Many teenagers in Taiwan are anxiously counting down the days to the arrival of two giant pandas from the other side of the Straits (海峡). ___61____ A group of 17 animal experts came to Wolong Nature Reserve (卧龙自然保护区) in Sichuan Province. __62______ 　　 "I cannot wait any longer to see the lovely animals. I've seen them many times on TV. Maybe I will even feed them bamboo shoots with my own hands! Isn't that exciting?" said Lin Heqian, a Senior 1 student from Private Chung-hsin School (私立忠信学校) in Taiwan. Chen Runsheng is the secretary-general of the China Wildlife Protection Association. He told the experts that it is a long-term wish of the mainland to be able to present a panda to the people of Taiwan. 　　　 Mainland pandas' resettlement (重新安置) and growth in Taiwan will surely bring the people happiness and fun, Chen added.____63______ Several zoos are still fighting to become the new home of the two pandas in Taiwan. ____64_______ Taipei Zoo is talking about building them a home there. The mainland announced its presentation of a pair of pandas to the island in May. But it seems that teenagers in Taiwan will still have to wait for half a year. That is because the new enclosure (围栏) for giant pandas in Taipei Zoo will not be finished until the end of this year, according to Chen Baozhong, president of the zoo.___65______ A. The selection of giant pandas to be sent to Taiwan started at the end of August at the Wolong 　Nature 　　Reserve. B. If everything else goes smoothly (顺利地), the pandas will be on the island next March. C. It seems the slow-moving animal will finally be coming their way. D. They picked their ideal animals and learned more about artificial breeding (人工繁殖), disease prevention and daily care last week. E. And the panda's home has not yet been picked. F. The Taiwan government hasn't decided whether it will accept the pandas.

"Sai Sai", my favorite dog, was murdered on November 25th, 2005. Here I use the word "murder" without hesitation, because I know the killers were my ____31___members. Though the dog was not as strong and beautiful as others, she accompanied my childhood and I loved her."Sai Sai" was killed because she _32___ my neighbor. Dad was so angry that he decided to kill her. I was unable to stop my father and I dared not ___33____ at that moment. 　　 But I can imagine how ___34____ and painful she was when she was struggling between life and death. She __35____ have been calling me for help. __36____ , I could do nothing but cry.Her death was caused by a bite, but has every one of my family thought why she went out of her way to bite people that day? The neighbor was a new person with whom Sai Sai was not familiar. She bit him to keep her owner ___37____ . Should we end her life because of her mistake ? 　　 Human beings sometimes are selfish and ___38___ to animals. When the animal is useful, they __39____ to be kind. But once the animal makes them angry or becomes useless, people desert it, alongside all sweet memories about it. How terrible! How I wish God had told me the end of her life ___40____ . Even if there was only one day, I would have taken a day off to relax with her in the field. I'd untie the line around her neck and let her run free until she was tired enough to go to sleep near my feet……

31. A. family　　 　　B. team 　　　　　C. human 　　　　　D. class 32. A. liked 　　　　B. hated 　　　　　C. barked　　　 　　D. bit 33. A. look on 　　　B. look up 　　　　C. look through 　　D. look back 34. A. disappointed 　B. hopeful 　　　　C. hopeless 　　　　D. separated 35. A. should　　　 　B. must 　　　　　C. could 　　　　　　D. might 36. A. Instead 　　　B. Though 　　　　C. However 　　　　D. Then 37. A. protection 　　B. safe 　　　　　　C. away 　　　　　　D. informed 38. A. cruel 　　　　B. kind 　　　　　　C. painful　　　　 　D. hard 39. A. determine 　　B. appear 　　　　　C. continue 　　　　D. try 40. A. before 　　　　B. in time 　　　　　C. on time 　　　　D. in advance

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55. ______ deep down in the earth, the dead forests rotted away and became coal.

　 A. Buried　　 B. burying　　 C. To　　　　 　D. Being buried

54. The old hostess stood _______ for a moment when she saw a beggar appear before her suddenly.

A. surprising B. to surprise　 C. surprised　　 D. having surprised