填空题 I have set out to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the foothills of the Bolivian
Altiplano, from the once famous coffee town of Santos to Santa Cruz de la
Sierra. I have made other great railway journeys by the chance. This is to be a 81. ______
proper journey with a beginning and a prearranging destination. It is early 82. ______
March and I have just left the sharp frosts of a lately Italian winter for the 83. ______
steamy heat of the tail end of a tropical rainy season. Santos is the club Pele,
the King of Football, played for. Beyond the sinister lines of grey cargo ships at 84. ______
the horizon, there is a halo: Pele's. His fame is the pride of his nation. Every
few minutes, people come up and ask me my name and if I like Santos. Between
assuring strangers how fond I am for their city, I think about it and decide that I 85. ______
really am. I feel at home in Brazil. I can even evoke my paternalistic 86. ______
grandfather, the moustachioed Senor Mendonca from Belem, to put me further at 87. ______
ease. Bloated as I am with coconut water and roasting under 100°F (38℃), the 88. ______
sensual hum of warring radio stations is lulling me sleep. I have a train to catch, 89. ______
though. I have been wanted to make this journey for so many years that I am 90. ______
resolved to make it now, no matter what.