8. Why were the people stealing the rats from the pile?

　 A. Because they thought the dead rats should be put in a deep hole.

　 B. Because they thought it was a good way to get more money from the Government.

C.　　　 Because they thought they were not lazy.

D.　　 Because they thought they were all poor and were forced to do so.

7. According to(根据) the passage, which of the following is true?

A.　　 In Newtown, anyone who was riding home at night could be knocked down by rats.

B.　　　 In Newtown, anyone who was at home at night could be knocked could be knocked down by rats.

C.　　　 In Newtown, anyone who was going home on foot at night could be knocked down by rats.

D.　　 No matter when the people in Newtown were walking home, they could be knocked down by rats.

6. The underlined phrase “A great number of”means ＿＿＿＿＿．

　A. a great deal　 B. a good many of　 C. a great amount of　 D. a good much of

5. We can guess the writer of the letter, Sun Yan,may be a ________.

　　 A. visitor　 B. shopkeeper　 C. square keeper　 D. student　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　 (B)

Today Newtown is a very clean place. Many years ago, however, there were millions of rats(老鼠) in Newtown. They attacked the cats and dogs. Sometimes a great number of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very large and they harmed many people.

　 The Government (政府)ordered everybody to kill rats. Most people were very lazy, so they did not kill them. Then the Government promised to pay some money for each dead rat. That made people very happy. A Government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in a day.

　 After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought rats to the Government officer. The Government officer thought that people were stealing 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.

4. From the passage we know people should _________.

　 A. live and play with the birds　　　　 B. stop the birds from eating too much

C.give right food to the birds 　　　D. give more food to the birds

3. Some shops can be built beside Dongfeng Square so that they may ____________.

　 A. sell food for visitors　　　　　　 B. sell food for peacocks

　 C. make the square more beautiful　　 D. have the beautiful birds

2. Some peacocks became ill and died because some visitors ________.

　 A. didn’t give them any food　　　　 B. gave them too much food

　 C. threw them some bad food　　　　 D. loved them and played with them

10.　 洗头的时候你最好关掉淋浴器。

　You’d better ______________________ when you wash your hair.

9. 回收书和纸很容易,但对保护环境很重要。

_________________________ is easy. But it is very important for protecting the environment.