Giant Pandas via ReadWorks

According to the passage, what helps pandas eat bamboo? 

• A. sharp teeth
• B. long arms and legs
• C. a tail that can wrap around the stalks
• D. a special thumb 

What is the purpose of the first paragraph in this passage?

• A. to introduce the reader to giant pandas by describing one
• B. to prove to the reader that giant pandas are in danger of dying out
• C. to explain why bamboo is so important to giant pandas
• D. to argue that giant pandas actually belong to the raccoon family 

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3. In the mid-1980s, researchers determined there were only 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild. In 2004, the giant panda population reached 1,600. Based on the text, what is one thing that may have caused this increase?

•  A. decrease in the population of China
• B. increase in the population of China
• C. increased logging in the bamboo forests of western China 
• D. the Chinese government's ban on logging

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4. Read the following sentences: "Giant pandas live in bamboo forests, high in the mountains in the western part of China. This is their habitat." In the passage, the word habitat means

• A. mountains in western China
• B. an activity or behavior done over and over 
• C. an animal's natural home
• D. daily life 

5. The main purpose of this passage is to

•  A. convince people that they should take action to protect giant pandas
• B. describe giant pandas and the dangers facing them
• C. list the reasons that giant pandas have become an endangered species 
• D. show that giant pandas and black bears are closely related 

A lot of the bamboo forests where giant pandas lived had been wiped out by logging. ___________, the giant panda population decreased. 

• A. However 
• B. As a result 
• C. Although 
• D. In contrast

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