阅读理解

　　Suppose every person on earth ate only one kind of food. And in one year that food disappeared. 1 that happened, all humans would soon disappear, too.

　　Luckily, humans 2 face the problem. However, another creature (生物) may. The animal is the giant panda, one of the world's most __3__ animals.

　　It has been discovered that the bamboo plants the giant pandas eat are dying. As a result, many of the pandas are dying of 4 . In the wild, the giant panda eats only two kinds of bamboo plants. One is the umbrella bamboo; 5 is the fountain bamboo. 6 kinds can live 100 years. In its 7 year the bamboo plant blooms, has seeds and dies.

　　Last year the umbrella and the fountain 8 9 grow in China became 100 years old. The plant grows from seeds formed in the late 1870's. Now almost all of these bamboo plants are dead. Young shoots now grow from the seeds. However, it will be many months before the shoots are large enough to be eaten as food by the pandas. So the large black and white animals continue 10 .

　　Can the wild pandas be 11 ? A group of American scientists went to China 12 the pandas in their native habitat. The studies took place in the. areas of Sichuan Province in south-west China. The scientists especially wanted to find out 13 about the animals' food. They wanted to see 14 the pandas are able to change to other foods 15 the two kinds of bamboo are growing.

　　The Chinese government recognizes the worldwide concern about the giant pandas and 16 steps to save the animals. Large areas of the giant pandas habitat have been set 17 as wildlife preserves 18 the pandas can live freely. At the same time, Chinese scientists are trying to increase 19 number of giant pandas 20 some of the animals in zoos. The first baby panda was born in Beijing Zoo in the autumn of 1978.

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阅读理解

　　Suppose every person on earth ate only one kind of food. And in one year that food disappeared. 1 that happened, all humans would soon disappear, too.

　　Luckily, humans 2 face the problem. However, another creature (生物) may. The animal is the giant panda, one of the world's most __3__ animals.

　　It has been discovered that the bamboo plants the giant pandas eat are dying. As a result, many of the pandas are dying of 4 . In the wild, the giant panda eats only two kinds of bamboo plants. One is the umbrella bamboo; 5 is the fountain bamboo. 6 kinds can live 100 years. In its 7 year the bamboo plant blooms, has seeds and dies.

　　Last year the umbrella and the fountain 8 9 grow in China became 100 years old. The plant grows from seeds formed in the late 1870's. Now almost all of these bamboo plants are dead. Young shoots now grow from the seeds. However, it will be many months before the shoots are large enough to be eaten as food by the pandas. So the large black and white animals continue 10 .

　　Can the wild pandas be 11 ? A group of American scientists went to China 12 the pandas in their native habitat. The studies took place in the. areas of Sichuan Province in south-west China. The scientists especially wanted to find out 13 about the animals' food. They wanted to see 14 the pandas are able to change to other foods 15 the two kinds of bamboo are growing.

　　The Chinese government recognizes the worldwide concern about the giant pandas and 16 steps to save the animals. Large areas of the giant pandas habitat have been set 17 as wildlife preserves 18 the pandas can live freely. At the same time, Chinese scientists are trying to increase 19 number of giant pandas 20 some of the animals in zoos. The first baby panda was born in Beijing Zoo in the autumn of 1978.

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B. to die

C. becoming weak

D. to be dead

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