Reading Actively
Activating and Predicting
1.（for reference)
1)It is a yellow flower. It looks like a lady’s slipper.
2)It is kind of orchid. It looks like an egret.
3)It is a red flower. It looks like a woman’s lips in red lipstick.
4)It is a strange flower. It looks like a flying bat. It has long whiskers.
5)It is a purple flower. It looks like a flying duck.
2.（for reference)
1)This plant which/that looks like a slipper of a lady is called the lady’s slipper orchid.
2)The flower which/that looks like an egret is called the egret orchid.
3)The flower which/that looks like a woman’s lips in red lipstick is called hot lips.
4)The flower which/that looks like a flying bat and has long whiskers is called black bat flower.
5)The purple flower which/that looks like a flying duck is called the flying duck orchid.
Reading,Thinking and Analysing
1.orchid:兰花
2.Lancashire:兰开夏郡（英格兰西北部一郡)
3.endangered:濒危的
4.Bear here means have.（B)
5.lipstick:口红(https://www.daowen.com)
6.whisker:（猫、鼠等的) 须；络腮胡子
7.Shade here means colour.（A)
8.This refers to the fact that these unique flowers look like other objects.
Comprehending,Integrating and Creating
1.F （surprising). Although the flowers introduced here are eye-pleasing and eye-catching,the author focuses on telling us how unique and rare they are in shape, and so the author concludes that the world is full of surprising things.
2.（ K )2)Moreover, it is one of the most difficult plants to grow.
（ I )3)A single cutting of this plant is sold for US﹩5,000.
（ D )4)No, they are not a woman’s lips！
（ B, D )5)This plant bears a bright red flower which is similar to the lips of a woman with red lipstick.
（B, D, K)6)It is famous for its bat-shaped black flowers.
（ A, E )7)A black bat flower can grow up to 36 inches and be as wide as 12 inches.
（ D, E )8)Every flower has long whiskers which grow up to 28 inches.
3.
4.Omitted.
5.（for reference)
Have you ever seen a picture of a beach in a tropical place where there are palm trees? There are different kinds of palm trees, and one of those is the coconut palm.
As you may have guessed, coconut trees product the fruit known as the coconut. Most trees produce around 30 coconuts. When you eat a coconut, you are actually eating part of the coconut seed. When coconuts are young they have very high levels of water, which we can drink in the form of coconut water.Coconut water contains protein, antioxidants and vitamins.