五、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small 1. (animal). One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap (捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is 2. very strange plant. It 3. (grow) in the United States. Its leaves are like the 4. (page) of a book. They can open and 5. (close) very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are some small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaves close quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaves press the fly until it 6. (be) dead. Then the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant 7. (eat) the fly.
8. do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air and the ground. 9. some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn't have all the important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat 10. (have) a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need.

1. animals 2. a 3. grows 4. pages 5. close 6. is 7. eats 8. Why 9. In 10. has

【分析】这是一道英语语法填空题，需结合语境、词性变化、时态、冠词、介词等语法知识解题。解题思路：1. 先通读全文，明确文章是关于食肉植物的说明文；2. 逐个分析每个空格的考点，如名词的数、冠词用法、动词时态、情态动词用法、疑问词选择、固定介词搭配等；3. 根据考点和上下文语境确定正确形式。
【解析】1. 考查名词复数，animal为可数名词，此处指“小动物们”，需用复数形式animals；2. 考查不定冠词，泛指“一种奇怪的植物”，very以辅音音素开头，故用a；3. 考查一般现在时，主语it（指代捕蝇草）是第三人称单数，谓语动词用grows；4. 考查名词复数，page是可数名词，此处指“书的页面”，需用复数pages；5. 考查情态动词用法，情态动词can后接动词原形，故填close；6. 考查主谓一致，主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时中be动词用is；7. 考查一般现在时，主语the plant是第三人称单数，谓语动词用eats；8. 考查疑问词，下文解释植物食肉的原因，故用疑问词Why；9. 考查固定介词搭配，“在一些地方”用In some places，故填In；10. 考查主谓一致，主语Animal meat是不可数名词，第三人称单数，谓语动词用has。
【答案】1. animals 2. a 3. grows 4. pages 5. close 6. is 7. eats 8. Why 9. In 10. has
【知识点】名词的数、冠词、一般现在时
【点评】本题为基础语法填空，考查初中英语核心语法点，结合语境即可解答，难度适中，适合巩固基础语法知识。
【难度系数】0.7

读后词汇拓展 猜出第四大题中画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思，并收入自己的小词典。
bug

n. 虫子

【分析】本题考查英语基础词汇的词性与词义，需回忆常见单词bug的常用词性及释义，结合日常词汇积累完成解答。
【解析】单词bug是英语基础常用词汇，其常见词性为名词（缩写为n.），对应的中文意思是“虫子”，属于该单词的基础核心词义。
【答案】n. 虫子
【知识点】英语词汇（词性、词义）
【点评】本题为基础词汇积累类题目，考查常见单词的词性与释义，属于英语学习中的基础内容，适合日常词汇拓展巩固。
【难度系数】0.8