第二节 核心素养 思维品质 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。(每小题1分,共5分)
As a saying goes, "You are what you eat." This is really true for the giant panda. What pandas eat has a big influence on many different parts of their lives.
11.
E
This is because pandas mostly eat bamboo, which is very poor in nutrition(营养) and difficult to take in. Since 99% of a panda's food is bamboo, pandas also have really small babies because of their food. Baby pandas are born helpless and tiny. 12.
D
No other mammal's babies are born so much smaller than their mother or father. But baby pandas also grow quickly. 13.
B
The black-and-white fur of pandas may help them to hide. Once again, we can look at a panda's food to help understand the reason. In winter, they can't change their fur quickly enough to match their background like other animals can. 14.
F
In the past, pandas lived in and travelled across large places and faced lots of predators(捕食性动物). So, their black-and-white fur was very important for them to stay safe.
15.
A
The main danger to pandas is not from predators, but rather from less bamboo, more human activities and climate change. The good news is that pandas are no longer known as endangered.
A. However, things are a little different today.
B. One-year-old pandas can weigh about 45 kg.
C. Pandas are still one of the endangered animals in the world.
D. They are just 140 g, about 1/1,000 the size of their mother.
E. For one, pandas have to spend more than half a day eating.
F. So being black and white helps them hide in both the snow and the dark.