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 panion．All those years on 55 , it was the one thing I never left home without．
【小题1】A．coldB．hungerC．lonelinessD．fever【小题2】A．wifeB．daughterC．friend D．mother【小题3】A．stoodB．layC．jumpedD．climbed【小题4】A．wroteB．turnedC．wasD．had【小题5】A．threwB．lost C．orderedD．placed【小题6】A．droveB．called C．wroteD．went【小题7】A．upsetB．happyC．gladD．excited【小题8】A．upB．offC．alongD．down【小题9】A．From now onB．In the futureC．In future D．From then on【小题10】A．had friendsB．had friendC．made friendsD．made friend【小题11】A．schoolB．hotelC．shopD．supermarket【小题12】A．givenB．turnedC．made D．carried【小题13】A．sleepingB．goingC．livingD．missing【小题14】A．forgotB．leftC．orderedD．sent【小题15】A．thereB．whenC．whereD．how【小题16】A．ran B．walkedC．hurriedD．drove【小题17】A．surprisedB．frightenedC．looked D．laughed【小题18】A．angerB．admirationC．sadnessD．illness【小题19】A．as manyB．as seldomC．so fewD．as much【小题20】A．the hotelB．the meetingC．the tripD．the houseC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文为情感故事。作者是一个经常在外旅行的推销员。女儿送给他的玩具企鹅消除了他在旅途中寂寞，成了他生活中不可缺少的一个朋友。
【小题1】由前面提到的作者是一个旅行推销员可知，作者知道孤独是一种职业病。选C。
【小题2】从下文可知，是女儿送给了作者一只企鹅。
【小题3】stand一词在句中表示矗立的状态，其后接表选B。示高度的名词短语，与语境相符。选A。
【小题4】本句为倒装句结构，正常语序为a little sign with the hand-painted decoration “I Love My Dad! ” was attached to its left wing。选C。
【小题5】作者马上将这个小企鹅放到自己的桌子上。 place 放置，与句意相符。选D。
【小题6】考查动词辨析：A．drove开车B．called打电话C．wrote写D．went去，作者是出差的，应该 打电话回家。选A。
【小题7】由下句女儿发现企鹅没有了，她此时的情绪肯定是“不高兴”，用upset符合语境。选A。
【小题8】与上文提到作者跟女儿的解释“he’s here with me”相照应，作者随身带着那只玩具企鹅， bring along“带来，随身带着某人或某物”。选C。
【小题9】考查词组：A．From now on从那时起 B．In the future未来 C．In future不久的将来 D．From then on 从那时起，句意：从那时起，那只玩具企鹅就一直和作者在一起，就和他的公文包一样必不可少。选D。
【小题10】考查词组：与前句相照应，作者已经在他的旅途中和这只玩具企鹅成了朋友。选C。
【小题11】考查名词：A．school 学校B．hotel 旅店C．shop商店D．supermarket 超市，由下文的“the maid had the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow”可知，这里提的是作者登记入住旅店，选hotel与上下文语境相符。选B。
【小题12】考查词组： make the bed为短语搭配，意为“铺床”。选C。
【小题13】考查动词：A．sleeping睡觉 B．going 去C．living生活D．missing不见，从下文可知，作者发现自己的玩具企鹅不见了， missing 丢失的，不见的，与句意相符。选D。
【小题14】考查动词：A．forgot 忘记B．left 离开C．ordered 预定D．sent送。作者将它忘在了自己先前住过的旅馆里。 leave 意为“将某物忘在某处”。选B
【小题15】此处考查定语从句。where在句中用来引导非限制性定语从句，同时在定语从句中作状语。选C。
【小题16】考查动词：A．ran 跑B．walked 走C．hurried 匆忙D．drove开车，从后面的a hundred miles可知，作者只能是驱车去取自己忘在旅店的小企鹅。选D。
【小题17】考查形容词：A．surprised惊讶的B．frightened使害怕 C．looked 看D．laughed笑在旅店的大厅里，那些疲惫的出差旅行的人对于作者的那个企鹅的失而复得而感到意外。选A。
【小题18】考查名词：A．anger 生气B．envy 嫉妒，羡慕C．sadness悲伤 D．illness 生病envy意为“”。 a touch of 有一点。选B。
【小题19】考查句意理解：本句意为“我也不像原来那样进行那么多的旅行了”。本句实际上是一个省略句，完整的句子应为I don’t travel as much as before. ，as much as在句中用于表示程度。选D。
【小题20】考查名词：A．the hotel旅店 B．the meeting 会议C．the road 公路D．the house 房子，与前面的traveling panion相照应，这里要用“on the road”在路上。选C。