Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe 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, ingroupsto 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. 请在16处填上正确答案()
第1题:
The main idea of paragraph 2 is______.
A. colors may have effect on our work and study
B. colors do have effect on our moods (情绪)
C. light and bright colors make people happy
D. factory workers can work better in a bright room
37.答案为B 颜色能影响人的情绪,比较四个选项,只有B概括了第二段的大意。
第2题:
Most of the people in Asian country have the same language, history and culture.()
第3题:
A.shopping
B.purchasing
C.enduring
D.spending
第4题:
What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New Yorkers
A. There is a strange mix of people.
B. The restaurants are expensive.
C. The bill is not fairly shared.
D. People have to pay cash
第5题:
What ________ me most was the friendship your people have for our people.
A、depressed
B、expressed
C、oppressed
D、impressed
第6题:
The modern people like traveling now because______.
A. it can bring us more knowledge
B. it can make us rich
C. they have too much money
D. it is a good idea
此题为细节题。答案在第三段内;Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more about knowledge。现代人喜欢旅游是因为可以从旅行中开阔眼界,增长知识。
第7题:
A.had eaten
B.are eating
C.have eaten
D.were eaten
第8题:
Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the【31】of the year, or manured a field; but we know【32】about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so【33】so that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are【34】that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are,【35】they are not the most civilized. Animals fight; so do savages; hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in【36】an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and【37】them how to do it most efficiently — this, after all, is【38】conquerors and generals have done -- is not being civilized. People fight to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some way of settling their disputes other【39】by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of other side, and then【40】that that side which has killed most has won.
(31)
A.number
B.length
C.depth
D.width
第9题:
A、consists of
B、consist of
C、is consisted ofare consisted of
第10题:
The reason that many people find it hard to relax these days is that________.
A.they are suffering from the effects of excessive stress
B.they are working harder than they used to
C.they are often too busy to find time
D.they have no idea what relaxation means to them