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Brights Zoo in the US is celebrating the birth of a very (1)unusual baby giraffe. What makes this giraffe special? It doesn't have any spots (斑点) at all.
Giraffes are famous for their spots. But on July 31st, a baby giraffe was (2)born at Brights Zoo with no spots at all. (3)Instead, its fur was light brown. It was born (4)perfectly healthy.
David Bright, who runs the zoo, said, "This is very rare. The last time this happened was 1972 in Japan." Now, the young female giraffe is (5)believed to be the only spotless giraffe in the world. Giraffes are born quite (6)long. This one isn't quite a month old, and she's already about 1.8 metres tall. A giraffe's spots appear when the animal is still (7)growing inside its mother. That means that this giraffe will never have spots.
The (8)number of giraffes in the wild is falling. In the past thirty years, 40 percent of the wild giraffe (9)population has been lost. Brights Zoo is hoping to use the young spotless giraffe to bring attention to the (10)problem of giraffes.

答案： 1.unusual 2.born 3.Instead 4.perfectly 5.believed 6.long 7.growing 8.number 9.population 10.problem

1. C
2. D
3. F
4. A
5. B

答案： 1. C
2. D
3. F
4. A
5. B
1. 前文描述熊猫的黑白皮毛像穿了酷衣服，此处应进一步描写熊猫的可爱外形。选项 C “它们圆圆的脸和大大的黑眼睛让它们看起来很可爱”，与外形描写的逻辑一致，故选C。

2. 前文提到熊猫生活在有大量竹林的地区，后文说成年熊猫每天吃 20-40 公斤竹子。选项 D“竹子是它们最喜欢的食物，所以它们一天大部分时间都在吃竹子”，衔接了 “竹林” 和 “吃竹子” 的逻辑，故选D。

3. 前文说熊猫濒危有几个原因，后文举例 “人们砍伐树木用于农耕和建房”。选项 F “一个大问题是它们自然栖息地的丧失”，是对 “栖息地破坏” 这一原因的总述，故选F。

4. 前文说熊猫繁殖少，一次生一到两个宝宝。选项 A“有时，幼崽会因各种困难无法存活”，进一步解释了繁殖率低的后果，故选A。

5. 后文呼吁保护熊猫和它们的家园，选项 B“熊猫不仅对中国很重要，对全世界也很重要”，从重要性角度引出保护的必要性，故选B。