2015年6月大学英语四级考试完型填空突破(5)

　　训练三

　　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 conventionalmammaordaddy，__4__ the wordzoo，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 collectors 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

　　答案与解析

　　1.【答案】A

　　根据下文内容，作者讲的是怎样成为动物爱好者的，应当选择how。

　　2.【答案】C

　　in the first place是固定短语，意思是首先,相当于 for the first time。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.【答案】A

　　这句话的意思是：作者在牙牙学语之时，最早发清楚的音是zoo,而不是妈妈，爸爸，因此，应选clarity清晰。填入其他选项emotion,sentiment,affection不合逻辑。

　　4.【答案】B

　　but在此处连接另一个句子，表示转折，意为而是，except,except for,but for的用法接近，表示除了,没有转折意义。

　　5.【答案】D

　　根据后面的over and over again,应选repeat重复。recite 背诵，recognize认出。

　　6.【答案】C

　　小孩想去动物园，便不停地发出尖叫声，故选voice。A shrillvoice与scream的意思接近。volume，noise，pitch均不合要求。

　　7.【答案】B

　　根据上下文，此句的意思是：让孩子停止尖叫，只好带他去动物园。shut sb.up是指让某人住口;comfort 安慰。所以选B。

　　8.【答案】A

　　分析此句。后面主句是一般过去时，此处只能用一般过去时。

　　9.【答案】C

　　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.【答案】D

　　分析此句，此空表示探索的含义。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。

　　11.【答案】C

　　add to相当于increase，增加。其余选项后面都不接to，enrich 使丰富。

　　12.【答案】A

　　本题考查近义词用法。later on为固定短语，后来subsequently 后来地，随后地。

　　13.【答案】D

　　attendant仆人;keeper可理解为饲养员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.【答案】D

　　分析句子语法结构。which在此引导定语从句，修饰前面列出的动物。

　　15.【答案】D

　　根据句子所表达的含义，因为打工挣足了钱，选successfully更能体现其含义。

　　16.【答案】D

　　finance my first trip意为支付我的旅行费用pay后应接介词for;provide提供;allow允许 。

　　17.【答案】B

　　分析句子语法结构，此句为现在完成进行时态，选regularly比较贴切;normally正常地。

　　18.【答案】D

　　分析此句，此空与上文的not an easy one构成并列关系。expectations期望;sorrows悲伤;excitement兴奋;disappointments失望。所以选D更贴切。

　　19.【答案】C采集者退散

　　本题考查固定搭配。appeal to为成语，意思是吸引。

　　20.【答案】B

　　excursion短途旅行;journey长距离，具体的旅途;travel泛指旅行，旅游;trip旅行，远足。根据上下文，该句意为尽管工作充满了失望，还是吸引了热爱动物和旅行的人。所以选B。