Question

 The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara,our 1 ，were in their respective beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband Pat and I went to sleep 2 .

  3 after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. "Mommy,I want to stay with you. I promise I won't take much room.”I shifted 4 to make room. My son soon fell asleep.

  An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. "Mommy,my 5 is all stuffed up(堵住).I can't really breathe very well. Will you please 6with me a little while?" Tara doesn't often get up at night, 7 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 8 ，I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so 9 that I couldn't remove him. Quietly and carefully，I lay down between 10 and Jack.

  I did manage to get some sleep 11 I heard Tara's voice again. I returned to 12 Tara. "Mom,please lie down with me a little bit. I had a bad dream,and I'm so  13  ”"Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy's here and 14 is okay.”We fell asleep 15 each other's arms.

  Even in my sleepy state, I thought of 16 these nights of merry-go-round(—连串的繁忙活动)will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown. 17 before I，m ready, our children's rooms will be much too 18 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 19 that these very days and nights are,in fact, "the good old days"，ever so 20 .

(   ) 1. A. sons    B. twins      C. daughters    D. students

(   ) 2. A. downstairs    B. in     C. out    D. upstairs

(   ) 3. A. Sometimes    B. Every time     C. Sometime    D. Anytime
(   ) 4. A. gently    B. kindly       C. rudely    D. impatiently

(   ) 5. A. nose    B. mouth       C. heart    D. eye

(   ) 6. A. come      B. stay      C. talk    D. play

(   ) 7. A. even though    B. so   C. no matter when    D. however

(   ) 8. A. joy    B. anger      C. disappointment    D. surprise

(   ) 9. A. friendly  B. heavy        C. content    D. sad

(   ) 10. A. my father    B. Tara   C. Pat    D. my mother

(   ) 11. A. before    B. when      C. after    D. while

(   ) 12. A. show off    B. look after C. watch out    D. take care

(   ) 13. A. scared    B. exciting    C. excited    D. scaring

(   ) 14. A. something    B. anything  C. everything    D. nothing

(   ) 15. A. over    B. on          C. by    D. in

(   ) 16. A. how often    B. how soon    C. how long    D. how much

(   ) 17. A. No doubt    B. No wonder    C. No problem    D. No worry

(   ) 18. A. noisy       B. quiet       C. still    D. calm

(   ) 19. A. my children    B. my husband   C. my friend    D. myself

(   ) 20. A. potential    B. precise   C. precious    D. previous

Answer 1

1-5 BDCAA       6-10 BBDCC

11- 15 ABACD     16 -20 BABDC

本文讲述了一位母亲一晚上楼上楼下不停地照顾一对龙凤双胞胎孩子的繁忙活动，虽然母亲因此没有睡好觉，但是母亲觉得在孩子长大离家以前这样的机会都是珍贵的，展现了伟大的母爱。

1. B根据文章最后一段中的"In their place,my twins will be grown."可知，此处应为twins.

2. D根据文章第5空前的句子"An hour later,Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs."可知作者和丈夫在"楼上"睡。

3. C表示午夜的"某个时候"应该用some?time。sometimes "有时,间或";every time "每一次";sometime "在某时";anytime "任何时候"。

4. A根据"Jack quietly touched me"中的"quietly",结合上下文可知，此处作者应该是温柔地（gently)给儿子让出地方。

5. A根据下文女儿所说的"I can't really breathe very well."可知应该是女儿"鼻子"塞住了。

6. B根据文章内容可知，此处应是女儿要求作者和她"待一会儿"。

7. B第7空前后两个分句构成因果关系，所以用so。女儿晚上不常起来，所以这次作者决定陪女儿一会儿。

8. D to one's surprise"令某人惊讶的是"。这里的意思是作者没有想到儿子占了自己的位置。

9. C根据文章内容可知，因为儿子的表情是如此满足（content),所以作者不愿意去碰醒儿子。

10. C根据文章内容可知，床上有作者的丈夫Pat和儿子Jack,所以作者只好睡在他们中间。

11. A作者刚睡没多久就又听见女儿的叫声。

12. B look after "照看，照顾";show off "炫耀";watch out"小心'提防”_;take care "小心，注意"。

13. A做了一个噩梦，所以应该是害怕的(scared)₀

14. C此句意为：妈妈在这里，一切都会没事的。

15. D母女二人相拥着睡着了，介词应该用in。

16. B考查how短语引导的宾语从句，how often对表示频度的词提问；how long "多长时间";how much"多少"。该处句子意为：这一连串的繁忙活动要过多久才能结束？ how soon对表示将来的时间提问，意思是"要多久以后"。

17. A no doubt"毫无疑问";no wonder"难怪"; no problem"没问题";no worry"不需担心"。

18. B根据文章内容可知，孩子们要长大，总会离开家的，所以终有一天会人去房空，即安静下来。

19. D根据文章内容可知，作者一直在提醒自己，要珍惜这些忙碌而又美好的日子，因为"小鸟"迟早会飞走的。

20. C这些日夜操劳的日子忙碌而美好，但终究会因为孩子的长大离开而弥足珍贵（pre-cious) o