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“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 is 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(撓頭). What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that __4__ be seen. Now someone said it “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 (惱人的) when people 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. saying B. questions C. objects D. stories

Answer 1

1C  2D  3B  4A  5D  6B  7C  8C  9D  10A