2018年山东高考英语练习题及答案（4）

　　I've always loved pigeons(鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and started 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 a lot of travelling, which she 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 got the wonderful sense of 11, which could 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.

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

　　1. A. racing B. understanding C. selling D. flying

　　2. A. dream B. work C. life D. hobby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

　　13. A. heaven B. mountain C. cloud D. sky

　　14. A. turn B. dance C. circle D. whistle

　　15. A. beginning B. time C. day D. look

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

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

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

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

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

　　1-5 ACADC 6-10 BDABC 　 11-15 ADDCB 16-20 BCADB

　　本文主要描述了作者喜欢鸽子并经常参加信鸽比赛的经历。

　　1. 由全文内容可知此处意为"我买了几只并开始参加信鸽比赛。"race使……进行比赛。

　　2. 买信鸽花了很多钱，对我们的生活(life)造成了一点影响。

　　4. recognize识别(好信鸽)。

　　7. 我的妻子在过去的一、两年内一直在改变对待信鸽的态度(attitude)。

　　9. 要进行信鸽比赛得有人把鸽子带到很远的地方(a long way)，然后放飞(release)。

　　12. 穿过(through)暴风雨。

　　13. 注意：heaven当"天空"讲时，常用作复数，故此空填sky。

　　14. 鸽子着陆时要在空中盘旋，故此空填circle(盘旋，绕圈)。

　　16. 鸽子飞回家后，主人应马上取下腿环，记录(record)鸽子到达的时间。

　　17. phone(sb.)up打电话。由第三段前三句话可知作者的妻子对信鸽比赛产生了兴趣。

　　18. 然后我们将判断是否我们又(again)获胜了。文章第二段有提示。

　　19. disaster灾难。

　　20. go down倒下，病倒。