I've spent most of my career as a traveling salesman. There's nothing _______ than eating meals in a coffee shop. One year,my five-year-old daughter Jeanine gave me a(n)________.It was a soft toy penguin with a hand-painted card ___________ "I Love My Dad!"Tears came to my eyes ________ and,I gave it a special place on my desk.
Soon I had to leave on _________ business trip. This time when I was _________,I put the penguin in my suitcase. After that day,Jeanine __________ helped me with the penguin. Many years have _________ since then. And that little penguin has kept me ________ for hundreds of thousands of miles all across America and over to Europe. We have also made many friends along the way.
Late one night,after leaving my hotel,I _________ that the penguin was missing. Frantically(紧张慌乱地),I __________ the hotel. The clerk laughed,saying it hadn't been __________.But half an hour later,he called back to say that my penguin had been ___________.It was already ___________,but I still drove several hours to get my little friend,arriving near midnight.
It was waiting at the front desk. In the lobby,___________ business travelers looked at us-I thought with some ___________ that I had such a lovely friend. Someone came out to shake my hand. Another man told me that he had even ___________ to deliver it to me the very next day,which would have saved me the trip.
Jeanine is in college now and I don't travel as much anymore. The penguin spends most of its time sitting on my __________ — a reminder(提醒人的事物)that _________ is the best traveling companion. All those years on the road,it was the one thing I never left home __________.
【小题1】 | A.better | B.lonelier | C.sadder | D.funnier |
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【小题2】 | A.animal | B.painting | C.card | D.gift |
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【小题3】 | A.printing | B.calling | C.saying | D.writing |
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【小题4】 | A.immediately | B.gradually | C.calmly | D.hopefully |
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【小题5】 | A.the other | B.others | C.the others | D.another |
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【小题6】 | A.packing | B.preparing | C.traveling | D.moving |
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【小题7】 | A.still | B.never | C.always | D.seldom |
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【小题8】 | A.gone by | B.passed away | C.put away | D.got along |
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【小题9】 | A.warmth | B.happiness | C.friend | D.company |
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【小题10】 | A.imagined | B.proved | C.discovered | D.considered |
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【小题11】 | A.visited | B.searched | C.phoned | D.missed |
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【小题12】 | A.checked | B.reported | C.delivered | D.taken |
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【小题13】 | A.lost | B.destroyed | C.repaired | D.found |
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【小题14】 | A.early | B.boring | C.late | D.unlucky |
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【小题15】 | A.excited | B.tired | C.annoyed | D.puzzled |
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【小题16】 | A.pride | B.relief | C.satisfaction | D.envy |
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【小题17】 | A.driven | B.agreed | C.volunteered | D.tried |
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【小题19】 | A.love | B.friendship | C.help | D.care |
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