17 An Odd
S
pider
What
i
s odd about
th
i
s
s
p
i
d
e
r?
Most spiders live on
l
a
nd
,
but this spider
is
different. It spends most
of
its time under water. How does it breathe? lt breathes by making a tent
full
of air bubbles under wa
t
e
r.
F
i
r
s
t
it spins a web in the shape of a bell.
Then
it fixes it to plants
und
e
r
the water. Next
it
swims up to the top of the water and
t
r
a
p
s
a tiny
bubb
l
e
of air
w
i
t
h
i
t
s
h
a
i
ry back
leg
s
.
It drags the bubble to its
web
.
It does this
many times until its home is full of air. Then it sits nice and snug in
it
s
web and feeds on tiny fish and other water
a
nim
a
l
s
.
The passage is about a spider
that
(a)
can't
spin a web (b) lives under water (e) lives in
p
l
a
n
t
s
Can you
r
e
m
e
mb
e
r
?
1.
Most
s
p
i
d
e
rs
(a) fly (b)
live
on
l
a
nd (e)
l
i
ve under
w
at
e
r
.
5
Comprehension exercises
following
every passage promote
story
r
ecall
including
main
idea.
