Training a fish

Dodo is a fish.She is not a(n)__1__fish, though.She has learned to swim through hoops and tubes and even put small basketball into a goal.
It all__2__when Andy, a diver, brought a fish back his home.Soon he noticed that the fish would react to his movements whenever he came near the tank.So he decided to__3__Dodo.He used technique which worked for other__4__like dogs and tigers.
“I wanted to show that fish can be__5__animals, not just tasty food, ”said Andy.
He__6__a variety of kits (成套用具) and put weights on the tiny net and ball so they would__7__to the bottom of the tank.
At first Dodo earned a food__8__every time she swam to the net.The fish liked the treat, so she learned to repeat such an action to get__9__treat.Once Dodo learned to do towards the net, Andy added a new step: ball handling.__10__Dodo learned to push a ball into a goal.However, it may__11__Andy three weeks, including five or six training sections a day, to teach Dodo to swim through a hoop.
Andy__12__up a website and so many people asked him questions__13__training fish that he started Fish School, a__14__that sells fish-training manuals (指南) and kits.He has lots of fun as well as making__15__from training the fish.
【文章大意】　本文主要阐述潜水员Andy对一条鱼进行训练, 结果不仅获得了乐趣, 而且获得了可观的经济效益. 
1．A.formal　　　　　　B．normal
C．ordinary  D．unusual
解析: 选C. formal正式的；normal正常的；ordinary普通的, 一般的；unusual不寻常的. 
2．A.started    B．finished
C．ended    D．depended
解析: 选A. 介绍事情的来龙去脉, 故用start. 
3．A.help    B．train
C．buy    D．sell
解析: 选B. 从下一句的“used technique”可知是“训练”这条鱼. 
4．A.pets    B．animals
C．persons    D．trainers
解析: 选B. 从空格后表示列举说明的内容like dogs and tigers, 可知是动物. 
5．A.boring    B．interested
C．useless    D．interesting
解析: 选D. 从下文的结局可知这条鱼带来了好处, 故选褒义词, 表示“有趣的(事物)”. 
6．A.bought    B．found
C．borrowed    D．lent
解析: 选A. “kits(成套用具)”应该是买来的. 最后一段提到Andy训练这条鱼成功后自己制造kits卖给别人, 是对此处“买”这种行为的呼应. 
7．A.fall    B．drop
C．sink    D．lag
解析: 选C. fall实物从高处落下；drop水滴滴落；sink to沉到某处；lag落后. 
8．A.punishment    B．payment
C．help    D．reward
解析: 选D. 根据语境, Dodo每次努力靠近球网就得到“报酬, 酬劳”. 干扰项B.payment意为: 付款, 报答. 
9．A.additional    B．addicted
C．delicious    D．beautiful
解析: 选A. 由本句的liked the treat及repeat可知是“额外的”款待. 
10．A.Suddenly    B．Eventually
C．Unfortunately    D．Usually
解析: 选B. 此句的“learned to学会了……”暗示了句子开头缺少表示结果的副词. 
11．A.cost    B．pay
C．spend    D．take
解析: 选D. 固定句型: it takes sb.some time to do sth.花费某人多少时间做某事. 
12．A.looked    B．picked
C．set    D．stood
解析: 选C. look up查询；pick up捡起, 顺便搭载；stand up站起来. set up建立(网站, 公司, 机构等), 符合题意. 
13．A.connecting    B．linking
C．joining    D．concerning
解析: 选D. 此处意为“这么多人问到关于训练鱼的问题”. A和B选项与介词to搭配；C项join为“连接”之意, 不符合题意. 
14．A.task    B．job
C．market    D．business
解析: 选D. 由“Fish School”及“sells”可以推测Andy开了一间带有商业性质的“养鱼培训学校”, 最符合词义的是business公司, 企业. 
15．A.money    B．dollars
C．pounds    D．goods
解析: 选A. 此处指“从训练鱼中赚钱”, 并没有提及是“美元”还是“英镑”.