When we are talking about animals in China,the most precious (珍贵的) animal we would think of is the panda. In fact,we have another kind of bird as precious as the panda,21 many people don't know much about it. The bird is called crested ibis (朱鹮) .It is as 22 as snow with a red face and looks very beautiful. It is also in 23 like the panda.

     Crested ibises live in tall trees by small rivers or rice fields. They look for small fish and other small 24 for food. About one hundred 25 ago,a lot of crested ibises lived inChina,RussiaandJapan. Later,as they lost their 26

, the number of them was getting smaller and smaller. Between 1965 and 1980,people didn’t see any of them living in the wild. Luckily,on May 23,1981 scientists  seven of them in the south of Shaanxi Province. In order to 28 crested ibises in the wild,the Chinese gov?ernment is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. Now scientists are doing a lot of research to help them to 29 more babies. Today there are about 1 ,500 crested ibises living in the wild. Zoos and research centres are 30 after about 500 crested ibises.

  21. A. because   B. so      C. and      D. but

  22. A. black     B. white     C. yellow   D. brown

  23. A. danger    B. fact      C. peace   D. practice

  24. A. plants   B. birds     C. animals    D. flowers

  25. A. weeks     B. months   C. days      D. years

  26. A. homes     B. houses   C. families   D. rooms

  27. A. answered   B. bought

     C. found     D. changed

  28. A. catch     B. remember   C. teach      D. protect

  39. A. choose   B. produce   C. collect   D. touch

  30. A. turning    B. taking   C. looking   D. sending

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