【2011·天津宝坻区高三质量调查】

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I've always loved pigeons（鸽子）．Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start  16  them myself．They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt our _ 17  a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I_ 18   carried on．I learnt so much about them that I could_ 19  a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties．My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of _20  ．You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are_ 21  big prizes．

My wife had been changing her _ 22   to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway． She was quite _ 23  of all the prizes we'd won．Then there was the traveling, which she liked．You see someone has to take the pigeons a_ 24  way off and release （释放） them． Some of the _ 25  were really nice．I never traveled．I used to like to wait at home and see them come in．They've got this wonderful sense of_ 26  ．which can bring them back home so quickly．They had flown hundreds of miles sometimes 27 storms or against strong winds．And there they'd come, tiny white birds against the great_ 28  ．Then I'd watch them_ 29   round and come down onto the landing shelf．I'd look at my watch and think, " My goodness, that's a good _ 30   ．" And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to_ 31  what time he'd arrived．Then my wife would _32  up and say, "Has he arrived yet?" Then we would work out if we'd won _ 33 

Then last year we．_ 34 a disaster! One of them died, then they all  35   ．It was terrible, I had to burn them all．We lost a fortune, of course．

16．A．raising             B．feeding              C．tending              D．flying

17．A．dream               B．work            C．marriage         D．hobby

18．A．just                B．even                C．almost               D．hardly

19．A．notice              B．learn               C．imagine              D．recognize

20．A．living              B．fun               C．money              D．change

21．A．losing              B．winning            C．giving             D．making

22．A．subject             B．decision              C．relation            D．attitude

23．A．proud               B．fond              C．careful            D．sure

24．A．different            B．long               C．short                D．far

25．A．distances           B．activities             C．trips               D．movements

26．A．direction            B．sight               C．hearing            D．touch

27．A．over                B．across           C．with                                      D．through

28．A．river               B．mountain           C．cloud              D．sky

29．A．sing               B．dance             C．circle                                     D．whistle

30．A．fly                 B．time             C．day                D．look

31．A．write               B．record             C．count                                     D．memorize

32．A．come               B．show            C．phone           D．cheer

33．A．again              B．finally               C．only                D．accidentally

34．A．took                B．gave               C．managed         D．had

35．A．flew down          B．went down           C．let out           D．gave out

完形填空

    I've always loved pigeons (鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start 1 them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt (破坏) our 2 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 3 carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could 4 a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 5 .

　　You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 6 big prizes.

　　My wife had been changing her 7 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite 8 of all the prizes we'd won. Then there was the traveling, which the liked. You see someone has to take the pigeons a 9 way off and release them. Some of the 10 were really nice. I never traveled. I used to like to wait at home and see them come in. They've got this wonderful sense of 11 , which can bring them back home so quickly. They'd flown hundreds of miles sometimes 12 storms or against strong winds. And there they'd come, tiny white birds against the great 13 . Then I'd watch them 14 round and come down onto the landing shelf. I'd look at my watch and think, “My goodness, that's a good 15 ”And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 16 what time he'd arrived. Then my wife would 17 up and say, “Has he arrived yet?” Then we would work out if we'd won 18 .

　　Then last year we had a 19 ! One of them got some sort of flu(流行病)and died, then they all 20 .It was terrible, I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.

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