A priest（牧师） had a cat that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down．The priest persuaded, offered warm milk, et  The kitty would not come down．The tree was not strong enough to climb, so the priest decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitty．He did so, checking his progress in the car frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent enough for him to reach the kitty．But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke．

       The tree went “boing!” and the kitty at once sailed through the air —out of sight．The priest felt terrible．He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they’d seen his kitty．Nobody had seen a lost kitty．

       So, he prayed, “God, I just give this kitty to your keeping,” and went on about his business．

       Several days later he was at the grocery store, meeting one of his church members．He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food．Now this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, “Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?”

       She replied, “You won’t believe this,” and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing．Then a few days before, the child begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, “Well, if God gives you a cat, you can keep it．” She told the priest, “I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat．You won’t believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes．A cat suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws spread out, and landed right in front of her．”

1.The priest drove his car to bend the tree in order to ________．

       A．get his kitty down from the tree

       B．persuade his kitty to come down

       C．offer the kitty some warm milk

       D．see if the rope was strong enough

2.The underlined sentence probably means that the priest _______．

       A．was happy he didn’t have to care for the kitty

       B．hoped his neighbors would look after his cat

       C．thought his kitty might be lost or killed

       D．didn’t want to see his kitty any more

3.Why was the priest amazed when he saw the woman had bought much cat food?

       A．Because he couldn’t imagine she had her own cat．

       B．Because the woman was his church member．

       C．Because he thought she would live on cat food．

       D．Because he knew clearly she didn’t like a cat．

4.Which may be the best title of this passage?

       A．A flying cat                                  B．A lucky girl

       C．God sent her a cat                            D．An unlucky priest

A priest（牧师） had a cat that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down．The priest persuaded, offered warm milk, etc. The kitty would not come down．The tree was not strong enough to climb, so the priest decided that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitty．He did so, checking his progress in the car frequently, then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent enough for him to reach the kitty．But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke．

       The tree went “boing!” and the kitty at once sailed through the air —out of sight．The priest felt terrible．He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they’d seen his kitty．Nobody had seen a lost kitty．

       So, he prayed, “God, I just give this kitty to your keeping,” and went on about his business．

       Several days later he was at the grocery store, meeting one of his church members．He happened to look into her shopping cart and was amazed to see cat food．Now this woman was a cat hater and everyone knew it, so he asked her, “Why are you buying cat food when you hate cats so much?”

       She replied, “You won’t believe this,” and told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept refusing．Then a few days before, the child begged again, so the Mom finally told her little girl, “Well, if God gives you a cat, you can keep it．” She told the priest, “I watched my child go out in the yard, get on her knees, and ask God for a cat．You won’t believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes．A cat suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws spread out, and landed right in front of her．”

1．The priest drove his car to bend the tree in order to ________．

       A．get his kitty down from the tree

       B．persuade his kitty to come down

       C．offer the kitty some warm milk

       D．see if the rope was strong enough

2．The underlined sentence probably means that the priest _______．

       A．was happy he didn’t have to care for the kitty

       B．hoped his neighbors would look after his cat

       C．thought his kitty might be lost or killed

       D．didn’t want to see his kitty any more

3．Why was the priest amazed when he saw the woman had bought much cat food?

       A．Because he couldn’t imagine she had her own cat．

       B．Because the woman was his church member．

       C．Because he thought she would live on cat food．

       D．Because he knew clearly she didn’t like a cat．

4．Which may be the best title of this passage?

       A．A flying cat                                  B．A lucky girl

       C．God sent her a cat                            D．An unlucky priest

When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts(童子军)，so I used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.
We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded by cliffs (悬崖).If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to walk past our camp.
Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.
We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them.  But no one moved towards the river, we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.
An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动)down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.
When it got dark, we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man, but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.
Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.
【小题1】The writer in the text mainly tells us _________.