阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara, our
36 , were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep
37 .
38 after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. “Mommy, I want to stay with you. I promise I won’t take much room.” I shifted
39 to make room. My son soon fell asleep.
An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. “Mommy, my
40 is all stuffed up（堵住）. I can’t really breathe very well. Will you please
41 with me a little while?” Tara doesn’t often get up at night,
42 I decided to be there for her. She soon fell asleep. I returned to my own bed. I was determined to sleep. But to my
43 , I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so
44 that I couldn’t remove him. Quietly and carefully, I lay down between
45 and Jack.
I did manage to get some sleep
46 I heard Tara’s voice again. I returned to
47 Tara. “Mom, please lie down with me a little bit, I had a bad dream, and I’m so
48 .” “Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy’s here and
49 is okay.” We fell asleep
50 each other’s arms.
Even in my sleepy state, I thought of
51 these nights of merry-go-round（一连串的繁忙活动）beds will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown.
52 before I’m ready, our children’ rooms will be much too
53 and empty. So it is especially on days when I’m worn out after a night on this mom’s merry-go-round that I remind
54 that these very days and nights are, in fact. “the good old days”, ever so
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| 小题1: | | A．sons | B．twins | C．daughters | D．students |
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| 小题2: | | A．downstairs | B．in | C．out | D．upstairs |
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| 小题3: | | A．Sometimes | B．Some time | C．Sometime | D．Some times |
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| 小题4: | | A．gently | B．kindly | C．rudely | D．impatiently |
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| 小题5: | | A．nose | B．mouth | C．heart | D．eye |
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| 小题7: | | A．even though | B．so | C．no matter when | D．however |
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| 小题8: | | A．joy | B．anger | C．disappointment | D．surprise |
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| 小题9: | | A．deeply | B．sound | C．content | D．deep |
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| 小题10: | | A．my father | B．Tara | C．Pat | D．my mother |
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| 小题11: | | A．before | B．when | C．after | D．until |
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| 小题12: | | A．show off | B．look after | C．watch out | D．take care |
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| 小题13: | | A．scared | B．exciting | C．excited | D．scaring |
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| 小题14: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题16: | | A．how often | B．how soon | C．how long | D．how much |
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| 小题17: | | A．No doubt | B．No wonder | C．No problem | D．No worry |
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| 小题18: | | A．noisy | B．quiet | C．still | D．calm |
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| 小题19: | | A．my children | B．my husband | C．my friend | D．myself |
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| 小题20: | | A．potential | B．precise | C．precious | D．previous |
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