In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had? ?? and were leaving.
????? I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, ? ?? a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I ? ?? my neck to see how successful he had been in ? ? the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost?? ? 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the ? ?? tree in the park.? Obviously,? that was his grandson's kite!? The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread ? ? 0pen. Grandpa had only one? ? to his problem: cut the string.
???? "You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa, ?? ? wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
???? I? ? how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the ? ? . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys ? ?? my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
1.A. grown up?????? B. turned up????? C. picked up?????? D. taken up
2.A. carrying??????? B. grabbing? ???? C. keeping??????? D. holding
3.A. raised????????? B. spread???????? C. stretched?????? D. expanded
4.A. reaching??????? B. touching?????? C. getting??????? D. climbing
5.A. scene????????? B. sight????????? C. interest??????? D. control
6.A. thickest??????? B. strongest?????? C. tallest???????? D. largest
7.A. widely???????? B. wide????????? C. tightly???????? D. closely
8.A. method???????? B. hope????????? C. solution?????? D. result
9.A. and??????????? B. so??????????? C. or????? ????? D. but
10.A. sensed???????? B. glanced??????? C. watched?????? D. found
11.A. car??????????? B. sky?????????? C. kite?????????? D. tree
12.A. within???????? B. in??????????? C. beyond??????? D. with
1.A
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.B
6.C
7.B
8.C
9.D
10.C
11.B
12.A
【解析】
试题分析:文章介绍作者情绪低落,来到公园,回忆起自己和孩子一起玩耍的情境,感伤孩子已经长大,这时,一个和孙子放风筝的老人吸引了作者的注意,在风筝落在高高的树上不能下来的时候,老人剪断了风筝,让它再次起飞,作者从中找到自己的答案。
1.考查动词短语:A. grown up成长,B. turned up出现,C. picked up接送,接收,捡起,D. taken up从事,拿起,从前面的句子:I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. 可知我的孩子都长大了,而我却没变。选A。
2.考查动词:A. carrying运送,B. grabbing 抓,C. keeping保持,D. holding持有,他站在路边,手里拿着一个风筝线锭。选D。
3.考查动词:A. raised养育,饲养,筹集,提高,B. spread传播,蔓延,C. stretched伸展,D. expanded扩大,我伸长了脖子,想看看他能否成功地让风筝飞入云端。选C。
4.考查动词:A. reaching到达,B. touching 触及,C. getting得到,D. climbing爬,让风筝飞入云端,用reaching,选A。
5.考查名词:A. scene 场景,B. sight看见,视野,C. interest兴趣,D. control控制,lose sight of看不见,我的目光紧跟着他手中的风筝线往上看,几乎看不到另一头。选B。
6.考查形容词:A. thickest 最厚的,B. strongest最强大的,C. tallest最高的,D. largest最大的,风筝在一棵看起来是公园里最高的树的最高枝丫上停了下来选C。
7.考查副词:A. widely广泛地,B. wide宽阔的,C. tightly紧地,D. closely紧密地,那只风筝的造型是一只美丽的白头鹫,舒展着宽大的双翼。选B。
8.考查名词:A. method方法,B. hope 希望,C. solution解决方法,D. result结果,爷爷只有一个方法来解决这个问题,那就是把风筝的线剪断。选C。
9.考查连词:A. and并且,B. so那么,C. or 或者,D. but但是,“你是想让它飞得越高越好的,比利,对不对?” “是的,爷爷。不过,我还想永远留着它。”这两句话是转折关系,选D
10.考查动词:A. sensed 感觉,B. glanced 瞥见, C. watched 观看,D. found发现,我看着老人剪断手中的风筝线,选C。
11.考查名词:A. car 汽车,B. sky 天空,C. kite风筝,D. tree树,我仰望天空,在那里我也找到了我的答案。选B。
12.考查介词:A. within在…里面,B. in在…里,C. beyond 超出,D. with和…,尽管我想让他们永远留在我身边,但是我已经教会他们像鹰一样飞翔。选A
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