¡i©ú³ø±M°T¡jDown
1. Peter Parker, Spider-Man's hidden identitiy, acquires the ability of climbing walls and shooting webs from his _ _ _ _ _ _ after a mutant spider has bitten him.
3. The spiders in the world can devour up to 800 million _ _ _ _ _ _ of insects a year. They consume even more food than mankind.
Across
1. Spiders are not insects although they look like insects in many ways. A spider has two more legs than an insect, and has neither antennae (IJ¨¤) nor _ _ _ _ _ (¯Í»H).
2. Although most spiders have _ _ _ _ _ eyes, they are short-sighted. That means they cannot clearly see things that are far away.
4. Scientists in Sweden have found a way to produce synthetic spider silk for medical and industrial uses by using a technology that extracts _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (³J¥Õ½è) from small creatures.
(Answers on next text)
¡½Glossary
acquire (v) Àò±o
mutant (adj) (°ò¦])¬ðÅܪº
short-sighted (adj) ªñµøªº
[Smarties' Power English Vol 183]