On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province(四川省), because of damaged (損壞的) shelters and food shortages(短缺)after the May 12 earthquake(地震), The pandas took trucks(卡車) to Ya’an,a local official(官員) said.
Eight other pandas left the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will take China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo and water. and they will stay at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.
“There is enough water now, but food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.” Zhang Hemin said.
After the earthquake, the center needed lots of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicine, she said.
There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shanxi and Gansu.
小題1:How many pandas left for Ya’an?
小題2:How will eight other pandas go to Beijing Zoo from the Chengdu Research Base?
A.By plane | B.By train | C.By truck | D.By bus |
小題3:In China,what place has the most giant pandas?
A.Beijing |
B.Sichuan and the northwestern provinces |
C.northeastern provinces |
D.Jiangsu |
小題4:Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Some pandas left an important panda base in Wolong after the earthquake. |
B.Eight other pandas will stay at Beijing zoo. |
C.Pandas eat bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and so on. |
D.Water is still a big problem for the pandas after the earthquake. |
小題5:This passage is probably(很可能) from ________________.
A.a(chǎn) novel(小說) | B.a(chǎn) storybook | C.a(chǎn) newspaper | D.a(chǎn) diary(日記) |