Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And thay can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is Venus Flytrap(捕蝇草).

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, so 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 and slowly eats it.

Why do plants do that? 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 bigger plants don't get the same idea!

1.Venus flytrap is a kind of______.

A. plant B. animal C. food D. meat

2. Venus flytrap grows in______.

A. most parts of the world

B. parts of Africa

C. dry parts of the United States

D. wet parts of England

3.From the passage, we learn that______.

A. all plants can eat people

B. all plants can eat animals

C. some plants can eat people

D. some plants can eat animals

4.The underlined word"presses"probably means______ in Chinese.

A. 挤压 B. 关上 C. 打开 D. 松开

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 meat

D. plants want to protect themselves against animals

I will never forget the tenth summer of childhood with my grandfather in western Norway at the mountain farm where my mother was born. As a boy ,I always thought people simply bought whatever they need. Whether Grandfather knew this, I don’t know. One day he said, ”Come, I have something for you.”

I followed him to a workroom. “You should have a toy boat. You can sail it at Storvassdal.” He said. Great, I thought,looking around for the boat. But there was none.

Grandfather pointed to a block of wood. “The boat is in there,” he said. Then he handed me some tools and showed me how to use them properly. “It’ll be a fine boat,and you’ll make it with your own hands,” he said,”No one can give you what you do for yourself.” The words rang in my head as I worked. Finished the boat. It wasn’t much to look at ,but I was poud. Then I sailed it at Storvassdal.

We had to return to America. “You cannot bring that boat home with you,” my mother said. We already had too much baggage. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal.

I said good-bye to Grandfather, not knowing I would never see him again.

In 1964, I went to Storvassdal with my parents and my wife and children. To my surprise,for 34 years my treasure stayed here,waiting for my return. I felt we three were togethet again although my grandfather had died 22 years before.

I carved”1930”and”1964” on its side and put it back.

I returned to the lake in 1968,1971,1977 and 1988. Each time I had the boat and carved the year,my grandfather seemed near.

My last trip to Storvassdal was in 1991. I brought my granddaughters: Catherine,13; Claire,12. I hoped they would understand the importance of the little boat and its simple message. At Storvassdal, Claire said softly, ‘Grandpa,someday I’ll come back.’ She added,”And I’ll bring my children.”

1.What lesson did the writer’s grandfather probably teach him?

A. Boys should have a toy boat at childhood.

B. People can simply buy whatever they need.

C.Boys should learn to make a boat out of wood.

D. No one can give you what you do for yourself.

2.The underline words”we three” in Paragraph 6 refer to__________

A. Mother,the boat and me.

B. Grandfather,the boat and me.

C. Catherine,Claire and me.

D. Grandfather , Mother and me.

3.According to the passage,we can infer(推断) that _____________

A. The writer’s mother was born in western Norway

B. The writer’s grandfather died in 1930

C. The boat took me back to Norway four times

D. Claire understood the meaning of the boat

4.What’s the best titile of the passage?

A. The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time

B. The Little Boat And My Wife

C. The Little Boat That Sailed At Storvassdal

D. The Little Boat And My Parents

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