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.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-beaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge (报复) when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement (答谢) in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good-will and tolerance so necessary in modem traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are teen driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that die highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.

A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learn to falter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modem motorists can't even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of roadsmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the carownersbip explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

　　 1. The sentence “You might tolerate the odd roadhog, the rude...” (Line 6, Para. 1) implies that

　　　　  A. our society is unjust towards well-mannered motorists

　　　　  B. rude drivers can be met only occasionally

　　　　  C. the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the roadhog

　　　　  D. nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists

　　 2. By “good sense”, the writer means——.

　　　　   A. the driver's ability to understand anti-react reasonably

　　　　   B. the driver's prompt response to difficult and severe conditions

　　　　   C. the driver's tolerance of rude or even savage behavior

　　　　   D. the driver's acknowledgement of politeness and regulations

　　 3. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion,

　　　　   A. road users should make sacrifice

　　　　   B. drivers should be ready to yield to each other

　　　　   C. drivers should have more communication among themselves

　　　　   D. drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others

　　 4. In the writer's opinion

　　　　   A. strict traffic regulations are badly needed

　　　　   B. drivers should apply read politeness properly

　　　　   C. rude drivers should be punished

　　　　   D. drivers should avoid traffic jams

It is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modem life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters behind the wheel. It is all very well, again, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter altogether. You might tolerate the odd roadhog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the role. Perhaps the situation calls for a Be Kind to Other Drivers' campaign; otherwise it may get complete out of hand.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-beaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge (报复) when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement (答谢) in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good-will and tolerance so necessary in modem traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are teen driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that die highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.

A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learn to falter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modem motorists can't even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of roadsmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the carownersbip explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

　　 1. The sentence “You might tolerate the odd roadhog, the rude...” (Line 6, Para. 1) implies that

　　　　  A. our society is unjust towards well-mannered motorists

　　　　  B. rude drivers can be met only occasionally

　　　　  C. the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the roadhog

　　　　  D. nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists

　　 2. By “good sense”, the writer means——.

　　　　   A. the driver's ability to understand anti-react reasonably

　　　　   B. the driver's prompt response to difficult and severe conditions

　　　　   C. the driver's tolerance of rude or even savage behavior

　　　　   D. the driver's acknowledgement of politeness and regulations

　　 3. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion,

　　　　   A. road users should make sacrifice

　　　　   B. drivers should be ready to yield to each other

　　　　   C. drivers should have more communication among themselves

　　　　   D. drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others

　　 4. In the writer's opinion

　　　　   A. strict traffic regulations are badly needed

　　　　   B. drivers should apply read politeness properly

　　　　   C. rude drivers should be punished

　　　　   D. drivers should avoid traffic jams

—Shall we go out for a walk?

—Sorry. This is not the right _________ to invite me. I am too tired to walk.

A. moment     B. situation

C. place   D. chance