题目内容
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
A close friend of mine lives with six hundred wild animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school ( where I first knew him) he has traveled all over the world collecting animals for the zoo of his own. He hoped to collect at least two examples of every sort of animal for his zoo, like Noah before the Great Flood. But the flood that my friend was afraid of was a flood not of water, but of people. I expect you have heard of my friend: he writes books about his travels, and about the wild and wonderful animals that he collects. The money paid him for his writing the books helps to pay for all the food that these animals eat.
My friend told me that when he was out looking for water last week, (there is not enough water on the island, though there is plenty all round it) he found oil. He needs money for his travels, and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for a lifetime; but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it, it will be the end of his zoo, and his life's work.
So,if I know my friend, he will not tell anybody (but you and me) about what he found because oil and water do not mix.
(1) The writer's close friend is a man ______.
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A. who likes to live with wild animals
B. who enjoys travelling the world and writing books
C. who is fond of collecting animals and studying them
D. who regards wild animals as his best friends
(2) He was afraid of the flood of people only because ______.
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A. it would take his animals away
B. it might frighten the animals away from his zoo
C. it could drown (淹没) all his animals
D. it would wash out all his animals
(3) He pays for the food the animals eat by _______.
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A. writing books and selling them B. travelling all over the world
C. selling oil and water D. looking for oil
(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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A. The writer's friend will not tell anybody about the oil.
B. He doesn't want to tell anybody else about the oil.
C. He knows well a little oil would buy enough water for his zoo.
D. He understands how valuable the oil will be for his lifetime.
(5) In this passage the sentence "oil and water do not mix" means that _________.
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A. oil is much lighter than water.
B. oil may cause greater trouble to his animal than not having enough water .
C. oil is not so useful as water.
D. oil is not needed by his animals.