Bella is a 14-year-old cat from Huntingdon, UK. She has broken the Guinness Record for the world’s loudest purr (呼噜声) by a domestic cat.

The Spink family has had Bella for almost 15 years. They thought that she might have the world’s loudest purr. Friends and family couldn’t always believe their ears when hearing her loud purring. One day, the family decided to put Bella’s purring to the test. They found that she was louder than the Guinness World record for the loudest purr by a domestic cat.

Measuring (测量) sound with a smartphone app and having it measured by a sound engineer can have totally different results, but in this case, the Spinks were lucky to have their measurements confirmed.

It’s important to note that while Bella has set the record for the loudest purr by a living domestic cat, she doesn’t have the loudest purr in history. That title belongs to the late Smokey and Merlin, two cats who purred at the noise level of 67.8 dB, a full 13.21 louder than Bella.

1.How did friends and family feel about Bella’s purr?

A Afraid.

B Happy.

C Surprised.

D Embarrassed.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“Friends and family couldn’t always believe their ears when hearing her loud purring.”可知，朋友和家人总是对她的呼噜声感到惊讶。故选C。

2.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A The sound.

B The cat.

C The app.

D The test.

解析：选A。A词意指代题。根据划线部分前面的“Measuring sound with a smartphone app”可知，用智能手机应用程序测量声音和让声音工程师测量声音可能会产生完全不同的结果，it指代声音。故选A。

3.Bella has the ________ loudest purr in history.

A first

B second

C third

D fourth

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据最后一段内容可知，虽然Bella保持着“在世家猫发出的最响亮呼噜声”的记录，但历史上家猫发出的最响亮呼噜声的记录仍然由两只名叫Merlin和Smokey的猫保持着，因此它排在它们后面。故选C。

4.Bella purred at the noise level of ________ dB.

A 67.8

B 54.59

C 15

D 13.21

解析：选B。B数字计算题。根据最后一句的“two cats who purred at the noise level of 67.8 dB, a full 13.21 louder than Bella”可知，Smokey和Merlin的呼噜声达到了惊人的67.8分贝，比Bella的声音足足大了13.21分贝，因此Bella的呼噜声达到了54.59分贝。故选B。

5.In which part of a newspaper can we read the passage?

A Culture.

B People.

C Movies.

D Animals.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。本文主要讲了英国一只猫因呼噜声太大创吉尼斯世界纪录，属于“动物”版块。故选D。