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.

A．racing B．feeding C．tending D．flying

A．dream B．work C．marriage D．hobby

A．just B．even C．almost D．hardly

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

A．living B．fun C．money D．change

A．losing B．winning C．giving D．making

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

A．proud B．fond C．careful D．sure

A．different B．1ong C．short D．far

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

A．direction B．sight C．hearing D．touch

A．over B．across C．with D．through

A．heaven B．mountain C．cloud D．sky

A．turn B．dance C．circle D．whistle

A．fly B．time C．day D．1ook

A．write B．record C．count D．memorize

A．come B．show C．phone D．cheer

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

A．disadvantage B．chance C．problem D．disaster

A．flew B．died C．cured D．lost