Panda Journey

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Many teenagers in Taiwan are anxiously counting down the days to the arrival of two giant pandas from the other side of the Straits.

A group of 17 animal experts came to Wolong Nature Reserve (卧龙自然保护区) in Sichuan Province. They picked their ideal animals and learned more about artificial breeding ( 人工繁殖 ), disease prevention and daily care last week.

'I cannot wait any longer to see the lovely animals. I've seen them many times on TV. Maybe 1 will even feed them bamboo shoots with my own hands! Isn't that exciting said Lin Heqian, a Senior student from Private Chunghsin School 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.

The selection of giant pandas t, be sent to Taiwan started at the end of August at the Wolong Nature Reserve.

Several zoos are still fighting to become the new home of the two pandas in Taiwan. And the pandas" home had not yet been picked. Taipei Zoo are talking about building them a home there.

The mainland announced its presentation of a pair of pandas to the island in May. But it Kerns 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 finished until the end of this year, according to Chen Baozhong, president of the zoo.

If everything else goes smoothly, the panda will be on the island next March.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。请将答案填写到第Ⅱ卷答题区相应位置。

1、What's the Chinese meaning here for “counting down”?

2、What did the 17 experts come to Wolong Nature Reserve for?

3、.Hasn't the pandas' home been picked?

4、What's the long-term wish of the mainland?

5、How many pandas are presented to the people of Taiwan?

根据对话内容，从方框中选择5个恰当的句子完成对话，并将所选句子前的字母代号写在答题卡上的相应题号后.

A：We have to meet the others at 8：30 at the reserve(自然保护区)，don’t we?

B： 1

A：Do you know how to get there?

B：2  It will take us about two hours to get there by bus.

A：3

B：It’s an area that protects lots of different animals.

A：4

B： I’m not really sure.I know there are many different kinds of birds there and I’m going to take my camera with me.

A：5 What clothes are you going to wear?

B：Well，if it’s wet，I will wear my strong shoes and take my raincoat with me.

A：So will I.

The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. ①So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people about animals that they are in danger and raises money to save them.[来源:Zxxk.Com]

The giant panda only lives in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.

The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase the size of panda reserves(自然保护区). Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make “corridors”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food. ②People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out.

1. How long and heavy can a giant panda grow to be?

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2. 将文中划线的句子①改为被动句。

   So it is not surprising that _____________________by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

3.Why are the giant pandas endangered?

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4. Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.

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5. 将文中划线的句子②翻译成中文。

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The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. ①So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol.The WWF tells people about animals that they are in danger and raises money to save them.
The giant panda only lives in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.
The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase the size of panda reserves(自然保护区). Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make “corridors”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food. ②People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out.
【小题1】 How long and heavy can a giant panda grow to be?
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【小题2】 将文中划线的句子①改为被动句。
So it is not surprising that _____________________by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
【小题3】Why are the giant pandas endangered?
_____________________________________________________________________________
【小题4】 Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.
_____________________________________________________________________________
【小题5】 将文中划线的句子②翻译成中文。
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