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听力原文： 'Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you get, the more you went to givE.' Penelope Leach once saiD.What she said proves to be true of my blooded family. I was born in 1931. As the youngest of six children, I learned to share my parents' lovE.Raising six children during the difficult times of the Great Depression took its toll on my parents' relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years olD.Daddy never had very close relationships with his children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorcE.
Several years later a wonderful woman came into his life, and they were marrieD.She had two sons, one of them still at homE.Under her influence, we became a 'blended family' and a good relationship developed between the two families. She always treated us as if we were her own children. It was because of our other mother—Daddy's second wife-that he became closer to his own children. They shared over twenty-five years together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, the question came up of my mother—Daddy's first wife—attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my stepmother when I asked her if she would object to Mother attending Daddy's funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, 'Of course not, Honey. She's the mother of my children.'
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A.Family violencE.
B.The Great Depression.
C.Her father's disloyalty.
D.Her mother's bad temper.