Rain comes from the clouds. Look, 【小题1】 are black clouds now in the sky. How fast they move along! See, they have hidden the sun. They have covered up the sun, just as you cover up your face 【小题2】 you put something over it. But there is one little bit of blue sky.

Now there is no blue sky at all: it is all black with the clouds. It is very dark, like night. It will rain soon.

Now the rain begins. 【小题3】 large drops! The ducks are very glad, 【小题4】 the little birds are not glad, they go and shelter themselves under the trees.

Now the rain is over. It was only 【小题5】 shower. Now the flowers smell sweet, and the bright sun shines, and the little birds sing again.

It was a cold day in January in New York. Snow started to fall. Mr. Hunt turned on the television to watch the weather report (报道). Mr. Hunt is a doctor and he should arrive 【小题1】 the hospital before 7 a.m. on workdays.

“Today is going to be very cold. The 【小题2】 is -10℃ to 3℃,” said the weatherman. “Be sure to wear warm clothes when you go outside. Also, be careful when you are driving.”

Mr. Hunt put on his warm clothes and went out. “The weatherman was right! What a cold day!” Mr. Hunt said. He is from Miami — a warm and sunny city. And he is not used 【小题3】 the cold weather here. Mr. Hunt just moved to New York a few months ago because of the new job.

Mr. Hunt got into the car. He drove slowly to work. Everyone else on the road 【小题4】 driving slowly, too. Suddenly, the car in front of Mr. Hunt came to a stop. “An accident must have happened!” Mr. Hunt thought. He stopped his car 【小题5】 got out of it very quickly. “Did you hurt yourself?” Mr. Hunt asked the driver. The driver said, “No, no, I’m fine. No one is hurt. I just ran into a snowman!”