After 17 years of marriage, my husband left me for my best friend, Monica. What I had feared most became reality: I became the single parent of two young children. My daughter grew increasingly unhappy. Seven-year-old Joanna had anxiety attacks when ever she was left alone for more than a few minutes. Five-year-old Sophie would vomit every meal. Under the psychological pressure, I thought about remarriage. My friends arranged dinner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest "someone special". But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, "Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it." There is some truth in his words. Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families. Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of ours who was divorcing her second husband. We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. "Mom, I'm glad you didn't remarry," she said. "If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs or even consider suicide." At that moment, I realized, once again, that singleness was right choice for me. What did the speaker's colleague say?() A. Remarriage seldom collapse in the endB. Children are harmed in their parents' remarriageC. Children and parents get on well in blended familiesD. Children in blended families are more emotionally healthy
After 17 years of marriage, my husband left me for my best friend, Monica. What I had feared most became reality: I became the single parent of two young children. My daughter grew increasingly unhappy. Seven-year-old Joanna had anxiety attacks when ever she was left alone for more than a few minutes. Five-year-old Sophie would vomit every meal. Under the psychological pressure, I thought about remarriage. My friends arranged dinner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest "someone special".
But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, "Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it." There is some truth in his words. Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families.
Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of ours who was divorcing her second husband. We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. "Mom, I'm glad you didn't remarry," she said. "If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs or even consider suicide." At that moment, I realized, once again, that singleness was right choice for me.
What did the speaker's colleague say?()
- A. Remarriage seldom collapse in the end
- B. Children are harmed in their parents' remarriage
- C. Children and parents get on well in blended families
- D. Children in blended families are more emotionally healthy
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本题考查对文章细节信息的理解。解题思路是在文章中找到作者同事所说的话，然后将各选项与该话语内容进行对比分析。
- 首先，在文章中明确找到作者同事说的话：“Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it.”，这句话表明再婚通常以离婚告终，并且孩子会因此受到伤害。
- 接着分析选项A：“Remarriage seldom collapse in the end”，意思是再婚很少最终失败。而同事说的是“usually end in divorce”（通常以离婚告终），说明再婚失败的情况是比较常见的，并非很少，所以选项A与原文不符，错误。
- 再看选项B：“Children are harmed in their parents' remarriage”，意思是孩子在父母再婚中受到伤害。这与同事所说的“children are destroyed by it”（孩子会因此受到伤害）意思一致，所以选项B正确。
- 选项C：“Children and parents get on well in blended families”，意思是在混合家庭中孩子和父母相处得很好。但原文中同事的话并没有提及孩子和父母在混合家庭中的相处情况，所以选项C未在原文体现，错误。
- 最后看选项D：“Children in blended families are more emotionally healthy”，意思是混合家庭中的孩子在情感上更健康。而文章中提到“Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single - parent families.”，说明混合家庭的孩子在情感健康方面并不比单亲家庭的孩子更好，所以选项D与原文矛盾，错误。