Whenmyfatherwasdying，Itraveledathousandmilesfromhometobewithhiminhislastdays．ItwasfarmoreheartbreakingthanI'dexpected，oneofthemostdifficultandpainfultimesinmylife．Afterhepassedaway，Istayedaloneinhisapartment．Thereweresomanythingstodealwith．Itallseemedendless．Iwaslonely．Ihatedthesilenceoftheapartment．

Butoneeveningthesilencewasbroken．Iheardcryingoutside．Iopenedthedoortofindalittlecatonthesteps．Hewasthinandpoor．HelookedthewayIfelt．Ibroughthiminsideandgavehimacanoffish．Heateitandalmostimmediatelyfellsoundsleep．

Thenextmorning，Icheckedwithneighborsandlearnedthatthecathadbeengivenupbyhisownerwho'dmovedout．Sothelittlecatwasthereallalone，justlikeIwas．AsIwalkedbacktotheapartment，Itriedtofigureoutwhattodowithhim．Havingsomethingelsetotakecareof seemedliketheverylastthingIneeded．ButassoonasIopentheapartmentdoor，hebecamerunningandjumpingintomyarms．Itwasclearthathehadnowhereelsetogo．IstartedcallinghimWillis，inhonorofmyfather'sbestfriend．

Fromthenon，thinggreweasier．WithWillis，timeseemedtopassmuchmorequickly．WhenthetimefinallycameformetoreturnhomeIhadtodecidewhattodowithWillis．TherewasabsolutelynowayIwouldleavewithouthim．

It'snowbeenfiveyearssincemyfatherdied．Overtheyears，severalpeoplehavecommentedonhowniceIwastosavethecat．ButIknowthatwehelpedeachother．Imayhavegivenhimahomebuthegavemesomethinggreater．

26．WhenIfirstsawthecat，I．___

A．wasveryhappy

B．feltpityforhim

C．didn'tknowwhattodo

D．wasangryathiscrying

27．Theunderlinedsentenceinthe3rdparagraphsuggeststhatI．___

A．neededsomethingtofilltheemptyapartment

B．lovedtostayaloneintheapartment

C．wastoobusyandtiredtokeepacat

D．neededsomethingtokilltime

28．Thecathelpedmeby．___

A．makingmefeelbetterinmyhardtimes

B．givingmecouragetogoonwithmylife

C．helpingmetidytheapartment

D．tellingmewhatlifeis

29．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage？___

A．Williswasnamedafterhis