A giant (very large) panda from the Beijing Zoo has been saved by a transfusion of blood from two black bears.But it’s still under special care, according to the Beijing Zoo.
Young Liang, two years old, is the first giant panda raised from birth in the zoo.Last month zoo keepers found the panda was suffering from serious anemia (贫血), calling for urgent (紧急) blood transfusion.
The best way, according to the zoo’s experts, to save Young Liang from anemia would have been to transfuse blood from another panda.But it was the breeding (reproducing) season for giant pandas, making such a transfusion very difficult.
But the experts found that there exists a close consanguinity (血缘) between giant pandas and black bears, and so they decided to try to take blood from black bears in the zoo and transfuse it to Young Liang.
With the help of hospitals and the Beijing Blood Donor Station, they made an experiment which proved that the red blood ceils (细胞) in the blood of black bears can be used.
On the afternoon of February 15th the first red blood cell transfusion was given to the giant panda, from 600 ml of black bear blood.Immediately the young panda started to recover.
1.The best title of the article should be ________.
A.Protecting Giant Pandas
B.Young Liang——a Giant Panda
C.Bear Blood Saves Panda
D.A Successful Transfusion
2.Which of the following is not true according to the article?
A.Giant pandas and black bears are of the same race.
B.The transfusion was based on scientific research and experiments.
C.After the special transfusion, the young panda began to regain health.
D.The 2-year-old panda must have been born in the Beijing Zoo.
3.They decided to try another way instead of the best way to save the panda because ________.
A.it was difficult to find other pandas
B.the blood of pandas was too expensive
C.it was the breeding season for the panda, Yong Liang
D.other pandas were producing young at that time
4.This article must be taken from ________.
A.“China Daily”
B.a doctor’s diary
C.a story book
D.a medical book
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Giant leap for China
A few days ago, he was just Colonel (上校) Yang; Few people knew his name or recognized his face. But last Thursday, when he came back to the earth after a 21-hour trip to space, Yang Liwe's smile was seen across the world above the magic words:“China’s first spaceman”.
The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space at 9 a. m. last Wednesday by China’s Shenzhou V spacecraft, which orbited the earth 14 times. He landed safely at 6: 23 a. m. the next day, making China the third country to successfully send a person into space, after the former Soviet Union and the US.
Yang was satisfied with his job. “I have seen many landing scenes before on video, and I think ours was one of the most successful,” he said on a special plane to Beijing after landing.
Born into an ordinary family in Liaoning Province, he became a pilot in the Chinese Air Force in 1987, spending 1, 350 hours in the air. He joined the Chinese space programmer 11 years later.
While in space, Yang recorded everything he saw as well as showing China’s national flag and the United Nations’ flag to the people watching on TV at home. He also ate a meal of diced chicken and fried rice, before taking a 3-hour nap. The whole project went according to plan, but space exploration is not as easy as it seems.
Anyone who saw the destruction of the US space shuttle Columbia in February this year will know that Yang took a great risk.
He experienced extremely high temperatures, while the gravitational forces (重力) on takeoff and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.
He has spent five years training to become a spaceman.
"I eat all of my meals at the space programmer’s dinning room and have never been able to take my son to kindergarten," he said. "I’ve never met his teachers."
But becoming China’s first spaceman has made all the effort worthwhile.
“When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn’t help feeling excited,”he said.“I decided that I had to fly it.”
To Chinese people, Yang is now a hero. One visitor to a Xinhua news agency online forum (网上论坛) said:“Yang’s trip is a giant leap forward for China.”
Officials say the next Shenzhou will be launched by 2005. China also plans to develop space walking and a space lab.
1. What is the main idea of the story?
A. China’s first manned space flight.
B. A hero with great courage
C. The first Chinese man in space
D. How Yang Liwei became China’s first spaceman
2. How long did each of Yang’s orbits take on average?
A. 1 hour. B. 1. 5 hours. C. 6 hours. D. The story didn’t mention.
3. Why did the writer mention the gravitational forces on takeoff and landing?
A. To stress the hardship and the spaceman had to experience.
B. Because it was a very special experience for any spacemen.
C. To stress how much training he had to do to prepare for the flight
D. To show that Yang is lucky.
4. Why did the writer use“giant leap”in the title?
A. Because the space flight marked China’s great progress in the field of space exploration.
B. Because Neil Armstrong said it was a "giant leap" for mankind when he first set foot on the moon.
C. Because the space flight was a huge success.
D. Both A and B.
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对话填空
A:Hi!Good morning, everybody!My name is Lin Ling.I will be your tour guide for your(1)t________ in Guilin.Today we are going to(2)v________ Elephant Trunk Hill.
B:Elephant Trunk Hill?It(3)s________ interesting.
A:Right, as its name suggests, the hill looks(4)l________a giant elephant drinking water with its trunk in the Li River.
B:Are we going to take the Li River boat ride today?
A:No.Tomorrow we will, because the boat ride is a one-day trip.
B:Oh, I can't(5)w________ to take the boat ride.There is a(6)s________ that goes like“Guilin boasts the most beautiful scenery under Heaven”.
A:You are absolutely right.(7)S________ is believing.You will see it tomorrow.Ok, let's go to the Elephant Trunk Hill first.
B:Ok, Let's go.
A:Here we are.Look!That is Elephant Trunk Hill.You can see that between the trunk and the legs there is a moon-shaped cave.That is the eye of the elephant.On top of the hill(8)s________
a pagoda(塔)named Puxian Pagoda, built in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644).
B:Could you do me a(9)f________?I want to take a picture.
A:Sure……S-m-i-l-e!
B:Thank you so much.
A:You are(10)w________.Let's go to our next scenery Reed Flute Cave.
B:Hooray!
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CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.
Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial① rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive②, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.
“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented③ living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.
Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll④ in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.
“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.
Notes:
colonial adj. 殖民的
thrive v. 茁壮成长
documented adj. 备有证明文件的
atoll n. 环礁
Choose the best answers according to the above:
According to the passage, Addwaita ________.
A. was sent to India as a gift by British government
B. was sent to India by British sailors in 1767
C. lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India
D. belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time
By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ________.
A. 176 years old B. 100 years old C. 250 years old D. 200 years old
In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ________.
A. had been sent to hospital for treatment
B. had been playing with travelers
C. had been found not better than before
D. had stayed in his enclosure for days
What would be the best title for the passage?
A. An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India
B. A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250
C. A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita
D. The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died
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