初升高英語(yǔ)每日打卡閱讀學(xué)案Day9-10

每日閱讀打卡DAY9?10（環(huán)境類）

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Day9

InOneCubicFoot（在一立方英尺內(nèi)）

Inanyenvironment-forest,mountain,water

—youalwaysseethebiganimalsfirst:birds,

mammals,fish.Butunderyourfeet,onlandorin

thewater,therearemanysmallerorganisms:

insects,tinyplants,miniatureseacreatures.They

seemunimpoilant,but,infact,thesesea

creaturesandgrounddwellersare"theheartof

lifeonEarth,HsaysnaturalistE.O.Wilson.

Withoutthem,ourworldwouldchange

dramatically.

TheCycleofLife

MostorganismsonEarthliveontheground

orjustbelowit.Here,theyarepartofan

importantcycle.Plantsandanimalsfalltothegroundwhentheydie.Later,tinyinsectsand

otherorganismsbreakdownthedeadplantandanimalmaterial.Thisprocesseventually

returnsnutrientstothesoilandgivesplantsenergy.Plantscanthenhelptomaintaina

healthyenvironmentforhumansandotheranimals.

DiscoveriesinaCube

Despitetheirimportance,scientistsknowverylittleaboutmostgroundorganisms.To

learnmore,photographerDavidLiittschwagcrwenttodifferentplacesaroundtheworld,

includingaforest,ariver,amountain,andacoralreef.Ineachplace,heputagreen12-inch

(30cm)cubeonthegroundorinthewater.Thenheandhisteamcountedandphotographed

theorganismsthatlivedinormovedthroughthecube.Oftentheydiscoveredhundreds,some

onlyamillimeterinsize."Itwaslikefindinglittlegems(寶石),"5hesays.

【詞義推測(cè)】

Matchthetwowordswiththesamemeaning.

insectA.亳米

dwellerB.居民

dramaticallyC.攝影師

cycleD.戲劇性地，夸張地

breakdownE.昆蟲

materialF.分解

processG.原材料，原料

nutrientsH.循環(huán)

photographerI.進(jìn)程

millimeterJ.營(yíng)養(yǎng)物質(zhì)

【閱讀探索】

1.Anothertitleforthisreadingcouldbe.

A.DangerstoGroundCreatures

B.TheImportanceofTinyOrganisms

C.SavingSmallAnimalsinCubes

D.TheLifeofNutrients

2.Inline5,miniaturemeans.

A.verysmall

B.verylarge

C.verybeautiful

D.veryimportant

3.WheredomostorganismsonEarthlive?

A.inthesea

B.onorjustbelowtheground

C.deepunderground

D.intheair

4.Liittschwagerandhisteamusedthecubeto.

A.collectdifferentspeciesforresearch

B.countandphotographanimalspecies

C.testthequalityofthesoilandwater

D.protectanimalsfromhumanactivities

DaylO

AWorldWithinUs

LifeinMiniature

Bacteria:They'reinvisible.Thcy'reeverywhere.Andweneedthemtolive.inourbodies,

bacteriaoutnumberhumancellsbytentoone.Allthisbacteriaweighsasmuchasyourbrain

—nearlythreepounds(1.3kilograms).Mostbacteriainourbodiesarenotharmful;infact,

manybenefitusinimportantways.Theyhelpusdigestfdod.Theymakeimportant

vitamins,andtheyhelpfightinfections.

Butsomebacteriacanbedangerous.Take,forexample,Staphylococcusaureus.Itlivesin

ournoses.Usually,it'sharmless;otherbacteriainthenosecontrolit.Butif.aureustravelsto

anotherenvironment,thingschange.Intheskin,forexample,itcancausedeadlyinfections.

Wecuremostbacterialinfectionswithantibiotics,butthereareproblemswiththis

medicine.Antibioticskillbad,infection-causingbacteria.Butthismedicinekillsgoodbacteria

inourbodies,too.Whenwekillthegoodkind,thiscancauseotherhealthproblems.Alackof

certainbacteriainthebodycanmakeussick.

Sowhatcanwedo?Weshouldnotuseantibioticsveryoften,sayscientists.Wccanfight

infections,butwealsoneedtomaintainhelpfulbacteriainthebody.Tohelpusdothis,

doctorsarenowdeveloping"probioticremedies."Thesenewmedicineswillreturncertain

bacteriatothebodyandrestorethebalanceourbodyneeds.

Foryears,wethoughtallbacteriaweredangerous.Ofcourse,someare.Butweare

learningthatmanybacteriakeepushealthy.

Theyliveonandwithinus,andourwell-beingdependsonthem.

【詞義推測(cè)】

A

Bacteriaareorganismsmadejpofjustonecell.Theylivebetweenothercells.Viruses,on

theotherhand,liveinsidecells.Andwhilesomebacteriacanmakeussick,mostareharmless.

Allviruses,however,areharmful.Virusesare10to100timessmallerthanbacteria,but

bothareinvisibletohumans.Unlikebacteria,virusesdependonlivingplantsoranimalsto

multiplyandsurvive.Bacteriacanlivenearlyanywhere,evenonnon-livingsurfaces.

Antibioticscannotcureyouofaviralinfectionsuchastheflu.Theyonlykillbacteria.

Manypeoplehavechickensoup,hotteawithlemon,orchilipepperstohelpthemgetbetter.

1.causingdamage

2.helpinhealing

3.notcausingdamage

4toneedinordertosurvive.

5.impossibletosee

6.adiseaseoranillness

B

1.Youhavebalancewhenbothsidesofsomethingare

A.heavy

B.equal

2.Ifyouhavealackofsupport,youhave

A.alotofsupport

B.nosupport

3.Tbrestoresomethingmeansto

A.makeitlikeitwas

B.hideitfromothers

4.Somethingthatisdeadlycanyou.

A.kill

B.cure

【閱讀探索】

1.Whatisthepurposeofthisreading?

A.todescribehowbacteriaareimportanttoourbodies

B.toexaminethedangersofbacterialinfections

C.tocomparethebacteriathatliveinsideandoutsideourbody

D.toexplainwhyweshouldavoidantibiotics

2.Whichstatetementaboutbacteriaistrue?

A.Thebacteriainourbrainweighthreepounds.

B.Mostbacteriainourbodiesaredangerous.

C.Wccannotlivewithoutbacteria.

D.Therearemorebacte