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2013年北约自主招生英语全真模拟试题
Part 1.cloze (20%)
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes 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 (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, 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 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 jo
b 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. case
3. A. clarity B. emotion C. sentiment 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. supply
10. A. living B. cultivating C. reclaiming D. exploring
11. A. increase B. include C. add D. enrich
12. A. later B. further C. then D. subsequently
13. A. attendant B. keeper C. member D. aide
14. A. who B. they C. of which D. which
15. A. luckily B. gladly C. nearly D. successfully
16. A. pay B. provide C. allow D. finance
17. A. normally B. regularly C. usually D. often
18. A. expectations B. sorrows C. excitement D. disappointments
19. A. for B. with C. to D. from
20. A. excursion B. travel C. journey D. Trip
Part 2 grammar (15%)
21.______, I must do another experiment.
A. Be it ever so late
B. It is ever so late
C. It be ever so late
D. So late it be ever
22. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it______before the West was settled.
A. could
B. was
C. would
D. did
23. I______this book in a secondhand bookstore on Nanjing Road.
A. came into