镇江市外国语学校校本作业(2015-2016学年上)九年级英语第四周周末作业纸班级学号姓名等第____________【拓展延伸】一、阅读理解(A)Haveyoueverdreamtofwinningthelottery(彩票)?Mostpeoplewilldreamoffastcars,largehouse,andnothavingtoworkanymore.Inreallife,however,that’snotalwayswhathappens.DrHVanHaan,awriterofseveralbooksonlotterywinners,says,“Winningthelotterydoesn’tchangepeople’slivesasmuchasweimagine.Mostlotterywinnerskeeptheirjobs,butoftenfindthattheylosetheirfriends.Theirfriendswilloftenaskthemformoneyandthesefriendsveryoftengetangryiftheydon’tsharethemoney.”Lotterywinnersspendmostoftheirfirstonemilliondollarsontraveling.However,whentheearlyexcitementoftravelingaroundtheworldhaddisappeared,thehappinessthatmoneybringsalsodisappears.Inlessthanayearafterwinningmostwinnerssaythattheyarenothappierthanbefore.Toomuchmoneycanmakepeopleunhappyespeciallyforthosewhoarenotusedtoit.Onestudyshowsthatmorethan30%oflotterywinnerslostmostoftheirmoneyinthefirstfiveyearsandmanyofthemhadmoneyproblems.Anotherreportshowsthatalotofpeoplewerehappilymarriedbeforetheywonthelottery,buttheyhadproblemswiththeirpartnersafterwinningthemoney.So,yousee,althoughmostpeopledreamofwinningthelottery,thedreamcansometimesturnintoanightmare.()1.DrHVanHaansaysthatpeoplewhowinthelottery.A.changetheirlifestylesB.losetheirjobsbutkeeptheirfriendsC.keeptheirjobsbutlosetheirfriendsD.getangrywhentheirfriendsaskformoney()2.Theword“nightmare”meansA.anunpleasantideaB.abaddreamC.awonderfulfactD.aterribleaccident()3.Afterwinningthelottery,lotsofwivesandhusbands.A.arehappierthanbeforeB.areashappyasbeforeC.loveeachothermorethanbeforeD.arenotsohappyasbefore(B)Colourhelpsyouseethings.Butmanandsomemonkeysandapesaretheonlymammalsthatcanseecolour.Toanyothermammal,suchasthedog,theworldlookslikeablack-and-whitephoto.Dogshuntmainlybylisteningandsniffing.成长记录成长记录共2页,第1页镇江市外国语学校校本作业(2015-2016学年上)九年级英语Likeotheranimals,dogsseebestwhenthingsmove.Theanimalstheyhuntseemtoknowthis.Ahuntedrabbitordeerwill“freeze”.Thenthedogmaynotseeitatall.Birdscanseecolour.Theyneedto,becausetheyflyandneedtofindplacestoland.Colourhelpsthemjudgedistanceandshape.Inthiswaytheyareabletocatchbugsintheairortolightonbranches.Somebirdsseethingsevenbetterthanyoudo.Thebirdsthateatbugscanseethemfromfaraway.Andevenaveryyoungbirdcanseeahawkhighinthesky.Sosharpeyesandasenseofcolourhelpbirdsfindfoodandalsohelpthemfindwheretheirememiesare.()4._______canseecolour.A.AlltheanimalsB.AllthemammalsC.Mananddogs.D.Birdsandsomemonkeys()5.Inordertofindtheirfood,dogsmainlyusetheir______.A.eyesandnosesB.earsandnosesC.eyesandearsD.mouthsandears()6.Theword”freeze”inthepassagemeans_______A.thehuntedamimalsarefrozenonthegroundbecauseofcoldweather.B.thehuntedanimals’temperatureisbecominglowerandloweruntilitdropsbelowO℃C.thehuntedamimalswillstoprunningandstayinthesameplacewithoutmovementD.thehuntedamimalsaresofrighenedthattheycan’tmoveanylonger三、短文首字母填空OnChildren’sDay,1997,HongKongheldani_________(1)activity.Inthisactivity,childrenandtheirparentsp____________(2)therichandthepoor.Therewasad____________(3)party,therichhadd___________(4)food,butthepoorhadonlybreadandporridge.Theparentsa__________(5)hopedtheywouldhavethedinnerforthepoorwiththeirchildren.Theyhopedthattheirchildrenwould1__________(6)thepoorpeople’slivesfromtheparty.Manypeopleonearthdon’thaveenoughfoodorc____________(7).Everydayonlyonehalfofthepeopleinthew___________(8)couldhaveenoughfood.Theactivitywasheldtom_____________(9)familiesunderstandpoorpeople’slivesandalsotaughttheparentsthattoomanymaterial(物质的)thingswerenotg_____________(10)forchildren.共2页,第2页