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A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling, and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was    36   down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light appeared from windows of   37   houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.
A   38   woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was   39   on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was   40   her without pause. She knocked at the door, and a   41   answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while   42  . The boy then let her into the sitting room and   43   her sitting by the fire.
The woman   44   old and tired under the bright electric light,   45   she was only in her early thirties. She sat   46   for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the   47   . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she   48  up, looking thunderstruck. Just then, the boy came with his   49  . The man at once recognized the woman as his    50  . They had   51   touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
  52   words needed to be spoken, They embraced each other   53   the boy stared at them, puzzled. k*s*5u
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very   54  , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually   55  .

小题1:	A．pouring B．falling C．dropping D．flooding

小题2:	A．poor B．black C．faraway D．nearby

小题3:	A．rich B．beautiful C．poor D．ugly

小题4:	A．crying B．wandering C．struggling D．wondering

小题5:	A．striking B．hitting C．flowing D．beating

小题6:	A．boy B．girl C．woman D．man

小题7:	A．out B．near C．outside D．inside

小题8:	A．made B．left C．asked D．told

小题9:	A．became B．showed C．appeared D．sounded

小题10:

A．so B．and C．however D．though

小题11:

A．straight B．thirsty C．hungry D．still

小题12:

A．room B．house C．picture D．fire

小题13:

A．picked B．stood C．came D．looked

小题14:

A．father B．mother C．friend D．brother

小题15:

A．wife B．sister C．mother D．girlfriend