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．
小題1:
A．thatB．howC．whyD．if
小題2:
A．carelessB．blindC．deadD．real
小題3:
A．hillB．towerC．skyD．building
小題4:
A．catsB．frogsC．dogsD．birds
小題5:
A．stoppedB．enjoyedC．beganD．forgot
小題6:
A．popularB．terribleC．weeklyD．common
小題7:
A．dividedB．a(chǎn)ddedC．changedD．caught
小題8:
A．togetherB．a(chǎn)loneC．soD．a(chǎn)lmost
小題9:
A．holdB．loseC．keepD．fall
小題10:
A．fromB．intoC．a(chǎn)fterD．by

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

【主旨大意】你也許聽過這種表達(dá)，“It’s raining cats and dogs outside．”它并不是貓和狗從天上掉下來，但是卻發(fā)生了青蛙石落在地上的事實(shí)。
小題1:這里是需要引導(dǎo)賓語從句，且在從句中不做成分。句意:它意思是天正在下大雨。A項(xiàng)符合題意。
小題2:根據(jù)上下文判斷那并不是真貓和狗落下來。careless粗心的；無憂無慮的，blind失明的；盲目的，dead死去的， real 真的；現(xiàn)實(shí)的，故選D。
小題3:根據(jù)下文提示可知是，故選C。
小題4:根據(jù)下文判斷可知是frogs，故選B 。
小題5:根據(jù)句意應(yīng)是青蛙隨著冰雹開始降落，故選C 。
小題6:根據(jù)下文判斷是一場(chǎng)可怕的風(fēng)暴，故選B 。
小題7:根據(jù)句意應(yīng)是雨點(diǎn)被強(qiáng)風(fēng)抓住，故選D。
小題8:根據(jù)句意應(yīng)是雨點(diǎn)凍結(jié)在一起形成冰球，故選A 。
小題9:根據(jù)句意應(yīng)是這些冰球或冰雹，然后下降到地球，故選 D 。
小題10:從…進(jìn)入…用from… into…，故選B。
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