题目内容
【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
