南京市秦淮区2014高考英语（暑假基础训练（15）附答案.完形填空Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that I go to the 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 how I became an animal collector in the first _1_.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 _2_ was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”，but the word “zoo”，which I would _3_ over and over again with a shrill _4_ until someone，in order to _5_ me up，would take me to the zoo.When I grew a little older，we lived in Greece and I had a great _6_ of pets，ranging from owls to seahorses，and I spent all my spare time _7_ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to _8_ to my collection of pets._9_ on I went for a year to the City Zoo，as a student _10_，to get experience of the large animals，such as lions，bears，bison and ostriches，which were not easy to keep at home.When I left，I _11_ had enough money of my own to be able to _12_ my first trip and I have been going _13_ ever since then.Though a collectors job is not an easy one and is full of _14_，it is certainly a job which will appeal to all those who love animals and _15_.【文章大意】本文介绍了作者是怎样成为动物爱好者的(从小就喜欢动物)。1A.regionBfieldCplace Dcase解析：选C。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。2A.clarity BemotionCsentiment Daffection解析：选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”(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。3A.recite BrecognizeCread Drepeat解析：选D。根据后面的over and over again，应选“repeat”。4A.volume BnoiseCvoice Dpitch解析：选C。小孩想去动物园，便不停地发出尖叫声，故选“voice”。A shrill voice与scream的意思接近。volume(音量)；noise(噪音)；pitch(音调)，均不符合要求。5A.close BshutCstop Dcomfort解析：选B。shut sb.up是指让某人住口，为了让孩子停止尖叫，只好带他去动物园。6A.many BamountCnumber Dsupply解析：选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。7A.living BcultivatingCreclaiming Dexploring解析：选D。living后必须接介词in，意为“居住”；cultivating耕种；reclaiming开垦；只有exploring有探察的意思。8A.increase BincludeCadd Denrich解析：选C。add to相当于increase，增加。其余选项后面都不接to。9A.Later BFurtherCThen DSubsequently解析：选A。later on为固定短语，意为“后来”。10A.attendant BkeeperCmember Dassistant解析：选D。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”；assistant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。11A.luckily BgladlyCnearly Dsuccessfully解析：选D。因为钱是在动物园打工挣的，选successfully更能体现其含义。12A.pay BprovideCallow Dfinance解析：选D。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。13A.normally BregularlyCusually Doften解析：选B。此句为现在完成进行时态，选regularly比较贴切。14A.expectations BsorrowsCexcitement Ddisappointments解析：选D。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。15A.excursion BtravelCjourney Dtrip解析：选B。excursion短途旅行；journey(从一地到另一地的)长距离，具体的旅途；travel旅行，旅游，海外旅行；trip旅行，远足。*结束Students who want to study in the United States may find that their chances for financial aid are limited. They often have to pay for their education with their own savings or their familys money. A recent report from the Institute of International Education in New York looked at 2008-2009 school year. Colleges and universities in the United States had more than half a million foreign students. 63% of them paid for school mostly by themselves or with family help. 26% percent were supported by the school they attended.There are other sources of financial aid for international students. These include a students home government or university, or the United States government. Private sponsors, international organizations and employers may also provide support. Yet during the last school year, not many students were able to depend on any of these other sources. Current employers provided the most help. Still, they represented the main support for just four percent of international students.Those at the graduate level, however, are more likely than undergraduates to receive financial aid in the United States. More than 80% percent of foreign undergraduates depended mostly on personal and family money to pay for school last year. The same was true of less than half of graduate students. Most of the others received financial aid from their college or university in the United States. A list of American schools that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at a useful Web site. The address is edupass.org. This site also provides information about scholarship programs. But it warns foreign students not to pay if there is any charge for scholarship application forms. You could be cheated out of your money. 56. Most foreign students depend on _ to pay for their