Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that go into the collecting of those interesting 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 traditional “mamma” or “daddy”,__4__the word “zoo”, which I would__5__over and over again with a exciting__6__until someone, in groups to__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(鹰) 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__ .
1.A.how B.where C.when D.whether
2.A.region B.field C.place D.area
3.A.clearness B.emotion C.feeling 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.much
10.A.living B.seeing C.liking D.exploring
11.A.increase B.include C.add D.enrich
12.A.later B.further C.then D.farther
13.A.servant B.keeper C.member D.assistant
14.A.who B.they C.of which D.which
15:A successfully B. gladly C. nearly D. luckily
16.A.pay B.finance C.allow D.provide
17.A.normally B.often C.usually D.regularly
18.A.unhappiness B.sorrows C.excitement D.disappointments
19.A.for B.with C.to D.from
20.A.voyage B.travel C.journey D.Trip