完型填空
四级完型填空阅读量小,无生僻词汇,技术上不难,并有极强的规律可循。是大学英语四级考试的一个组成部分。
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 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, 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
答案及解析:
1.【答案】B
【解析】将第1，2，3题通盘考虑。此处意为“老师会花一两个小时用幻灯来解释讲课的内容，写出一些重要的信息,散发一些阅读材料,布置作业”。illustrate用图解说明，举例说明。
