英语阅读新视野第1课
Spiders 蜘蛛
Before You Read 阅前思考
Answer the following questions.
1. Are spiders popular as pets in your country? Why or why not?
2. Are you, or is anyone you know, scared of spiders?
3. Do you think spiders have any us?
Target Vocabulary ⽬标词汇
Match each word with the best meaning.
1. artificial a. from a particular area
2. benefit b. the army, air force, and navy
3. environment c. made by humans; not made naturally
4. military d. (verb) to receive a positive result; (noun) a positive result
5. native (to) e. the possibility of something
6. potential f. large or important
7. reputation g. opinion about how good something is
8. significant h. a grouping of living things
9. species i. the air, land, water, and surrounding that people, plants, and
水下生宝宝>安全事故
animals live in
10. fund j. (verb) to provide money for a purpo; (noun) a sum of money
for a purpo.
Reading Passage 阅读⽂章参考文献英文
There are more than 37, 000 known species of spiders in the world in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. The largest spiders in the world live in the rain forests of South American and are known by the people who live there as the “bird-eating spiders.”The spiders can grow up to 28 centimeters in length-about the size of a dinner plate, and , as their name suggests, have been known to eat small birds. In comparison, the smallest species of spider in the world is native to Western Samoa. The tiny spiders are less than half a millimeter long-about the size of a period on this page-and live in plants that grow on mountain rocks.
Some people like to keep spiders as pets, particularly tarantulas, which are native to North America and can live for up to twenty-five years. Most people, on the other had, don’t like touching spiders, and a significant number of people are afraid of them, mainly becau of their poison. However, despite their bad reputation, only thirty of the 37,000 known species of spiders are deadly to humans. Spiders actually provide benefits to humans, by catching and eating harmful incts such as flies and mosquitoes.
The main thing that makes spiders different from other animals is that they spin webs to catch the s
mall incts they feed on. The unique silk of a spider’s web is produced by special organs found in the lower part of the spider’s body. It is light, elastic, and strong-spider web is five times stronger than steel. Additionally, it is completely biodegradable. This means that the web will completely decompo and eventually return to nature over time-making it perfect for us such as
making fishing nets. Some people have tried to rai spiders commercially in order to collect the silk the spiders produce, but no one has ever really managed to make a go of it. One reason why the business never stand a chance is becau it takes 670, 000 spiders to produce half a kilogram of silk, and all of the spiders need living incts for their food. In addition,
spiders are usually solitary animals, and need to be kept alone.
One Canadian company may have found a solution to making artificial spider web. In 2002, they announced that they had ud genetically modified goats to produce milk that contains the chemicals ud to make spider web. The company, which is funded by the U. S. army, hopes that in the long run it will be able to make large quantities of very light, very strong fiber for military and medical us. Additionally, becau the manufacture of the artificial web is bad on goat’s milk and water the industry potentially would be non-polluting and environmentally friendly.
写花的四字词语
Reading Comprehension 阅读理解
1. What is the best title for this passage?
a. The Spider-An Amazing Animal c. The World’s Largest Spider
b. Why People Hate Spiders d. How Spider Webs Are Made
2. According to this passage, spiders are…
a. deadly and uless. c. harmful but popular.
b. unpopular but beneficial d. uncommon and not significant
3. Spider web and steel are both .
a. strong
b. light
c. biodegradable
d. elastic小提琴琴码
4. What characteristic of spider web would make fishing nets made from it environmentally friendly?
a. strength饺子皮做葱油饼
b. elasticity
c. lightness
d. biodegradability
5. What ntence is NOT true about the Canadian rearchers?
a. They have produced goats that can spin webs
b. They receive money from the American army.
c. Their technique for producing webs caus little pollution.
d. They are able to produce web without using spiders.
Idioms 习语
Find each idiom in the story.
1. make a go of something-have success with something
I thought his business would fail, but he’s really making a go of it.
Kylie wanted to make a go of her marriage, but her husband wanted a divorce.
2. stand a chance-likely to achieve something
I’d love it if my team won, but I don’t think they stand a chance.
I’ll have to study hard to stand a chance of passing that exam.
3. as (the) name suggests-as defined by the name.
Big Jim, as his name suggests, is a large man.
The Man-Eating Tiger of Borneo, as its name suggests, killed and ate a number of people. Vocabulary Reinforcement 词汇强化
A. Circle the letter of the word or phra that best completes the ntence.
1. The inventor had a hard time finding someone with money to his new invention.
a. suggest
b. fund
c. stand a chance of
d. benefit
2. Many scientists don’t feel comfortable doing rearch for purpos.
a. military
b. beneficial
c. artificial
d. comparative
3. I think you can trust him; he has a good .
a. benefit
b. species
c. organ
d. reputation
4. Kangaroos are Australia.
a. beneficial for
b. native to
c. as the name suggests
d. deadly to
5. Andrea has a terrible voice. She doesn’t of winning the singing contest.
梦见河里涨水
a. make a go
b. stand a chance
c. have a reputation
d. find a solution
6. Green tree frogs, , live in trees.
a. eventually
b. even though
c. as the name suggests
d. unfortunately
7. To me, sugar tastes better than sweeteners.
a. species
b. artificial
剑影魔踪c. uful
d. significant
8. Often, historical events didn’t em at the time end up being very important later on.
a. delicious
b. potential
c. artificial
d. significant
B. Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra.
The thousands of different (1) of spiders range from the size of dinner plates to smaller than a period.
Spiders are unique becau they spin webs of silk, and some people think spider silk is (2) uful for humans. Spider web silk is very strong and is biodegradable, so it is good for the (3) . No modern business have been able to (4)
spider farming, but one company claims to have found a way to produce the chemicals to make
(5) web silk through goat’s milk. If this company is successful, the new silk could
(6) people in many ways.
What Do You Think? 你怎么想？
1. What other animals have a bad reputation? Do they derve their unpopularity?
2. What do you think about genetically modified animals and plants? Do you think genetic modification is good idea?
Part 1: Complete the passage 完型填空
U words from the box to complete the passage. Write the words in the spaces. One item is extra.
Many people are afraid of spiders becau of their (1) as dangerous animals. However, only thirty of nearly forty thousand species have the (2) to poison humans. By contrast, spider silk can (3) mankind. In face, the military is (4) the development of (5) web.
