Question

Newtown is a clean place today. Many years ago there were millions of rats in Newtown. They attacked cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them knocked down a man or a woman at night. The rats were very big and they harmed many people.

The city office ordered everyone to kill the rats. Most people were lazy, so they did not kill many. Then the city office promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very happy. They killed thousands of rats every day. A city official put all the dead rats together. Sometimes a man brought a hundred in one day.

After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the city office. The city official thought that people were stealing dead rats. He ordered his man to dig a hole and put all the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the city office didn’t pay any more money.

1.Newtown________.

A. was very clean B. is no longer dirty

C. had been very clean D. will be very clean

2.The rats in Newtown were ____many years ago.

A. as big as cats B. as dangerous as dogs

C. very big D. knocked down by the people there

3.When the city office first ordered the people to kill rats, most people_____.

A. got some money B. were too lazy to kill many

C. helped the city office to make the city clean D. killed many rats

4.A big hole was dug, because_____.

A. the rats could come out to attack people at night

B. people could take many rats

C. the rats could not escape quickly

D. people could steal rats for some money

5.Soon there were no more rats, and the city office didn’t_______.

A. order people to kill rats B. pay any more money

C. see any rats D. look for rats

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