Finally,

　　I'd succeeded in getting both kids to bed. I got them both washed,

　　__16__ by cries of delight,

　　crazy running around,

　　laughing and throwing things. __17__ calmed down,

　　they lay in their beds as I gave each the five minutes' back rubs as usual. Then I began the night time routine of a song,

　　both kids' __18__. I sang it over and over until they seemed fully engaged in __19__.

　　A recently __20__ man with full custody (监护权) of his children,

　　I was determined to give them as __21__ and stable a home life as possible. I __22__ a happy face for them. Everything was just as it had always been with the exception __23__ their mother was now missing. There,

　　another night successfully __24__.

　　I rose slowly,

　　tiptoed out of their room and went down­stairs.

　　Sitting at the __25__ room table,

　　I realized that this was the first time since I came home from work that I'd been able to __26__ sit down.

　　Then it all crowded in on me：the fatigue(疲惫),

　　the __27__ the worry about bills I wasn't sure I pay that month. And __28__. I felt as though I was at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness. I sat there,

　　silently sobbing. Just then,

　　a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face peered up at me. I looked down into my five­year­old son's __29__ face.

【2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(四十六)选修8Module 4《Which English？》（外研版）】相关文章：

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(七)必修2Module 1《Our Body and Healthy Habits》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(八)必修2Module 2《No Drugs》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十九)必修5Module 5《The Great Sports Personality》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十二)必修4Module 4《Great Scientists》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(十四)必修3Module 2《Developing and Developed Countries》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(四十八)选修8Module 6《The Tang Poems》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(三)必修1Module 3《My First Ride on a Train》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(三十)必修5Module 6《Animals in Danger》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(十八)必修3Module 6《Old and New》（外研版）

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二)必修1Module 2《My New Teachers》（外研版）