Suppose every person on earth ate only one kind of food and in one year that food disappeared.If that happened，all humans would soon （1）

B

B

too.
   Luckily，humans don't （2）

A

A

the problem.However，the giant panda，one of the world's most lovely animals，may.
   It has been discovered that the bamboo plants the giant pandas eat are dying.As a result，many of the pandas are dying of（3）

D

D

.In the wild，the giant panda eats only two kinds of bamboo plants.One is the umbrella bamboo，the other is the fountain bamboo.Both kinds can live 100 years.In its hundredth year the bamboo plant blooms，has seeds and（4）

C

C

.
   Last year the umbrella and the fountain bamboo that grow in China became 100 years old.Now almost all of these bamboo plants are （5）

C

C

.Young shoots now grow from the seeds.However，it will be many months before the shoots are（6）

B

B

enough to be eaten as food by the pandas.So the large black and white animals continue to live.
   Can the wild pandas be （7）

D

D

？A group of scientists studied the pandas in their native habitat.They especially wanted to （8）

C

C

more about the animals' food.They wanted to see if the pandas are able to change to other foods while the two kinds of bamboo are growing.
   The Chinese （9）

B

B

recognizes the worldwide care about the giant pandas and has taken action to save the animals.Large areas of the giant pandas habitat have been set up as wildlife preserves （保护区） so that the pandas can live there（10）

A

A

.At the same time，Chinese scientists are trying to increase the number of giant pandas by raising some of the animals in zoos.

（1）	A．appear	B．disappear	C．survive	D．discover
（2）	A．face	B．solve	C．consider	D．answer
（3）	A．illnesses	B．cold	C．pain	D．hunger
（4）	A．grows	B．lives	C．dies	D．changes
（5）	A．alive	B．dull	C．dead	D．lively
（6）	A．young	B．large	C．small	D．heavy
（7）	A．changed	B．found	C．seen	D．saved
（8）	A．look out	B．put out	C．find out	D．come out
（9）	A．school	B．government	C．office	D．library
（10）	A．freely	B．luckily	C．quietly	D．angrily