Question

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

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文为情感故事。作者是一个经常在外旅行的推销员。女儿送给他的玩具企鹅消除了他在旅途中寂寞，成了他生活中不可缺少的一个朋友。

1.由前面提到的作者是一个旅行推销员可知，作者知道孤独是一种职业病。选C。

2.从下文可知，是女儿送给了作者一只企鹅。

3.stand一词在句中表示矗立的状态，其后接表选B。示高度的名词短语，与语境相符。选A。

4.本句为倒装句结构，正常语序为a little sign with the hand-painted decoration “I Love My Dad! ” was attached to its left wing。选C。

5.作者马上将这个小企鹅放到自己的桌子上。 place 放置，与句意相符。选D。

6.考查动词辨析：A．drove开车B．called打电话C．wrote写D．went去，作者是出差的，应该 打电话回家。选A。

7.由下句女儿发现企鹅没有了，她此时的情绪肯定是“不高兴”，用upset符合语境。选A。

8.与上文提到作者跟女儿的解释“he’s here with me”相照应，作者随身带着那只玩具企鹅， bring along“带来，随身带着某人或某物”。选C。

9.考查词组：A．From now on从那时起 B．In the future未来 C．In future不久的将来 D．From then on 从那时起，句意：从那时起，那只玩具企鹅就一直和作者在一起，就和他的公文包一样必不可少。选D。

10.考查词组：与前句相照应，作者已经在他的旅途中和这只玩具企鹅成了朋友。选C。

11.考查名词：A．school 学校B．hotel 旅店C．shop商店D．supermarket 超市，由下文的“the maid had ____ the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow”可知，这里提的是作者登记入住旅店，选hotel与上下文语境相符。选B。

12.考查词组： make the bed为短语搭配，意为“铺床”。选C。

13.考查动词：A．sleeping睡觉 B．going 去C．living生活D．missing不见，从下文可知，作者发现自己的玩具企鹅不见了， missing 丢失的，不见的，与句意相符。选D。

14.考查动词：A．forgot 忘记B．left 离开C．ordered 预定D．sent送。作者将它忘在了自己先前住过的旅馆里。 leave 意为“将某物忘在某处”。选B

15.此处考查定语从句。where在句中用来引导非限制性定语从句，同时在定语从句中作状语。选C。

16.考查动词：A．ran 跑B．walked 走C．hurried 匆忙D．drove开车，从后面的a hundred miles可知，作者只能是驱车去取自己忘在旅店的小企鹅。选D。

17.考查形容词：A．surprised惊讶的B．frightened使害怕 C．looked 看D．laughed笑在旅店的大厅里，那些疲惫的出差旅行的人对于作者的那个企鹅的失而复得而感到意外。选A。

18.考查名词：A．anger 生气B．envy 嫉妒，羡慕C．sadness悲伤 D．illness 生病envy意为“”。 a touch of 有一点。选B。

19.考查句意理【解析】
本句意为“我也不像原来那样进行那么多的旅行了”。本句实际上是一个省略句，完整的句子应为I don’t travel as much as before. ，as much as在句中用于表示程度。选D。

20.考查名词：A．the hotel旅店 B．the meeting 会议C．the road 公路D．the house 房子，与前面的traveling companion相照应，这里要用“on the road”在路上。选C。

考点：考查故事类短文