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 41 . I spend my days taking care of them and answering 42 questions about everything from why we have two eyes but one nose to 43 there are toilets in the heaven. They 44 me from eating a full meal or getting a full 45 sleep.
Yet, the other day, when I took my kids to a children’s museum, I began to 46 what people were trying to tell me. It was the 47 time we had gone there without diaper (纸尿片) bag, baby bottle or stroller (小推车). As I watched my sons paint there, I was suddenly 48 by a wave of 49 . My babies weren’t babies any more.
Now I’m paying more attention to the 50 that won’t happen when my kids are 51 . I’m enjoying the minute when Christ looked up the sky and cried 52 “Wow! The moon!” In a few 53 , it will take a rare Shrek card or something else to get him that excited. I’m 54 the moment when Nicholas put down his fork at dinner and asked, “Mommy, how are you doing?” About ten years from now, he 55 not care about me. When they’re in primary school, they won’t want to hold my 56 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 57 together with me.
Pretty 58 they’ll both be gone. And I’ll 59 through the supermarket and the post office alone, warning young 60 to enjoy their kids while they are little. Hope they’ll listen.
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I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine