The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My
baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said
Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park
near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for
dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast
either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she
told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing
half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then
told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the
officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied.
“Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned
policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to
ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot
better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty
billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate(州际公路) highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She
called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde
(from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz(快速移动) by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry,
ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the
interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would
cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings
account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared.
Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local
newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more
month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
1.How long has the cat been missing?
A.More than a
month B.More than two
months
C.More than
three months D.It’s been back.
2.Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?
A.A billboard
company B.The police
C.The phone
company D.The
interstate telephone line
3.How is the old lady like?
A.Stupid B.Loving C.Smart D.Decisive(有决断力的)
4.The underlined word was mistyped(打错了). But we can still guess it’s most probable
meaning:____________.
A.angry B.surprised C.happy D.excited
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A.An
advertisement B.A missing cat
C.A pet’s story D.Life without
cat