A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling(跡蕗臓臓仇��), and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was __ 21___ down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open. Gleams of light appeared from windows of    22   houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.

  A   23   woman dressed in rags(篤下) and trembling with cold was   24   on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was ___25   her without pause. She knocked at a door, and a ___26__   answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while ___27   . The boy then let her into the sitting room and  28___ her sitting by the fire.

  The woman  29   old and tired under the bright electric light,  30    she was only in her early thirties. She sat  31   for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the   32  . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she  33   up, looking thunderstruck.

Just then, the boy came with his   34   . The man at once recognized the woman as his ___35 __. They had __36   touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever. ___37  words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other's arms,  38   the boy stared at them, puzzled.

  The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very  39    , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually  40  .

21. A. pouring              B. bringing          C. dropping         D. flooding

22. A. poor             B. black          C. faraway        D. near

23. A. rich            B. beautiful          C. poor            D. ugly

24. A. crying          B. wandering        C. struggling        D. wondering

25. A. striking         B. hitting         C. flowing        D. beating

26. A. boy              B. girl            C. woman         D. man

27. A. out               B. near          C. outside         D. inside

28. A. made          B. left          C. asked        D. told

29. A. became          B. like          C. appeared       D. sounded

30. A. so            B. and            C. however        D. though

31. A. straight           B. thirsty        C. hungry        D. still

32. A. room           B. house            C. picture          D. fire

33. A. picked             B. stood          C. came         D. looked

34. A. father            B. mother          C. friend         D. brother

35. A. wife            B. sister          C. mother       D. girlfriend

36. A. kept                 B. got             C. made          D. lost

37. A. Much             B. Many          C. No            D. Not

38. A. as             B. while          C. when        D. since

39. A. disappointed        B. sorry            C. happy           D. sad

40. A. began            B. stopped           C. ended            D. went

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