A priest(牧師) had a cat that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to 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(彎曲) down, he could then reach up and get the kitty. He did so, checking his progress in the car again and again, then work out 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. Before 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(懇求) 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 _________, 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. feed the kitty

D. see if the rope was strong enough

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 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.Which is the most possible to complete the sentence in the last paragraph?

A. the priest sends you a cat

B. God gives you a cat

C. you have enough money

D. you have enough time

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

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