The giant panda Hua Hua attracted 264,000 visitors to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, 【小题1】 was the second most popular tourist destination in China during the May Day holidays, according to local media reports.

He Hua (nicknamed Hua Hua) 【小题2】 (be) three years old soon and has won the hearts of Chinese people due 【小题3】 her gentle temperament(性格) and her rare inability to climb trees. She is also 【小题4】 (difference) from other giant pandas because of her white fur, rather than the more common beige(米色的) color, and her slightly fat and cute appearance, 【小题5】 (make) her highly recognizable.

Hua Hua increased ticket sales, with all 180,000 tickets 【小题6】 (sell) out for the first three days of this year’s May Day holidays. There were so many fans 【小题7】 the park had to set Hua Hua’s viewing time limit to only three minutes. “We made this trip 【小题8】(special) for Hua Hua,” said a tourist. “We plan to stay at the base all day just to see 【小题9】 giant pandas and we plan to continue coming here even tomorrow,” he added.

Panda-related souvenirs such as headbands, dolls, school bags and decorative rings in 【小题10】 (store) at the base and in other parts of Chengdu have become popular.

Many have heard of shark’s fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is 【小题1】 (especial) popular in southern China. 【小题2】 do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark’s fin soup? When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into 【小题3】 ocean. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and slowly dies.

This method is not only cruel, but also 【小题4】 (harm) to the environment. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the【小题5】 (strong) in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks 【小题6】 (catch) and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks 【小题7】 (fall) by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.

Environmental protection 【小题8】 (group) around the world, such as Wild-Aid and the WWF, have asked governments to develop laws 【小题9】 (stop) the sale of shark’s fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark’s fins are good 【小题10】 health, so why eat them? Help save the sharks!

A small town in New Zealand has announced a(n) 【小题1】 (usual) plan to ban domestic cats in order to protect native wildlife.

Those who currently own cats will not be forced to give them 【小题2】, according to the plan. However, after their cats pass away, they will not be allowed 【小题3】 (get) another one. The cats will need to have microchips (芯片) put just below the surface of 【小题4】 skins so that they can 【小题5】 (find) at any time.

Village 【小题6】 (official) say the plan is needed because domestic cats 【小题7】 (attack) wild animals in the area. Because of this, the area’s native wildlife is 【小题8】 (rapid) disappearing.

New Zealand has listed 150 animal species as being seriously endangered and in need of 【小题9】 (protect). These animals include a kind of ant 【小题10】 only lives under one kind of rock, and a kind of lizard (蜥蜴) that only lives in a certain area.