Many people like pandas very much. They are very _______. Most of them live in Sichuan, _______. They _______white hair, but their shoulders, legs, ears and eyes are _______. Pandas are usually heavy, but they can climb trees like _______ animals.

Pandas’ favorite food is bamboo _______. It takes pandas a lot of time to have food every day. When pandas are full, they like _______. They relax many hours every day.

However, there are _______ pandas in the world today. _______ some people cut down too many bamboo trees and pandas cannot find enough food.

I think we must ________ them.

Jessica Brown is a middle school student. She is a great ________ lover. She keeps a little dog at home and its ________ is Bobo. She likes the dog and often ________ with it in the park.

This morning, Jessica is really ________ because she is going to a zoo with Bobo by bus. She likes having ________ to different zoos and taking photos of different animals.

“________, Bobo! We can meet new friends today!” Bobo comes to Jessica, running here and there. They get off the bus ________ and go to the zoo. There are all kinds of animals in the zoo, such as giraffes and elephants. Jessica likes the ________ pandas best. They are so lovely(可爱的). ________ are the pandas doing? Some pandas are sleeping, some are ________ bamboo and some are even waving(挥手) their hands. Jessica and Bobo stay there for 3 hours and have a good time. What a nice day!

A black cat crossed your path? It might be your lucky day! Cat lovers know that kitty can bring good things like comfort and companionship. Meet four kitties to _______ cats are dramatic animals!

Top of the class

One morning when the school bell rang, 33 students and one lost cat ran into a classroom. The kids started playing with him immediately. The kitten did not want to leave, and the students did not want him to go. So the cat, named Tombi was given a _______ checkup to make sure he would be safe to have in the school. Now officially the class cat, Tombi sleeps through classes on that bookshelf and then plays with the kids during breaks. This kitten is a real class cat!

Spaced out

The fur really flew on October 18, when Felicette became the first cat in space. The French cat rocketed toward the stars to help researchers learn whether animals could _______ from the space travel. After soaring more than one hundred miles above Earth, the high-flying cat _______ returned home the same day. We bet she was seeing stars.

Guide cat

Terfel was losing his eyesight. Nervous of hurting himself, the dog mostly kept to his basket. But then a missing cat—Pwditat, wandered into the house and walked right up to Terfel. As if he sensed Terfel was blind, the cat _______ the dog into the garden as a guide. After that, Pwditat became part of the family. Pwditat helped Terfel get around the house. Who says cats and dogs can’t be friends?

Cat detective

A cat named Snowball helped to solve a crime—a serious one. When police found white cat hairs sticking to a jacket with blood on it, they took hard look at the Snowball and DNA in his hair. Since every individual’s DNA is unique, scientists were able to show the hairs were Snowball’s. That way, police could _______ the jacket and the crime to Snowball’s owner. It was the first time cat DNA had been used to find a criminal.