B
Children often suffer painand insecurity when their parents separate. When my ex-husband and I split upafter 10 years of marriage, our daughter was 5 years old and my son only 3. Wedecided to consult a psychologist about the best way to explain this newsituation to the children. She shared with us this special story about a landturtle and a sea turtle, which we then used to help them better comprehend.
Once upon a time，a land turtle ( Mommy) met a sea turtle ( Daddy) close to abeautiful shore. Soon they fell deeply in love and decided to get married. Fora time, they continued to live at the water’ s edge so that Mommy could sit onthe sand and keep dry and warm, while Daddy sat in the shallow water to keepcool. A few years later two baby turtles arrived ( you both!). They were veryspecial indeed and looked a little like each of their parents.
But as the years went by,Daddy sea turtle started spending more and more time in the ocean as hetraveled deeper and deeper to look for pearls. Mommy land turtle also startedwandering up into the sands to hunt for food in the woods. Little by little,Daddy and Mommy turtle started to drift further and further apart. Finally oneday，Mommy and Daddy turtle decided they didn' t want tolive together anymore. The little turtles continued to spend time with each oftheir parents. They made lots of friends with all the fish，dolphins and whales in the ocean and also many friends with therabbits, deer, and foxes in the woods. In fact they grew up to be a new kind ofturtle that could live both in the ocean and on the land.
Over the years, this taleof the land and sea turtle has helped my children cope with and accept the factthat my marriage to their father was over. They know that we once loved eachother very much and they were bom out of true love.
24. The underlined “They”in the second paragraph refers to_.
A. the two baby turtles
B. the land turtle and thesea turtle
C. the author and herex-husband
D. the author’s children
25 . When the parentsdivorce，their children often feel_.
A. relieved B. unsafe C.pleased D. annoyed
26. In the thirdparagraph, the underlined phrase “drift apart" probably means_.
A. make sense B. becomedisconnected
C. break down D. getexcited
27. We can probably findthe passage in the column
A. Culture B. Career C.Parenting D. Education