旅美熊猫“宝宝”返乡
旅美熊猫“宝宝”返乡

After a flight lasting almost 17 hours, an aircraft that left from Washington in the US with panda Bao Bao on board landed safely at Chengdu airport, in Southwestern China's Sichuan Province, at 6:59 pm local time on Wednesday.
Bao Bao, a 3-and-a-half-year-old female giant panda that had lived at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, left the United States on Tuesday afternoon.
The 200-pound animal will spend one month in quarantine(隔离) in a 100 square meter "apartment" for the returning overseas pandas in the Dujiangyan Panda Base. There she will be greeted by her new keepers from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda and get used to the accents of her new keepers and the local food.
She may have the chance to meet her brother for the first time—12-year-old Tai Shan, who returned to China from the US in 2010. Both are the offsprings(后代) of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. The parents still lived at the zoo in Washington.
It is not yet known whether Bao Bao will continue to live at the Dujiangyan center after her quarantine is over. She will join the giant panda breeding program after she reaches the age at which pandas mate—between 5 and 6 years old.
Bao Bao was born on Aug. 23, 2013. At her naming ceremony when she turned 100 days old, China’s first lady Peng Liyuan gave her the name Bao Bao, meaning “the precious treasure”. Peng Liyuan and the US first lady Michelle Obama sent video greetings too on that day.  

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1.Bao Bao started her flight journey from _______.

A Washington US

B Chengdu airport

C Dujiangyan Panda Base

D Smithsonian's National Zoo

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句After a flight lasting almost 17 hours, an aircraft that left from Washington in the US with panda Bao Bao on board landed safely at Chengdu airport…可知宝宝是从美国华盛顿起飞的，故选A。

2.Bao Bao should live in ______ after she arrived.

A the National Zoo

B Dujiangyan Panda Base

C the quarantine apartment

D the China Conservation and Research Center

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句The 200-pound animal will spend one month in quarantine in a 100 square meter "apartment" for the returning overseas pandas in the Dujiangyan Panda Base.可知宝宝到达中国后应先住在隔离公寓里面，故选C。

3.Who is Tai Shan?

A A male panda.

B Bao Bao’s brother.

C The son of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian.

D All of the above.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第四段前面两句She may have the chance to meet her brother for the first time—12-year-old Tai Shan, who returned to China from the US in 2010. Both are the offsprings of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian.可知泰山是宝宝的哥哥，今年12岁，是一只雄性大熊猫，是美香和添添的孩子，故选D。

4.When could Bao Bao join the breeding program?

A In 2013.

B In 2016.

C In 2017.

D In 2019.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第五段It is not yet known whether Bao Bao will continue to live at the Dujiangyan center after her quarantine is over. She will join the giant panda breeding program after she reaches the age at which pandas mate - between 5 and 6 years old.和第六段第一句Bao Bao was born on Aug. 23, 2013.可知宝宝要在五六岁开始繁殖，她是2013年8月生的，因此在2018年8月以后可以开始繁殖，故选D。

5.What does Bao Bao mean?

A Chinese treasure.

B A valuable animal.

C The precious treasure.

D Daughter of the US and China.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句At her naming ceremony when she turned 100 days old, China’s first lady Peng Liyuan gave her the name Bao Bao, meaning “the precious treasure”.可知宝宝的意思是“珍贵的财富”，故选C。