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Cool Cats－Cheetahs

Cheetah cubs（babies） are cute, furry, energetic, and downright lovely． And when they get older, they'll run faster than any other animal on the planet．

Five cheetah cubs were born in the summer of 2005 at the National Zoo in Washington, D．C．Their mother, Zazi, was 4 years old．When the cubs were 10 weeks old, they weighed 9 pounds and were about the size of house cats．They were the second cheetah litter（一窝） to be born at the zoo in seven months and the second litter to be born in the zoo's 116－year history．

“They're pretty quick," Lauren Afdahl, an animal keeper at the zoo, told Senior Edition．"Whenever they see something moving, they take off an run．

And, boy, cheetahs do like to run! They can reach speeds as high as 60 miles per hour．The cubs reach their top speed when they are about a year old．

The National Zoo's first litt8r of cheetah cubs was born in November 2004． When almost a year old, those cubs weighed more than 30 pounds． Zazi's cubs stay with her for at least a year． When they are fully grown, the cats may be sent to other zoos．

Cheetahs are endangered animals．About 100 years ago, the wild cats roamed an area from North Africa to India．Today, cheetahs inhabit only the countries south of the Sahara desert．Just 12,000 to 15,000 now live in the wild．

writer's attitude toward cheetahs seems to be ．

A． doubtful and afraid B． caring and admiring

C． uncaring ． D． complaining

al keeper Lauren Afdahl's comments are ．

A． disappointed B．soft

C． descriptive and matter of act D．angry and unfriedly

main idea of this passage is ．

A．Cheetahs are interesting animals

B．Wben the cubs were 10 weeks old, they weighed 9 pounds

C．Female cheetahs can give birth only once a year

D．Cheetahs like to run

d on the article', we can guess that the author is probably ．