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