always heard："Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy."

　　Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I sneaked out to the car and slipped my letter into one of his bags.

　　Two weeks went by with hardly a word from my father. Then, one afternoon, I came home from school to find my mom sitting at the dining room table waiting to talk to me. I could see in her eyes that she had been crying. She told me that Dad had been there and that they had talked for a long time. They decided that there were things that both of them could and would change and that their marriage was worth saving. Mom then turned her focus to my eyes.

　　"Krissie, Dad told me that you wrote him a letter. Can I ask what you wrote to him？"

　　I found it hard to share with my mom what I had written from my heart to my dad. I mumbled a few words and shrugged.

　　A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter, my dad and I. I guess I always figured that it was something that was a secret between us.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述的是在父亲要和母亲离婚时，作者给父亲写了一封信，这封信挽救了父母的婚姻。后来父亲又回到了家人的身边。

　　4．What happened to the author's parents when she was sixteen?

　　A．They left her alone.

　　B．They were getting divorced.

　　C．They shared in the chores together.

　　D．They had a good marriage.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第一段中的"but just before I ... tested"和"The strain on my mom and dad's relationship was very evident. However, I was not prepared for the day that Mom told us that Dad had decided to leave ... of a divorced family"可知，作者16岁时父母之间的关系很紧张，父亲要和母亲离婚，决定离开他们。

　　5．What is the meaning of the underlined word "grieved" in Para. 1?

　　A．Made sb. angry.　　　 B．Made sb. delighted.

　　C．Made sb. sad. D．Made sb. greedy.

　　解析：选C　词义猜测题。结合全文内容尤其是画线词前的"It was something I never thought possible"可知，作者并不希望父亲离开他们，所以当时她非常伤心。

　　6．What can we learn from the passage?

　　A．The author handed the letter directly to her father.

　　B．The author's father wrote back to her when he finished reading the letter.

C．The author's letter made a difference to her father.