Can plants eat people? Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat.Some of them are big.And they can eat small animals.One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant.It grows in dry parts of the United States.Its leaves are like the pages of a book.They can open and close very quickly.Inside the leaves,there are three small hairs.If a fly touches one of the hairs,the leaf closes quickly.The fly cannot get out.In about half an hour,the leaf presses the fly until it is dead.Then,the plant covers the fly.Slowly,the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun,the air,and the ground.In some places,the ground is very poor.It doesn’t have all these important things,
especially nitrogen(氮).Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen,so some plants eat meat to get what they need.Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea !
【小题1】The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________.
A.plantB.animalC.foodD.meat
【小题2】The Venus flytrap grows in_________.
A.most parts of the worldB.some parts of Africa
C.dry parts of the United StatesD.wet parts of England
【小题3】From the passage,we learn that_________.
A.all plants can eat peopleB.all plants can eat animals
C.some plants can eat peopleD.some plants can eat animals
【小题4】The underlined word“presses”probably means________ in Chinese.
A.挤压B.关上C.打开D.松开
【小题5】—Why do some plants eat animal meat? —Because_________.
A.plants are dangerous to animals
B.animals are dangerous to plants
C.plants want to get what they need from animal me
D.plants want to protect themselves against animals

When we talk of plants, most of us will think of things that grow from the ground and have green leaves, but there are plants that do not look or act like other plants. Some of these belong to a special class of plants called fungi.
Fungi may appear almost everywhere. They commonly grow in wet places where they call get food and water easily. Because fungi do not have green leaves to make their own food, but fungi must take their food from animals, other plants or water. Some fungi live on dead or rotting(腐烂的)wood, while others grow on living trees or in dirt or moss(苔藓). Mushrooms(蘑茹)are the best-known fungi.
There are many kinds of mushrooms appearing in all shapes and sizes. For example, cauliflower(菜花)mushrooms are found in forests from July to October.They can grow to be as heavy as fifty pounds! They grow at the foot of trees Squirrel’s(松鼠)bread is another kind of wild mushroom Its appearance and use Call explain its name. These fungi look like small golden cakes Squirrels can easily eat them or carry them off to their hole to eat later.
The mushrooms found in food stores are carefully grown by people who know they are safe to eat. People are warned never to touch of taste wild mushrooms because some of them are deadly. Even less dangerous ones cart still make a person very sick..
【小题1】Where does Fungi not grow?            .

A.On dry wood
B.In places full of water
C.On living trees
D.Behind houses
【小题2】Where can Fungi take food?            .
A.From their green leaves
B.From water
C.From rotting wood
D.From people
【小题3】Squirrel's bread is a kind of            .
A.treeB.animalC.food D.medicine
【小题4】People are advised not to eat wild fungi because            .
A.it is unfit for main food
B.it may be dangerous to people
C.it doesn't taste so good
D.it's strange smell may do harm to people
【小题5】The word "fungi" in this passage means
A.草本植物B.菌类植物C.食用蘑菇D.无叶植物

In northern Scotland there is a deep lake called Loch Ness. It is more than 200 metres deep and it is the deepest lake in the United Kingdom. People say a huge monster (妖怪) lives in the dark, cold water. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten metres long. It has a dark gray colour. Some people say that it looks like a snake. Many people travel to Loch Ness to look for this strange monster, but only a few people say that they saw it. No one knows whether (是否) these people really saw it or not.
The Loch Ness Monster is a famous story. People first told it over 500 years ago, but it became popular only in the twentieth century (世纪). In 1993, a couple reported that they saw a big monster in the middle of the lake. From then on, many people said that they saw a monster in Loch Ness. A few people took photos, but some of them weren’t real photos. During the 1960s, people set up an organization to find out the truth. They took many photos and made movies, but they weren’t able to find a monster.
There is no real evidence (证据) that there is a monster in Loch Ness, but there is also no evidence that there is not. One thing is true about Loch Ness: there are lots of curious (好奇的) people going there every year.
【小题1】 From the passage, we know Loch Ness is the name of _______.

A.a huge monsterB.a lake
C.a riverD.a country
【小题2】 The second paragraph (段) mainly talks about ______.
A.who first told the story of the Loch Ness Monster
B.when people took photos of the Loch Ness Monster
C.why people set up an organization in the 1960s
D.how the story of the Loch Ness Monster became popular
【小题3】 Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The Loch Ness monster weighs less than 1,000 kilos.
B.People began to tell the story more than five centuries ago.
C.People are not sure whether there is a monster in Loch Ness.
D.Many visitors are interested in the story of the Loch Ness monster.

Something was crying outside. So I went out to see what was happening. A big cat sat by the door. It must run for a long time as it looked tired and dirty. I let it in my house and took out some food; this poor cat ate all, but still looked starving…, so I got my own cats’ fish, and the cat ate that too!

My five-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter were interested in the cat. They bathed (……洗澡) it and fed it more food. They wanted to keep it. But I didn’t agree. It was not because I didn’t love it. We already had 2 cats and 2 dogs and our house was not big enough to keep more. Another reason was that I thought maybe it got lost. And its owner (主人) must be worried about it. Then I posted notices all over the town in the hope of finding its home. I also bought an ad (广告)time on a radio station. Three weeks passed, but there was no response (答复).

Finally, I decided to keep the cat. Our house was small, but I would take good care of it as possible as I could.??

1.What did the cat look like when it came to the writer’s home?

A. Tired but beautiful.??????????????? B. Cute and clean.

C. Dirty but lovely.?????????????????? D. Tired and dirty.

2.Why didn’t the writer agree to keep the cat?

A.? The children liked to hit the cat.????????? B. The cat was too small.

C. He wanted to help the cat find its owner.? D. He didn’t like it.

3.What does the underlined word“starving”mean in Chinese

A.? 饥饿的????????? B. 忧郁的???????? C. 恐惧的???????? D.沮丧的

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. At last, the writer had three cats and two dogs.

B. The writer’s house was too small to keep the cat.

C. The writer’s daughter is three years younger than his son.

D. The writer tried hard to find the cat’s home.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Why the writer didn’t want to keep cats any more.

B. How the writer found a cat and raised 饲养 it.

C. How the writer’s family looked after a cat.

D. What the writer did to find the cat’s owner.

 

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