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 companion．All those years on   55 , it was the one thing I never left home without．

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 companion．All those years on   55 , it was the one thing I never left home without．

1.                A．cold           B．hunger         C．loneliness D．fever

2.                A．wife           B．daughter        C．friend    D．mother

3.                A．stood          B．lay             C．jumped   D．climbed

4.                A．wrote          B．turned         C．was  D．had

5.                A．threw          B．lost            C．ordered  D．placed

6.                A．drove          B．called          C．wrote    D．went

7.                A．upset          B．happy          C．glad D．excited

8.                A．up            B．off             C．along D．down

9.                A．From now on    B．In the future     C．In future D．From then on

10.               A．had friends      B．had friend      C．made friends   D．made friend

11.               A．school         B．hotel          C．shop  D．supermarket

12.               A．given          B．turned         C．made     D．carried

13.               A．sleeping        B．going          C．living D．missing

14.               A．forgot          B．left            C．ordered   D．sent

15.               A．there          B．when          C．where D．how

16.               A．ran            B．walked         C．hurried   D．drove

17.               A．surprised       B．frightened      C．looked    D．laughed

18.               A．anger          B．admiration      C．sadness   D．illness

19.               A．as many        B．as seldom       C．so few D．as much

20.               A．the hotel       B．the meeting     C．the trip    D．the house

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　I was born and brought up in the town of Pineville， which I left at the age of sixteen．Twenty years 　　1　　 I found myself back on a visit．I went to see my old friend Tom Clark，who， 　　2　　 as ever，was chairman of the local（本地的） club．He was busy preparing to welcome 　　3　　 writer，who had been 　　4　　 to come to give a talk on modern literature （文学） at the public library 　　5　　 evening．Since I happened to have 　　6　　 a book or two by the famous writer，when Tom invited me to go with him I 　　7　　 accepted．

　　Tom was going to 　　8　　 the speaker to the audience（听众）．So we went to the library a little early to greet him．As the speaker had not yet 　　9　　 ， I left Tom and went into the main reading room 　　10　　 a large crowd had already gathered．I was 　　11　　 to find that I knew nobody there．So I found a seat in the corner and 　　12　　 patiently waiting．

　　When it was just about time for the 　　13　　 to begin．I saw Tom standing at the doorway making a sign for me to come out．He looked 　　14　　 about something， so I got up and went out to him．He 　　15　　 that he had just had a telephone call from the writer．Our speaker had 　　16　　 his flight（航班） and would not be arriving！While we were thinking about the problem．Tom suddenly asked me 　　17　　 mind filling in as speaker．I 　　18　　 had time to think about the matter when suddenly I found I was being 　　19　　 back into the reading room to make a speech to the 　　20　　 audience！

1．A．ago

B．later

C．earlier

D．before

2．A．active

B．lazy

C．brave

D．shy

3．A．a well-known

B．an unknown

C．the well-known

D．the unknown

4．A．noticed

B．invited

C．refused

D．made

5．A．last

B．some other

C．the other

D．that very

6．A．interested

B．written

C．mentioned

D．read

7．A．gladly

B．sadly

C．had

D．was

8．A．direct

B．move

C．describe

D．introduce

9．A．spoken

B．arrived

C．rested

D．eaten

10．A．where

B．although

C．after

D．there

11．A．expected

B．disappointed

C．unexpected

D．disappointing

12．A．sat

B．stood

C．lay

D．hid

13．A．party

B．show

C．talk

D．dinner

14．A．pleased

B．worried

C．frightened

D．satisfied

15．A．suggested

B．explained

C．apologized

D．insisted

16．A．taken

B．made

C．missed

D．lost

17．A．whether to

B．not to

C．that I should

D．if I would

18．A．sent

B．driven

C．carried

D．led

19．A．hardly

B．still

C．already

D．quickly

20．A．familiar

B．waiting

C．shouting

D．ready

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I jumped into a taxi and took off for the airport．                        
We were driving in the right lane   36   suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space  
37   in front of us．My taxi driver immediately put his foot on the   38 ．The taxi slid a short distance quickly and   39   the other car by just inches! The driver of the black car moved his head around and started   40   at us．My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy; and I mean he was  41   friendly, which is truly beyond my expectation.
42   I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost  43   your car and sent us to the   44  !” This is when my taxi driver  45   me what I now call “the Law of the Garbage Truck.”
He   46   that many people are like garbage trucks．They run around full of garbage, disappointment, frustration (挫败感) and   47 ．As their garbage   48  , they need a place to dump (丢弃) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on   49 ．Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move   50 ．Don’t take it   51 ．Don’t take their garbage and   52   it to other people at work, at home or on the streets．                               
The   53   line is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day．Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with   54  , so “Love the people who treat you   55 ．Pray for the ones who don’t”．
36．A．as     B．when        C．before      D．while
37．A．even  B．still   C．right  D．only  
38．A．brakes      B．airbags     C．seats  D．gases
39．A．left   B．hit     C．attacked    D．missed
40．A．nodding    B．looking     C．yelling      D．frowning
41．A．really       B．exactly     C．almost      D．rarely 
42．A．Since       B．So     C．But   D．Yet 
43．A．blocked    B．ruined      C．passed      D．followed
44．A．airport      B．prison       C．court D．hospital
45．A．returned   B．showed    C．taught       D．brought
46．A．imagined  B．explained  C．argued      D．advised
47．A．doubt       B．eagerness  C．anger D．panic
48．A．piles up    B．breaks down     C．runs out    D．cuts down
49．A．none B．me    C．themselves       D．you
50．A．on     B．along C．in      D．out
51．A．formally   B．personally C．immediately     D．permanently
52．A．save  B．present     C．offer D．spread
53．A．finish      B．life    C．front D．bottom
54．A．losses       B．regrets     C．dreams     D．plans
55．A．well  B．differently       C．actively    D．hard