Spotlight on Exams

Spotlight on Exams

By Сайыына Дьяконова

​​Do you know about Giant pandas?

​Do you know about Siberian Tiger?

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​The Giant Panda

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Multiple Choice

Xiang Xiang was the first panda...

• not born in the wild

• released after 40 years in captivity

• that lived in the forest

• born in captivity, then released into the wild

​The giant panda is an extremely rare animal found mainly in the southwest China. The giant panda can weigh from 75 to 150 kg.​

The head and body of the panda is mostly white with the exception of its ears, eye patches, nose, shoulders, arms, and legs.

​The giant pandas eyes are very small and its eyesight is poor. Its large wrists allow it to grip bamboo stems.​

They have very strong jaws and large teeth that are used to crush the tough bamboo stems.

​Pandas are very good climbers and use their skill to escape predators. They are also able to move quickly and silently allowing them to evade predators through bamboo thickets. Giant pandas eat mostly bamboo leaves and shoots. But they can also eat fruit and berries, fungi, grass, and even small mammals, birds and fish. Pandas live alone most of their lives, only coming together when it is time to mate. Females give birth to cubs that are hairless and blind and weigh only 100g. Cubs depend on their mothers for about 18 months, and then it is time to find and establish its own territory.

They use their scent glands beneath their tails for marking territory.

The giant panda is only found in central and western China, and only 1000 to 2000 remain in the wild.

Causes of their decline include destruction of habitat and poaching.

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Multiple Choice

The radio collar...

• tells scientists where Xiang Xiang is

• plays music.

• makes Xiang bark.

• takes photos.

Multiple Choice

Scientists at Wolong Nature Reserve will...

• reduce panda numbers

• release a certain number of pandas

• move pandas out of the ares

• take more pandas into captivity

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can you not find the Panda Centre?

• over 100 pandas

• open spaces

• bamboo

• wild pandas

Multiple Choice

The greatest danger to pandas is...

• the Chinese government

• farming

• decreasing habitats

• conservationalists

Multiple Choice

The Chengdu Research Base...

• is a natural environment for pandas

• has 28 safe ares for pandas

• only has 6 pandas

• has a lot more pandas than when it was first opened

Multiple Choice

It is most important to...

• find more pandas

• release pandas into the wild

• protect panda habitats

• stop keeping pandas in captivity

​Siberian Tiger

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Multiple Choice

1

• grow

• reach

• expand

• develop

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2

• does

• makes

• causes

• creates

Multiple Choice

3

• due

• because

• since

• as

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4

• alone

• solo

• lonely

• one

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5

• feeling

• sense

• taste

• nose

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6

• on

• with

• across

• in

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7

• still

• much

• just

• even