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11．"It's raining cats and dogs!"Grandpa shouted．
    Little Richie came running to the window．He wanted to see the （36）Cfalling from the sky．He looked out of the window，but is was （37）Dthat there were no cats or dogs．He only saw small pools of water on the ground．
"Man，it's really coming down out there!"Uncle Bob agreed（38）Bhe looked out of the window，too．Richie scratched his head（撓頭）．What was coming down？First they talked about cats and dogs that （39）Abe seen．Now someone said it"it"．What was going on with these（40）D？
"Wow!"Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window．"It's raining really hard．"
     Richie（41）Bhis aunt．"It is raining hard，"he agreed，"but （42）Care the cats and dogs？"
     Grandpa laughed．"Richie，that just（43）Cit's raining really hard．"
"So why didn't you just say that？"Richie （44）D．It was irritating （惱人的） when people like they were not speaking English at all．
"We did．You just didn't understand these（45）A．"Richie's cousin said with a big smile．
"Well，now I do．"Richie said．

36．A．tigers and lions	B．pigs and sheep	C．cats and dogs	D．chickens and ducks
37．A．important	B．possible	C．necessary	D．strange
38．A．unless	B．a(chǎn)fter	C．till	D．though
39．A．couldn't	B．shouldn't	C．needn't	D．mustn't
40．A．days	B．a(chǎn)nimals	C．ideas	D．people
41．A．shouted at	B．looked at	C．laughed at	D．pointed at
42．A．what	B．how	C．where	D．who
43．A．explains	B．proves	C．means	D．shows
44．A．ordered	B．thought	C．repeated	D．a(chǎn)sked
45．A．saying	B．questions	C．objects	D．stories

Answer 1

分析 主旨大意：本文敘述了Richie因聽不懂諺語而感到困惑的故事．當雨下得很大，他爺爺說："It's raining cats and dogs!"他以為天上會掉下貓和狗，但是他向窗外看，只有雨水，沒有貓和狗．他的叔叔說："it's really coming down out there!"他不明白什么要來呀．但是當他的姑媽說，雨下得真大時，他聽明白了．于是問貓和狗在哪里．爺爺告訴他，自己說的意思就是雨下的大．他的堂兄告訴他那是諺語．這下Richie明白了．

解答 36．C．考查名詞及語境的理解．tigers and lions 老虎和獅子；pigs and sheep 豬和綿羊；cats and dogs 貓和狗；chickens and ducks雞和鴨．根據(jù)語境but is was ____that there were no cats or dogs．可知他想看看貓和狗從空落下來．故選：C
37．D．考查形容詞及語境的理解．important 重要的；possible 可能的；necessary 必要的；strange奇怪的．根據(jù)語境He only saw small pools of water on the ground．可知他只看到地面上有小水池，沒有貓和狗，但是他的爺爺說下著貓和狗，所以他覺得奇怪．故選：D
38．B．考查連詞及語境的理解．unless  除非；after 在…之后；till 直到；though盡管．結(jié)合上下文，鮑勃叔叔應是先向窗外看，在評價雨的情況．故用連詞after，故選：B
39．A．考查情態(tài)動詞及語境的理解．couldn't 不可能；shouldn't 不應該；needn't 不必；mustn't禁止．根據(jù)語境but is was ____that there were no cats or dogs．可知沒有貓和狗，故表示不可能．故選：A
40．D．考查名詞及語境的理解．days 天； animals 動物；ideas 主意；people人們．此處指的是他的爺爺，鮑勃叔叔及某一個人，因此這些人．故選：D
41．B．考查動詞短語及語境的理解．shouted at 大喊；looked at 看；laughed at 嘲笑；pointed at指向．結(jié)合上下文，可知他的姑媽說雨下得很大，所以此處他應是看著他的姑媽說話，故選：B
42．C．考查代詞及語境的理解．what 什么；how 如何；where 哪里；who誰．根據(jù)語境First they talked about cats and dogs that ____ be seen．Richie 認為人們討論的貓和狗他看不見，故問這些貓和狗在哪里，故選：C
43．C．考查動詞及語境的理解．explains 解釋；proves 證明；means 意味著；shows展示．根據(jù)上下文的意思可知It's raining cats and dogs!="It's"raining really hard．故選：C
44．D．考查動詞及語境的理解．ordered 命令；thought 認為；repeated 重復；asked問．根據(jù)So why didn't you just say that？可知這是一個問題，故用動詞ask．故選：D
45．A．考查名詞及語境的理解．saying 諺語；questions 問題；objects 物體；stories故事．根據(jù)常識可知It's raining cats and dogs!是諺語．故選：A

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