【2014河南】先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
“It’s raining cats and dogs!” Grandpa shouted.
Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the            falling from the sky. He looked out of the window, but it was             that there were no cats or dogs. He only saw small pools of water on the ground.
“Man, it’s really coming down out there!” Uncle Bob agreed                 he looked out of the window, too. Richie scratched his head (挠头). What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that               be seen. Now someone said “it”. What was going on with these          ?
“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window. “It’s raining really hard.”
Richie              his aunt. “It is raining hard,” he agreed, “but            are the cats and dogs?”
Grandpa laughed. “Richie, that just              it’s raining really hard.”
“So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie              . It was irritating (恼人的) when people spoke like they were not speaking English at all.
“We did. You just didn’t understand these              .” Richie’s cousin said with a big smile.
“Well, now I do.” Richie said.

A．tigers and lions B．pigs and sheep C．cats and dogs D．chickens and ducks

A．important B．possible C．necessary D．strange

A．unless B．after C．till D．though

A．couldn’t B．shouldn’t C．needn’t D．mustn’t

A．days B．animals C．ideas D．people

A．shouted at B．looked at C．laughed at D．pointed at

A．what B．how C．where D．who

A．explains B．proves C．means D．shows

A．ordered B．thought C．repeated D．asked

A．sayings B．questions C．objects D．stories