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Passage 4
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It was reported in May 2024 that the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA,中国野生动物保护协会) will send giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo in the United States, which is a symbol of a new 10 - year period of international conservation partnership. The CWCA has organized experienced caretakers and doctors to go with the pandas to the US. The zoo is getting ready to provide the pandas with a larger and more comfortable living environment. It has also formed a team with special skills related with panda care, daily nursing, and scientific research.
The cooperation (合作) between the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo dates back to 1996 when Bai Yun and Shi Shi became the first pair of pandas to live in the zoo. Giant pandas Hua Mei, born in 1999, and Mei Sheng, born in 2003, who used to live there, are the result of China - US giant panda research cooperation. Over the past twenty years, the two sides have cooperated and solved many technical problems, including important discoveries in key areas like panda raising.
Since the 1990s, China has cooperated on giant panda conservation with 20 countries. “International cooperation in fields such as disease prevention and control, treatment, and wild training and reintroduction to the wild, has achieved good results. Giant pandas will facilitate communication between peoples and let people around the world know China better,” said Li, the leader of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
“Scientific and educational outreach ( 延伸服务 ) also serves as a key role in international giant panda exchanges, allowing more people to understand giant pandas, which provides very good support for our efforts in protecting wild giant pandas,” Li said.
( ) 1.China’s sending Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo means ______.
A.a good living condition for pandas
B.a new age of conservation cooperation
C.a great achievement in scientific research
D.a long - term plan for training panda caretakers
( ) 2.How long have the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo cooperated?
A.21 years. B.25 years. C.28 years. D.34 years.
( ) 3.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.The history of the cooperation.
B.The raising of the giant pandas.
C.The lives of the pandas in the US.
D.The process of solving the problems.
( ) 4.What does the underlined word “facilitate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Expect. B.Create. C.Improve. D.Receive.
( ) 5.What do we know from the last paragraph?
A.Scientific research is well on its way.
B.The outreach plays an important part.
C.The cooperation requires international support.
D.Education about wildlife protection is a big success.

答案： 答案：B 【解析】细节理解题。由第一段中“which is a symbol of a new 10 - year period of international conservation partnership”可知，这次合作象征着一个新的（大熊猫）保护合作时代的开始，故选B。@@答案：C 【解析】细节理解题。由第二段中“The cooperation... dates back to 1996”可知，CWCA和圣地亚哥动物园已经合作了28年，故选C。@@答案：A 【解析】段落大意题。第二段主要介绍了CWCA和圣地亚哥动物园的合作历史，故选A。@@答案：C 【解析】词义猜测题。由下文中的“let people around the world know China better”可知，此处指大熊猫带来的好处。“facilitate”意为“促进”，符合语境。故选C。@@答案：B 【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段中“Scientific and educational outreach also serves as a key role in international giant panda exchanges...”可知选B。