C H A PT E RT H R E EA Where are the Lis?What are they doing?2-1B How much do you know about pandas? Try the quiz below.1An adult panda usually weighs kilograms. 50 100 1502Most of the pandas come from Province. Sichuan Qinghai Shanxi3The weather there is and . warm and dry warm and wet cold and wet4Pandas usually eat meat fruit bamboo shoots2-2A Read the passage.Panda is the name of an Asian animal. A panda is a large, black and white bear-like animal. It lives in bamboo forests in south-western China.5-1The giant panda has a white body with black legs and shoulders. It has a large round head and a white face with small black ears. The panda grows from 1 metre to 1.5 metres tall and has a short tail. An adult panda can weigh up to 150 kilograms. Giant pandas are like bears in shape and size and they walk in the same slow clumsy way. They can also stand up on their hind legs, like bears. The female gives birth to one or two baby pandas once a year.5-2A giant panda mainly eats bamboo shoots, but it eats other plants as well. A giant panda may eat as much as 30 kilograms of bamboo a day.Giant pandas are rare and are protected by law in China.5-3B Complete the statements below.1Giant pandas live in _.2Giant pandas have _ bodies with _.3An adult panda may weigh _.4Giant pandas may grow _ tall.5A giant panda looks like _ in _.6A mother panda may give birth to _ a year.7_ are the giant pandas favourite food.8A giant panda may eat _ of bamboo a day.9Pandas are protected by _ in China because they are _.C Fill in the blanks with the words or phrasesin the box.1It is raining outside and it is cold _.2The tourists that visit the Great Wall are _ from China.3On 14 October, at 9.23 a.m., my aunt _ a baby girl.4How much do you _, Ben?5-5A Where do pandas live in China? Match places with the numbers on the map.3-1Shenzhen Dongting Lake Yellow River Shenzhen Dongting Lake Yellow River East China Sea Changjiang River East China Sea Changjiang River Mount Qomolangma Sichuan South China SeaMount Qomolangma Sichuan South China Sea3-2B Find some information about other rare animals in China. Write an encyclopaedia article to introduce one of them.3-3说说 明明本套教材根据牛津英语教材English First!，On Target!和Oxford English，由上海市中小学（幼儿园）课程改革委员会和牛津大学出版社（中国）有限公司合作改编。为了使教材更适合深圳学生的实际情况，又由深圳市科学研究院对现行英语教材（牛津上海版）进行适当改编。本册教材供七年级第二学期试用。本套教材改编顾问：张民伦原教材改编者：沃振华 李绍贤 朱维庭 施安吉 施志红 杨顺德本版教材改编者：尚 强 安凤岐课件制作：卢 璐