一Thank God! It’s a fine day.The rain_________!

一But I don’t know how long it will stay fine. w*w*w*k*s*5*u*c*o*m

A.is stopping　 　 B.has stopped　 　　　　　　　 C.stopped D.will stop

一Thank God this school term is coming to an end!

一Yeah，after all that hard work，We all _________________a holiday．

A．preserve　 B．observe　 C．reserve　 D．deserve

I’ve spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that batting loneliness is an occupational hazard(职业病). But one year, my little girl Jeanine gave me the cure   36   for my homesickness.

It had black beady eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet－a toy penguin that stood about five inches tall.   37   to its left wing was a little sign bearing the hand painted declaration “I Love My Dad!” I   38   granted(给予) the penguin a special   39   on my dresser.

On my next   40  ,  I threw the penguin in my suitcase. That night when I   41   home, Jeanine was   42   that the penguin had disappeared. “Honey, he’s here with me,” I explained, “I 43   him along.”

From then on, the penguin came with me－as essential as my briefcase of shaving kit. And we   44  friends along the way.  In Albuquerque , I   45   into a hotel, dumped out my bag and dashed to a meeting. When I returned, the maid had   46   the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow. In Boston, I found it   47   in a glass on the nightstand. Once a customs agent at New York’s Kennedy Airport dug the penguin out of my suitcase and,   48   it up, said, “Thank God we don’t charge   49   on love, or you’d owe bundle(一大笔钱).”

One night, I discovered the penguin   50  , and after frantic(发疯的) phone call, I learned I’d left it in my previous   51   room, where it had been rescued by a maid. I droved a hundred miles to get it; and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was   52   at the front desk. In the lobby(大厅), tired business travelers looked on at the reunion－I think with a touch(少量的) of   53  .

    Jeanine is in college now, and I don’t travel as much. The penguin sits on my   54  , a reminder that love is wonderful traveling   55  . All those years on the road, it was the one thing I never left home without.

 — Thank God you’re safe!

— I stepped back, just _______ to avoid the racing car.