阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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 ___2___ houses, shining like jewels in all the dark. A ___3___ woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was struggling on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was ___4___ her without pause.
1.A.pouring B.falling
C.dropping D.flooding
2.A.big B.black C.faraway D.nearby
3.A.rich B.beautiful C.poor D.ugly
4.A.pattingB.hitting C.flowing D.beating
She knocked at a door, and a ___5___ answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while inside. The boy then let her into the sitting room and ___6___ her sitting by the fire.
5.A.boy B.girl C.man D.woman
6.A.made B.left C.asked D.told
The woman appeared old and tired under the electric light, ___7___ she was only in her early thirties. She sat ___8___ for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the room. When her wandering eyes rested on a picture of a young man, she ___9___ up, looking thunderstruck (遭雷击的；惊愕的).
7.A.so B.and C.however D.though
8.A.straight B.thirsty C.hungry D.still
9.A.picked B.stood C.came D.looked
Just then, the boy came with his father. The man at once recognized the woman as his ___10___. They had ___11___ touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
10.A.wife B.sister C.mother D.girlfriend
11.A.kept B.got C.made D.lost
___12___ words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other's arms ___13___ the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very ___14___, the couple stood face to face with their children between them, watching the rain as it gradually ___15___.
12.A.Much B.Many C.No D.Not
13.A.as B.while C.when D.since
14.A.worried B.sorry C.happy D.sad
15.A.began B.stopped C.ended D.went
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