Tamar Longmuir, 38, says she was informed of her missing neighbor, 83, by the woman’s friend on Saturday afternoon and immediately started searching her farm in Bodmin, Cornwall. She was joined by other members of her family who live and work on the farm.

The searchers then noticed her cat, Piran, was sitting in the gate to one of the maize (玉米) fields—meowing (猫叫) at them constantly. “The cat is very attached to her, and he was going back and forth in the gateway and meowing, so I decided to go and search the maize field,” Longmuir said.

While searching she heard a low, weak voice for help. According to Bodmin police, the woman had fallen about 70 feet down a very steep embankment (路堤), with incredibly difficult access and rough terrain (地形). “She had gone through the barbed wire (带刺铁丝网) and was lying in the stream—we think she had been in there for hours,” Longmuir said.

She called local authorities for help. “After about two hours she was carried up to safety and into the air ambulance,” Longmuir said. “Without the cat waiting at the gate to that field, it could have been hours later that I or anyone else would have checked in there.”

Bodmin Police said the woman is still currently receiving care in a local hospital, but is “in good spirits and is being well looked after”. “Piran the cat saved the day!” the Bodmin Police wrote in a Facebook post.
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1.Who told Tamar Longmuir the news about her neighbor?

A Her friend.

B Her neighbor’s friend.

C Her family.

D Her neighbor’s family.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第一段Tamar Longmuir, 38, says she was informed of her missing neighbor, 83, by the woman’s friend on Saturday afternoon可知，周六下午，邻居的朋友通知Tamar Longmuir，83岁的邻居失踪了。故选B。

2.What draw the rescuers’ attention?

A A low, weak voice for help.

B Bodmin police’s calling.

C Piran’s unusual behavior.

D The gate to one of the maize fields.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第二段可知，搜索者注意到失踪者的猫“皮兰”正坐在一块玉米地的口子上，不停地朝他们喵喵叫，并来回走动。说明猫皮兰的反常行为引起了救援人员的注意。故选C。

3.Where was Longmuir’s neighbor when found?

A In the stream.

B In the maize field

C On the barbed wire.

D On the embankment.

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据第三段She had gone through the barbed wire and was lying in the stream可知，失踪者被发现时，已经穿过了带刺的铁丝网，正躺在小溪里。故选A。

4.How was probably Longmuir’s neighbor carried to a hospital?

A By land.

B By water.

C By air.

D By car.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第四段After about two hours she was carried up to safety and into the air ambulance可知，她被抬到安全的地方，并被送入空中救护车。推断失踪者可能是乘飞机去医院的。故选C。

5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A The woman has recovered from the accident.

B Cats can sometimes be good helpers.

C Bodmin Police highly praised Longmuir’s neighbor.

D Longmuir read the rescue story in a Facebook post.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，这位83岁的老人目前仍在接受治疗，但“精神状况良好，受到了很好的照顾”。博德明警方在脸书中写道：“猫皮兰拯救了这一天！”由此看出，猫咪有时可以是很好的帮手。故选B。