A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky full of colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then ______ a kite for his son in the store.

The son started to fly the kite. ______, his kite was high up in the sky in a few minutes. Then, the son said, "Father, it seems that the string(线)is stopping the kites from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be ______ and fly higher. Can we cut it?" The father cut the string off of the reel线轴).

The kite started to go ______. This made the little boy happy.

But then, slowly, the kite started to ______. It finally fell to the ground. The son was ______to see this. He asked his father, "Why did it fall down? I thought that the kite would fly higher ________cutting the string."

The father explained, "The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right ______ by using the string. But it can no longer support(支撑)the kite if you cut the string."

We may sometimes feel like there is ____ holding us back and stopping us from growing. But ______, it might be the thing that supports us the most.

1.A.bought B.painted C.made D.borrowed

2.A.Usually B.Soon C.Certainly D.Sadly

3.A.small B.big C.busy D.free

4.A.higher B.closer C.slower D.harder

5.A.write down B.turn down C.fall down D.cut down

6.A.bored B.interested C.surprised D.excited

7.A.after B.before C.during D.until

8.A.side B.way C.space D.time

9.A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something

10.A.of course B.so far C.in fact D.at least

Edison has thousands of inventions in his life. What made him successful? The _______ is creativity. Creativity is not something that one is just born with. It is the _______ of using intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

In 1925, Richard Drew worked as an engineer for a company. He wanted to _______ a kind of material which could be strong enough to hold things together, but his boss didn’t let him think about it. Drew had to use his _______time to think about his idea, and he had a hard time to make the idea _______. Finally, he made the kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by people. The boss learned from his mistake. After that the company made a rule of asking _______ workers to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

In developing our creativity, childhood is a _______ age. It is important for schools and parents to help their children to develop their creativity. Teachers should not only develop the students’ reading, writing and math skills, _______ help the students use them to work out problems. Parents should give children more choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions. For example, let them choose rice or noodles for supper. As children grow older, parents should let their children make their own decisions on how to use their time or spend their money. _______ not to help them too much when they make the wrong decision, ________ the child may have a hard time.

1.A.question B.answer C.word D.expression

2.A.strength B.ability C.thought D.activity

3.A.visit B.invite C.invent D.buy

4.A.work B.full C.school D.spare

5.A.come true B.come out C.come back D.come up

6.A.your B.its C.their D.our

7.A.short B.bright C.long D.golden

8.A.and B.as well as C.until D.but also

9.A.Remember B.Think C.Forget D.Wonder

10.A.as long as B.so that C.even though D.as soon as

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