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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
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2014-09-18
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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.
Which of the following statements about Karen is CORRECT?
选项
A、She never lost contact with Gordon.
B、She failed to contact her biological father.
C、She may be more intimate with Gordon than Dad.
D、She considered Carol suited to Gordon.
答案
C
解析
推断题。由第八段可知,在订婚的时候,她首先想到Gordon,由此可以判断,Karen与Gordon的关系可能更为亲密,故C为答案。
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