完形填空,有几道错了.

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完形填空,有几道错了.
Most people have no ideaof the hard work and worry that go into the collecting of those fascinating birds and annimals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is became an animal collector in the first .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 was not the conventional "mamma" or "daddy" ,the word "zoo",which I would over and over again with a shrill until someone in group to me up,would take me to the zoo.When I a little older,we lived in Greece and I had a great of pets,ranging from owls to seahores,and I spent all my spare time 10~the coutryside in search of fresh specimens to 11~to my collection of pets.12~on I went for a year to thic 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 able to 16~my

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2.【答案】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.【答案】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.
9.【答案】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.
例如:
I read a great many English books.
A large amount of money is spent on tobacco every year.
A great number of civilians were murdered in cold blood.
13.【答案】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.
16.【答案】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.【答案】B
【解析】此句为现在完成进行时态,选regularly比较贴切.
18.【答案】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.