It all started when I was two years old. My parents didn’t get along and got divorced（离婚）. I hated that I couldn’t see both of my parents at the same time. So my dad, my younger sister, Alexis, and I went to live with my grandma and grandpa. We lived with them for almost six years. My mom, on the other hand, lived with her boyfriend Michael in Oklahoma. My life was really good, but when my mom called to check up on my sister and me, I cried myself to sleep. I missed her so much.

My life at my grandparents’ house was really nice. And then on Friday, May 15, 2002, my grandpa died of cancer. I cried for seven days straight. My dad and his new wife were worried about me. So they took me to the doctor and they said that I was too sad and that I needed to find something happy and healthy to do during the day.

I prayed（祈祷）to God every night saying that I was sorry for getting myself sick and I also prayed for him to take care of my grandpa. I still pray to this day. And now, at my mom’s house, she has a four-year-old girl, my half-sister, Macie. And I have my step-dad（继父）, Michael, there for me. I really like Michael. He’s really good to me and my sister. And at my dad’s house, I have two little brothers, Blake and Justin. Blake is two years old and Justin is ten months old. I have so much to be thankful for, but I’m still looking for more.

1. The writer had to leave her ________ when she was two years old.

A. father B. mother

C. grandpaD. grandma

【小题2 】The writer cried to sleep while her mother called to check up her because she _______.

A. hated her father B. hated her father’s new wife

C. missed her mother D. missed her grandpa

2.We can infer(推断) from the story that ______

A. The writer’s father and her mother didn’t treat her very well.

B. The writer wished that she could live both her father and mother.

C. The writer’s mother didn’t love her so she left her when she was only two.

D. The writer was taken to the hospital after her grandpa died. And the doctor asked her to take much medicine.

3.Half-sister means the writer and Macie have the same _________.

A. father but different mothers

B. mother but different fathers

C. grandmother but different grandfathers

D. grandfather but different grandmothers

4.How many brothers and sisters does the writer have?

A. 2B. 3

C. 4D. 5

I find ________ difficult to remember everything, though I’m still young.

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(he,  the,  grow,  high,  until,  one,  fail,  loud,  speech,  when)
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured 【小题1】__________ highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 【小题2】__________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 【小题3】__________ we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but【小题4】__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 【小题5】__________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome【小题6】__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 【小题7】__________ as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.
He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a【小题8】__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 【小题9】__________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 【小题10】__________all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”

It’s 3 o’clock in the morning, but I’m still wide __________.

A. alive B. awake

C. aloneD. asleep