B
"It's raining cats and dogs!" shouts Grandpa.
Little Richie comes running to the window. He wants to see the cats and dogs. He really likes cats and dogs, but when he looks out of the window, he is disappointed. He only sees the rain. There are no cats or dogs at all.
"It looks like the rain is coming down in sheets(床单)," says Richie's cousin, Thomas.
"Sheets?" Richie looks again. He doesn't see any sheets.
Everyone in the family starts to look out of the window now.
"Yes. It's really coming down in torrents(急流)!" Uncle Bob says when he looks out of the window too.
Richie thinks, "What is coming down? First someone talks about cats and dogs. Then someone talks about sheets. Now someone says 'it'. Why can't I understand them?"
"Wow!" Aunt Susie shouts when she looks out of the window. "It's raining really hard."
Richie looks at his aunt. "Yes. It is raining hard," he says, "but where are the cats, dogs and sheets?"
"Richie, all those just mean it's raining really hard," says Grandpa.
"So why didn't you just say that?" asks Richie.
"We did. You didn't know these sayings(谚语)," says Richie's cousin.
"Well, now I do," says Richie.
"Oh, the cat's out of the bag, then," says Grandma.
"What cat?" asks Richie.
Everyone says, "Oh, not a real cat again."
"Right," says Grandma. "The secret(秘密) is out."
"I get it," says Richie.
()48. What does the underlined word "disappointed" mean in Chinese?
A. 失望的
B. 烦躁的
C. 激动的
D. 忧虑的
()49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The family has a special secret.
B. Thomas doesn't get Grandpa's words.
C. Richie's family has many cats and dogs.
D. Richie looks for the sheets outside but only sees rain.
()50. What does Richie learn from this story?
A. About different types of rain.
B. Why rain is important for nature.
C. How to look after pets in the rain.
D. The meanings of some special sayings.

48. A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据“He really likes cats and dogs, but when he looks out of the window, he is disappointed. He only sees the rain. There are no cats or dogs at all.”可知,他的心情是“失望的”,所以“disappointed”意思是“失望的”,故选 A。
49. D 【解析】细节理解题。根据“‘It looks like the rain is coming down in sheets,’ says Richie's cousin, Thomas. ‘Sheets?’ Richie looks again. He doesn't see any sheets.”可知,当 Thomas 说雨像床单一样落下时,Richie 又去窗外看,他是按照字面意思去寻找“床单”,但最后只看到了雨,故选 D。
50. D 【解析】推理判断题。根据“‘Richie, all those just mean it's raining really hard,’ says Grandpa. ‘So why didn't you just say that?’ asks Richie. ‘We did. You didn't know these sayings,’ says Richie's cousin.”可知,一开始 Richie 不明白“It's raining cats and dogs!”和“It looks like the rain is coming down in sheets”等表达的意思,后来爷爷和表哥告诉他这些都是表示雨下得很大的谚语,通过这次经历,Richie 了解到了一些特殊谚语的含义,D 选项符合,故选 D。

【分析】
这是一篇英语阅读理解题，包含词义猜测、细节理解、推理判断三类题型。解题思路为：1. 词义猜测题需定位目标词所在句子，结合上下文语境（尤其是转折、因果等逻辑关系）判断词义；2. 细节理解题需将每个选项与原文对应内容逐一比对，排除错误选项；3. 推理判断题需梳理文章情节，提炼人物的收获或感悟。
【解析】
48. 词义猜测题：定位到“disappointed”所在句及前后文，前文提到Richie非常喜欢猫狗，跑出去想看到它们；后文提到他只看到雨，没有猫狗。转折词“but”表明前后情绪相反，因此“disappointed”意为“失望的”，选A。
49. 细节理解题：逐一分析选项：A项“家里有特别秘密”，原文最后是说“秘密泄露了”，并非有特别秘密，错误；B项“Thomas没懂爷爷的话”，Thomas是Richie的表哥，他知道那些谚语的含义，错误；C项“家里有很多猫狗”，原文未提及，错误；D项“Richie找床单只看到雨”，对应原文Thomas说雨像床单，Richie去窗外寻找却没看到床单，只看到雨，正确，选D。
50. 推理判断题：梳理文章情节，Richie一开始不明白“It's raining cats and dogs!”等谚语的意思，经家人解释后了解了这些表达的含义，因此他学到的是一些特殊谚语的意义，选D。
【答案】
48. A 49. D 50. D
【知识点】
词义猜测题、细节理解题、推理判断题
【点评】
本文通过Richie理解英语谚语的小故事，贴近学生生活，考察学生的阅读理解核心能力，题型为初中英语常见的基础题型，注重语境分析和细节查找。
【难度系数】
0.7