Apriest（牧师）hadacatthatclimbedupatreeinhisbackyardandthenwasafraidtocomedown．Thepriestpersuadedofferedwarmmilketc.Thekittywouldnotcomedown．Thetreewasnotstrongenoughtoclimbsothepriestdeci
Apriest（牧师）hadacatthatclimbedupatreeinhisbackyardandthenwasafraidtocomedown．Thepriestpersuadedofferedwarmmilketc.Thekittywouldnotcomedown．Thetreewasnotstrongenoughtoclimbsothepriestdecidedthatifhetiedaropetohiscaranddroveawaysothatthetreebentdownhecouldthenreachupandgetthekitty．Hedidsocheckinghisprogressinthecarfrequentlythenfiguredifhewentjustalittlebitfurtherthetreewouldbebentenoughforhimtoreachthekitty．Butashemovedalittlefurtherforwardtheropebroke．
Thetreewent“boing!”andthekittyatoncesailedthroughtheair—outofsight．Thepriestfeltterrible．Hewalkedallovertheneighborhoodaskingpeopleifthey’dseenhiskitty．Nobodyhadseenalostkitty．
Soheprayed“GodIjustgivethiskittytoyourkeeping”andwentonabouthisbusiness．
Severaldayslaterhewasatthegrocerystoremeetingoneofhischurchmembers．Hehappenedtolookintohershoppingcartandwasamazedtoseecatfood．Nowthiswomanwasacathaterandeveryoneknewitsoheaskedher“Whyareyoubuyingcatfoodwhenyouhatecatssomuch?”
Shereplied“Youwon’tbelievethis”andtoldhimhowherlittlegirlhadbeenbeggingherforacatbutshekeptrefusing．ThenafewdaysbeforethechildbeggedagainsotheMomfinallytoldherlittlegirl“WellifGodgivesyouacatyoucankeepit．”Shetoldthepriest“IwatchedmychildgooutintheyardgetonherkneesandaskGodforacat．Youwon’tbelievethisbutIsawitwithmyowneyes．Acatsuddenlycameflyingoutoftheblueskywithitspawsspreadoutandlandedrightinfrontofher．”
1．Thepriestdrovehiscartobendthetreeinorderto________．
A．gethiskittydownfromthetree
B．persuadehiskittytocomedown
C．offerthekittysomewarmmilk
D．seeiftheropewasstrongenough
2．Theunderlinedsentenceprobablymeansthatthepriest_______．
A．washappyhedidn’thavetocareforthekitty
B．hopedhisneighborswouldlookafterhiscat
C．thoughthiskittymightbelostorkilled
D．didn’twanttoseehiskittyanymore
3．Whywasthepriestamazedwhenhesawthewomanhadboughtmuchcatfood?
A．Becausehecouldn’timagineshehadherowncat．
B．Becausethewoman