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(破坏) 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 travelling, which she liked. You see some one has to take the pigeons a
24 way off and set them free. Some of the
25 were really nice. I never travelled. 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’d 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 had a
34 ! All of them got some sort of flu and
35 . It was terrible. I had to burn them all. We lost a fortune, of course.
| 小题1: | | A．racing | B．feeding | C．tending | D．flying |
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| 小题2: | | A．dream | B．work | C．marriage | D．hobby |
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| 小题3: | | A．just | B．even | C．almost | D．hardly |
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| 小题4: | | A．notice | B．learn | C．imagine | D．recognize |
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| 小题5: | | A．living | B．fun | C．money | D．change |
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| 小题6: | | A．losing | B．winning | C．giving | D．making |
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| 小题7: | | A．subject | B．decision | C．relation | D．attitude |
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| 小题8: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．careful | D．sure |
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| 小题9: | | A．different | B．1ong | C．short | D．far |
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| 小题10: | | A．distances | B．activities | C．trips | D．movements |
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| 小题11: | | A．direction | B．sight | C．hearing | D．touch |
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| 小题12: | | A．over | B．across | C．with | D．through |
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| 小题13: | | A．heaven | B．mountain | C．cloud | D．sky |
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| 小题14: | | A．turn | B．dance | C．circle | D．whistle |
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| 小题16: | | A．write | B．record | C．count | D．memorize |
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| 小题17: | | A．come | B．show | C．phone | D．cheer |
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| 小题18: | | A．again | B．finally | C．only | D．accidentally |
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| 小题19: | | A．disadvantage | B．chance | C．problem | D．disaster |
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小题20:.
| A．flew | B．died | C．cured | D．lost |