A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling (雷声隆隆地响), and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was
1 down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light appeared from windows of faraway houses,
___2___ like jewels in all the dark.
A
3 woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was
4 on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was
5 her without pause.
She knocked at a door, and a
6 answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while
7 . The boy then let her into the sitting room and
8 her sitting by the fire.
The woman
9 old and tired under the bright electric light,
10 she was only in her early thirties. She sat
11 for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the 1
2 . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she
13 up, looking thunderstruck.
Just then, the boy came with his
14. The man at once recognized the woman as his 1
5 . They had
16 touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
17 words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other’s arms
18 the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very
19 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually
20 .
| 小题1: | | A．pouring | B．falling | C．dropping | D．flooding |
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| 小题2: | | A．blowing | B．breaking | C．shining | D．flying |
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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．inside | D．outside |
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| 小题8: | | A．left | B．made | C．asked | D．told |
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| 小题9: | | A．became | B．appeared | C．showed | D．sounded |
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| 小题10: | | A．so | B．though | C．however | D．and |
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| 小题11: | | A．still | B．thirsty | C．hungry | D．straight |
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| 小题12: | | A．house | B．picture | C．room | D．fire |
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| 小题13: | | A．picked | B．came | C．stood | D．looked |
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| 小题14: | | A．brother | B．mother | C．friend | D．father |
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| 小题15: | | A．sister | B．wife | 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．went |
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