Big things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents
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my entire world and turned it upside down
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they told me they were getting a divorce. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to
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. Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often
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, I still wanted my family to stay the same.
My life changed completely
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the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment across town,
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my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a
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whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather, Dan, whom I showed no
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in. I was depressed, especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was no
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that things could change back to the way they were.
Even though I
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all Dan’s attempts to get to know me and wasn’t very
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to him, he never gave up on me.
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, I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in
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, especially when it came to movies and TV shows. We
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a lot of time together hanging out watching TV. That gave us a chance to talk and get
to know each other.
Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed
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on school or friends. Once I began to warm up to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and took short trips.
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, I discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted.
I now realize my parents were
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about getting the divorce. Their divorce was the best thing to happen for all of u
s. My father also found happiness—he
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and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.
At 13, I learned an important
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—change is not always the worst thing that can
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. Sometimes, it is just what we need the most.
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| 小题22: | | A．unless | B．if | C．when | D．until |
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| 小题23: | | A．break up | B．hold up | C．keep up | D．show up |
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| 小题24: | | A．whispered | B．fought | C．talked | D．competed |
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| 小题25: | | A．throughout | B．beyond | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题26: | | A．where | B．although | C．while | D．that |
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| 小题27: | | A．visitor | B．relative | C．neighbor | D．stranger |
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| 小题28: | | A．confidence | B．interest | C．fear | D．anger |
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| 小题29: | | A．doubt | B．difference | C．point | D．way |
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| 小题30: | | A．forgot | B．supported | C．resisted | D．valued |
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| 小题31: | | A．serious | B．nice | C．bad | D．generous |
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| 小题32: | | A．Gradually | B．Immediately | C．Usually | D．Regularly |
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| 小题33: | | A．mind | B．trouble | C．common | D．order |
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| 小题34: | | A．spent | B．wasted | C．lost | D．saved |
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| 小题35: | | A．experience | B．information | C．impression | D．advice |
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| 小题36: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Eventually | D．Occasionally |
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| 小题37: | | A．wrong | B．confident | C．guilty | D．right |
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| 小题38: | | A．remarried | B．returned | C．changed | D．left |
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| 小题39: | | A．method | B．truth | C．skill | D．word |
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| 小题40: | | A．exist | B．remain | C．continue | D．happen |
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