五、短文填空(本题共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
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It's usually sad to hear something is downgraded(降级). But when the International Union for Conservation of Nature(世界自然保护联盟) downgraded the giant panda on its Red List in 2016, the whole world was 56. h
. The Red List records the world's species(物种) 57. a
points out which ones are going extinct(灭绝). Since the 1990s, the giant panda has been in danger. Now its extinction 58. r
has been downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable (易危的)". Researchers believe there are now nearly 2,000 giant pandas 59. l
in the wild of China. The 60. n
was about 1,600 in 2003 and about 1,100 in the 1980s.
The increase in the panda population is great because China does its best to 61. s
the cute animals. Since 1958, China has built 67 nature reserves for pandas. There they are safe from danger and can enjoy enough fresh 62. b
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China has also welcomed other foreign organizations that wish to study pandas. The first such visit was in 1979 by the World Wide Fund for Nature(世界自然基金会). Its world-famous logo made the animal 63. p
all over the world. China also loans pandas to other 64. c
as special ambassadors (大使). These countries 65. p
money and the money can help China to protect pandas better.
"The recovery of the panda shows that when science, politics and local communities come together, we can save wildlife," said Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF.
