Who is afraid of spiders?
Assignment 1
You may use English-language Internet sources or a dictionary to help you.
a Name 5 or more insects.
| Many people are afraid of spiders. But are they really dangerous? Read all about the crawling house guests and their good (and bad?) sides. |
Assignment 2
Find the words in the text.
Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning.
| 1. autumn | a. fully grown animals or people |
| 2. eight-legged | b. a group of animals or people that are similar |
| 3. adults | c. grow again |
| 4. markings | d. make |
| 5. stripy | e. marks or a pattern of marks on the body of an animal |
| 6. socks | f. medicine that is used to kill harmful bacteria and to cure infections |
| 7. silk | g. the pieces of cloth that are connected to a ship and that are used to catch the wind |
| 8. species | h. pieces of clothing that you wear on your foot and that cover part of your leg |
| 9. (to) create | i. the plants that are grown by farmers |
| 10. (to) regrow | j. the season between summer and winter |
| 11. antibiotics | k. sick |
| 12. unwell | l. situation in which the different parts are just as strong as all the others |
| 13. sails | m. the thread that is produced by a spider |
| 14. the crops | n. with 8 legs |
| 15. balance | o. with stripes |
Assignment 3
a True or false?
1 In autumn, spiders are bigger and come indoors.
2 In autumn, there are more spiders.
3 Some people find spiders a bit scary.
4 Spiders are nervous.
5 Spiders have eight legs.
b Why do we notice more spiders at this time of year?
1 Around Halloween, spiders always show themselves.
2 In autumn, spiders are bigger because they become adults.
3 There are many spiders now because it is still very warm.
4 They get tired quickly, so you see them sitting around a lot.
c What are good things about spiders? Choose all correct answers.
1 Spider silk is used to make antibiotics for sick people.
2 Spider silk might be used to release antibiotics.
3 Spider silk might help to regrow human cells.
4 The silk of small spiders can be used to make mini sails.
5 They catch insects in their webs.
6 They help to keep the balance in nature.
7 They stop insects from eating the plants that we grow for food.
d Which word in the text means about the same as “scary”?
1 creative
2 nervous
3 spooky
4 underway
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