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Have you ever been near an animal you were afraid of? How close have you been to a dangerous snake? Well, Tony Kepler raises killer snakes for a living and he loves his ________. He has been working with them since he was a little boy and he’s not ________ at all.

Tony’s father has been a snake handler (驯蛇师) for twenty years and he has taught his son a lot about them. In order to ________ the venom (毒液), Tony has to find rattlesnakes in the western part of the United States. He sends the venom to a ________, where they make it into something called anti-venin. Anti-venin is what they give people after they have been bitten (咬) by poisonous (有毒的) snake. This anti-venin is really helpful in saving the person who has been bitten. He has been making his living this ________ for five years and feels great.

Tony’s dad has handled nearly 1,000 snakes in his lifetime. And hundreds of people go to him to learn how to ________ snakes. Tony’s dad shares everything about how to hold, how to feed and how to get venom from snakes. But not everyone can get used to the idea of ________ a snake. Many people heard scary stories about snakes when they were children and have been afraid of them ever since. Tony has been trying to educate people about the positive (积极的) things snakes do. For one thing, they help ________ the rat and mouse population. Snakes are also very clean and quiet and they ________ trouble humans.

Tony’s job is very different from any other job I’ve heard of, but it is a really ________ one. Without venom collectors, many people would be in real danger and some would die.

1.
A.recordB.choiceC.hobbyD.job
2.
A.afraidB.satisfiedC.proudD.shy
3.
A.produceB.tasteC.collectD.discover
4.
A.hospitalB.laboratoryC.scientistD.restaurant
5.
A.kindB.wordC.gestureD.way
6.
A.play withB.fill withC.talk withD.deal with
7.
A.picking upB.turning upC.ringing upD.giving up
8.
A.controlB.stopC.raiseD.increase
9.
A.alwaysB.usuallyC.seldomD.never
10.
A.scaryB.importantC.interestingD.dangerous
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