Sometimes I thought I was a good mom. Sometimes, I felt like I spent the day nagging ( 唠叨不休 ) my kids rather than 41 them, especially my strong-willed son. 42 a family get-together taught me an important 43 . My son was ten at the time and we were on a late night family 44 trip to Cleveland for the get-together the next day. I was taking my 45 at the wheel while my husband and my small daughter 46 . My son, full of energy, was wide awake in the back seat. I 47 to stay awake, too, and I didn’t want to 48 the radio, so I asked him to talk to me to help keep me 49 . “Sure, Mom,” he said, “what do you want to 50 ?” I told him I’d talk about 51 he wanted to talk about. “How about frogs ( 青蛙 )?” he asked. I said that would be 52 , and for the next hour or so we talked about the 53 between frogs and toads ( 蟾蜍 ), and 54 — basketball and soccer. He was quite 55 when we talked about Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson and how they got to be so famous. Now and then he would 56 , but we’d continue to talk as I drove down the 57 road. About an hour and a half later, when I finally 58 , the bright lights woke everyone, and the magic of our discussion 59 . But I knew that I had taken the first step toward changing a bad 60 habit with someone I love very much. 41. A. visiting B. knowing C. worrying about D. dealing with 42. A. Or B. So C. Since D. But 43. A. idea B. plan C. lesson D. reason 44. A. car B. plane C. bike D. train 45. A. offer B. step C. place D. turn 46. A. learned B. ate C. exercised D. slept 47. A. failed B. needed C. refused D. agreed 48. A. move B. take C. play D. touch 49. A. patient B. pleased C. awake D. strong 50. A. discuss B. do C. prove D. say 51. A. anyone B. someone C. nothing D. anything 52. A. lucky B. fine C. simple D. dangerous 53. A. studies B. rules C. differences D. competitions 54. A. tasks B. sports C. shows D. programs 55. A. interested B. surprised C. angry D. sorry 56. A. stay B. stop C. watch D. leave 57. A. dark B. main C. wide D. beautiful 58. A. passed B. followed C. finished D. arrived 59. A. worked B. continued C. disappeared D. changed 60. A. reading B. listening C. living D. driving