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Reading Comprehension

Here is some information about pandas. Read the information and the statements below and circle T if the statement is true, F if the statement is false or U (unstated) if there is no such information in the text.

So rare is the giant panda that today there are thought to be only about 1000 individuals in the entire world. It is listed as an endangered species and has been seen in the wild only in the mountains of central China and eastern Tibet.        (1 вопрос)

The name panda applies to either of two East Asian animals. Although they are sometimes considered to be relative, the giant panda is generally classified as a bear, and the lesser panda, also called the red, or common panda, is placed in the raccoon family. (2 вопрос)

The giant panda is about 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) long from the tip of its nose to its rump, and it has a stubby tail. Adults weigh about 165 to 350 pounds (75 to 160 kilograms). They have a thick, woolly, white coat with black fur on the legs and ears. The animals are distinguished by black eye patches and a black band across the shoulders.

Giant pandas usually live alone in bamboo forests. They are mainly ground dwellers, using hollow trees, or rock crevices for shelter, but they can climb the trees as well. The giant panda feeds chiefly on bamboo shoots and roots, grasping the slender stems with the aid of a special tomblike structure on its front feet. They sometimes eat small animals. (4 вопрос)

            Giant pandas are popular zoo animals, but they are extremely difficult to breed. (5 вопрос) In 1980 there were about 40 in captivity in China and about 13 in other countries. Su-Lin, first of the very few giant pandas to be exhibited in the West, reached the United States as an infant in 1936 and was a popular attraction at the Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago, III., until his death in 1938. In April 1972 the Chinese government sent two others, a male and a female, to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. (6 вопрос: не аттракцион в Чикаго, а Су-Лин был тем, что привлекало внимание в зоопарке; 7 вопрос – не ясно отчего он умер)

            The lesser panda is found in China, Myanmar, Sikkim, and Nepal in high mountain forests and bamboo thickets. Because of its unusual catlike appearance, it is sometimes called a bear cat, or cat bear. The long, soft coat hairs are rusty red to dark chestnut. The face and ears are mostly white, but the backs of the ears are reddish brown.

The pandas travel in pairs or small family groups. Lesser pandas are known for their generally mild disposition. During the day this panda sleeps curled up in a tree with tail over its head or sitting on a limb with its head tucked under its chest and between its forelegs. It feeds at night, eating bamboo sprouts, grasses, fruits, other plant material, and, occasionally, small animals.            (8 вопрос) (10 вопрос- нет описания как спят гигантские панды, поэтому нельзя сравнить)

1) The giant panda should be protected.          T

2) Two pandas are of different families.            T

3) Red pandas live together with raccoons.                  F

4) Giant pandas live in the holes in the ground.             F

5) It is not easy to grow pandas in the zoo.                  T

6) There is special panda attraction in Chicago.            F

7) Su-Lin died in the zoo, because of his illness.           U

8) Pandas are night animals.                                        T

9) Some pandas look like raccoons, others have unusual catlike appearance. F (Giant pandas don't look like racoons)

10) Giant pandas and lesser pandas sleep in a different way. U

Writing

Fill in the gaps in the letter of application with the suitable phrases from the box. There are extra ones.

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