Ⅳ. Read and complete the tasks. 阅读并完成任务。
①There are more than 300,000 types of plants. Some plants are amazing. Let’s take a look.
Can plants fly?
②Look at this plant. Its flowers look like egrets. What are egrets? They are a kind of bird. Because this plant’s flowers look like flying egrets, people call it the egret flower. It grows in eastern Asia. Isn’t it gorgeous?

▲
③We all know that people can be shy(害羞的). But how can a plant be shy? When something touches this plant’s leaves, they close up tightly. After a few minutes, the leaves open up again. This plant is fun for children to play with.

Can plants eat insects?
④Most plants need insects to pollinate(授粉) them, but some plants also eat insects. One amazing insect-eating plant is the Venus flytrap. It has traps with very small hairs. When an insect walks over the hairs, the trap closes.

A. Answer the questions. 回答问题。
()1. What can we know about the egret flower?
A. It can fly.
B. It is very shy.
C. It eats insects.
D. It grows in eastern Asia.
()2. Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. What are egrets?
B. Can plants be shy?
C. Why does it eat insects?
D. Where does it grow?
()3. Which of the following best shows the structure(结构) of the passage?
A. ①
② ③ ④
B. ①
② ③
④
C. ①
②
③ ④
D. ① ②
③ ④

B. Introduce one amazing plant you know with at least 2 sentences. 用至少2句话介绍一种你知道的奇异植物。
I know is amazing because
.

A. 1. D 2. B 3. A
B. One possible version: I know the sunflower is amazing because it turns its big yellow flower to face the sun all day long.

【分析】
本题分为A、B两部分，A部分为阅读理解选择题，需通过定位原文细节、分析上下文逻辑、梳理文章结构解答；B部分为书面表达题，需围绕奇异植物用至少2句话完成介绍。具体思路：1. 第1题定位原文白鹭花的描述，逐一排除错误选项；2. 第2题结合上下文小标题的逻辑，判断▲处应填内容；3. 第3题划分段落功能，确定文章结构；4. B部分选择熟悉的奇异植物，用正确句式表达特点。
【解析】
A.1. 定位原文第②段最后一句“It grows in eastern Asia”，可知白鹭花生长在东亚。A选项“能飞”错误（是花形似白鹭而非植物会飞），B选项“害羞”是第③段植物的特点，C选项“吃昆虫”是第④段食虫植物的特点，故答案为D。
A.2. 前文小标题为“Can plants fly?”，后文小标题为“Can plants be shy?”，▲处需承上启下引出下一个关于植物特性的问题，结合选项，B选项“Can plants be shy?”符合逻辑，故答案为B。
A.3. 第①段总起，引出要介绍的奇异植物；第②段介绍白鹭花，第③段介绍会“害羞”的植物，第④段介绍食虫植物，因此结构为①；②③④，对应选项A，故答案为A。
B. 本题要求用至少2句话介绍一种奇异植物，示例选择太阳花，描述其向光性特点，符合要求即可，具体表达如参考答案所示。
【答案】
A. 1.D 2.B 3.A
B. One possible version: I know the sunflower is amazing because it turns its big yellow flower to face the sun all day long.
【知识点】
阅读理解（细节理解）、阅读理解（语篇结构）、书面表达（介绍类）
【点评】
本题考查初中英语阅读理解的细节查找、逻辑推理、结构分析能力，以及基础书面表达能力，题型常规，难度适中，能有效考查学生的英语综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6