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(企鹅)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(大厅), 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.
A.cold B.hunger C.loneliness D.fever
A.wife B.daughter C.friend D.mother
A.stood B.lay C.jumped D.climbed
A.wrote B.turned C.was D.had
A.threw B.lost C.ordered D.placed
A.drove B.called C.wrote D.went
A.upset B.happy C.glad D.excited
A.up B.off C.along D.down
A.From now on B.In the future C.In future D.From then on
A.had friends B.had friend C.made friends D.made friend
A.school B.hotel C.shop D.supermarket
A.given B.turned C.made D.carried
A.sleeping B.going C.living D.missing
A.forgot B.left C.ordered D.sent
A.there B.when C.where D.how
A.ran B.walked C.hurried D.drove
A.surprised B.frightened C.looked D.laughed
A.anger B.admiration C.sadness D.illness
A.as many B.as seldom C.so few D.as much
A.the hotel B.the meeting C.the trip D.the house