九年级英语下册 Unit 4 Life on Mars Reading作业设计 （新版）牛津版.doc

unit 4 reading一、动词填空：1. the scientist told us light (travel) faster than sound.2. youd better (not wake) me up when i am sleeping.3. the businessmans son (kidnap) by him yesterday evening.4. when i was doing my homework, i heard someone _ (knock) at the door.5. great changes _ (take) place in our country since twenty years ago.6. the students _ (divide) into several teams during their stay in hongmei park yesterday.7. by 2100, we will spend only a few hours _ (travel) to mars in space shuttles.二、翻译：1.她把自己的答案与书中的答案作了比较。 2.去火星的旅程将可能会非常不舒服。 3.我们的城市变得越来越拥挤了。 4.中国是世界上人口最多的国家。 5.截止明天中午十二点，我们必须完成这项工作。 三完形填空。this week in lifestyle we have two very different views on city life compared to life in a small town. mike larson lives in a _1_ town and he thinks the way of life there is much better than that in a big city. in mikes opinion, a small town is _2_, and it has a clean and safe environment, especially for children. people _3_ very friendly and there arent so many problems with dangerous people as there are in the city. and of course, the houses in a small town are _4_ expensive than those in a big city.but mike says there are some bad things 5_ living in a small town. there arent enough things for young people _6_ and there arent many shops. public environment isnt very good, _7_. the school in his town isnt big enough to give his children everything they _8_, and there isnt a hospital. but mike says, i enjoy _9_ in a small town and im too old to move anyway.cathy ramos, on the other hand, says the city is the place for her. the city has the best_10_ like very good schools and hospitals. it also has great shopping centers and large stores where you can buy _11_ you want. theres also _12_ transport: buses and taxis, and the airport is near the city.cathy says _13_ there are problems in a big city. its so busy and there are too many _14_ on the road and its definitely more expensive than a small town. theres more danger, and it isnt as _15_ as the country.( )1. a. small b. huge c. big d. large( )2. a. peace b. peacefully c. peaceful d. noise( )3. a. arent b. is c. isnt d. are( )4. a. more b. less c. least d. little( )5. a .to b. about c. from d. for( )6. a .to do b. doing c. done d. did( )7 a. too b. either c. as well d. also( )8. a. pass b. receive c. get d. need( )9. a. to live b. live c. living d. lived( )10. a. parks b. zoos c. services d. libraries( )11 a. something b. nothing c. none d. anything( )12. a. plenty of b. lot of c. a lot d. plenty( )13. a. certain b. suddenly c. quickly d. certainly( )14 a. ships b. planes c. cars d. subway( )15. a. clean b. cleaner c. dirtier d. dirty四 .短文填空is there life on mars? we still do not know. according to scientific data, we are s 1 that people cannot live on mars. earth people need much oxygen to breathe, but there is almost no oxygen on mars.living on mars would be l 2 living on a very high mountain. there would be little air. it might be 50 a 3 zero at noon and 100 below zero at night.many people u 4 to think there could be plants on mars. we now know that mars has very little carbon. carbon is a kind of material found in all p 5 and animals on earth.through a telescope, mars l 6 red. in some places, it seems grey. at times, the grey colour t 7 grey-green, then brown, and then grey again. people once thought this suggested that plant life changed c 8 with seasons.today we know that the red colour c 9 from a fine dust of iron on the planet. scientists are still working to e 10 the changing colours. will man go to mars one day? if they do, they will have to take along their own oxygen, food, clothes, and something to sleep in.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.参考答案：一单词 1. travels 2. not wake 3. was kidnapped 4. knocking 5. have taken place 6. were divided7. travelingtraveling 二翻译1.she compared her answers with the ones in the book 2.the journey to mars might be quite uncomfortable.3. our city is becoming more and more crow