The sky is full of animals. They are kites. It is Kite Day.

　　Kites go back（追溯）to the old time. Once people believed kites could carry their thoughts to God（上帝）. Many people flew kites above their houses at night. They thought this kept them safe from all bad things at night.

　　Kites are fun. But they also have been of great help to men. Men have used kites to learn about the weather. Men have used kites in building bridges. Heavy wire（金属线）cable（缆绳）for bridges have been pulled across（被拉过）rivers with the use of kites.

　　Once a great American tied a key（钥匙）to a kite. He wanted to know about lightning（闪电）. Do you know who he was?

(1)Kites flying above the houses at night were to keep people______.

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A．happy	B．safe
C．quiet	D．comfortable

(2)Which do you believe?

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A．Today we fly kites for fun.

B．Today we fly kites to keep bad things away.

C．Today we use kites to carry our thoughts to gods.

D．Today we use kites to know about the wind.

(3)How have people used kites?

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A．Men have used kites to lean about the space.

B．Men have used kites to learn about the weather.

C．Men have used kites to learn about bad things.

D．Men have used kites to learn about the sky.

(4)The main（主要）idea of the whole story is that________.

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A．people have used kites in many ways

B．it is hard to set up a bridge

C．animals like to fly kites

D．people like to do nothing but fly kites

阅读理解

　　The sky is full of fish and animals. The fish and animals are kites. It is Kite Day in the park.

　　Kites have a long history. Once people believed kites could carry their thoughts to the gods. Many people flew kites over their houses at night. They thought this would keep them safe from all bad things at night.

　　Kites are fun. But they also have been of great help to man. People have used kites to learn a lot about the weather. Kites have been used in building bridges. Heavy wire (金属线) cables (粗索) for bridges have been pulled across the water with kites. Once a great American put a key on a kite. He wanted to know more about lightning (闪电) . Do you know who he was?

1．Many people flew kites over their house at night because they thought ________.

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A．it could bring them good luck

B．it could carry their thoughts to the gods

C．it could keep them safe

D．it could make their houses beautiful

2．Which of the following does this story lead (引导) you to believe?

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A．Today we fly kites for fun.

B．Today we fly kites to keep bad things away.

C．Today we fly to learn about the sky.

D．Today we use kites to hold our keys.

3．How have kites been used?

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A．People have used kites to learn a lot about the weather.

B．People have used kites to go up into the sky.

C．People have used kites to carry things.

D．Both A and C.

4．Once a great American put a key on a kite because he wanted to ________.

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A．open a lock

B．answer a question

C．learn something about lightning

D．open a door

5．The main idea of the story is ________.

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A．kites have been used in many ways

B．it is hard to build a bridge

C．kites like fish flying in the sky

D．people like flying kites