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Cloze 9(2014 河南)

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

       Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the 1       falling from the sky. He looked out of the window,but it was 2       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 3       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 4        be seen. Now someone said‘‘it” . What was going on with these 5        ?

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

      Richie 6        his aunt. “ It is raining hard”’ he agreed ,“ but 7        are the cats and dogs?”

      Grandpa laughed. “ Richie,that just 8        it’s raining really hard."

      “So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie 9       . 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 10       ,” 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

1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. D

Cloze 9

[语篇解读]本文是记叙文。题材为语言文化。讲述了一名叫 Richie的男孩因不理解谚语真正的意思而引发的可笑事情。

1. C由文章开头及后文对“cats and dogs”的多次提及可知。

2. D由设空前的连词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. B由第三段内容可知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. A由上文可知看不到天上掉下来的“猫和狗”，故用couldn't。

5. D 由上文的“First they...”“Now someone....”可知此处指人。

6. B由上下文可知他们都在面对面地谈话，应是looked at ,故答案为B项。

7. C由上下文可知他是在问cats and dogs在哪儿。故答案为C项。

8. C由上下文可知是讲谅语的含义。故应用means。

9. D由设空前的句子可知是在询问。故答案为D项。

10 A由上下文可知是笑他不懂英语谤语(saying) 。故答案为A项。

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Cloze 9 (2013广州黄埔)

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