Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gosintosthe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see inthe 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, insgroupsto 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 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.
Though a collector’s job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20 .
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
16.A.pay B.provide C.allow D.finance
17.A.normally B.regularly C.usually D.often
18.A.expectations B.sorrows C.excitement D.disappointments
19.A.for B.with C.to D.from
20.A.excursion B.travel C.journey D.Trip
【答案解析】
1.A
【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.how。
2.C
【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。
3.A
【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。
4.B
【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的用法接近，表示“除了……”。
5.D
【解析】根据后面的over and over again,应选“repeat”
6.C
【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。
7.B
【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。
8.A
【解析】根据后面主句的时态，此处只能用一般过去时。
9.C
【解析】a great many后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。
10.D
【解析】living后必须接介词in，意为“居住”;cultivating耕种;reclaiming开垦;只有exploring有探察的意思。
11.C
【解析】add to相当于increase，增加。其余选项后面都不接to。
12.A
【解析】later on为固定短语，“后来”。
13.D
【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”之义。作者一边上学，一边在动物园里打工，只能当助手。
14.D
【解析】which在此引导定语从句，修饰前面列出的动物。
15.D
【解析】因为钱是在动物园打工挣的，选successfully更能体现其含义。
16.D
【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。
17.B
【解析】此句为现在完成进行时态,选regularly比较贴切。
18.D
【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和disappointments与主句的appeal to相对立，但sorrows的分量太重。
19.C
【解析】appeal to为成语，意思是“吸引”。
20.B
【解析】excursion短途旅行;journey(从一地到另一地的)长距离，具体的旅途;travel旅行，旅游，海外旅行;trip旅行，远足。
A house is the most expensive thing most people will ever buy. Very few people have enough money of their own to buy a home, so they have to borrow money from a bank. Borrowing money from a bank to buy a house is called “take a mortgage (抵押).”The bank usually lends money or gives a mortgae for twenty-five years. Houses are so expensive that many people nowadays have to borrow as much as $ 50 000. In other words, they will have a $ 50 000 mortgage.
How can you get a mortgage? When you find a house you like, you go to a bank. The bank will research you financial (金融的) history and decide if. they think you are a good risk. They will want to know what kind of job you have, what kind of salary you make, and how long you have had the job. They will also want to know how much money you have. In addition, the banks will require a down payment. Depending on which state you live in, the bank may require as much as 30% of the-price of the house as a down payment. The bank will then lend you the rest of the money to buy the house. Many people are never able to buy a house because they cannot save enough money for the down payment.
41. What does a house mean in the United States?
A) It is a dream which many people can hardly realize.
B) It is so expensive that many people cannot really buy them.
C) It is the most important property that many people try to buy.
D) It doesn't belong to people if they can't borrow money from the bank.
42. If American people borrow money from the bank for 25 years, this means that the person who borrows
A) has twenty-five years to pay back the money
B) has more than twenty-five years to pay back the money
C) has less than twenty-five years to pay back the money
D) has about twenty-five years to pay back the money
43. What does“down payment”refer to in the passage?
A) Money borrowed from a bank as a mortgage.
B) Money paid to a bank before the mortgages is given.
C) Interest received by a person who borrows money as the mortgages.
D) Interest charged by a bank on a mortgage.
44. Which is not one of the things researched by a bank?
A) How much money the borrower owns.
B) What salary the borrower makes.
C) What kind of job the borrower has.
D) What kind of house the borrower lives in.
45. The most suitable title for this passage would be _______.
A) How to Save Money on the House
B) How to Borrow Money from a Bank
C) How to Take a Mortgage
D) How to Buy a House
【答案解析】
41.【答案精解】C。细节题。从第一句A house is the most expensive thing most people will ever buy我们可以得知.房子是人们所要购置的最重要的财产。A、B两项都提到买房子的不可能性，与文章中的抵押贷款从而购房相悖。D项过于绝对化，并不是所有的人都必须通银行贷款才买得起房子。
42.【答案精解】A。细节题。从文章第一段The bank Usually lends money or gives a mortgage for twenty-five years得出银行的借期是25年，是一准确的数字，而不是多于、少于或大约25年。
43.【答案精解】B。释义题。从“down payment”的后一句话The bank will then lend you the rest of the money to buy the house可以推知“down payment”是在取得贷款之前自己先支付的那部分款项，即首付款。
44.【答案精解】D。细节题。题干询问的是银行查询的内容，集中在文章第二段，可以用对比排除的方法得出答案。A、B、C三项文章都有提及，剩下的一项即为正确答案。
45.【答案精解】C。主旨题。文章第一段由购房展开，引出了在当前房价高的形势下，人们购房所采用的方式——抵押贷款。并于第二段展开说明如何进行抵押贷款。故其主旨在于说明如何抵押贷款。所以文章标题可能是“如何获得抵押贷款”。D项如何购房的标题太大了.超出了文章所覆盖的范围。
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