Question

11．"It's raining cats and dogs!"Grandpa shouted．
    Little Richie came running to the window．He wanted to see the （36）Cfalling from the sky．He looked out of the window，but is was （37）Dthat 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（38）Bhe looked out of the window，too．Richie scratched his head（挠头）．What was coming down？First they talked about cats and dogs that （39）Abe seen．Now someone said it"it"．What was going on with these（40）D？
"Wow!"Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window．"It's raining really hard．"
     Richie（41）Bhis aunt．"It is raining hard，"he agreed，"but （42）Care the cats and dogs？"
     Grandpa laughed．"Richie，that just（43）Cit's raining really hard．"
"So why didn't you just say that？"Richie （44）D．It was irritating （恼人的） when people like they were not speaking English at all．
"We did．You just didn't understand these（45）A．"Richie's cousin said with a big smile．
"Well，now I do．"Richie said．

36．A．tigers and lions	B．pigs and sheep	C．cats and dogs	D．chickens and ducks
37．A．important	B．possible	C．necessary	D．strange
38．A．unless	B．after	C．till	D．though
39．A．couldn't	B．shouldn't	C．needn't	D．mustn't
40．A．days	B．animals	C．ideas	D．people
41．A．shouted at	B．looked at	C．laughed at	D．pointed at
42．A．what	B．how	C．where	D．who
43．A．explains	B．proves	C．means	D．shows
44．A．ordered	B．thought	C．repeated	D．asked
45．A．saying	B．questions	C．objects	D．stories

Answer 1

分析 主旨大意：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．

解答 36．C．考查名词及语境的理解．tigers and lions 老虎和狮子；pigs and sheep 猪和绵羊；cats and dogs 猫和狗；chickens and ducks鸡和鸭．根据语境but is was ____that there were no cats or dogs．可知他想看看猫和狗从空落下来．故选：C
37．D．考查形容词及语境的理解．important 重要的；possible 可能的；necessary 必要的；strange奇怪的．根据语境He only saw small pools of water on the ground．可知他只看到地面上有小水池，没有猫和狗，但是他的爷爷说下着猫和狗，所以他觉得奇怪．故选：D
38．B．考查连词及语境的理解．unless  除非；after 在…之后；till 直到；though尽管．结合上下文，鲍勃叔叔应是先向窗外看，在评价雨的情况．故用连词after，故选：B
39．A．考查情态动词及语境的理解．couldn't 不可能；shouldn't 不应该；needn't 不必；mustn't禁止．根据语境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
40．D．考查名词及语境的理解．days 天； animals 动物；ideas 主意；people人们．此处指的是他的爷爷，鲍勃叔叔及某一个人，因此这些人．故选：D
41．B．考查动词短语及语境的理解．shouted at 大喊；looked at 看；laughed at 嘲笑；pointed at指向．结合上下文，可知他的姑妈说雨下得很大，所以此处他应是看着他的姑妈说话，故选：B
42．C．考查代词及语境的理解．what 什么；how 如何；where 哪里；who谁．根据语境First they talked about cats and dogs that ____ be seen．Richie 认为人们讨论的猫和狗他看不见，故问这些猫和狗在哪里，故选：C
43．C．考查动词及语境的理解．explains 解释；proves 证明；means 意味着；shows展示．根据上下文的意思可知It's raining cats and dogs!="It's"raining really hard．故选：C
44．D．考查动词及语境的理解．ordered 命令；thought 认为；repeated 重复；asked问．根据So why didn't you just say that？可知这是一个问题，故用动词ask．故选：D
45．A．考查名词及语境的理解．saying 谚语；questions 问题；objects 物体；stories故事．根据常识可知It's raining cats and dogs!是谚语．故选：A

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