《2025年亮点给力大试卷九年级英语上册译林版》

Passage 3(2024·南京市鼓楼区期末)

新素养 创新意识 In a room at Stanford University, scientists are studying a small animal called a gecko. It's an amazing animal because it can m 1 very quickly up and down a tree and even upside down on ceilings. The scientists are especially interested in the gecko's f 2. They want to use the same design on a metal robot that looks very similar to the gecko. It has four feet and can walk up walls made of glass or plastic, but it still has trouble walking upside down.
Animals and plants can teach h 3 a lot about design and engineering. As a result, many engineers, scientists, and designers spend time studying them. When they have a problem, n 4 often has the answer. This science is called biomimetics. "Bio" means "living things" and "mimetics" means "copying".
Velcro is p 5 the most famous example of biomimetics. Most people have some Velcro on clothes and shoes. It was i 6 by the Swiss engineer George in 1948. He was walking in the countryside when he pulled a burr o 7 his trousers. He noticed how well the burr stuck to his clothes so he studied its design. The result was Velcro, which became an alternative(替代品) to the traditional zipper.
In 1982, Wilhelm Bartlott got a great i 8 studying the leaf of a lotus(莲花) plant. He noticed that water always ran off the leaf. When he had a closer look, he d 9 how it worked. Bartlott copied the leaf's special surface and now you can find it in specialized paint products that don't allow water and dirt to stick to them.
In conclusion, biomimetics not only has helped to design our world b 10 shows many more possibilities. And yet, they might take a long time to develop. This isn't really surprising: it took nature millions of years to design its animals and plants.
1.move 2.feet 3.humans 4.nature 5.probably
6.invented 7.off 8.idea 9.discovered 10.but

答案： 1. move 2. feet 3. humans 4. nature 5. probably 6. invented 7. off 8. idea 9. discovered 10. but