Many teenagers in Taiwan are anxiously counting down the days to the arrival of
two giant pandas from the other side of the Straits (海峡). ___61____
A group of 17 animal experts came to Wolong Nature Reserve
(卧龙自然保护区) in Sichuan
Province. __62______
"I cannot
wait any longer to see the lovely animals. I've seen them many times on TV.
Maybe I will even feed them bamboo shoots with my own hands! Isn't that
exciting?" said Lin Heqian, a Senior 1 student
from Private Chung-hsin School
(私立忠信学校) in Taiwan.
Chen Runsheng is the secretary-general of the China
Wildlife Protection Association. He told the experts that it is a long-term
wish of the mainland to be able to present a panda to the people of Taiwan.
Mainland
pandas' resettlement (重新安置) and growth in Taiwan will surely bring the
people happiness and fun, Chen added.____63______ Several zoos are still
fighting to become the new home of the two pandas in Taiwan. ____64_______ Taipei
Zoo is talking about building them a home there.
The mainland announced its presentation of a pair of pandas to the island in
May. But it seems that teenagers in Taiwan will still have to wait for
half a year. That is because the new enclosure (围栏) for giant pandas in
Taipei Zoo will not be finished until the end of this year, according to Chen Baozhong, president of the zoo.___65______
A. The selection of giant pandas to be sent to Taiwan started at the end of August
at the Wolong Nature Reserve.
B. If everything else goes smoothly (顺利地), the pandas will be on
the island next March.
C. It seems the slow-moving animal will finally be coming their way.
D. They picked their ideal animals and learned more about artificial breeding (人工繁殖), disease
prevention and daily care last week.
E. And the panda's home has not yet been picked.
F. The Taiwan government hasn't decided whether it will accept the pandas.
