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In one of Jonathan’s kite-making lessons, students can make kites in as
little as 20 minutes! Provided there is enough wind to fly a kite, they are
taken out to the Aeronautical Testing Pacility next door to the factory.
That’s spelt p A R K! Children as young as four years old can learn how to
fly a kite, and the Big Wind Kite Pactory recently trained a 92-year-old
grandmother who had always wanted to fly a ki te!
The kite which is used to give lessons is a regular diamond kite with a
rainbow pattern. The difference between this kite and the ones they make
during the lessons is that it is a two-string controllable acrobatic kite. Pirst
both lines are stretched out approximately 22 metres. This is the set distance
the kite will fly from the flyer.

Big Wind employees launch the kite and for a few minutes demonstrate
how pulling on one line and then on the other Controls the direction the kite
goes in. Then the Controls are given to the student. Sometimes an employee
holds onto their hands for initial guidance. After about ten or fífteen
minutes, several of the students have taken turns and most are getting used
to the idea of it. If they really know what they are doing, they can be left
alone in the park for as long as they wish.
donathan insists that it is not necessary to make a huge impressive kite to
have fun making and Aying kites. Even the simplest structure can work, and
can give hours of pleasurc. Go on, give it a try!

1. How can kites make music?
A. They are designed in a complicated way.
B. They are equipped with musical sounds.
c. The wind blows through them.
D. The wind blows through instruments on them.

2. In kite-íĩghting contests,______
A. kite strings are sometimes cut.
B. kite strings must not be cut.
c. kites are always brought to the ground.
D. kites are never brought to the ground.
3. Who designs kites for the Big Wind Kite Pactorỵ?
A. Jonathan Socher
B. a Hawaiian designer
c. Daphne Socher
D. Daphne’s husband

4. Why is a hot knife used?
A. to iron the nylon
B. to stop the edgcs Corning apart
c. to fray the edgcs
D. to prevent sealing
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