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Where and when was my grandfather married? [br] [originaltext] My daughter a
Where and when was my grandfather married? [br] [originaltext] My daughter a
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Where and when was my grandfather married? [br]
My daughter and I had been searching for the origins of my grandfather, Alfred Denny, for several years. We had nothing definite except that he married Minerva Ann Hamilton in Michigan in 1860.
When I was a small child, my father had given me the address of his "Aunt Maggie," Mrs. William Rarick of Everson, Washington. She and I exchanged letters for about three years while I was still a youngster. My father died without giving any further information about his relatives.
About eighty-five years after my correspondence with Aunt Maggie, I decided to see if I could pick up the trail and find out exactly how she fit into the family puzzle. By then I was in my nineties so I knew the odds were not on my side, but I called the telephone operator for a number of anybody by the name of Rarick in the town of Everson, Washington. She told me they have a Charles Rarick and an L. Rarick. I asked her to ring Charles, but there was no answer so I asked her to try L. Rarick.
A woman answered and I said, "Hello, this is Carleton Denny. I am trying to locate relatives of Margaret Rarick."
The lady on the telephone took a long breath and hesitantly said, "She was my grandmother."
I learned that Aunt Maggie was my grandfather’s half sister. The "L" stood for Luella, who still used her maiden name. I had found my family.
选项
A、very suspicious
B、greatly surprised
C、embarrassed
D、unhappy
答案
B
解析
理解推断。题干:当我接通L.Rarick的电话时,她的反应如何?根据原文“The lady onthe telephone took a long breath and hesitantly said…”,接电话的女士深吸一口气,然后犹豫地说道……又根据下文,作者要找的是她的祖母,所以推断她的态度是很惊讶。A选项是“怀疑的”;C选项是“尴尬的”;D选项是“不高兴的”。
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