四、短文填空
What’s your favourite bird? To answer this question, you may need to think for a while. However, it is an easy question for many people in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province.
1.
Without
(with) thinking twice, they will say, “The red-crowned crane!”
The red-crowned crane is loved for many reasons. It is a tall, nice 2.
graceful
(grace) bird. It is good at flying and dancing and sings 3.
beautifully
(beautiful). The bird stands for good 4.
wishes
(wish), such as long life. 5.
Therefore
, it often appears(出现) in celebrations and traditional artworks to express people’s hope for a happy life.
People in Qiqihar love the bird a lot and see it as the symbol of their city. The red-crowned cranes also love Qiqihar. There are more than 400 red-crowned cranes 6.
living
(live) there. In Zhalong Nature Reserve, people provide them with larger living areas and 7.
better
(good) care. People here make great efforts to help 8.
(to) get
(get) rid of bird hunting. People in Qiqihar are proud because they play 9.
a
big role in protecting the beautiful bird. On May 8, 1984, the city government 10.
chose
(choose) the red-crowned crane as the city bird of Qiqihar.