二、完形填空
You may hear the expression “be raining cats and dogs”. That
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it’s raining very hard—not that
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cats and dogs are falling from the
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. However, it was reported that
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fell with hailstones (冰雹) over Dubuque, Iowa in 1882. The frogs
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falling along with hailstones during a
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storm.
Hail (冰雹) forms when drops of rainwater are
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by strong winds and are carried high up into the air. There the raindrops become frozen. Many drops may freeze together to
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balls of ice. These balls of ice, or hailstones, then
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to earth.
During the storm in Dubuque, the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds into the air along with raindrops.
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some of these frogs became covered with ice, both hailstones and “frog-stones” fell onto the ground.
(
A
) 1. A. means B. thinks C. talks D. tells
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D
) 2. A. careless B. true C. dead D. real
(
C
) 3. A. hill B. tower C. sky D. building
(
B
) 4. A. cats B. frogs C. dogs D. birds
(
C
) 5. A. stopped B. enjoyed C. began D. forgot
(
B
) 6. A. popular B. terrible C. weekly D. common
(
D
) 7. A. bought B. added C. made D. caught
(
A
) 8. A. form B. build C. draw D. throw
(
D
) 9. A. hold B. lose C. keep D. fall
(
A
)10. A. When B. Before C. If D. While