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.

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(蚊子) touches one of the hairs, the leaf close quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

How can that happen? 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!

1.What kind of plant is the Venus flytrap?

A．It is the plant that can be eaten as vegetables

B．It is the plant that can eat people

C．It is the plant that can eat meat.

D．It is the plant that is poisonous(有毒的)

2.What are inside its leaves?

A．some small leaves                       B．some pages of books

C．some flowers                          D．some hairs

3.The Venus flytrap eats flies because__________.

A．It grows in dry parts                     B．It hates flies

C．It’ll be eaten by flies                    D．It needs air and water

There are camels from  Africa and Asia．This is an African camel．It lives in the desert and eats grass．It doesn't often drink．

The monkey comes from South America．It’s South American．The monkey lives in the jungle and eats fruit．

There are elephants from Africa and India．This is an Asian elephant．It lives in India．In Asia, some elephants work in the forest．Elephants like water．

There are snakes in Asia,  America,  Africa, Australia and Europe．This snake comes from America．It eats meat．It doesn't like water．

 The kangaroo comes from Australia．It’s Australian．The kangaroo lives in the grassland．It eats grass and leaves．It doesn't eat meat．

This is a European wolf．It lives in the forest．It eats meat．It doesn't eat vegetables．

1．There are ________________animals in the passage．

      A．four                   B．five                     C．six

2．________________________eats meat．

      A．The kangaroo       B．The snake          C．The monkey

3．The kangaroo is from________________________．

      A．Asia                B．Africa             C．Australia

4．______________________likes water．

      A．The elephant        B．The monkey        C．The snake

5．In Africa, you can see _______________________________．

      A．the camel, the elephant, the kangaroo

      B．the monkey, the snake, the wolf

      C．the camel, the elephant, the snake

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.
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(蚊子) touches one of the hairs, the leaf close quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
How can that happen? 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】What kind of plant is the Venus flytrap?