阅读理解。
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!
1. The Venus flytrap is a kind of _______.
A. plant
B. animal
C. food
D. meat
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
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 animals' meat
D. plants want to protect themselves against animals
