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     On Saturday, February 12 two thousand, two things happened that changed everything in my life. The
 first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She was twenty-six this day, and yet to me she 
was still my baby sister. I suppose that I pictured her as a little girl, and treated her like one in order to 
hold onto and preserve my own youth. Until I saw her in her wedding dress I still had a vision of her with
 chubby little cheeks and long, dark-brown pigtails (馬尾辮子) blowing in the wind, perhaps even a 
permanent smudge of chocolate around her pink lips. I guess it's true that you see only what you want to
 see. Where did this beautiful woman with the glowing complexion (皮膚) and gentle curves (身體曲線)
 come from?
      I was happy that day, and also sad. Gone were the days of me bossing her around and telling her 
what she should do with her life. My bossy behavior had earned me the nickname Lucy. If you are a 
Peanuts fan then you can clearly imagine my behavior as an older sister. To me it wasn't an insult; I rather
 like the nickname Lucy. I happen to think that Lucy is strong and has incredible self-confidence, although 
she is a little overbearing (專橫的) at times. I did my best to live up to the standards set forth by this 
dynamic cartoon character.
     I left the reception to get some air because suddenly I was overcome with grief at the realization 
that I was no longer a child. I went outside and walked to a nearby playground where there were
 children playing on the slide, the swings and digging in the dirt. There was a little girl twirling around on a
 bar, one knee wrapped tightly around the bar and fashioned behind her knee. It was all I could do to sit
 there and just watch, for I too wanted to get on that bar with her and see if I could still hold the all-time 
twirling record (ninety-nine times in fifth grade). Somewhere inside I knew that I would break my neck, 
and I was wearing a bridesmaid dress. Not exactly playground material. And so I sat watching the
 children play. I'm not sure how long I sat there before my sister came and joined me. We talked about 
how we are grown up now and shed a few tears for our childhood days gone by. As she wiped a tear
 from my eye she lovingly said, "you'll always be Lucy to me." We hugged.
     My cousin Mike walked over and told my sister that it was time to cut the cake. And then he
 dropped bomb number two on me. "Hey, did you guys hear that Charles Schultz died today?" He said it
 like it was no big deal. He took my sister's arm and turned to head back for the reception hall. 
"Coming?" They asked. "In a minute." I replied, and sat back down on the bench, dizzy from what he had 
just told me.
     Dead? How could Charles Schultz be dead? He was my creator! And though I have never met the
 man personally, he has always been like an invisible father to me. He did, after all, fashion a famous
 character after me. I lost so many things on this day. Innocence slipped away from me like a thief in the 
night: come and gone before I could do anything about it, taking with it all the treasures that I held most 
valuable in my heart. I felt myself grow up, all in one moment. Reality rushed in around me like a hurricane
 tide. There was nowhere to run to. All I could do was sit there and watch it destroy and reshape what 
had existed only a moment before. I was no longer a child. I was no longer Lucy who knew what was 
best for everyone else. I saw, for the first time, what I really was—a thirty-year old woman with a
 husband of my own, and soon, a child of my own.
     I allowed the tide to carry my sadness out with it. Take it out to sea, for it serves no purpose in my
 life. I stood up from the bench; a little taller than I was when I sat down. I turned and headed back to
 the hall, hoping I didn't miss the cutting of the cake. It was the day my sister grew wings of her own and 
left the nest. It was the day that Lucy died, and I was born.
1. Why did the author treat her sister as a little girl?   
A. Because the author was older than her sister.
B. Because the author didn't want to grow up.   
C. Because her sister always wore pigtails and liked eating chocolate.   
D. Because the author didn't want her sister to get married.
2. The author liked the nickname Lucy for the reason that ________.   
A. Lucy was lively and confident           
. Lucy was bossy and overbearing   
C. Lucy was her favorite cartoon character    
D. She wanted to imitate Lucy's behavior.
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to paragraph 3?  
A. The author joined the little girl twirling around on a bar.   
B. The author could still hold the all-time twirling record of ninety-nine times.   
C. The author didn't want to face the fact that she was no longer a child.   
D. The author's sister didn't like her bossy behavior.
4. What can you infer from the passage?  
A. The author's cousin Tom was sad about the death of Charles Schultz.   
B. The author lost many things on that day.   
C. The author had a husband and a child of her own.   
D. Charles Schultz had a great influence on the author's life.
5. What is implied in the underlined sentence "It was the day that Lucy died, and I was born."?
A. The author didn't like the nickname Lucy any more and wanted to start a new life.
B. Lucy would no longer influence the author and she wanted to be herself.
C. The author would no longer be sad about the lost innocence and face the fact that she was an adult  D. The author would not be bossy towards her sister any longer.
6. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?  
A. Two Things That Changed My Life       
B. Letting Go of Yesterday   
C. My Sister And Charles Schultz           
D. My Sister's Wedding
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