Forgiveness
OnewindyspringdayIobservedyoungpeoplehavingfunusingthewindtoflytheirkites.Multicolored 26ofvaryingshapesandsizesfilledthebrightskieslikebeautifulbirdsdartingand 27 .Asthestrongwindblowagainstthekitesa 28 keptthemincontrol.
Insteadof 29 awaywiththewindtheyaroseagainstittoachievegreat 30.Theyshookandpulled 31 thecontrolstringandthelongtail 32 themintow(受支配)facingupwardandagainstthewind.Asthekites 33 andtrembledagainstthestringtheyseemedtosay"Letmego!Letmego!Iwanttobe 34!"Theysoaredbeautifullyevenastheyfoughttherestriction(约束)ofthestring. 35 oneofthekitessucceededinbreakingloose."Freeatlast"itseemedtosay"Freetoflywiththewind".
Yetfreedomfrom 36 simplyputitatthe 37 ofanunsympatheticbreeze.itdroppedungracefully(不雅地)tothegroundand 38 inawildmassofweedsandstringagainstadeadbush."Freeatlast"--freetoliepowerlesslyinthedirttobeblown 39alongthegroundandtolodgelifelesslyagainstthefirstobstruction.
Howmuchlikekiteswesometimesare.TheHeavengivesusadversitiesandrestrictionsrulesto 40 fromwhichwecangrowandgainstrength.Controlisa 41 counterparttothewindsofopposition.Someofhistugattherulessohardthatwe 42 soartoreachtheheightswemighthaveobtained.Wekeeppartofthecommandmentandneverrise 43 enoughtogetourtailsofftheground.
Letuseachrisetothegreatheights 44 thatsomeofthecontrolsthatwemaybeunhappyunderareactuallythesteadyingforcethathelpsus 45 andachieve.
A.creations B.uniforms C.opinions D.remarks
A.singing B.dancing C.moving D.falling
A.procedure B.method C.string D.choice
A.throwing B.giving C.passing D.blowing
A.goals B.aims C.figures D.heights
A.anyhow B.then C.but D.meanwhile
A.exchanged B.kept C.equipped D.fetched
A.struggled B.fought C.escaped D.shouted