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(2015湖北广水模拟)

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

    Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the 16        falling from the sky. He looked out of the window,but it was 17        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 18        he looked out of the window,too. Richie scratched his head (烧头) . What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that 19        be seen. Now someone said “it”.What was going on with these 20        ?

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

    Richie 21        his aunt.“It’s raining hard, ” he agreed, “but 22        are the cats and dogs?”

    Grandpa laughed, ^u Richie,that just 23        it's raining really hard."

   “So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie 24       . It was irritating ( f凶人白勺) when people spoke like they were not speaking English at all.

   “We did. You just didn’t understand these 25        Richie’s cousin said with a big smile.

    “Well,now I do,"Richie said.

16. A. tigers and lions   B. pigs and sheep

   C. cats and dogs   D. chickens and ducks

17. A. important   B. possible

   C. necessary   D. strange

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

19. A. couldn’t   B. shouldn’t

   C. needn’t   D. mustn’t

20. A. days   B. animals

   C. ideas   D. people

21. A. shouted at   B. looked at

   C. laughed at   D. pointed at

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

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

24. A. ordered   B. thought

   C. repeated   D. asked

25. A. sayings   B. questions

   C. objects   D. stories

Answer 1

16.C 由开头一句 “ It’s raining cats and dogs! ” 可以看出应选。

17.D important 重要的;possible 可能的;necessary 必需的;

strange奇怪的。很奇怪没有猫和狗。.故选D 。

18.B unless除非;after在之后;till直到;though尽管。鲍勃叔叔也朝窗外看了看之后，他同意Grandpa的观点。故选B.

19.A couldn’t 不可能;shouldn’t 不应该(needn’t 不必;mustn’t 不准;禁止。开始他们谈到了不可能被看到的猫和狗。故选A

20.D (lay天;animal动物;idea主意;people人们。这些人怎么了？故选D

21.B shoiU at 对大吼;look at 看着;kugh at 嘲笑;point at

指着。Richie看着他的婶婶。故选B.

22.C由上文的“t’s raining hard ,” he agreed可知，此处意为

“但是猫和狗在哪儿呢?”故选C.

23.C explain 解释;prove 证明;mean 意思是;show 爷爷大笑道：“Richie ,那(It’s raining cats and dogs!) 意思就是雨下得真的很大。”故选C.

24.D order命令;think认为;repeat重复;ask问，要求。“那么，你们为什么不那样说呢?”Kichie问道。故选D.

25.A saying 谅语;question 问题;object 物体;story 故事。因为

“it's’s raining cats and dogs是一个谚语，故选 A.