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．plant

B．animal

C．food

D．meat

【小题2】The underlined word "presses" probably means _________ in Chinese．

A．挤压

B．关上

C．打开

D．松开

【小题3】Why do some plants eat animal meat?

A．Because plants are dangerous to animals.

B．Because animals are dangerous to plants.

C．Because plants want to get what they need from animal meat.

D．Because plants want to protect themselves against animals.

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(苍蝇) 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!
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【小题1】The Venus flytrap is a kind of      .

A．plant

B．animal

C．food

D．meat

【小题2】The Venus flytrap grows in      .

A．most parts of the world	B．some parts of Africa
C．dry parts of the United States	D．wet parts of England

【小题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．many 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 meat

D．Plants want to protect themselves against animals

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?

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)

【小题2】What are inside its leaves?

A．some small leaves	B．some pages of books
C．some flowers	D．some hairs

【小题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

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 touches one of the hair, 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 such things? As we know, most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It does not 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.The Venus flytrap is a kind of _______.

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

2.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

3.Where can most plants get what they need?

A. From the people   B. From the animals

C. From the soil      D. From the sun, the air, and the ground           

 

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. (A) 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.

(B) Plants are living things that have leaves and roots and grow in earth. 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 （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.__ Can plants get energy from the air?

2.__Why is Venus flytrap a famous plant?

3.__In some places, why do some plants get energy from animal meat?

4.__ 写出（A）处划线单词they所指代的名词。

5.__将（B）处划线句子改为两个简单句。

Plants are living things.   ______________________________