Passage 2
The rat has many enemies and its greatest enemy is man.Nevertheless,rats are survivors.Although man has carried on an endless war against them,rats have methodically and systematically colonized the world.In almost every country from the freezing cold of the Arctic regions to the blazing heat of the tropics,rats are to be found,growing,increasing and multiplying.
Apart from their ability to adapt themselves to varying climatic conditions,rats possess another quality that gives them an advantage in extending their boundaries.More so than most other animals,including snakes and spiders,they cause fear.Why should this be so?Certainly they carry disease and man is slow to forget the Black Plague(黑死病)carried by rats,that killed more than one-hird of the earth's population in the fourteenth century.Also rats have been known to bite babi
es in their cots,but the number of such attacks is very much exaggerated.One reads of the danger of being attacked by a cornered rat but they belong to fiction;rats do not go for your throat,as many would have us believe.Furthermore,it is difficult to believe that the rats' appearance can be a source of fear;the common black or brown rat can hardly be regarded as an ugly creature while its cousin,
the acacia rat,is quite pretty and gentle.
6.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.man is the rat's worst enemy
B.man is no worse than many of the rat's enemy
C.man's greatest enemy is rat
D.rats have many enemies worse than man
7.It can be concluded from the passage that ______.
A.rats dislike heat but do not mind the cold
B.rats prefer the heat to the cold
C.rats dislike both the heat and the cold
D.rats do not mind the heat or the cold
8.Which of the following is true of the rats?
A.They are more harmful than any other animal.
B.They make people afraid.
C.They are pretty and gentle.
D.They frequently attack babies.
9.According to the passage,which of the following statements is true?
A.The number of rats is decreasing quickly.
B.Rats usually go for your throat at night.
C.Rats will disappear at last because they carry disease.
D.Rats will survive because they can live anywhere.
10.By which of the following could the “exaggerated"(sentence 5,paragraph 2) be best replaced?
A.smaller than it really is. B.kept in secret.
C.larger than it really is. D.the same as it is reported.
The rat has many enemies and its greatest enemy is man.Nevertheless,rats are survivors.Although man has carried on an endless war against them,rats have methodically and systematically colonized the world.In almost every country from the freezing cold of the Arctic regions to the blazing heat of the tropics,rats are to be found,growing,increasing and multiplying.
Apart from their ability to adapt themselves to varying climatic conditions,rats possess another quality that gives them an advantage in extending their boundaries.More so than most other animals,including snakes and spiders,they cause fear.Why should this be so?Certainly they carry disease and man is slow to forget the Black Plague(黑死病)carried by rats,that killed more than one-hird of the earth's population in the fourteenth century.Also rats have been known to bite babi
es in their cots,but the number of such attacks is very much exaggerated.One reads of the danger of being attacked by a cornered rat but they belong to fiction;rats do not go for your throat,as many would have us believe.Furthermore,it is difficult to believe that the rats' appearance can be a source of fear;the common black or brown rat can hardly be regarded as an ugly creature while its cousin,
the acacia rat,is quite pretty and gentle.
6.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.man is the rat's worst enemy
B.man is no worse than many of the rat's enemy
C.man's greatest enemy is rat
D.rats have many enemies worse than man
7.It can be concluded from the passage that ______.
A.rats dislike heat but do not mind the cold
B.rats prefer the heat to the cold
C.rats dislike both the heat and the cold
D.rats do not mind the heat or the cold
8.Which of the following is true of the rats?
A.They are more harmful than any other animal.
B.They make people afraid.
C.They are pretty and gentle.
D.They frequently attack babies.
9.According to the passage,which of the following statements is true?
A.The number of rats is decreasing quickly.
B.Rats usually go for your throat at night.
C.Rats will disappear at last because they carry disease.
D.Rats will survive because they can live anywhere.
10.By which of the following could the “exaggerated"(sentence 5,paragraph 2) be best replaced?
A.smaller than it really is. B.kept in secret.
C.larger than it really is. D.the same as it is reported.