write down 10. A. angry B. surprise C. relaxed D. excited 11. A. stripe B. length