Chinese Beloved Animals

 

For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

 

The giant panda is a beloved animal in China. It is regarded [like/*as/to/that] ... a national [fortune/value/prize/*treasure] ... . It is found mostly in southwestern China in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. The giant panda is part of the bear family. It has a white coat with black trimmings around its eyes and on its ears, arms, and legs. Adult pandas can be 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and weigh [down/off/on/*up] ... to 330 pounds (150 kilograms). The giant panda leads a [alone/friendless/*solitary/unsociable] ... life, except during the mating season. 

It lives in bamboo forests [on/at/under/*in] ... the mountains. It can climb trees but lives mainly on the ground. [But/*Unlike/Owing/Unlikely] ... most bears, the giant panda does not hibernate. It moves to low-lying areas during the winter in search [*of/to/for/with] ... warmer temperatures. The giant panda has a mainly ([vegetable/vegetation/*vegetarian/vegetate] ... diet, eating mostly bamboo shoots and leaves. It also eats insects and small rodents. Giant panda breeding groups are small and isolated from one another.

 

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