完形填空。      One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场) house in a large valley.    1   seemed to be all
right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds    2   across
the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did.    3  , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly    4  
 Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his    5   in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard
it. Hoof beats (蹄声). He    6  . There before him stood a tall, white    7  . An old man stared down at him from
its back.
     "Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul. "My name is Gray Cloud," the old man answered    8  . "Come with
me."
     Raul followed on his horse. A    9   feeling came over him. All   10  them the rain was pouring down,   11  not
a drop fell on them. They seemed to be   12  back toward Raul"s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once
he found   13  at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse,  14  his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again.
The old man and his horse were   15 .
     Raul"s father ran out across the yard to   16  him. "We have been   17  sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry.
Let"s get in out of the   18 ."
     "Wait," said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"
     "Can"t say I … wait. I   19  my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died
a long time ago. They say he was   20  by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?"

(     )1.A. Something    (     )2.A. dropped     (     )3.A. Suddenly    (     )4.A. beating     (     )5.A. nose       (     )6.A. looked up    (     )7.A. tiger       (     )8.A. lazily     (     )9.A. natural     (     )10.A. around     (     )11.A. yet       (     )12.A. walking    (     )13.A. them       (     )14.A. shook     (     )15.A. gone       (     )16.A. see       (     )17.A. waited     (     )18.A. yard       (     )19.A. believe    (     )20.A. defeated

B. Everything  B. fell         B. Strongly B. blinding     B. hair     B. woke up    B. horse       B. angrily  B. common     B. beside       B. for       B. leading  B. themselves      B. waved    B. left         B. meet       B. thought    B. wind         B. consider B. caught

C. Anything   C. rolled        C. Quickly  C. burning     C. neck     C. lay down    C. lion         C. coldly    C. strange    C. through     C. so       C. heading  C. him         C. held     C. followed     C. beat     C. worried    C. grass        C. doubt    C. damaged

D. Nothing     D. covered     D. Hardly    D. touching      D. head      D. sat down    D. elephant      D. slowly    D. bad         D. above         D. or          D. returning                   D. himself       D. took      D. lost          D. ask       D. excited     D. rain          D. forget    D. struck