Question

A man had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. He _______ warm milk. It would not come down.

The tree was not _______ enough to climb, so the man decided that if he tied rope to his _______ and pull it until the tree be down. he could then _______ and get the kitten.

That's what he did. all the while checking his progress in the car. He then thought if he went just a little bit _______, the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the kitten. But as he moved the car a little further forward, the rope broke.

The tree went "boing!" and the kitten was nowhere to be found.

The man felt _______. He asked people he met if they'd _______ a little kitten. No. Nobody had.

A few _______ late the he met a neighbor at the store. He happened to look into her shopping basket and was _______ to see cat food.

This woman was a cat ________ and everyone knew it, so he asked her, "________ are you buying cat food?" She replied, "You won't believe this, "and then told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat,________ she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the Mom finally ________ her little girl, "Well, I'll let you keep a cat if it falls from the ________."

She told the man, "I watched my child go out in the yard, and look straight into the sky. And really,________ won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came lying through the air, and landed right in front of her."

Word Bank

bend        弯曲

forward      向前

beg         恳求

1.A.left B.offered C.threw D.drank

2.A.tall B.old C.close D.strong

3.A.car B.body C.door D.window

4.A.pick up B.look up C.reach up D.climb up

5.A.faster B.higher C.nearer D.further

6.A.sick B.bored C.funny D.terrible

7.A.seen B.lost C.raised D.bought

8.A.hours B.days C.weeks D.years

9.A.happy B.sorry C.worried D.surprised

10.A.lover B.hater C.keeper D.trainer

11.A.Why B.How C.When D.Where

12.A.so B.or C.but D.until

13.A.told B.warned C.advised D.ordered

14.A.sky B.tree C.wall D.building

15.A.he B.you C.she D.they

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

【解析】

这篇文章主要向我们描述了作者的小猫爬到后院的树上，不敢下来，他决定把绳子系在他的车上，把树拉倒弯下来，这样他就可以伸手去抓小猫了。但那棵树啵嘤一声，小猫被弹得无处可寻，后来遇到了一位不爱猫的女人买猫食，原来是她女儿的恳求让她收养了小猫，但她不同意，有一天，一只小猫竟然从天而降落到她家。可知这只小猫是作者丢的那只。

1.

句意：他提供了温牛奶。 它不会下来的。

left离开；offered提供；threw扔；drank喝，根据上文…was afraid to come down. He __1__warm milk. It would not come down. 可知小猫害怕下来。于是他提供温牛奶引诱它，想让它下来的。故选B。

2.

句意：这棵树长得不够结实，不能爬上去，所以那个人决定把绳子系在他的车上，把树拉倒弯下来，这样他就可以伸手去抓小猫了。

tall高的；old年老的；close近的；strong强壮的，根据下文the man decided that if he tied rope to his ___3___ and pull it until the tree be down.可推断那棵树不结实，不能爬树，故选D。

3.

句意：这棵树长得不够结实，不能爬上去，所以那个人决定把绳子系在他的车上，把树拉倒弯下来，这样他就可以伸手去抓小猫了。

car汽车；body身体；door门；window窗户，That's what he did. all the while checking his progress in the car. 他就是这么做的。一直在检查他在车里的进展。可知他用车把树拉倒弯下来，故选A。

4.

句意：然后他可以伸手去抓小猫。

pick up捡起；look up向上看；reach up往高处伸；climb up向上爬，结合语境，可知这棵树长得不够结实，不能爬不上去，他决定把绳子系在他的车上，把树拉倒弯下来，这样他就可以伸手去抓小猫了，故选C。

5.

句意：然后他想，如果他再往前走远一点，那棵树就会弯得很低，让他够到小猫。

faster更快；higher更高；nearer更近；further更远，根据the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the kitten.可知如果他再往前走远一点，那棵树就会弯得足够低，让他够到小猫，故选D。

6.

句意：那个人感到很可怕。

sick生病的；bored无聊的；funny有趣的，好笑的；terrible可怕的，糟糕的，根据上文The tree went "boing!" and the kitten was nowhere to be found. 那棵树啵嘤一声，小猫被弹得无处可寻。可知男人感觉很糟糕，故选D。

7.

句意：他问他遇到的人是否见过一只小猫。

seen看见；lost遗失；raised举起；bought购买，根据上文the kitten was nowhere to be found，可知他问他遇到的人是否见过一只小猫，故选A。

8.

句意：几天后，他在杂货店遇到了一位邻居。

hours几小时；days几天；weeks几周；years几年，根据语境，可知应该是几天后，他在杂货店遇到了一位邻居，故选B。

9.

句意：他碰巧看着她的购物篮，惊讶地看到猫的食物。

happy幸福；sorry难过；worried担心；surprised惊讶，根据下文she kept refusing“她拒绝养猫”，可知这个女人是个讨厌猫的人，所以他碰巧看着她的购物篮里有猫食，应该很惊讶，故选D。

10.

句意：这个女人是个讨厌猫的人，每个人都知道，所以他问她：“你为什么买猫食？”

lover爱好者；hater厌恶者；keeper饲养人；trainer驯兽师，根据and then told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat,___12___ she kept refusing. 然后告诉他，她的小女孩是如何向她乞讨一只猫的，她一直拒绝，可知这个女人是个讨厌猫的人，故选B。

11.

句意：这个女人是个讨厌猫的人，每个人都知道，所以他问她：“你为什么买猫食？”

Why为什么；How怎样；When什么时候；Where什么地方，根据语境，应该是这个女人讨厌猫，所以他问她为什么买猫食，故选A。

12.

句意：然后告诉他，她的小女孩是如何向她乞讨一只猫的，但她一直拒绝。

so因此；or不然；but但是；until直到，根据and then told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat,___12___ she kept refusing.她的小女孩是如何向她乞讨一只猫的，但她一直拒绝，表转折关系，故选C。

13.

句意：几天前，孩子又求了一次，妈妈终于告诉她的小女孩：“好吧，如果猫从天上掉下来，我就让你养一只猫。”

told告诉；warned警告；advised建议；ordered命令，根据下文"Well, I'll let you keep a cat if it falls from the ___14___."可知她是告诉小女孩说的话，故选A。

14.

句意：如果猫从天上掉下来，我就让你养一只猫。

sky天空；tree树；wall墙；building建筑物，根据下文I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came lying through the air, and landed right in front of her." 我亲眼看到的。 一只小猫突然从空中飞了过来，正好落在她面前，可知一只猫真的从天而降，故选A。

15.

句意：真的，你不会相信的，但却是我亲眼看到的。

he他；you你；she她；they他们，根据She told the man…可知本句为直接引语，应该是女人对他说“你不会相信的”，故选B。