请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day in early December, we woke up to discover a heavy fall of snow. “Mom, can we go __36__ after breakfast?” my eleven-year-old daughter Erica begged. I didn’t want to __37__ her request, so we headed towards the only __38__ in our town.
When we arrived, the hill was crowded with people. We found an open spot next to a thin man and his three-year-old son. The boy was already lying in the sled (雪橇), __39__ to be launched. “Come on, Daddy!” he called.
The man looked over at me. “Okay if we go __40__?” he asked.
