六、短文填空
阅读短文，在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
Do you know where people get ideas for new things? Sometimes, they look at nature! This is a subject (¹)
(name) biomimicry (仿生学). Let's check out some examples:
Bees make hives with a special shape. These shapes are very strong. People use this idea (²)
(build) strong things too.
Sharks have a special skin. It has tiny bumps (凸块) that help them swim fast. People made swimsuits with the same idea to help (³)
(swim) swim better.
Lotus (⁴)
(leaf) don't get dirty. They have a surface that water and dirt slide off (滑落) easily. People are making (⁵)
(cloth) and paints that don't get dirty, just like the lotus leaf.
(⁶)
(butterfly) have beautiful wings. The colours come from tiny things on their wings that play with light. People are learning (⁷)
this to make new, bright paints.
Termites (白蚁) build big homes that stay cool. People are using this idea to make (⁸)
(build) that don't need much energy to stay cool.
From bees to termites, nature has many smart ideas. By (⁹)
(watch) and learning from nature, we can make new things that work well and improve our lives. Nature is a great (¹⁰)
(teach)!
解析：
1. 第①空：subject与name存在被动关系，用过去分词named作后置定语，意为“被叫做仿生学的学科”。
2. 第②空：考查固定搭配use sth. to do sth.，表示“用某物做某事”，故填to build。
3. 第③空：help sb. do sth.为固定结构，此处指帮助游泳者，用swim的名词复数形式swimmers表泛指。
4. 第④空：根据谓语动词don't可知主语为复数，leaf的复数形式是leaves。
5. 第⑤空：结合语境指制作不易脏的衣物，cloth表示“衣物”时常用复数形式clothes。
6. 第⑥空：根据谓语动词have可知主语为复数，butterfly的复数形式是Butterflies，首字母需大写。
7. 第⑦空：考查固定搭配learn from，意为“从……学习”，符合“从蝴蝶翅膀的原理中学习”的语境。
8. 第⑧空：make后接名词，build的名词形式是building，此处泛指这类建筑物，用复数buildings。
9. 第⑨空：by是介词，后接动词的动名词形式，故watch变为watching。
10. 第⑩空：a great后接可数名词单数，teach的名词形式是teacher，意为“自然是一位很棒的老师”。
