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　Kites are made of thin sticks(棒子) and paper. Most people have seen a kite ride and dip(上下翻飞) in a strong March 　1　 or have flown 　2 　. But not so many people know that the Chinese were making and flying kites even 　3 　people were writing.

　A long time passed, the Chinese made kites to 　4 　in wars. They would fly these war kites in the night. The kites were fixed 　5 　they made strange sounds. The enemies were 　6 　and ran away. They 　7 　those strange sounds were made by spirits in the sky.

　The Chinese people also flew kites to 　8 　good luck and to make their 　9 　rich and tall. Sometimes they would fly the kites 　10 　water, pulling hooks(钩子) hung down to catch fish.

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Once there was 　1　 war between the birds and the beasts （兽类）. A bat（蝙蝠）just watched them 　2 　from far behind. He wanted 　3 　the side of the winners. When he saw the birds were going to win, he 　4 　over to them. After a while, the beasts were winning. Then the bat flew away from the birds and tried to 　5 　the beasts. The beasts drove 　6 　off, for they had seen him fighting on the side of the birds.

　After a long fight no side　7　 win, so the beasts and the birds decided to stop fighting. Then not only beasts 　8 　birds would not have the bat as a 　9 　, after that the bat comes out only 　10 　.

Ladislao Brio ____4____ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ____5____ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ____6____ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ____7____ his pen and it did not write ____8____ on the thin paper. He and his brother George  ____9____ some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ____10____ a little ball at the end?

Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles, liked the ____11____. It was the ____12____of the Second World War. The Air-Forced ____13____ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ____14____. Martin and Miles made and ____15____ many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air-Force.

1． (　)A．factories　　  B．schools　　　　 C．shops　　   D．restaurants

2． (　)A．play　　　　  B．write　　　　 C．come　　　　  D．meet

3． (　)A．easy 　　　　  B．hard 　　   C．free　　　　   D．popular

4． (　)A．left　　　　  B．waited　　　　 C．looked　　    D．worked

5． (　)A．on　　　　    B．near　　　　 C．at　　　　　　 D．in

6． (　)A．mistakes　　   B．books　　   C．pages　　　　    D．diaries

7． (　)A．mend　　　　 B．fill　　　　  C．brush　　　　    D．change

8． (　)A．well　　　　    B．down　　  C．out　　　　　　  D．up

9． (　)A．kept　　　　  B．finished　　  C．began　　　　    D．studied

10． (　)A．find　　　　 B．wear　　　　 C．grow　　　　    D．use

11． (　)A．matter　　    B．result　　 &n
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sp; C．meaning　　　　  D．idea

12． (　)A．day　　　　    B．time　　   C．break　　　　   D．year

13． (　)A．bought　　    B．took　　    C．needed　　　　 D．preferred

14． (　)A．planes　　    B．ships　　   C．trains　　　　  D．buses

15． (　)A．sold　　　　   B．lent　　   C．moved　　　　  D．passed

完形填空：

　Kite are made of thin sticks and paper. Most people have seen a kite ride and dip in a strong March 　1　 or have flown 　2　 . But not so many people know that the Chinese were making and flying kites to even 　3 　people were writing.

　A long time past, the Chinese made kites to 　4 　in wars.They would fly these war kites in the night. The kites were fixed 　5 　they made strange sounds. The enemies were 　6 　and ran away. They 　7 　those strange sounds were made by spirits in the sky.

　The Chinese people also flew kites to 　8 　good luck and to made their 　9 　rich and tall.Sometimes they would fly the kites 　10 　water, pulling hooks hung down to catch fish.