听短文,选择正确的答案。短文读两遍。
()16. When is the Animal World open?
A. From Tuesday to Sunday.
B. From Tuesday to Friday.
C. From Tuesday to Saturday.
()17. When can you go to the Animal World?
A. B. C.
()18. What is the short film in the morning about?
A. Pandas. B. Different animals. C. Elephants.
()19. What time is the Animal Show?
A. At eleven in the morning.
B. At three in the afternoon.
C. At six in the afternoon.
()20. How much is the Animal Show for students?
A. 30 yuan. B. 20 yuan. C. 15 yuan.

16.A 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.C

根据短文内容,从 A、B、C 三个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
$Do you want to work with animals? Then you can \underline{21} to work in an animal centre as a doctor or a nurse.$
$Betty is a 51-year-old woman. When Betty was a child, she took care \underline{22} many lovely animals at home. She hoped to work with animals in the future.$
$“My favourite animals are \underline{23}. I love their long necks. I feel excited to enter into the animal centre \underline{24}. It's a big \underline{25} for me,” said Betty.$
$For Betty, every day at the animal centre is not \underline{26} at all. One minute, she might be taking blood samples from animals; the \underline{27}, she could be helping the animal doctors.$
$And she should be prepared to save animals \underline{28} at any time.$
$In Betty's eyes, working with animals can be hard. Small animals like \underline{29} penguins are easy to treat, but \underline{30} animals like elephants are harder to look after. \underline{31}, some sick animals don't eat their food if they taste medicine in it. “The work is not easy. \underline{32}, it is really worth it,” said Betty.$
$What advice will Betty give to people who want to be an animal nurse or doctor? She says it is \underline{33} to get some experience with animals. Her time in Thailand helped her learn \underline{34} a lot. She made friends with kind colleagues($同事$) who always helped \underline{35} another, and got ready for her job.$
()21. A. choose B. stay C. fall
()22. A. for B. in C. of
()23. A. giraffes B. foxes C. snakes
()24. A. sadly B. luckily C. smartly
()25. A. problem B. reason C. surprise
()26. A. easy B. difficult C. useful
()27. A. last B. next C. first
()28. A. in danger B. in time C. in order
()29. A. scary B. dangerous C. playful
()30. A. huge B. special C. beautiful
()31. A. Too B. Either C. Also
()32. A. However B. Although C. And
()33. A. difficult B. interesting C. important
()34. A. very B. little C. quite
()35. A. one B. it C. that

21.A 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.A 31.C 32.A 33.C 34.C 35.A

【分析】本题为英语完形填空，解题思路如下：①先通读全文，把握文章主旨（Betty在动物中心工作的经历与感受）；②针对每个空，结合上下文语境分析逻辑关系，同时注意固定搭配、词汇词义辨析等；③最后代入答案验证全文通顺性。
【解析】21题：根据前文“想和动物一起工作”的语境，此处表示“选择去动物中心工作”，choose符合，选A；22题：考查固定搭配take care of，选C；23题：后文提到“long necks”，对应长颈鹿giraffes，选A；24题：结合语境，她热爱长颈鹿，能进入动物中心是幸运的，luckily符合，选B；25题：此处表示“对她来说是一个大惊喜”，surprise符合，选C；26题：根据后文描述工作内容多样，可知此处表“不容易”，选A；27题：考查固定搭配one minute...the next，选B；28题：表示“拯救处于危险中的动物”，in danger符合，选A；29题：形容小企鹅的特点，playful符合语境，选C；30题：对应前文small animals，此处指大动物，huge符合，选A；31题：also用于句中表“也”，too/either多用于句末，此处句中，选C；32题：前文说工作不易，后文说值得，是转折关系，however符合，选A；33题：成为动物医护人员，获得动物经验很重要，选C；34题：考查固定搭配quite a lot，选C；35题：考查固定搭配one another，选A。
【答案】21.A 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.A 31.C 32.A 33.C 34.C 35.A
【知识点】英语完形填空、固定搭配、词汇辨析
【点评】本题围绕Betty在动物中心的工作展开，考查学生对语境的理解、固定搭配及词汇的运用，难度适中，适合初中学生巩固英语基础知识。
【难度系数】0.7