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He died a(an) ____ death.

A.aural B. average          C. awful    D. fearful

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    One day,Raul was miles away from the small ranch(牧场) house in a large valley. 36  seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy.The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds  37  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38  ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly  39  Raul. The thunder(雷声) was so loud that he buried his  40   in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats(蹄声).He  41 .There before him stood a tall, white  42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.

    “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered  43 . “Come with me.”

    Raul followed on his horse. A  44 feeling came over him. All  45  them the rain was pouring down,  46  not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  47   back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found  48  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,  49  his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  50 .

    Raul’s father ran out across the yard  to   51  him. “we have been  52  sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  53  .”

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36. A.Something  B.Everything               C.Anything                  D.Nothing

37.A.dropped        B.fell                   C.rolled                       D.covered

38.A.Suddenly      B.Strongly            C.Quickly             D.Hardly

39.A.beating                B.blinding            C.burning             D.touching

40.A.nose             B.hair                   C.neck                  D.head

41.A.looked up     B.woke up            C.lay down           D.sat down

42.A.tiger             B.horse                C.lion                   D.elephant

43.A.lazily            B.angrily              C.coldly                      D.slowly

44.A.natural         B.common            C.strange              D.bad

45.A.around         B.beside               C.through             D.above

46.A.yet               B.for                    C.so                     D.or

47.A.walking               B.leading              C.heading             D.returning

48.A.them            B.themselves         C.him                   D.himself

49.A.shook           B.waved               C.held                  D.took

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3.A. to? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. for? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. with? ????????????? ????????????? D. by

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9.A. person ????????????? ????????????? B. doctor? ????????????? ????????????? C. neighbor ????????????? ????????????? D. child

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14.A. receive????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. direct?? ????????????? ????????????? C. sense? ????????????? ????????????? D. describe

15.A. repaired ????????????? ????????????? B. cleaned? ????????????? ????????????? C. spotted? ????????????? ????????????? D. set

16.A. introductions????????????? B. memories????????????? ????????????? C. descriptions ????????????? D. communications

17.A. represented? ????????????? B. recognized? ????????????? C. instructed? ????????????? D. confirmed

18.A. the supermarket B. church? ????????????? ????????????? C. my office? ????????????? D. the house

19.A. merely ????????????? ????????????? B. always?? ????????????? ????????????? C. really? ????????????? ????????????? D. never

20.A. Everything?? ????????????? B. Nothing? ????????????? ????????????? C. Anything? ????????????? D. Something

 

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One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场)house in a large valley. Everything seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds  31  across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.  32 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly  33  Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his head in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it — hoof beats (蹄声). He  34 . There before him stood a tall, white horse. An old man stared down at him from its back.

“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “Oh, my name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered  35 , “come with me.”

Raul followed on with his horse. A  36  feeling came over him. All  37  them the rain was pouring down,  38  not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be  39  back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once, he found  40  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, waved his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were  41 .

Raul’s father ran out across the yard to  42  him. “We have been  43  about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the  44 .”

“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”

“Can’t say I … wait. I believe my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They all say he was  45  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?” At this, Raul was really more shocked than puzzled.

1.                A.dropped        B.fell            C.rolled    D.covered

 

2.                A.Suddenly       B.Strongly        C.Quickly   D.Hardly

 

3.                A.beating         B.blinding         C.burning   D.touching

 

4.                A.looked up       B.woke up        C.lay down  D.sat down

 

5.                A.lazily           B.angrily          C.freely    D.slowly

 

6.                A.natural         B.common        C.strange   D.sad

 

7.                A.around         B.beside          C.through  D.above

 

8.                A.yet            B.for            C.so   D.or

 

9.                A.reaching        B.leading         C.heading  D.returning

 

10.               A.them          B.themselves      C.him  D.himself

 

11.               A.gone          B.left            C.followed   D.lost

 

12.               A.see            B.meet          C.beat  D.ask

 

13.               A.waited         B.thought        C.worried   D.excited

 

14.               A.yard           B.wind           C.grass D.rain

 

15.               A.defeated       B.caught         C.damaged  D.struck

 

 

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