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2017届高考英语二轮专题复习完形阅读强化综合训练（二） 完型填空 I've always loved pigeons(鸽子). Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start 26 them myself. They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt(破坏) our 27 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 28 carried on. I learnt so much about them that I could 29 a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties. My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 30 . You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 31 big prizes. My wife had been changing her 32 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway. She was quite 33 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 34 way off and set them free. Some of the 35 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 36 , which can bring them back home so quickly. They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes 37 storms or against strong winds. And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the great 38 . Then I'd watch them 39 round and come down onto the landing shelf. I'd look at my watch and think, “My goodness, that’s a good 40 . ”And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 41 what time he’d arrived. Then my wife would 42 up and say, “Has he arrived yet?” Then we would work out if we’d won 43 . | 
