Question

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（2014河南）

  “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 it 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”．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 spoke 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．sayings          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】

1.cats and dogs”的多次提及可知。

2.but及第二段最后一句可知他为没有看到“cats and dogs”而感到奇怪。

3.Uncle Bob因为懂得谚语“It’s raining cats and dogs．”的含义，朝窗外看了之后表示同意Grandpa的话。故答案为B项。

4.couldn’t。

5.First they…”“Now someone…”可知此处指人。

6.looked at，故答案为B项。

7.cats and dogs在哪儿。故答案为C项。

8.means。

9.D项。

10.（saying）。故答案为A项。