完型填空  
是大学英语四级考试的一个组成部分。《大学英语四级考试大纲》指出：“完型填空部分的目的是测试学生综合运用语言的能力”，也即理解篇章和使用词汇和语法的能力。大学英语四级考试采用的完型填空题是：“在一篇题材熟悉、难度适中的短文（约200词）内留有20个空白，每个空白为一题，每题有四个选择项，要求考生在全面理解内容的基础上选择一个最佳答案，使短文的意识和结构恢复完整”。 

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__ .  

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
参考答案及解析:
1.
【答案】A
【解析】根据下一句及随后的内容，作者讲的是怎样成为动物爱好者的(从小就喜欢动物)，应当选择A.how。

2.
【答案】C
【解析】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。

3.
【答案】A
【解析】这句话的意思是：作者在呀呀学语之时,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。

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 l