Newtown is a good place to travel. There are a lot of sights now.

But many years ago there were millions of rats(老鼠)in Newtown. They even attacked cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them knocked down a man or a woman at night. The rats were very big and many people felt they were dangerous.

The city office asked everyone to kill the rats. Most people were lazy, so they did not kill many. Then the city office said they would pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very happy. They killed thousands of rats every day. A city official(官员) put all the dead rats together. Sometimes a man brought a hundred in a 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(偷) the dead rats. He asked his man to put all the dead rats in a hole. Soon there were no more rats, and the city office didn't pay any more money.

Now Newtown is clean and a lot of visitors come to visit it.

1.The word "attacked" means“_______”

A. 攻击 B. 抨击 C. 打击 D. 攻打

2.If you visit Newtown, you can_______.

A. see many places of interest B. see millions of rats

C. meet the city office D. see the cats and dogs

3.Many years ago, the rats in Newtown were_______.

A. small but dangerous B. lovely and big

C. big and dangerous D. friendly and helpful

4.Most people didn't kill many rats because they were_______.

A. busy B. bad C. ill D. lazy

5.After two weeks, the person who brought many rats might_______.

A. be hero B. steal the dead rats

C. be an official D. kill the most rats

Victor had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. He finally left at about 11 p.m. He drove home slowly because the weather was terrible--the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. He was turning into a road when a man suddenly ran in front of his car. Victor almost hit the man, but he stopped just in time. Victor was afraid and the man looked afraid too. Victor got out of the car but the man ran away before Victor could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.

When Victor got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. He called his wife but there was no answer. Then Victor remembered that she was out at a concert.

Victor was still very upset about what happened on the road, so he made himself a drink. Then he went upstairs to have a bath. He saw that the window in bedroom was open. This was strange because his wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When he went to close it, he found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. He rushed over and felt for her pulse(脉搏) but she was dead. He sat on the floor beside her body and was too afraid to do anything.

1.What did Victor do?

A. A doctor. B. A policeman. C. A judge. D. A taxi driver.

2.What happened when Victor was turning into a road that night?

A. A man stopped him and asked him the way.

B. His wife called him from the concert hall.

C. A man suddenly ran in front of his car.

D. A man hit his car with a big stone and ran away.

3.What did Victor find when he got home?

A. The bedroom window was closed. B. A burglar was in his house.

C. Ellen was waiting for him. D. Ellen was lying on the floor.

4.What did Victor do when he found Ellen dead?

A. He called the police at once.

B. He called out for help.

C. He tried to find out who killed his wife.

D. He sat beside his wife's body without knowing what to do.

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