单选题 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 21 I became an animal collector in the first 22 . 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 22 was not the conventional "mamma" or "daddy", 24 the word "zoo", which I would 25 over and over again with a shrill 26 until someone, in order to 27 me up, would take me to the zoo. When I 28 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 29 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 30 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 31 to my collection of pets. 32 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 33 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, 34 were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I 35 had enough money of my own to be able to 36 my first trip and I have been going 37 ever since then. Though a collector"s job is not an easy one and is full of 38 , it is certainly a job which will appeal 39 all those who love animals and 40 .
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据下一句及随后的内容,作者讲的是怎样成为动物爱好者的(从小就喜欢动物),应当选择A项how。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] in the first place是固定短语,意思是“首先”。此句意思是“别人经常问到的问题之一,是当初我是如何爱上动物的。”
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 这句话的意思是:作者在呀呀学语之时,最早发清楚的音是zoo“动物园”,而不是“妈妈”,“爸爸”。因此,应选Clarity“清晰”。填入其他选项emotion“感情”;sentiment“多愁善感”;affection“友爱”不合逻辑。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] but在此处连接另一个句子(it was the word “zoo”,“it was”被省略),表示转折,意为“而是”,except, except for, but for的意思接近,表示“除了……”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据后面的over and over again“一次又一次的”,应选repeat“重复”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 小孩想去动物园,便不停地发出尖叫声,故选voice。a shrill voice与scream的意思接近。volume“音量”;noise“噪音”;pitch“音调”均不合要求。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] shut sb. up是指“让某人住口”,为了让孩子停止尖叫,只好带他去动物园。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据后面主句的时态,此处只能用一般过去时。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] a great many后不加of,直接跟可数名词的复数形式;a great/large amount of后跟不可数名词;只有a great/large number of后可以跟可数名词的复数形式。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] living后必须接介词in,意为“居住”;cultivating“耕种”;reclaiming“开垦”;只有exploring有“探索”的意思。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] add to相当于increase“增加”。其余选项后面都不接to。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] later on为固定短语,意为“后来”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] attendant仆人;keeper可理解为“饲养员”,但是a student keeper容易被误解为“收留学生的人”;aide有“助手”之意。作者一边上学,一边在动物园里打工,只能当助手。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] which在此引导定语从句,修饰前面列出的动物。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 因为钱是在动物园打工挣的,选successfully“成功地”更能体现其含义。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] finance my first trip意为“支付我的旅行费用”;pay后应接介词for;其他选项的意思相差甚远。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此句为现在完成进行时态,选regularly比较贴切。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此句是由though引导的让步状语从句,应与主句意思相对立。选项中,sorrows“悲伤”和disappointments“失望”与主句的appeal to相对立,但sorrows分量太重。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] appeal to为成语,意思是“吸引”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 注意这四个表示“旅行”的词的区别。excursion“短途旅行”;journey(从一地到另一地的)“长距离、具体的旅途”;travel一般意义上的“旅行,旅游,海外旅行”;trip“旅行,远足”。