《2026年水木金卷高考模拟试卷精编英语》

阅读下面短文,按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
Once a father and son went to the kite flying festival. The young son became very happy seeing the sky filled with colourful kites. He also asked his father to get him a kite and a thread with a roller so he can fly a kite too. So, the father went to the shop at the park where the festival was being held. He purchased kites and a roll of thread for his son.
His son started to fly a kite. Soon, his kite reached high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Father, it seems that the thread is holding up the kite from flying higher. If we break it, it will be free and will go flying even higher. Can we break it?” So, the father cut the thread from the roller. The kite started to go a little higher. That made the son very happy.
But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. And, soon it fell down on the terrace(露台) of an unknown building. The young son was surprised to see this. He had cut the kite loose of its thread so it could fly higher, but instead, it fell down. He asked his father, “Father, I thought that by cutting off the thread, the kite would be free to fly higher. But why did it fall down?”
The father explained, “Son, at the height of life that we live in, we often think that some things we are tied with are preventing us from going further higher. In fact, the thread was not holding the kite from going higher, but it was helping it stay higher when the wind slowed down and when the wind picked up. You helped the kite go up higher in a proper direction through the thread. And when we cut the thread, it fell down without the support you were providing to the kite through the thread.”
The son realized his mistake.
Sometimes we feel that we can progress quickly and reach the newer heights in our life if we were not tied up with our family, our home. But, we fail to realize that our family, our loved ones. help us survive the tough time in our lives with their support and encourage us to reach higher heights in our life. They are not holding us, but are supporting us. Never let go of them.
56. Why did the son want to cut the thread? (no more than 12 words)

57. What do the underlined words in Paragraph 2 mean? (no more than 2 words)

58. What was the son surprised at? (no more than 15 words)

59. According to the father, what is the function of the kite thread? (no more than 10 words)

60. What lesson have you learned from this story? (no more than 20 words)

答案： 56.Because he thought the kite could fly higher without it.
57.Preventing./Stopping.
58.The kite didn’t fly higher as he had thought,but fell down.
59.To help the kite stay higher in the wind.
60.We should keep in touch with our family all the time,because they are our strong support.