Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季风)blows ,a fever seizes the Thais (泰国人).It is the kite flying in Thailand __1__a strong feeling of interest that is nothing 2 of feverish.
During the summer, in the moths of March and April ,the skies 3 cities ,towns and villages throughout the Kingdom are 4 with kites of all descriptions --long-tailed dragons,twisting snakes ,beautiful butter-flies,or familiar cartoon characters wheeling and weaving in the waim air.
One afternoon ,a friend and long-time kite flier invited me to 5 him at the Pramane Ground ."What's the attraction?"I asked as he flew a huge kite."Well ,you can feel a bit of a 6 at first ."he replied,""a grown man standing there holding the end of a string and 7 up into the sky .But once you forget yourself ,you get caught up in the 8 of controlling something inthe air where you cannot follow.You're on the ground :the kite's in the air but it's you that are making it al 9 .Come on ,go fly a kite."
I took his advice in the 10 it was meant and ,holding the hand of my young daughter si that others woukd think I was only satisfying a child's 11 ,I bought a rainbow-colored snake .After a few failed runs we got the kite into the air 12 greater ease than I expected.It was only at my daughter 's crying ,"My go,my go "that I realized I'd been holding the string ,completely 13 what I was discovering was a very pleasing pastime.
Like many other 14 of popular culture ,the sport of kite flying in Thailand has been 15 down from generation to generation.Its origins(起源)are 16 probably in ancient China,although it seems likey that Thai kites are as old as the 17 itself.It was a craze 18 by everyone from the king down.
"It's a great tradition (传统),that has the 19 of bringing generations togeter,"says my friend ,"What you see today at the King's Cup is the 20 as the people of the past would have seen more than two hundred years ago."
1.A.fires B.fights C.turns D.keeps
2.A.long B.short C. fond D.proud
3.A.on B.over C.around D. in
4.A.alive B.ready C.open D.equal
5.A.see B.care C.accept D. join
6.A.hero B.fool C.master D.fireman
7.A.flying B.missing C.staring D. jumping
8.A.match B.comfort C.excitement D.movement
9.A.happen B.begin C. attend D.break
10.A.way B.while C.language D. need
11.A.game B.sport C. request D. best
12.A.for B.with C.beyond D.under
13.A.tired of B.fit for C. helped with D. devoted to
14.A.laws B.rules C.forms D. researches
15.A.put B.handed C.sat D.looked
16.A.rooted B.left C.dated D.hoped
17.A.history B.Kingdom C.time D.earth
18.A.imagined B.used C.enjoyed D.told
19.A.effect B.right C. name D.science
20.A.same B.kite C. invention D. relation
答案解析：
1.A 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.A 10.A
11.C 12.B 13.D 14.D 15.B 16. 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.A
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