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You have probably heard the expression,“It’s raining cats and dogs outside.”That means 16  it’s raining very hard I not that  17  cats and dogs are falling from the  18 .However,one day in June,1882,it really did rain  19  over Dubuque,Iowa.The frogs  20  falling along with hailstones(冰雹)during a  21  storm.
Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are  22  by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air.There the raindrops become frozen.Many drops may freeze  23  to form balls of ice;these ice balls,or hailstones,then  24  to earth.
During the storm in Dubuque,the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds(池塘) 25  the air along with raindrops.When some of these frogs became covered with ice,both hailstones and“frog-stones”fell onto the ground.
小题1:
A.thatB.howC.whyD.if
小题2:
A.carelessB.blindC.deadD.real
小题3:
A.hillB.towerC.skyD.building
小题4:
A.catsB.frogsC.dogsD.birds
小题5:
A.stoppedB.enjoyedC.beganD.forgot
小题6:
A.popularB.terribleC.weeklyD.common
小题7:
A.dividedB.addedC.changedD.caught
小题8:
A.togetherB.aloneC.soD.almost
小题9:
A.holdB.loseC.keepD.fall
小题10:
A.fromB.intoC.afterD.by

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

【主旨大意】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,但是却发生了青蛙石落在地上的事实。
小题1: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。
小题2:根据上下文判断那并不是真猫和狗落下来。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,故选D。
小题3:根据下文提示可知是,故选C。
小题4:根据下文判断可知是frogs,故选B 。
小题5:根据句意应是青蛙随着冰雹开始降落,故选C 。
小题6:根据下文判断是一场可怕的风暴,故选B 。
小题7:根据句意应是雨点被强风抓住,故选D。
小题8:根据句意应是雨点冻结在一起形成冰球,故选A 。
小题9:根据句意应是这些冰球或冰雹,然后下降到地球,故选 D 。
小题10:从…进入…用from… into…,故选B。
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