The panda's face looks like a cat's, but its fat body and short tails look like a bear's. S 1 people call this animal “bearcat”. But scientists call it “cat-bear”. The panda is v 2 lovely（可爱的）.

　　The panda is an unusual animal in China. The southwest of China's Sichuan Province and south of Gansu Province are its h 3 . Pandas like most to climb trees. They live in the thick forest of high mountains there, eating bamboo shoots（竹笋）and drinking spring water. In the past, pandas were killed at will. Some people used panda's fur（毛皮）to sleep on or to make fur coats. So they b 4 fewer and fewer.

　　Today our government made a law（法律）to protect unusual animals. In the places where pandas live, hunting（打猎）is not a 5 . Experts are sent there to do panda protection work and now pandas are not a 6 of seeing people. They often go to farmers' houses to eat their food and then walk slowly to their mountains.

根据所给句子意思，填出单词中所缺字母。

Mary made a f _ _ Chinese friends when she was in China .