Ginny was a big orange cat — a cat with money!
In Keston, England, some years ago, Ginny's owner noticed that something was wrong with Ginny. The cat was limping — limping badly. Ginny was picked up and examined. It was discovered that there were two pieces of what looked like glass in one of her paws.
Her owner took the pieces of “glass” out of Ginny's paw and had them tested. They were diamonds and worth one hundred dollars each.
On her travels, Ginny had “picked up” the diamonds somewhere. No one ever found out where, although many people searched. No one knew except Ginny—and she couldn't tell!
1. The best title is . A. Finding Broken Glass B. A Cat with Diamonds C. Testing a Cat's Paw D. A Talking Cat
2. Ginny, the cat, lived in . A. America B. Norway C. England D. Ireland
3. The two diamonds looked like pieces of . A. rock B. wood C. shell D. glass
4. After discovering the diamonds, Ginny's owner was probably . A. happy B. tired C. upset D. hungry
5. The underlined word “searched" in the last paragraph means . A. needed B. slipped C. looked D. forgot
答案解析：
1.B. 这个标题最为贴切，因为故事围绕一只名叫Ginny的猫发现钻石这一非凡事件展开，这是叙述的主要内容。
2. C. 文章明确指出Ginny生活在英格兰的Keston，因此英格兰是正确答案。
3.D. 文中提到，最初这两颗钻石被认为是玻璃碎片，因此它们被送去检测，才发现是价值不菲的钻石。
4. A.由于这些钻石具有经济价值，可以推断出主人在发现它们的价值后会很高兴，而不是感到疲倦、生气或饥饿，这些情绪在文中没有依据。
5.C. 寻找。在这个上下文中，"searched" 表示人们在寻找钻石的来源，因此 "寻找" 是正确的同义词。
