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A “Panda Express” plane carrying Mei Lan, three, and Tai Shan, four, landed in Chengdu, where the 36 will join China’s panda – breeding programme.
The pandas were 37 while the two sets of parents were borrowed from China to US zoos. Lent pandas and their young babies must eventually 38 to China.
They both will experience a period of 39 to help themselves deal with the change of language and 40 . Zoo – keepers have advertised for an English – Chinese 41 to teach Mei Lan the Sichuan dialect so that she can understand basic 42 . In Chengdu, mei Lan, from Zoo Atlanta, and Tai Shan, a male from Washington, will have their high – fibre US diet 43 with steamed bread and bamboo shoots.
Since the days of the Cold War China has 44 lent pandas as goodwill gestures, giving rise to the term “panda diplomacy (外交)”. Tai Shan’s 45 will remain at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington and, 46 , will return to China at the end of their 10 – year loan.
Animal keeper Nicole Meese, who held Tai Shan as a baby, traveled with the animals on the “Panda Express” to China. “Mei Lan was a little 47 , but basically they were both OK,” she said. “I’m going to 48 him terribly.”
She has 49 Tai Shan to understand 50 and prepared a booklet of hand signals to help his new 51 at the Bifengzia Breeding Base in Ya’an, Sichuan.
She was the first baby panda born at Zoo Atlanta, bringing thousands more 52 to the zoo and to its webcam online. And she is expected to stay a media 53 in China: people are being asked to 54 potential mates (配偶) via a website. Superman Kobe and Young Yong, or Doubly Brave, are among the 55 . Experts will also add to more into the choice.
36．A．hosts B．guests C．couple D．pair
37．A．exchanged B．purchased C．born D．raised
38．A．return B．reflect C．appeal D．explain
39．A．recovery B．adjustment C．hardships D．growth
40．A．creature clock B．climate C．character D．food
41．A．school B．dictionary C．interpreter D．teacher
42．A．attitudes B．mands C．conditions D．knowledge
43．A．replaced B．recycled C．pared D．bined
44．A．offered B．created C．displayed D．borrowed
45．A．roommates B．acquaintances C．keepers D．parents
46．A．otherwise B．therefore C．too D．anyway
47．A．curious B．lonely C．desperate D．nervous
48．A．mourn B．tolerate C．miss D．pity
49．A．guaranteed B．trained C．expected D．advised
50．A．gestures B．movements C．functions D．pictures
51．A．colleagues B．keepers C．researchers D．owners
52．A．pandas B．visitors C．reporters D．dollars
53．A．problem B．phenomenon C．task D．star
54．A．suggest B．select C．match D．accuse
55．A．electors B．partners C．candidates D．Employers36—40 DCABD 41—45 CBAAD 46—50 CDCBA 51—55 BBDAC
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