Question

    You have probably heard the expression, “It’s raining cats and dogs outside.” That means_____it’s raining very hard I not that _____cats and dogs are falling from the _____.However, one day in June, 1882, it really did rain _____over Dubuque, Iowa. The frogs______falling along with hailstones(冰雹)during a _____storm.

Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are_____by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air. There the raindrops become frozen．Many drops may freeze_____to form balls of ice；these ice balls, or hailstones, then_____to earth.

During the storm in Dubuque, the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds(池塘)______the air along with raindrops. When some of these frogs became covered with ice，both hailstones and “frog-stones” fell onto the ground.

1.A.that B.how C.why D.if

2.A.careless B.blind C.dead D.real

3.A.hill B.tower C.sky D.building

4.A.cats B.frogs C.dogs D.birds

5.A.stopped B.enjoyed C.began D.forgot

6.A.popular B.terrible C.weekly D.common

7.A.divided B.added C.changed D.caught

8.A.together B.alone C.so D.almost

9.A.hold B.lose C.keep D.fall

10.A.from B.into C.after D.by

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

短文大意：你也许听过这种表达，"It's raining cats and dogs outside."它并不是猫和狗从天上掉下来，而是下着倾盆大雨，但是却发生了青蛙和冰点一起落在地上的事实。

1.考查连词辨析。A那；那个；B怎样；C为什么；D如果；根据That means（1）it's raining very hard-not这里是需要引导宾语从句，且在从句中不做成分。句意：它意思是天正在下大雨。A项符合题意。

2.考查形容词辨析。careless粗心的；无忧无虑的，blind失明的；盲目的，dead死去的，real 真的；现实的，根据上文it's raining very hard雨下得非常大；和下文cats and dogs are falling 判断那并不是真猫和狗落下来，故选D。

3.考查名词辨析。A山；B塔；C天空；D建筑；根据下文提示it really did rain真的下着雨可知是从天上，故选C。

4.考查名词辨析。A猫；B青蛙；C狗；D鸟；根据下文The frogs判断可知是frogs，故选B 。

5.考查动词辨析。A停止；B享受；C开始；D忘记；根据后面falling along with hailstones（冰霞）句意应是青蛙随着冰雹开始降落，故选C 。

6.考查形容词辨析。A流行的；B可怕的；C一周的；C普通的；根据下文storm判断是一场可怕的风暴，故选B 。

7.考查动词辨析。A分；分离；B增加；C改变；D抓住；根据Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are（7）by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air句意应是雨点被强风抓住，故选D。

8.考查副词辨析。A一起；B孤独；C所以；D几乎；根据Many drops may freeze（8）to form balls of ice句意应是雨点冻结在一起形成冰球，故选A 。

9.根考查动词辨析。A举行；B失去；C保持；D落下；根据 these ice balls，or hailstones，then（9）to earth．句意应是这些冰球或冰雹，然后下降到地球，故选 D 。

10.考查介词辨析。A从…；B进入…C在…之后；D由；根据题干，从…进入…用from…into…，故选B。