Today Newtown is a very clean place. But many years ago, there were millions of rats(老鼠)in Newtown. They attacked(襲擊) the cats and dogs. Sometimes a lot of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very big in size and they hurt many people.
The government (政府) ordered (命令) everybody to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they did not kill many. Then the government decided to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They killed thousands of rats every day. A government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile(堆). Sometimes a man brought hundreds in one day.
After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the government office. The government officer thought that people were stealing (偷) dead rats from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the government did not pay any more money.

1. 1.

   The rats in Newtown were ________.

   1. A.
      as big as cats
   2. B.
      as dangerous as dogs
   3. C.
      large and many
   4. D.
      knocked down by the people there
2. 2.

   The people killed rats ________.

   1. A.
      to get some money for the dead bodies
   2. B.
      because the rats attacked them at night
   3. C.
      to help the government make the city clean
   4. D.
      to pay the government as a tax(稅)
3. 3.

   A deep hole was dug so that ________.

   1. A.
      the rats could not come out to attack people at night
   2. B.
      people could take as many rats from the hole as they wished
   3. C.
      the rats could not run away easily
   4. D.
      nobody could take any rats from the pile
4. 4.

   From the passage we can see that the government officer ________.

   1. A.
      was a very rich man
   2. B.
      was clever
   3. C.
      was afraid of rats
   4. D.
      liked to live in a clean house
5. 5.

   Which of the following is the best title (標(biāo)題) for this passage

   1. A.
      How to Kill Rats
   2. B.
      Newtown - City of Rats
   3. C.
      How Newtown People Became Rich
   4. D.
      How Newtown Became a Very Clean Place

Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked (攻擊 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (傷害 ) many people.

The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped their own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官員 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before,  but people still brought many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not have to pay any more money for that.

1.The rats in Newtown were once ______

2.When the city office first ordered the citizens to kill rats, most people ______.

3.A big hole was dug so that ______.

Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked (攻擊 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (傷害 ) many people.
The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped their own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官員 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before,  but people still brought many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not have to pay any more money for that.
【小題1】The rats in Newtown were once ______

Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked (攻擊 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (傷害 ) many people.
The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped their own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官員 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before,  but people still brought many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not have to pay any more money for that

1. 1.

   The rats in Newtown were once ______

   1. A.
      as big as cats
   2. B.
      as dangerous as dogs
   3. C.
      huge in size
   4. D.
      run into cars there
2. 2.

   When the city office first ordered the citizens to kill rats, most people ______

   1. A.
      had to pay for each dead rat
   2. B.
      stole dead rats
   3. C.
      were too lazy to kill rats
   4. D.
      killed nearly all the rats very soon
3. 3.

   A big hole was dug so that ______

   1. A.
      the rats could come out to attack people at night
   2. B.
      people could take many rats
   3. C.
      the people loved dead rats
   4. D.
      people could not steal dead rats for money