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 小题2: A．boy B．daughter C．friend D．mother 小题3: A．stood B．lay C．jumped D．climbed 小题4: A．wrote B．turned C．was D．had 小题5: A．threw B．lost C．gave D．placed 小题6: A．bear B．penguin C．dog D．rabbit 小题7: A．upset B．happy C．glad D．excited 小题8: A．up B．off C．along D．down 小题9: A．From now on B．In the future C．In future D．From then on 小题10: A．had friends B．had friend C．made friends D．made friend 小题11: A．school B．hotel C．shop D．supermarket 小题12: A．given B．turned C．made D．carried 小题13: A．sleeping B．going C．living D．missing 小题14: A．forget B．left C．ordered D．sent 小题15: A．there B．when C．where D．how 小题16: A．ran B．walked C．hurried D．drove 小题17: A．surprised B．frightened C．looked D．laughed 小题18: A．anger B．envy C．sadness D．illness 小题19: A．as many B．as seldom C．so little D．as much 小题20: A．the hotel B．the meeting C．the road D．the house