任务型阅读。
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eatmeat. 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. 3. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves. there are three small
hairs. If an insect touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The insect cannot get out. In about half
an hour,the leaf presses the insect until it is dead. Then, the plant covers. the insect with a special liquid
(液体). Slowly, the plant eats the insect.
Plants arc living things that have leaves and roots and grow in earth.
4. Most of them get energy from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places,the ground is very
poor. It doesn't have all the important things that plants need, especially nitrogen (氦). 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. Why is Venus flytrap a famous plant?
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2. In some places, why do some plants get energy from animal meat?
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任务(二)
把文中划线部分译成汉语。
3. ______________________________________________________。
4. ______________________________________________________。
任务(三)
请给短文选一个适当的英文标题。
5. Which is the best title of this passage?
A. Meat-eating plants
B. Can plants eat people?
C. The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant
D. Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen
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