“I’m old in age, but young in mind. The zoo is my lifetime’s happiness.” Despite 【小题1】 (variety) difficulties, for 33 years, 【小题2】 82-year-old Chinese man called LuoYingjiu has been running by himself a small zoo in Enshi, Hubei province.

At the one-man Fenghuang Mountain Zoo, Luo serves 【小题3】 director, cleaner, breeder, vet and conductor. Most of the animals of the zoo are old and weak, many of 【小题4】 were saved by Luo. The zoo’s lion, tiger and python passed away years ago, 【小题5】 (leave) only a bear, some peacocks, a troop of monkeys, 【小题6】 about 20 dogs.

A ticket only costs 10 yuan ( $1.5) per person, and it’s free for children. But the zoo’s appeal to locals is fading. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the number of visitors 【小题7】 (drop) to just several people a day.

While the world changes 【小题8】(gradual), the zoo remains much the same, and so does Luo’s love for the animals. “Many people tell me to rest at this old age, but my wish is 【小题9】 (maintain) the zoo with all my heart until my last day. Since I’ve shouldered the 【小题10】 (responsible), I shall never quit halfway,” says the former soldier in the local dialect.

Tibetan antelopes live on the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai. They are being hunted 【小题1】 (legal) for their valuable fur. In order to save them from 【小题2】(die) out, our government took a series of effective measures.【小题3】 the Tibetan antelope has been removed from the endangered species list, our government won’t stop the protection program.

Dinosaurs【小题1】(die) out because of an unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just 【小题2】humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for furs【小题3】(make) carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves. Grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.