Waiting for the Wind

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发布时间：2014-02-20 14:04:00
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内容提要：试题分析：文章介绍作者的侄子在没有风的时候孩子努力的放风筝，失败后，意识到自己应该等待风的到来，由此引发感想，我们往往会按照自己的意愿行事，而不管条件是否允许。

My nephew's 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot，July weekend. I persuaded him to 1 inside and joined him in a game. After 2 for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I fell into my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable moments of peace and quiet.

"Look，Alice, ” he said 3 as he ran over to the chair where I was sitting ,"I found a kite. Could we go outside and 4 it?"

Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was 5 outside.“I'm sorry, Tripper,.” I said, sad to see his 6 eyes. "The wind is not blowing today. The kite won't fly.”

The 7 10-year-old replied,“I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he answered as he ran out to the back door 8 Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite 9 to a small length of string. He ran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back 10 at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.

I asked, "How did it go?"

"Fine,” he said, not wanting to admit 11 .“I got it to fly some”

As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his

breath, "I guess I'll have to wait for the 12 ．”

At that moment I heard another Voice speak to my 13 ."Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the Wind.，

And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to 14 what we want to do. We wait for the Wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted（耗尽）our own 15 ．We must learn how to rely on Him in the first place!

1. A. live B. study C. stay D. lie

2. A. playing B. resting C. challenging D. arguing

3. A. casually B. enthusiastically C. stubbornly D. deliberately

4. A. decorate B. drop C. hang D. fly

5. A. hot B. still C. noisy D. fine

6. A. bright B. disappointed C. dull D. satisfied

7. A. clever B. talented C. determined D. fearless

8. A. hurriedly B. curiously C. suddenly D. unwillingly

9. A. adapted B. added C. attached D. devoted

10. A. angrily B. nervously C. doubtfully D. hopefully

11. A. win B. defeat C. mistake D. luck

12. A. wind B. order C. news D. sunshine

13. A. heart B. memory C. dream D. world

14. A. imagine B. decide C. apply D. accomplish

15. A. courage B. patience C. strength D. knowledge

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