It happens every day, everywhere I go. At the supermarket and the post office, people keep telling me to enjoy my kids while they are 31 . I spend my days taking care of them and answering 32 questions about everything from why we have two eyes but one nose to 33 there are toilets in the heaven. They 34 me from eating a full meal or getting a full 35 sleep.
Yet, the other day, when I took my kids to a children’s museum, I began to 36 what people were trying to tell me. It was the 37 time we went there without diaper (尿布) bag, baby bottle or stroller (婴儿车). As I watched my sons paint there, I was suddenly 38 by a wave of 39 . My babies weren’t babies any more.
Now I’m paying more attention to the 40 that won’t happen when my kids are 41 .
I’m enjoying when Christ looked up the sky and cried 42 , “Wow! The moon!” In a few 43 , it will take a rare Shrek card or something else to get him that excited. I’m 44 when Nicholas put down his fork at dinner and asked, “Mommy, how are you doing?” About ten years from now , he 45__ not care. When they’re in primary school, they won’t want to hold my 46 any more. In junior high school, they won’t hug me and say, “I love you, too.” In high school, they won’t even want to be 47 with me.
Pretty 48 they’ll both be gone. And I’ll 49 through the supermarket and the post office alone, warning young 50 to enjoy their kids while they are little. Hope they’ll listen.
31. A. well B. little C. funny D. humorous
32. A. strange B. boring C. endless D. special
33. A. how B. whether C. why D, when
34. A. make B. turn C. take D. keep
35. A. day’s B. time’s C. night’s D. bed’s
36. A. realize B. admit C. remind D. admire
37. A. very B. real C. best D. first
38. A. hit B. thrown C. stuck D. moved
39. A. happiness B. sadness C. luck D. fail
40. A. accident B. event C. scene D. moment
41. A. younger B. better C. worse D. older
42. A. excitedly B. disappointedly C. lovely D. shyly
43. A. days B. weeks C. months D. years
44. A. measuring B. pleasing C. treasuring D. surprising
45. A. might B. should C. must D. need
46. A. hair B. hands C. bag D. basket
47. A. seen B. talked C. carried D. treated
48. A. quickly B. slowly C. soon D. more
49. A. come B. go C. wander D. pass
50. A. fathers B. mothers C. people D. ladies