28.04 New Hometask

READING
Time: 30 minutes
Points: 15
Task 1 Questions 1-9
Read the article about panda babies and answer the questions that follow the text. An example (0)
has been done for you.
Panda Babies Offer Hope
It’s been a great summer for panda fans.
Eight baby pandas were born in China in
early August—hopeful news for a species
threatened with extinction.
In the first two weeks of August
2000, four panda mothers at China's
Wolong Panda Reserve produced a total
of six tiny panda babies. During the same
time, a panda named Lele at the Beijing
Zoo had twins. No one knows how many
pandas might have been born in the wild.
Baby pandas are amazingly small.
Each cub weighs only about 3½ ounces
(100 grams) at birth. No other mammal
gives birth to a baby so much smaller than
the adult of its species.
A panda mother must carry her baby
around very gently and take care of it until
it is big enough to move around on its
own. Pandas are known for being very
careful and protective mothers. With such
tiny babies, they have to be!
Newborn pandas cry for milk about
every two hours. Between feedings, a
panda mother will rarely put her baby
down. When sitting, the mother holds the
tiny creature in her paw. When she is on
the move, she carries the baby gently in
her mouth. Panda cubs can walk on their
own when they are about three months
old.
Between the ages of 12 months and
18 months, a panda cub will gain nearly
100 pounds and grow the strong teeth it
needs to eat bamboo. When a panda is
about 18 months old, it is ready to be on
its own. At this time it will leave its
mother to make a home for itself alone.
Pandas spend most of their time
alone. They really don't have much time to
socialise, because in the wild these slowmoving
animals spend about 14 hours a
day eating bamboo.
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1. When were the panda babies born? 1. 1…..
2. How large are panda babies when
born?
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3. What are panda mothers like? 3. 3…..
4. How often do newborn pandas eat? 4. 4….
5. How does the panda mother carry her
baby?
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6. When do panda babies start to walk? 6. 6….
7. Why do pandas need strong teeth? 7. 7….
8. When do pandas start to live on their
own?
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9. Why have pandas little time to
socialise?
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