Dear Daddy,

You’ve been gone for six years and I’ve had time to think. Now I’m ready to write this letter to you.

For a long time after Mom died, I thought I liked her more because I didn’t like your attitude and I thought that her softer side was more desirable. In my 15-year-old’s mind, I thought you could have stopped my mother from drinking herself to death. Instead, you were off playing tennis and working. Later, I realized that no one could make someone stop drinking. Support is important, but at the end of the day, it is a choice. You were just doing your best.

What I have learned is that I am much like you. You taught me self-confidence. I know if I am prepared to work hard enough for something, I will be successful. This is no small thing. What I’ve realized since you died is that you were always there for me. You fought to ensure that I got my place on the Quebec badminton team that I had earned. When I got divorced (離婚), you came up to see if I had what I needed to take care of the boys and you paid off my car.

You taught me not to spend money I don’t have. I’ve always kept to that rule. It has served me well. We always had a good home to live in, nice vacations, and everything we needed and most of what we wanted.

You were not a perfect parent and neither am I. My children are much more thankful than I ever was. I am thankful that I had you as my dad. I am still Daddy’s girl and I am proud of it.

1.We can know the writer’s father .

A. always put his family in first place

B. didn’t understand his daughter

C. didn’t treat his daughter well

D. died six years ago

2.The writer now doesn’t think her father .

A. was a good husband or father

B. had the right attitude towards her

C. was responsible for her mother’s death

D. did his best to prevent her mother from drinking

3.Which of the following things did the writer’s father teach her?

a. self-confidence b. to love doing sports

c. not to hate anybody d. to spend money properly

A. abc B. bd C. cd D. ad

4.What can we infer from the letter?

A. The writer’s father cared about her very much.

B. The writer didn’t have a good childhood.

C. The writer’s children don’t love her.

D. The writer now lives alone.

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