Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that go into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1)I became an animal collector in the first (2).The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3 )was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,(4) the word “zoo”, which I would (5 )over and over again with a shrill (6) until someone, ins groups to( 7 )me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8 )a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great (9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time( 10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets.(12) on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student (13 ), to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,(14 )were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of my own to be able to finance my first trip and I have been going regularly ever since then. Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of disappointments ,it is certainly a job which will appeal to all those who love animals and travel .

　　1.A.how B. where C. when D. whether

　　2.A.region B. field C. place D. case

　　3.A.clarity B. emotion C. sentiment D. affection

　　4.A.except B. but C. except for D. but for

　　5.A.recite B. recognize C. read D. repeat

　　6.A.volume B. noise C. voice D. pitch

　　7.A.close B. shut C. stop D. comfort

　　8.A.grew B. was growing C. grow D. grown

　　9.A.many B. amount C. number D. supply

　　10.A.living B. cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring

　　11.A.increase B. include C. add D. enrich

　　12.A.later B. further C. then D. subsequently

　　13.A.attendant B. keeper C. member D. aide

　　14.A.who B. they C. of which D. which

　　15.A.luckily B. gladly C. nearly D. successfully

　　【參考答案】

　　1.【答案】A

　　【解析】根據(jù)下一句及隨后的內(nèi)容，作者講的是怎樣成為動(dòng)物愛(ài)好者的(從小就喜歡動(dòng)物)，應(yīng)當(dāng)選擇A. how。

　　2.【答案】C

　　【解析】in the first place是固定短語(yǔ),意思是“首先”。此句意思是：別人經(jīng)常問(wèn)到的問(wèn)題之一，是當(dāng)初我是如何愛(ài)上動(dòng)物的。

　　3.【答案】A

　　【解析】這句話的意思是：作者在呀呀學(xué)語(yǔ)之時(shí),最早發(fā)清楚的音是“zoo”(動(dòng)物園),而不是“媽媽”,“爸爸”,因此,應(yīng)選clarity“清晰”。填入其他選項(xiàng)emotion (感情),sentiment(多愁善感),affection(友愛(ài))不合邏輯。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【解析】but在此處連接另一個(gè)句子(it was the word“zoo”,“it was”被省略)，表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意為“而是”，Except, except for, but for的用法接近，表示“除了……”。

　　例如：

　　We go there every day except Sunday.

　　He answered all the questions except for the last one.

　　For a year the dam remained complete but for the generators.

　　從意思上，邏輯上，都應(yīng)當(dāng)選but。

　　5.【答案】D

　　【解析】根據(jù)后面的over and over again,應(yīng)選“repeat”

　　6.【答案】C

　　【解析】小孩想去動(dòng)物園,便不停地發(fā)出尖叫聲,故選“voice”。A shrill voice與scream的意思接近。volume(音量);noise(噪音);pitch(音調(diào))均不合要求。

　　7.【答案】B

　　【解析】shut sb.up是指讓某人住口，為了讓孩子停止尖叫，只好帶他去動(dòng)物園。

　　8.【答案】A

　　【解析】根據(jù)后面主句的時(shí)態(tài)，此處只能用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。

　　9.【答案】C

　　【解析】a great many后直接跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式;a great / large amount of后跟不可數(shù)名詞;只有a great /large number of后可以跟可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。

　　例如:

　　I read a great many English books.

　　A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.

　　A great number of civilians were murdered in cold blood.

　　10.【答案】D

　　【解析】living后必須接介詞in，意為“居住”;cultivating耕種;reclaiming開(kāi)墾;只有exploring有探察的意思。

　　11.【答案】C

　　【解析】add to相當(dāng)于increase，增加。其余選項(xiàng)后面都不接to。

　　12.【答案】A

　　【解析】later on為固定短語(yǔ)，“后來(lái)”。

　　13.【答案】D

　　【解析】attendant仆人;keeper可理解為“飼養(yǎng)員”，但是a student keeper容易被誤解為“收留學(xué)生的人”;aide有“助手”之義。作者一邊上學(xué)，一邊在動(dòng)物園里打工，只能當(dāng)助手。

　　14.【答案】D

　　【解析】which在此引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾前面列出的動(dòng)物。

　　15.【答案】D

　　【解析】因?yàn)殄X(qián)是在動(dòng)物園打工掙的，選successfully更能體現(xiàn)其含義。

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