Both of my two sons were born in Toronto， but they moved with us to Ottawa when they were quite young．They went to school there， gew up there．Later， one of my sons went to Canada's east coast near a city called Hallfax and the other moved to the west coast to Vancouver．My wife and I were left in the middle．

   As we nealy retired（退休） ， we stared to think where we shoud spend our final years．For several reasons we decided to live on a small town on Vancouver Island， where was close to one of my sons．However， the son moved to Hollywood soon after he had got another job there．I helped him move．

   We still lived a happy life in our little west coast town， but we have paid a price．We have not been there for some important events such as the births of our grandchildren．We have missed watching them grow up； we have missed backyard barbecues（烧烤） and basketball weekends with them． Our home ， while very comfortable ， was also very quiet ．

   Every fall we travel to see the children．We usually fly， first to California to see our son Scott and spend a week or more with him trying to catch up on everything we've missed．Then， usually in November， we make the even longer trip east across Canada to see Travis and our grandchidren，who were about their twenties．

   Fortunately， both our sons are doing well and grandchidren are growing up straight and tall．We love all of them and they love us．We're very happy but there are times I think about the things we didn't see； the tears or the smile on the granddaughter's face， their school graduations， my son's joy at successes in business．

   Life has been good for our family but we have all paid a price．

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案．

（1）The writer's sons grew up in 　　．

A．	Toronto
B．	Ottawa
C．	Halifax
D．	Vancouver

（2）From the underlined sentence in paragraph 3， we can infer（推断） that the writer 　　．

A．	wanted to live a noisy life
B．	was satisfied with retired life
C．	lived a comfortable life
D．	was sometimes lonely

（3）Which of the following important events did the writer miss？ 　　

A．	The births of his grandchildren．
B．	School graduations of his grandchildren．
C．	The successful times of his son's business．
D．	All of the above．

（4）For his family life， the writer implies（暗示） 　　．

A．	they all regret not living together all the time although enjoying a happy life
B．	they enjoy a happy life because they can see each other every year
C．	they are proud of the sons and the grandchildren
D．	they love the sons and the grandchildren

（5）What's the best title for the passage？ 　　

A．	Living a happy life．
B．	A price to pay．
C．	Moving from east to west．
D．	My sons and grandchildren．