A man had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down．He（1） 　　warm milk．It would not come down．

The tree was not（2） 　　enough to climb， so the man decided that if he tied a rope to his （3） 　　and pulled it until the tree bent down， he could then（4） 　　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（5） 　　， 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 "boiling!"and the kitten was nowhere to be found．

The man felt（6） 　　．He asked people he met if they'd（7） 　　a little kitten．No．Nobody had．

A few （8） 　　later he met a neighbor at the store．He happened to look into shopping basket and was（9） 　　to see cat food．

This woman was a cat（10） 　　and everyone knew it， so he asked her， "（11） 　　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 ，（12） 　　she kept refusing．Then a few days before， the child had begged again， so the Mom finally （13） 　　her little girl，"Well，I'll let you keep a cat if it falls from（14） 　　．"

She told the man，"I watched my child go out in the yard，and look straight into the And really，（15） 　　won't believe this， but I saw it with my own eyes．A kitten suddenly came flying through the air， and landed right in front of her．"

Word   Bank bend 弯曲 forward 向前 beg 恳求

（1）A．left	B．offered	C．threw	D．drank
（2）A．tall	B．old	C．close	D．strong
（3）A．car	B．body	C．door	D．window
（4）A．pick up	B．look up	C．reach up	D．climb up
（5）A．faster	B．higher	C．nearer	D．further
（6）A．sick	B．bored	C．funny	D．terrible
（7）A．seen	B．lost	C．raised	D．bought
（8）A．hours	B．days	C．weeks	D．years
（9）A．happy	B．sorry	C．worried	D．surprised
（10）A．lover	B．hater	C．keeper	D．trainer
（11）A．Why	B．How	C．When	D．Where
（12）A．so	B．or	C．but	D．until
（13）A．told	B．warned	C．advised	D．ordered
（14）A．sky	B．tree	C．wall	D．building
（15）A．he	B．you	C．she	D．they