Like all other mothers who have small children, I, too, have to steal time-from my own children at home and from the children who know me as their teacher-just to put a few words down on paper. Many times I’ve wanted to write for myself, for other women, for my parents, for my husband, and especially for my children. I would have liked to leave a legacy (遺產) of words explaining what it has meant to have twins. One reason that there is not a great deal written about being a mother of a new baby is that there is seldom a moment to think of anything else but the baby’s needs.
With twins, I did not have a spare hand to write with.
Before my twins were born, my days were long and I had nothing to write about. After the twins’ birth I did have something to write about, but I found myself facing not a pen and paper but milk bottles.
Some nights, friends would visit. They would leave at 11 p.m., heading for bed, and for us the night was only just beginning. With twins, there is really no night. Each feeding lasts a long time. At 1:00 a.m., each of them would begin crying from hunger. At 4:00am, when I finally put them down, I felt exhausted.
Two years have passed since then and we’ve managed to live through it all. My days are still very full and even now there isn’t one evening when I put the twins down for the night that I don’t have a break. At last a little time for myself.
小題1:When did the writer have time but she didn’t feel like writing anything?
A．Before the birth of her twins.
B．When she faced bottles of milk.
C．After her friends visited her home.
D．When she had to think about the babies’ needs.
小題2:What does the writer mainly write about?
A．Her role as a wife. B．Her work as a writer.
C．Her experience as a mother. D．Her feeling as a woman.
小題3:Why did the writer say the night was just beginning (in the 4th paragraph)?
A．Because her friends left her house too late.
B．Because she started to take care of the twins even at night.
C．Because her babies often cried and she woke up.
D．Because she could not sleep till four in the morning.
小題4: This passage is probably from a(n) _________.
A．blog B．newspaper C．guidebook D．advertisement
小題5: What can we learn from the passage?
A．The writer was unhappy because of no time for writing.
B．The writer cared about her babies more than her own interests.
C．The writer hated to be a mother of twins.
D．The writer could steal a little time at night.

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:B

小題1:A 細節(jié)題。文章第三段提到Before my twins were born, my days were long and I had nothing to write about,故選擇A
小題1:C 主旨大意題。作者主要的寫作內容在第一段就有提到，Like all other mothers who have small children,所以她主要是寫作為母親的生活,故選擇C
小題1:B 原因題。作者夜晚剛剛開始的原因在第四段有提到With twins, there is really no night,所以原因是要照顧孩子,故選擇B
小題1:A 詢問這篇文章可能的來源,首先可以確定這篇文章是非盈利性的,并且不是正式的文體,所以最有可能是一片博客日志,故選擇A
小題1:B 主旨大意題。從作者對于孩子的關心可以了解作者將孩子放在自己前面，故選擇B
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