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（線）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線軸）.
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（支撐）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
