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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

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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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