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When it comes to animals in China, one iconic creature springs to mind: the black and white giant panda. This national animal is 【小题1】 (extreme) rare and protected by the Chinese government. In the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, also 【小题2】 (call) Chengdu Panda Base, you’ll be able to see these soft, clumsy (笨拙的) creatures carefully protected.

Chengdu Panda Base 【小题3】 (consider) as an important institution for panda research nowadays. Built in 1987 to care for rescued wild pandas, the open-air reserve is one of China’s most popular 【小题4】 (destination).It is remarkably successful at introducing new pandas into wild populations and mainly focuses 【小题5】 the conservation of pandas.

Try to visit in the morning 【小题6】 the pandas are most active. Feeding takes place around opening time at 8 am, although you’ll see them eating in the late afternoon, too. Pandas spend most of their afternoons 【小题7】 (sleep), particularly during the height of midsummer.

As well as living, breathing pandas, there are some 【小题8】 (amaze) panda information centers and museums explaining how【小题9】( protect) pandas from dying out. A visit to the base is a perfect learning opportunity for adults and children alike to get closer to 【小题10】 lovely creature.