（十三）【2020 •河南省】

 
A man had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. He    21    warm milk. It would not come down.
The tree was not    22    enough to climb, so the man decided that if he tied rope to his    23    and pull it until the tree be down. he could then    24    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    25   , 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    26   . He asked people he met if they'd    27    a little kitten. No. Nobody had.
A few    28    late the he met a neighbor at the store. He happened to look into her shopping basket and was    29    to see cat food.
This woman was a cat    30    and everyone knew it, so he asked her, "   31    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,   32    she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the Mom finally    33    her little girl, "Well, I'll let you keep a cat if it falls from the    34   ."
She told the man, "I watched my child go out in the yard, and look straight into the sky. And really,   35    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
21．A．left B．offered C．threw D．drank
22．A．tall B．old C．close D．strong
23．A．car B．body C．door D．window
24．A．pick up B．look up C．reach up D．climb up
25．A．faster B．higher C．nearer D．further
26．A．sick B．bored C．funny D．terrible
27．A．seen B．lost C．raised D．bought
28．A．hours B．days C．weeks D．years
29．A．happy B．sorry C．worried D．surprised
30．A．lover B．hater C．keeper D．trainer
31．A．Why B．How C．When D．Where
32．A．so B．or C．but D．until
33．A．told B．warned C．advised D．ordered
34．A．sky B．tree C．wall D．building
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。