Suppose （假定）every person on Earth ate only one kind of food. And maybe one year that food couldn’t　 1 . If that happened, man would soon　 2 .

　 Luckily, man doesn’t　 3　 that problem. But another animal may. The animal is the giant （巨大的）panda, one of the world’s most-loved animals.

　 Dr Thomas Soderstrom, a scientist, has　 4　 for the first time that the bamboo（竹子）the giant pandas eat is dying. As a result, many of the pandas are also dying of being　 5 . Scientists estimate （估计）that so far more than 140 giant pandas have died. This number may be　 6　 one-quarter of the world’s giant panda population. Between 400 and 1000 giant pandas are　 7　 to live in mountains.

　 Giant pandas were once more　 8　 all over many parts of Asia（亚洲）. Now they are only in small parts of China.

　 Can the wild pandas be　 9 ?

　 The scientists want to find out more about the animals’ food. They want to see whether the pandas are able to　 10　 their food while the bamboo is dying.

　 Chinese scientists are trying to raise（饲养）more pandas in zoos. The first baby panda was born in the Beijing Zoo in the fall of 1978.

（　 ）1. A. found　　 B. be found　　 C. founded　　 D. be founded

（　 ）2. A. break　　 B. live　　　　　 C. die　　　　　　　 D. lose

（　 ）3. A. want　　 B. work　　　　　 C. answer　　　 D. face

（　 ）4. A. found　　B. invented　　 C. known　　　 D. studied

（　 ）5. A. cold　　 B. tired　　　　　 C. hungry　　　 D. ill

（　 ）6. A. almost　 B. already　　 C. hardly　　　　 D. really

（　 ）7. A. thought　 B. believed　　 C. seen　　　　 D. said

（　 ）8. A. big　　　 B. liked　　　　　　 C. interesting D. common

（　 ）9. A. kept　　 B. saved　　　　　 C. made　　　　 D. taken

（　 ）10. A. have　　 B. catch　　　　　 C. change　　　D. get

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Time is very important in our lives. But it never had any importance in my life until I 　1　 a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任). It 　2　 me the importance of time in my life.
I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 　3　 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it 　4　 I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I 　5　 my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and 　6　 a taxi to my father’s house.
I　7　 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . My father looked at me angrily. I said “hi” to him and my 　8　 uncle. My father asked me to sit 　9　 him and handed me this watch which was a gift from 　10　. It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun 　11　 your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 　12　.” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something 　13　.”
I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and 　14　 be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its  15　, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

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Time is very important in our lives. But it never had any importance in my life until I 　1　 a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任). It 　2　 me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 　3　 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it 　4　 I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I 　5　 my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and 　6　 a taxi to my father’s house.

I　7　 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . My father looked at me angrily. I said “hi” to him and my 　8　 uncle. My father asked me to sit 　9　 him and handed me this watch which was a gift from 　10　. It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun 　11　 your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 　12　.” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something 　13　.”

I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and 　14　 be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its  15　, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1.                A．bought         B．received        C．borrowed     D．broke

2.                A．learned        B．found          C．sent　   D．told

3.                A．airport         B．school          C．hospital　 D．station

4.                A．when　        B．because　      C．if　  D．though

5.                A．saw            B．forgot          C．remembered　 D．took

6.                A．had            B．driven          C．invited　 D．taken

7.                A．visited 　       B．reminded       C．reached　 D．left

8.                A．surprised　     B．tired           C．nervous　 D．lonely

9.                A．next to         B．around　       C．behind　 D．away from

10.               A．us             B．him            C．them　   D．you

11.               A．of             B．for            C．with　    D．about

12.               A．words　        B．actions         C．play　 D．fun

13.               A．important　     B．interesting      C．expensive D．wonderful

14.               A．never　        B．usually         C．sometimes　   D．often

15.               A．look　         B．price          C．size  D．weight