题文
In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had and were leaving.I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I my neck to see how successful he had been in the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson's kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 0pen. Grandpa had only one to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa, wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
小题1:A．grown upB．turned upC．picked upD．taken up小题2:A．carryingB．grabbingC．keepingD．holding小题3:A．raisedB．spreadC．stretchedD．expanded小题4:A．reachingB．touchingC．gettingD．climbing小题5:A．sceneB．sightC．interestD．control小题6:A．thickestB．strongestC．tallestD．largest小题7:A．widelyB．wideC．tightlyD．closely小题8:A．methodB．hopeC．solutionD．result小题9:A．andB．soC．orD．but小题10:A．sensedB．glancedC．watchedD．found小题11:A．carB．skyC．kiteD．tree小题12:A．withinB．inC．beyondD．with 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:A
解析
文章介绍作者情绪低落，来到公园，回忆起自己和孩子一起玩耍的情境，感伤孩子已经长大，这时，一个和孙子放风筝的老人吸引了作者的注意，在风筝落在高高的树上不能下来的时候，老人剪断了风筝，让它再次起飞，作者从中找到自己的答案。
小题1:考查动词短语：A. grown up成长，B. turned up出现，C. picked up接送，接收，捡起，D. taken up从事，拿起，从前面的句子：I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. 可知我的孩子都长大了，而我却没变。选A。
小题2:考查动词：A. carrying运送，B. grabbing 抓，C. keeping保持，D. holding持有，他站在路边，手里拿着一个风筝线锭。选D。
小题3:考查动词：A. raised养育，饲养，筹集，提高，B. spread传播，蔓延，C. stretched伸展，D. expanded扩大，我伸长了脖子，想看看他能否成功地让风筝飞入云端。选C。
小题4:考查动词：A. reaching到达，B. touching 触及，C. getting得到，D. climbing爬，让风筝飞入云端，用reaching，选A。
小题5:考查名词：A. scene 场景，B. sight看见，视野，C. interest兴趣，D. control控制，lose sight of看不见，我的目光紧跟着他手中的风筝线往上看，几乎看不到另一头。选B。
小题6:考查形容词：A. thickest 最厚的，B. strongest最强大的，C. tallest最高的，D. largest最大的，风筝在一棵看起来是公园里最高的树的最高枝丫上停了下来选C。
小题7:考查副词：A. widely广泛地，B. wide宽阔的，C. tightly紧地，D. closely紧密地，那只风筝的造型是一只美丽的白头鹫，舒展着宽大的双翼。选B。
小题8:考查名词：A. method方法，B. hope 希望，C. solution解决方法，D. result结果，爷爷只有一个方法来解决这个问题，那就是把风筝的线剪断。选C。
小题9:考查连词:A. and并且，B. so那么，C. or 或者，D. but但是，“你是想让它飞得越高越好的，比利，对不对？” “是的，爷爷。不过，我还想永远留着它。”这两句话是转折关系，选D
小题10:考查动词：A. sensed 感觉，B. glanced 瞥见， C. watched 观看，D. found发现，我看着老人剪断手中的风筝线，选C。
小题11:考查名词：A. car 汽车，B. sky 天空，C. kite风筝，D. tree树，我仰望天空，在那里我也找到了我的答案。选B。
小题12:考查介词：A. within在…里面，B. in在…里，C. beyond 超出，D. with和…，尽管我想让他们永远留在我身边，但是我已经教会他们像鹰一样飞翔。选A
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“In the middle of a b.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
