Question

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch house in a large valley.          seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds      across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.     , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly    Raul. The thunder(雷声) was so loud that he buried his    in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats(蹄声). He    . There before him stood a tall, white   . An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul.” “My name is Gray Cloud,” The old man answered    . “Come with me.”

Raul followed on his horse. A       feeling came over him. All     them the rain was pouring down,      not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be     back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found            at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,       his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were    .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to    him. “We have been    sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the    .

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I…Wait. I    my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was    by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”

1.A. Something  B. Everything  C. Anything  D. Nothing

2.A. dropped   B. fell   C. rolled   D. covered

3.A. Suddenly B. Strongly  C. Quickly  D. Hardly

4.A. beating   B. blinding  C. burning  D. touching

5.A. nose       B. hair   C. neck   D. head

6.A. looked up B. woke up  C. lay down  D. sat down

7.A. tiger   B. horse   C. lion   D. elephant

8.A. lazily   B. angrily   C. coldly   D. slowly

9.A. natural   B. common  C. strange  D. bad

10.A. around   B. beside   C. through  D. above

11.A. yet    B. for   C. so   D. or

12.A. walking B. leading  C. heading  D. returning

13.A. them   B. themselves  C. him   D. himself

14.A. shook   B. waved   C. held   D. took

15.A. gone   B. left   C. followed  D. lost

16.A. see    B. meet   C. beat   D. ask

17.A. waited   B. thought  C. worried  D. excited

18.A. yard   B. wind   C. grass   D. rain

19.A. believeB. consider  C. doubt   D. forget

20.A. defeated  B. caught   C. damaged  D. struck

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个发生在雨天的故事。Raul在一个离家几里外的山谷里，周围一切看起来很正常，但他有一种不舒服的感觉。风变大了，一时间乌云密布，一场大雨即将到来。事实果然如此，闪电穿透乌云，顷刻间电闪雷鸣。这时，Raul听到了马蹄声，一个叫“Gray Cloud”的老人用他的马把Raul载回了他的家里。

1.yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy”可知，前面说的是“一切似乎都很正常”，yet表示转折，故选B。

2.dark clouds across the sky乌云在空中翻滚着，故选C。

3. , the lightning flashed through the clouds,突然，闪电从乌云里穿过，故选A。

4.nearly Raul闪电来得太突然，闪到了Raul的眼睛，根据下一行的“rubbed his eyes”可知，Raul揉了揉眼睛，故选B。

5.he buried his in his hands由于雷声太大，Raul用双手捂住了头，bury one’s head in one’s hands用手捂住头，故选D。

6.There before him stood a tall,”中的“tall”可知，Raul是往高处看，故选A。

7.Raul followed on his horse.”可知，Raul听到的是马蹄声，故选B。

8.“My name is Gray Cloud,” The old man answered .“我是Gray Cloud”，老人缓缓地回答道，其它三项不符合语境，故选D。

9.Raul followed on his horse. A feeling came over him.由于Raul与老人素不相识，跟他走让Raul感觉怪怪的，故选C。

10.All them the rain was pouring down,大雨从天空一泻而下，人在雨中行走，不会出现雨落在人的旁边、上面或者穿过人体的情况，故选A。

11. not a drop fell on them然而，雨滴并没有落到他们两个人的身上，故选A。

12.They seemed to be back toward Raul’s home.他们骑着马似乎是在朝着Raul的家前进，head back返回到，return后不能跟back，故选C。

13.Then all at once he found at the ranch gate.Raul突然发现自己已经到了牧场大门那里，主语是he，对应的反身代词是himself，故选D。

14.The old man turned his horse”可知，老人掉头，挥手与Raul告别，故选B。

15.The old man and his horse were .老人和他的马消失了。Gone在此意为“不见”，leave作及物动词，意为“留下”，与句意不符，故选A。

16.Raul’s father ran out across the yard to him.Raul的爸爸穿过院子跑来接他，故选B。

17.We have been sick about you.我们担心死你了，be worried sick about sth/sb担心死......了，故选C。

18.Let’s get in out of the .让我们进屋，不要待在雨中，out of...离开......的范围，故选D。

19.I my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called gray Cloud.我想我的老爷爷曾经讲过关于一个叫“Gray Cloud”的人的故事，believe表示相信某人说的话，含有信以为真的意味，故选A。

20.They say he was by lightning人们都说他是被闪电击中致死的，strike有“突击，猛烈攻击”的意思，这里指闪电突然击中了Gray Cloud，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读