A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling, and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was
36 down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light appeared from windows of
37 houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.
A
38 woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was
39 on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was
40 her without pause. She knocked at the door, and a
41 answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while
42 . The boy then let her into the sitting room and
43 her sitting by the fire.
The woman
44 old and tired under the bright electric light,
45 she was only in her early thirties. She sat
46 for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the
47 . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she
48 up, looking thunderstruck. Just then, the boy came with his
49 . The man at once recognized the woman as his
50 . They had
51 touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
52 words needed to be spoken, They embraced each other
53 the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very
54 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually
55 .
| 小题1: | | A．pouring | B．falling | C．dropping | D．flooding |
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| 小题2: | | A．poor | B．black | C．faraway | D．nearby |
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| 小题3: | | A．rich | B．beautiful | C．poor | D．ugly |
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| 小题4: | | A．crying | B．wandering | C．struggling | D．wondering |
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| 小题5: | | A．striking | B．hitting | C．flowing | D．beating |
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| 小题7: | | A．out | B．near | C．outside | D．inside |
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| 小题8: | | A．made | B．left | C．asked | D．told |
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| 小题9: | | A．became | B．showed | C．appeared | D．sounded |
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| 小题10: | | A．so | B．and | C．however | D．though |
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| 小题11: | | A．straight | B．thirsty | C．hungry | D．still |
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| 小题12: | | A．room | B．house | C．picture | D．fire |
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| 小题13: | | A．picked | B．stood | C．came | D．looked |
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| 小题14: | | A．father | B．mother | C．friend | D．brother |
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| 小题15: | | A．wife | B．sister | C．mother | D．girlfriend |
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| 小题19: | | A．disappointed | B．sorry | C．happy | D．sad |
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| 小题20: | | A．began | B．stopped | C．ended | D．wanted |
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