I've spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that
36 is an occupational disease.But one year, my
37 gave me the cure for my homesickness.
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet—a stuffed penguin(企鵝)that
38 about five inches tall.Attached to its left wing
39 a little sign with the hand-painted declaration "I Love My Dad! ".I
40 the penguin at once on my table.
On my next trip, I put the penguin in my suitcase.That night when I
41__ home, my daughter Jeanine was
42 because the penguin had disappeared."Honey, he's here with me, " I explained, "I brought him
43 ."
44 , the penguin came with me—as necessary as my briefcase.And we
__45 along the way.In Albuquerque, I checked into a
46 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting.When I returned, the maid had
47 the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow.
One night, I discovered the penguin
48 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I' d
49 it in my previous hotel room,
50 it had been rescued by a maid.I
__51 a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk.In the hotel lobby(大廳), other tired business travelers were
__52 at the reunion of my penguin and me---I think with a bit of
53 .
Jeanine is in college now, and I don't travel
54 . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion.All those years on
55 , it was the one thing I never left home without.
小題1: | A.cold | B.hunger | C.loneliness | D.fever |
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小題2: | A.wife | B.daughter | C.friend | D.mother |
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小題3: | A.stood | B.lay | C.jumped | D.climbed |
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小題4: | A.wrote | B.turned | C.was | D.had |
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小題5: | A.threw | B.lost | C.ordered | D.placed |
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小題6: | A.drove | B.called | C.wrote | D.went |
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小題7: | A.upset | B.happy | C.glad | D.excited |
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小題8: | A.up | B.off | C.a(chǎn)long | D.down |
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小題9: | A.From now on | B.In the future | C.In future | D.From then on |
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小題10: | A.had friends | B.had friend | C.made friends | D.made friend |
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小題11: | A.school | B.hotel | C.shop | D.supermarket |
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小題12: | A.given | B.turned | C.made | D.carried |
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小題13: | A.sleeping | B.going | C.living | D.missing |
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小題14: | A.forgot | B.left | C.ordered | D.sent |
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小題15: | A.there | B.when | C.where | D.how |
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小題16: | A.ran | B.walked | C.hurried | D.drove |
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小題17: | A.surprised | B.frightened | C.looked | D.laughed |
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小題18: | A.a(chǎn)nger | B.a(chǎn)dmiration | C.sadness | D.illness |
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小題19: | A.a(chǎn)s many | B.a(chǎn)s seldom | C.so few | D.a(chǎn)s much |
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小題20: | A.the hotel | B.the meeting | C.the trip | D.the house |
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