Question

“It’s raining cats and dogs!”Grandpa shouted.

Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the ____falling from the sky. He looked out of the window, but is was ____that there were no cats or dogs. He only saw small pools of water on the ground.

“Man, it’s really coming down out there!” Uncle Bob agreed____he looked out of the window, too. Richie scratched his head(挠头). What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that ____ be seen. Now someone said it “it”. What was going on with these ____?

“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window. “It’s raining really hard.”

Richie____his aunt. “It is raining hard,” he agreed, “but ____are the cats and dogs?”

Grandpa laughed. “Richie, that just____it’s raining really hard.”

“So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie ____. It was irritating (恼人的) when people like they were not speaking English at all.

“We did. You just didn’t understand these____.” Richie’s cousin said with a big smile.

“Well, now I do.” Richie said.

1.A. tigers and lions     B. pigs and sheep   C. cats and dogs   D. chickens and ducks

2.A. important         B. possible         C. necessary      D. strange

3.A. unless            B. after            C. till           D. though

4.A. couldn’t           B. shouldn’t       C. needn’t       D. mustn’t

5.A. days              B. animals         C. ideas        D. people

6.A. shouted at          B. looked at       C. laughed at     D. pointed at

7.A. what              B. how           C. where         D. who

8.A. explains           B. proves          C. means        D. shows

9.A. ordered            B. thought         C. repeated      D. asked

10.A. saying             B. questions       C. objects        D. stories

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Richie因听不懂谚语而感到困惑的故事。当雨下得很大，他爷爷说：“It’s raining cats and dogs!”他以为天上会掉下猫和狗，但是他向窗外看，只有雨水，没有猫和狗。他的叔叔说：“ it’s really coming down out there!”他不明白什么要来呀。但是当他的姑妈说，雨下得真大时，他听明白了。于是问猫和狗在哪里。爷爷告诉他，自己说的意思就是雨下的大。他的堂兄告诉他那是谚语。这下Richie明白了。

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4.but is was ____that there were no cats or dogs. 可知没有猫和狗，故表示不可能。故选A。句意：一开始他们讨论不可能被看见的猫和狗。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。