首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Our parents divorced when Karen was a toddler, and a few years later we were blessed with the best of a complicated world—a fath
Our parents divorced when Karen was a toddler, and a few years later we were blessed with the best of a complicated world—a fath
admin
2014-09-18
35
问题
Our parents divorced when Karen was a toddler, and a few years later we were blessed with the best of a complicated world—a father and a stepfather. The situation wound up a bit confusing later on down the road. Especially when it was time for Karen to get married.
As sometimes happened in those days, long before shared custody and divorce mediation, we didn’t maintain much contact with our natural father. It was hoped that our new stepfather would grow to be the apple of our eyes.
Gordon was, in fact, a wonderful man. He accepted us as his children and went on to nurture, counsel and play a major part in the raising of my sister and me. He was the humor in an otherwise dry existence. He was the fun where there often wasn’t any. And he was the true keeper of our hearts, with our best interests always at the center of his own.
I maintained ties with my natural father, too, although initially strained. I saw the situation for what it was and did my best to mend all wounds. Gordon supported this whole-heartedly. Karen, being years younger than me, grew up without really knowing our natural father.
When Karen was in high school and I was married, living far away from home, we went through a second divorce. This time, however, I was careful to maintain ties. Gordon remained the father figure he’d always been and even became "Grandpa Gordon" to my firstborn. Karen and Gordon grew apart some, but reestablished ties after graduation.
Gordon eventually remarried. Carol was ideally suited to him and understood the complications of our situation. When they both encouraged Karen to mend her severed ties with Dad, she bravely set about renewing a relationship she barely remembered.
Communication with Dad was, at its best, on the surface. We knew he loved us and he knew we loved him, but the words were seldom spoken aloud. And none of us ever mentioned our relationship with Gordon.
Before Karen announced her engagement, she voiced her concerns. " I want Gordon to give me away when I get married.
"Mm-hmm," I replied.
"But I want Dad to give me away, too. I don’t want to hurt either one of them.
I knew Gordon would understand. My father, however, would be a little harder to convince. "Let me see what I can do.
A letter, I decided, felt right. Gordon, of course, was privy to my plan and supported it.
A couple of weeks later, Karen received a phone call from Dad.
"So where do I go to get measured for my tuxedo?"
In late August, Karen walked down the aisle with a handsome father on each side of her. They wore identical tuxedos with matching smiles and radiated the same fatherly love and joy.
The blessing to Karen and I was twofold. In addition to ending years of confusion and estrangement, we learned to share the joy of being the proud daughters of two extraordinary fathers.
The author and her sister didn’t make much contact with their father because
选项
A、they didn’t love him very much.
B、he was busy in making a living.
C、their mother didn’t allow them to do so.
D、they were expected to love their stepfather.
答案
D
解析
细节题。由题干中的much contact with定位至第二段。末句指出她们不与父亲过多接触的原因,句中的the apple of one’s eyes意为“心爱之物”,故D符合文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/1oHK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
EuropeancountrieshavebeencarefullywatchingtheviolencethatexplodedacrossFrance,worriedthattheirvehiclesandbuildi
IwasinmythirdyearofteachingcreativewritingatRalphMcKeeVocationalSchoolinStatenIsland,NewYork,whenoneofmy
Thefirstdayofschooloneofmyclassmatesbeganatalkwithmethatchangedmylife.Shesaid,"Hi,handsome.Mynameis
InafewweeksresearcherswillbeginscouringtheFloridaseafloorfora177-year-oldshipwreck—andtherestingplaceofdozens
Thepooroldconsumer!He’dhavetopayagreatdealmoreifadvertisingdidn’tcreatemassmarketsforproducts.Itisprecisel
ThehumanspeciescameintobeingatthetimeofthegreatestbiologicaldiversityinthehistoryoftheEarth.Today,ashuman
Inthepassage,successfulbusinessmenandpoorparentsboth
Beethovenestablishedhimselfasthegreatestcomposer
Beethovenestablishedhimselfasthegreatestcomposer
随机试题
下列选项中属于政治性组织的有
影响脑复苏的关键因素是()。
下列关于计算机病毒的叙述错误的是:
组织单位工程施工组织设计交底的是()。
下列场所中不宜选择点型离子感烟火灾探测器的是()。
产业保护政策的目的是打击外商投资、保护本国产业。()
遗觉象是指()。
2017年2月17日,某县公安局发出通知,现将通知上半部分摘录如下“2017年2月6日至2月12日,我辖区内发生一系列针对出租车的砸车窗盗窃车内财物的案件,给人民群众的财产带来较大的损失,公安局提醒广大群众提高防范意识,积极配合公安机关做好打击防控工作。
从所维护四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,合之呈现一定规律性:
下列选项中,不是面向对象主要特征的是()
最新回复
(
0
)