The giant panda {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (care) mother. For 25 days, she never left her baby, not even to find something {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract dangerous {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (animal) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does.  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda {#blank#}7{#/blank#} more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and learned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (drive) the young panda away . It was time for her to have a new baby, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it was also time for the young panda to be independent.

    I came across an interesting story when I visited my cousin in Henan Province,China.My cousin grew up next door to a girl{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Li Shichun.The "Chun" part of Li Shichun stands for spring.That's when she was born.But that's not all.She is also named{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a Sui Dynasty engineer,Li Chun.Her father thought him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(admire) because he built bridges you can really count on.But her mother wouldn't like her daughter{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(have) that name because she thought that{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(sound)too much like a boy's name.She was worried that her daughter would have to put up with too much teasing with{#blank#}6{#/blank#}man's name.So they figured out a way to change it.They added "Shi" from her grandmother's name.Well,that was lucky because she looks like her grandmother anyway.Li Shichun{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(eventual) went to university{#blank#}8{#/blank#}she studied medicine.However,she didn't like it so she changed her studies and ended up{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (become) an engineer!She became quite famous when she invented a new way of holding up suspension{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(bridge) during the building process.

The Truth about Whisky

    Whisky is probably {#blank#}1{#/blank#} most famous product of Scotland. Whisky making provides work {#blank#}2{#/blank#} several thousand people in the Scottish Highlands and islands, and whisky is Scotland's biggest goods {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (sell) to every corner of the world.

    The qualities of whisky come from the water which {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) to make it the rich "peaty"(多泥炭的) water of Scotland. When whisky is first made, it is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (actual) clear, not brown in colour. The colour comes from the wooden {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (container) in which the whisky is stored for several years to allow it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mature) from a little added sugar.

    For many years, whisky has been one of the most popular drinks all over the world, and Scotland {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (produce) more and more of it so far. But whisky sales have not increased as fast, so there are now large reserves of whisky in Scotland, especially the better and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (much) expensive whisky. So a lot of the whisky sold today was made several years ago when people thought that whisky would get more and more popular. That is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, today, a lot of the whisky in the shops is marked with "Ten years old", or even "Fifteen years old".

    Tons of waste is being left on Mount Qomolangma by a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(grow) number of visitors, which bothers many people. A team will deal with the task{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the climbing season ends this May, by which time there will be fewer visitors. Garbage{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(collect) on Qomolangma requires two to three years of training, according to Cering Dandar, a mountaineer and guide.

    Bicycles, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} used to be a major means of transportation, are becoming popular again. New York City, together with London, Paris, Hangzhou and many other {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (city) throughout the world, gets bike-sharing systems of their very own. More and more people are considering using bikes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a replacement for cars, and how to improve bike-friendly crossroads is also under discussion.