三、语篇填空
My hometown Chengdu is the home of pandas. I wanted to learn more about our national treasure. Pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years. Some people call 1.
them
(they) "living fossils (活化石)".
My chance finally came last summer vacation. I volunteered at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and had close contact with pandas. 2.
When
I first saw a giant panda eating bamboo with its claws, I thought that it must be the most lovable thing.
When I introduced pandas to 3.
visitors
(visit), I told them that pandas spend nearly 12 hours 4.
a
day eating and they sleep in the rest of the time. How lucky I was! A baby panda 5.
was born
(bear) while I was volunteering. It was 6.
amazing
(amaze) that the weight of the newborn panda was only 0.1 percent of its mother's weight—only 145 g. Mother pandas always looked after the newborn pandas 7.
carefully
(careful), although it was very difficult.
As I learned more about pandas, I realized it was very important to protect them. Though the number of pandas 8.
has increased
(increase) in recent years, pandas are still endangered. Let's try our best 9.
to help
(help) these endangered animals. Chengdu can become better and more popular, too. Then we can say proudly, "I come 10.
from
the pandas' hometown."
