Question

The giant panda loves bamboo. An adult panda requires 12.5 kilograms of bamboo, which it 1.(hungry) pulls out with its powerful paws, to satisfy its daily needs. Wild pandas live only in the high bamboo forests of Central China. These mountain forests are cool and wet--just as pandas like it. In the summer, they may climb as high as 4000 meters to help themselves to bamboo 2.(grow) at higher altitudes. Frequently, pandas 3.(see) eating in a relaxed sitting position, with their back legs stretched out before them. 4. they may appear inactive, they are in fact skilled tree-climbers and efficient swimmers.

Giant pandas are unsociable. They have a highly developed sense of smell that males use 5.(avoid) each other and to find females for mating in the spring. After a five-month pregnancy, a female gives birth 6. a cub. The blind baby pandas weigh only 142 grams and cannot crawl(爬行) 7. they reach three months of age.8. are born white, and develop their much loved coloring later.

There are only about 1000 giant pandas left in 9. wild, with perhaps another 100 in zoos. Because they are so rare, much of 10. we know about pandas comes from studying these zoo animals.

Answer

1.hungrily

2.growing

3.are seen

4.Although/Though

5.to avoid

6.to

7.until

8.They

9.The

10.what

【解析】这篇文章介绍了稀有动物大熊猫的生活习性。

1.用副词修饰动词。

2.“竹子”和“生长”之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词作定语。

3.“大熊猫”和“看到”之间是被动关系，所以用被动语态。

4.句意：尽管它们看起来不活泼，但是事实上，它们是非常擅长爬树和游泳的。所以填Although/Though。

5.表示目的“为了避开彼此”，所以填to avoid。

6.give birth to是固定用法，意思是生下。

7.句意：大熊猫宝宝直到三个月大时才会爬行。所以填until。

8.句意：它们出生时是白色的。所以填they。

9.In the wild是固定用法，意思是野生的。

10.这里含有一个主语从句，引导词在从句中作宾语，所以填what。