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Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that go into 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 _31_ I become an animal collector in the first _32_. 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 _33_ was not the conventional "mamma" or "daddy", _34_ the word "zoo", which I would _35_ over and over again with a shrill _36_ until someone, in order to _37_ me up, would take me to the zoo. When I _38_ a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great _39_ of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time _40_ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to _41_ to my collection of pets. _42_ on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student _43_, to get experienced of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, _44_ were not easy to keep a home. When I left, I _45_ had enough money of my own to be able to _46_ my first trip and I have been going _47_ ever since then. Though a collectors; job is not an easy one and is full of _48_ it is certainly a job which will appeal _49_ all those who love animals and _50_.
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A. how B. where C. when D. whether
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A. region B. field C. place D. case
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A. clarity B. emotion C. sentiment D. affection
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A. except B. but C. except for D. but for
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A. recite B. recognize C. read D. repeat
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A. volume B. noise C. voice D. pitch
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A. close B. shut C. stop D. comfort
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A. grew B. was growing C. grow D. grown
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A. many B. amounts C. number D. supply
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A. living B. cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring
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A. increase B. include C. add D. enrich
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A. Later B. Further C. Then D. Subsequently
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A. attendant B. keeper C. member D. aide
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A. who B. they C. of which D. which
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A. Luckily B. gladly C. nearly D. successfully
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A. pay B. provide C. allow D. finance
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A. normally B. regularly C. usually D. ofen
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A. expectations B. sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments
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A. for B. with C. to D. from
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A. excursion B. travel C. journey D. trip
答案：
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41-45 caddd 46-50 dbdcb
