Some people worry about my collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the question that is always asked is ___51___ I became an animal collector. The answer is that I have always been ___52___ in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first ___53___ I was able to say was not the normal “mamma” or “daddy”,but the word “zoo” which 1 would ___54___ many times until someone took me to the ___55___ . ___56___ I grew a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a ___57___ number of pets, ranging from snakes to seahorses, and I ___58___ all my spare time ___59___ the countryside in search of fresh specimens to add to my collection of ___60___ . Later on I___ 61___ for a year in the City Zoo, as a student attendant, to get experience of the large ___62___ , such as lions, bears, tigers and elephants, which were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I ___63___ had enough money of my own to be able to pay my first trip and I have been going regularly ever since then. Though a collector’s job is not an ___64___ one and is full of sorrow, it is certainly a job which will ___65___ all those who love animals. 51____ A.how B.where C.why D.whether 52A.attracted B.interested C.frightened D.surprised 53A.day B.time C.sentence D.word 54A.recite B.repeat C.read D.recognize 55A.zoo B.city C.town D.house 56A.Since B.Although C.When D.So 57A.many B.much C.great D.big 58A.spent B.cost C.took D.offered 59A.living B.going C.seeing D.exploring 60A.seahorses B.pets C.birds D.snakes 61A.worked B.went C.did D.practised 62A.plants B.animals C.bears D.lions 63A.luckily B.hopefully C.nearly D.hardly 64A.independent B.invisible C.easy D.endless 65A.try out B.appeal to C.deal with D.hold on