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Wild giant pandas
野生大熊猫
International Panda Day is celebrated on 27th October every year. Let's also take the time to learn a few things about these cute animals in the wild.
Today, there are about 1,800 giant pandas in the wild. The animals mainly eat bamboo, but you may also find other plants in their diet. Sometimes, they even eat small rodents(啮齿动物), such as bamboo rats. In fact, a very long time ago, giant pandas mainly ate meat. Their diet turned about 99 per cent vegan more than two million years ago. Why? There may have been much more bamboo than meat at the time, scientists guess. This change of diet helped giant pandas to survive.
Wild giant pandas like to live alone. They mark their territory(活动范围) by leaving their scent(气味). Sometimes, male pandas do handstands(倒立) to pee up trees. It's a way of spreading their scent higher and farther. This makes them seem bigger and stronger to other pandas.
In the wild, it is not easy for giant pandas to have babies. But if a female gives birth to twins, the mother panda will usually abandon the weaker baby before long. It's because the mother panda doesn't have enough milk or energy to care for both babies. The mother panda will raise the stronger baby for about two and a half years. The young giant panda will then leave its mother and live on its own.
(C)1. What does the underlined word "vegan" probably mean in paragraph 2?
A. A diet that only includes bamboo.
B. A diet that includes a lot of meat.
C. A diet that is made up of plants without meat.
D. A diet focused on small animals and rodents.
(B)2. How does a wild male panda mark his territory according to the article?
A. It climbs up to the high trees.
B. It stands upside down to pee up the trees.
C. It stretches his muscles to show his strength.
D. It fights against the other male pandas and win them.
(D)3. How long does a strong baby panda live with its mother?
A. One year.
B. One and a half years.
C. Two years.
D. Two and a half years.
(D)4. What does this passage want mainly talk about?
A. The diet of giant pandas in detail.
B. The challenges giant pandas face in the wild.
C. The importance of bamboo in the diet of giant pandas.
D. Interesting facts about wild giant pandas.

答案： 1. C 画线词上文提到,大熊猫主要吃竹子和其他植物,偶尔会吃小型啮齿动物,然而在很久以前,大熊猫主要吃肉。由此可推知,画线词所在句是说,200 万年前,大熊猫的饮食习惯发生改变,其变成了 99%的素食主义者。所以画线词 vegan 与 C 选项意思与其相近。故选 C。
2. B 根据第三段中的“They mark their territory by leaving their scent. Sometimes, male pandas do handstands to pee up trees.”可知,雄性熊猫通过倒立在树上撒尿来传播气味,标记领地。故选 B。
3. D 根据最后一段中的“The mother panda will raise the stronger baby for about two and a half years.”可知,熊猫妈妈抚养相对强壮的熊猫宝宝大约两年半。故选 D。
4. D 通读全文内容可知,本文主要讲了野生大熊猫的几个有趣事实,包括它们的饮食、行为和繁殖习惯。故选 D。