1.think little of 2. everything to do with 3. ever since

4. make up one’s mind 5. be based on 6. set down

7. go through 8. face to face 9. live an active life

10. be able to 11. lose heart 12. because of

13. happen to 14. as a matter of fact

Mr.King ____1____ with six hundred wild animals on a Greek Island.___2___ he left school, he had traveled all over the world collecting animals for his own zoo, ____3____ his loving nature and _____4_____ it. Although he ____5____ a lot of difficulties, he didn’t ____6_____. At last, he ______7____ get two examples of every kind of animal on his island. It seemed great fun, but ____8____ he worried that one day people would find him.

On the island, he not only stayed ____9______ with his animals but also wrote books which ___10_____ his travels and his animals that he collected.The money from the books helped to pay for all the food that these animals ate.

One day，when Mr.King was out looking for drinking water，he ___11___ find oil.He needed money for his travels and for his zoo，and a little oil would buy enough water. But he knew if he told anyone else about it，it would be the end of his zoo and his lifelong work.So he ___12______not to tell anyone else about what he had found，because oil and water couldn’t mix.