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On March 25, 2013, two pandas were shipped from China to Canada. The pandas received a warm welcome to the North America from Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chinese ambassador(大使)Zhang Junsai.
The pandas will spend five years at the Toronto Zoo, and then spend another five years at the Calgary Zoo. This is the first time in 20 years that pandas have been sent to a Canadian zoo. “I want to offer my sincere thanks to the government of China for sharing these two pandas, symbolizing peace and friendship, with all Canadians, ”said Prime Minister Harper.
The pandas are named Er Shun and Da Mao. Er Shun, a five-year-old female, came from the Chongqing Zoo, in southwest China. Da Mao, a four-year-old male, traveled from Chengdu. The panda passengers were given plenty of snacks throughout the flight. Each panda received more than 200 pounds of bamboo and 100 pounds of apples.
The number of pandas is decreasing and now there are only 1, 600 pandas left in the wild. And this is partly due to the loss of their primary food source—bamboo. According to a recent study, warming temperatures are causing a shortage of bamboo in at least one region of China where pandas live.
The climate in Er Shun and Da Mao’s new home in Canada isn’t perfect for growing bamboo. Twice a week, the Memphis Zoo, in Tennessee, will ship about 700 pounds of the green plant up north to the Toronto Zoo. While the pandas are far from China, zookeepers plan to make Canada feel like their home.
【文章大意】本文介绍了中国赠送给加拿大的两只大熊猫, 及加拿大两家动物园为迎接大熊猫所作的准备工作。
1. We can know from the second paragraph that ________ .
A. China often sends pandas to Canada
B. Canada is very thankful for China’s help
C. the two pandas will spend ten years in Toronto Zoo
D. the two pandas will only live in one place
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第二段可知二十年来头一次获得中国相赠的大熊猫, 加拿大方面非常感激中国政府。
2. According to the passage, the two pandas ________ .
A. are both four years old
B. are from the same Chinese zoo
C. can eat as many as 100 pounds of apples in a day
D. were given over 400 pounds of bamboo on the flight
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段Each panda received more than 200 pounds of bamboo and 100 pounds of apples. 一句可知在飞机上每只大熊猫被提供了200多磅的竹子。
3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The reason for the decreasing number of pandas.
B. The primary food source of pandas.
C. The lifestyle of pandas in the wild.
D. The effects of warming temperatures on bamboo.
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。第四段讲述了大熊猫数量的减少及其原因。
4. It can be learned from the passage that ________ .
A. pandas eat nothing but bamboo and apples
B. the climate in Toronto is unfit for bamboo to grow
C. the animal that all Canadians like best is pandas
D. China lent the two pandas just in order to help Canada
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段The climate in Er Shun and Da Mao’s new home in Canada isn’t perfect for growing bamboo. Twice a week, the Memphis Zoo, in Tennessee, will ship about 700 pounds of the green plant up north to the Toronto Zoo. 可知多伦多当地的气候不适宜于竹子的生长。
