As China’s national treasure，giant pandas are deeply loved by people．Almost all of pandas live in Sichuan Province in Southwest China．Pandas there are well—protected，especially baby pandas．Before the birth of a baby panda，the mother panda will find a cave and make it into a den with bamboo．The mother panda will give birth to the baby panda in September and later the den will become a room for the young baby．The mother panda will try her best to keep the den quite clean．For the first three weeks，the mother will hold her baby．After two weeks the colors(white and black) on the baby panda’s body will be clear．However，the baby won’t be able to go out alone until it is 3 months old．

A young panda starts to eat soft bamboo shoots by the time it is about six months old. Pandas’ food is mainly made up of bamboo．As time goes by，the little panda will go out for food with its mother．By this time，the baby is much bigger．The next spring，the little panda is really free from its mother and begins to live its own life．Usually pandas live to be 12—14 years old．In fact，it is hard to keep a young panda alive before it is old enough to live by itself．Nowadays the number of giant pandas is smaller than 1，000．

1．What does the underlined word“den”mean in the passage?

A．A kind of food for animals．    B．A baby panda．

C．A tool for fighting．           D．A hidden home for animals．

2．When do mother pandas usually give birth to baby pandas?

A．In August．    B．In September．C．In winter．D．In spring．

3．Baby pandas are         when they call get soft bamboo shoots．

A．a(chǎn)bout 6 months old    B．less than 4 months old

C．a(chǎn)bout 3 months old    D．1ess than 3 months old

4．In order to teach the baby panda how to find food，the mother panda will        

A．keep the den quite clean and stay with the baby all the time．

B．hold her baby for the first four weeks

C．give the baby soft bamboo before winter

D．go out for food with the baby when it grows bigger

5．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Giant pandas are a national treasure in China．

B．Many baby pandas die when they are young．

C．Soon the number of giant pandas in China will be large．

D．Most mother pandas don’t feed and raise their babies themselves．