阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36—55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes   36  the skies like beautiful birds dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them under   37 .
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great   38 . They __39  and pulled, but the restraining string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow (拖着), facing upward and against the   40 . As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be   41  !” They flew beautifully even   42  they fought the restraint of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in getting   43  . “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly   44  the wind.”
Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the   45  of an unsympathetic wind. It flew up and down to the ground and   46  in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown   47  along the ground.
How much like   48  we sometimes are. The heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and restrictions,   49  to follow from which we can grow and  50  strength. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never fly to reach the heights we might have   51 . We keep part of the rules and never   52  high enough to get our tails off the ground.
Let us each rise to the great heights,   53  that some of the restraints that we may be annoyed at are   54  the powerful force that helps us climb and   55  our goal.
36. A. surrounded          B. covered             C. emptied                    D. filled
37. A. construction        B. discussion         C. control                       D. pressure
38. A. heights                B. lengths              C. widths                         D. weights
39. A. crashed               B. shook                C. floated                      D. landed
40. A. rain                     B. sun                   C. wind                         D. storm
41. A. energetic             B. lonely                C. safe                          D. free
42. A. before                 B. as                     C. since                        D. after
43. A. crazy                  B. upset                 C. loose                         D. happy
44. A. with                   B. against              C. beneath                  D. over
45. A. edge                  B. expense             C. mercy                     D. bottom
46. A. fled                    B. hid                    C. existed                       D. landed
47. A. deliberately          B. helplessly           C. actively                    D. hopefully
48. A. strings                B. kites                  C. bushes                       D. weeds
49.A. rules                   B. customs             C. wishes                     D. instructions
50. A. convey               B. consume          C. lose                       D. gain
51. A. contained            B. lowered             C. indicated                 D. obtained
52. A. rise                     B. rank                  C. kick                         D. jump
53. A. hoping                B. supposing          C. recognizing              D. dreaming
54. A. strictly               B. actually             C. hardly                     D. consequently
55. A. achieve               B. score                C. miss                      D. set

Forgiveness

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored   26 of varying shapes and sizes filled the bright skies like beautiful birds darting and    27   . As the strong wind blow against the kites, a  28  kept them in control.

Instead of   29   away with the wind they arose against it to achieve great  30 . They shook and pulled,   31  the control string and the long tail    32  them in tow(受支配), facing upward and against the wind. As the kites   33   and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, "Let me go! Let me go! I want to be  34 !" They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction(约束) of the string.   35  , one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. "Free at last" , it seemed to say "Free to fly with the wind".

Yet freedom from   36   simply put it at the   37  of an unsympathetic breeze. it dropped ungracefully(不雅地) to the ground and   38  in a wild mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. "Free at last" -- free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown   39 along the ground, and to lodge lifelessly against the first obstruction.

How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversities and restrictions, rules to  40  from which we can grow and gain strength. Control is a   41   counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of his tug at the rules so hard that we  42  soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise   43   enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights,   44   that some of the controls that we may be unhappy under are actually the steadying force that helps us   45   and achieve.

A. creations       B. uniforms    C. opinions         D. remarks

A. singing        B. dancing      C. moving          D. falling

A. procedure      B. method      C. string           D. choice

A. throwing       B. giving       C. passing           D. blowing

A. goals          B. aims       C. figures               D. heights

A. anyhow         B. then        C. but             D. meanwhile

A. exchanged      B. kept        C. equipped        D. fetched

A. struggled     B. fought     C. escaped          D. shouted

A. free           B. comfortable       C. evident           D. great

A. Practically      B. Finally       C. Eagerly          D. Clearly

A. sky            B. effort       C. control               D. success

A. demand       B. expense      C. pressure         D. mercy

A. deserted       B. cut          C. grew           D. landed

A. helplessly      B. hopelessly  C. carelessly         D. willingly

A. break          B. follow      C. make           D. charge

A. necessary      B. impossible  C. useless           D. smooth

A. yet            B. never       C. ever            D. then

A. far            B. long        C. high            D. steady

A. blaming       B. accomplishingC. attempting     D. recognizing

A. run away     B. look down  C. go up          D. get off

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36—55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes   36   the skies like beautiful birds dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them under   37  .

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great   38  . They __39   and pulled, but the restraining string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow (拖着), facing upward and against the   40  . As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be   41  !” They flew beautifully even   42   they fought the restraint of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in getting   43  . “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly   44   the wind.”

Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the   45   of an unsympathetic wind. It flew up and down to the ground and   46   in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown   47   along the ground.

How much like   48   we sometimes are. The heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and restrictions,   49   to follow from which we can grow and   50   strength. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never fly to reach the heights we might have   51  . We keep part of the rules and never   52   high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights,   53   that some of the restraints that we may be annoyed at are   54   the powerful force that helps us climb and   55   our goal.

36. A. surrounded           B. covered             C. emptied                    D. filled

37. A. construction         B. discussion         C. control                       D. pressure

38. A. heights                 B. lengths              C. widths                         D. weights

39. A. crashed                B. shook                C. floated                       D. landed

40. A. rain                      B. sun                   C. wind                         D. storm

41. A. energetic              B. lonely                C. safe                          D. free

42. A. before                  B. as                      C. since                        D. after

43. A. crazy                   B. upset                 C. loose                         D. happy

44. A. with                    B. against               C. beneath                   D. over

45. A. edge                    B. expense             C. mercy                      D. bottom

46. A. fled                     B. hid                     C. existed                       D. landed

47. A. deliberately          B. helplessly           C. actively                    D. hopefully

48. A. strings                 B. kites                   C. bushes                       D. weeds

49.A. rules                    B. customs             C. wishes                      D. instructions

50. A. convey                B. consume            C. lose                        D. gain

51. A. contained             B. lowered              C. indicated                 D. obtained

52. A. rise                      B. rank                   C. kick                         D. jump

53. A. hoping                 B. supposing          C. recognizing              D. dreaming

54. A. strictly                 B. actually             C. hardly                     D. consequently

55. A. achieve                B. score                 C. miss                       D. set

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36—55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes   36   the skies like beautiful birds dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them under   37  .

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great   38  . They __39   and pulled, but the restraining string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow (拖着), facing upward and against the   40  . As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be   41  !” They flew beautifully even   42   they fought the restraint of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in getting   43  . “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly   44   the wind.”

Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the   45   of an unsympathetic wind. It flew up and down to the ground and   46   in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown   47   along the ground.

How much like   48   we sometimes are. The heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and restrictions,   49   to follow from which we can grow and   50   strength. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never fly to reach the heights we might have   51  . We keep part of the rules and never   52   high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights,   53   that some of the restraints that we may be annoyed at are   54   the powerful force that helps us climb and   55   our goal.

36. A. surrounded           B. covered             C. emptied                    D. filled

37. A. construction         B. discussion         C. control                       D. pressure

38. A. heights                 B. lengths              C. widths                         D. weights

39. A. crashed                B. shook                C. floated                       D. landed

40. A. rain                      B. sun                   C. wind                         D. storm

41. A. energetic              B. lonely                C. safe                          D. free

42. A. before                  B. as                      C. since                        D. after

43. A. crazy                   B. upset                 C. loose                         D. happy

44. A. with                    B. against               C. beneath                   D. over

45. A. edge                    B. expense             C. mercy                      D. bottom

46. A. fled                     B. hid                     C. existed                       D. landed

47. A. deliberately          B. helplessly           C. actively                    D. hopefully

48. A. strings                 B. kites                   C. bushes                       D. weeds

49.A. rules                    B. customs             C. wishes                      D. instructions

50. A. convey                B. consume            C. lose                        D. gain

51. A. contained             B. lowered              C. indicated                 D. obtained

52. A. rise                      B. rank                   C. kick                         D. jump

53. A. hoping                 B. supposing          C. recognizing              D. dreaming

54. A. strictly                 B. actually             C. hardly                     D. consequently

55. A. achieve                B. score                 C. miss                       D. set

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites．Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes   1   the skies like beautiful birds dancing．As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them under   2   ．

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great   3    ．They   4   and pulled, but the restraining string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow （拖着）, facing upward and against the   5    ．As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, "Let me go! Let me go! I want to be   6   !" They flew beautifully even   7   they fought the restraint of the string．Finally, one of the kites succeeded in getting   8   ．"Free at last．" it seemed to say．"Free to fly   9   the wind．"

Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the   10   of an unsympathetic wind．It flew up and down to the ground and   11   in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush．"Free at last", free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown   12   along the ground．

How much like   13   we sometimes are．The heaven gives us adversity（逆境）and restrictions,   14   to follow from which we can grow and   15   strength．Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never fly to reach the heights we might have   16   ．We keep part of the rules and never   17   high enough to get our tails off the ground．

Let us each rise to the great heights,   18   that some of the restraints that we may be annoyed at are   19   the powerful force that helps us climb and   20  our goal．

1．A．surrounded           B．covered            C．emptied            D．filled

2．A．construction          B．discussion          C．control             D．pressure

3．A．heights              B．lengths              C．widths             D．weights

4．A．crashed             B．shook             C．floated              D．landed

5．A．rain                 B．sun                C．wind                D．storm

6．A．energetic            B．lonely              C．safe             D．free

7．A．before               B．as                 C．since            D．after

8．A．crazy               B．upset               C．loose            D．happy

9．A．with                B．against             C．beneath          D．over

10．A．edge              B．expense            C．mercy           D．bottom

11．A．fled               B．hid                C．existed                  D．landed

12．A．deliberately          B．helplessly            C．actively            D．hopefully

13．A．strings            B．kites               C．bushes              D．weeds

14．A．rules              B．customs            C．wishes            D．instructions

15．A．convey            B．consume           C．lose               D．gain

16．A．contained           B．lowered            C．indicated           D．obtained

17．A．rise               B．rank               C．kick               D．jump

18．A．hoping            B．supposing           C．recognizing         D．dreaming

19．A．strictly            B．actually            C．hardly             D．consequently

20．A．achieve          B．score              C．miss               D．set