标题: 考博英语完型练习1 [打印本页] 作者: 嘎嘣脆 时间: 2012-12-21 21:17 标题: 考博英语完型练习1 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__ .
4.
【答案】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……”。
例如：
We go there every day except Sunday.
He answered all the questions except for the last one.
For a year the dam remained complete but for the generators.
从意思上，逻辑上，都应当选but。
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.