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 faraway houses, ___2___ like jewels in all the dark.
A   3   woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was   4   on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was   5   her without pause.
She knocked at a door, and a  6  answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while  7  . The boy then let her into the sitting room and   8   her sitting by the fire.
The woman  9  old and tired under the bright electric light,   10  she was only in her early thirties. She sat   11  for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the   12  . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she   13   up, looking thunderstruck.
Just then, the boy came with his  14. The man at once recognized the woman as his   15  . They had   16   touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
17   words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other’s arms  18   the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very   19  , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually   20  .

A．pouring B．falling C．dropping D．flooding

A．blowing B．breaking C．shining D．flying

A．rich B．beautiful C．poor D．ugly

A．crying B．wandering C．struggling D．wondering

A．striking B．hitting C．flowing D．beating

A．girl B．woman C．man D．boy

A．out B．near C．inside D．outside

A．left B．made C．asked D．told

A．became B．appeared C．showed D．sounded

A．so B．though C．however D．and

A．still B．thirsty C．hungry D．straight

A．house B．picture C．room D．fire

A．picked B．came C．stood D．looked

A．brother B．mother C．friend D．father

A．sister B．wife C．mother D．girlfriend

A．kept B．got C．made D．lost

A．Much B．Many C．No D．Not

A．as B．while C．when D．since

A．disappointed B．sorry C．happy D．sad

A．began B．stopped C．ended D．went