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4．Dad，
I'm writing to you as I feel it's been quite a while since we last spoke （two years to be exact，you hung up on me）．So how is Germany？How old are your other children now？What have you been up to this year？I finished my A-levels this summer．But enough small talk．On our European road trip in the summer，the journey took us close to your house and I asked Mum and my stepdad if we could pay a visit so that I could see you．Outside your house，I couldn't bring myself to get out of the car and knock on the door．
I've tried so many different forms of communication-email，the phone and I also suggested Skype．Yet I still can't get through to you．
My mum，stepdad and I sat around the table trying to work out why I had felt unable to knock on your door that day．At last it came to me．I think，perhaps subconsciously，I was saving myself the grief of your response．
Why can't your parental obligations stretch to all three of your children，not just your two recent ones？In our previous conversations，which ended suddenly，as your older son needed to be put to bed，I'd ask you how he was doing at school，and you'd talk about the weather．No one listening would be able to tell there was any difference between our relationship and one you might have with a neighbour．
Forget your excuses-that the flight to visit me is expensive and that you need to look after your other children （I hope you can see the irony（讽刺） in that）．While you watch their school plays，don't you consider that I would have liked you to be there at mine？
Perhaps the reason I didn't knock on your door was that I just don't care anymore．I'm exhausted trying to make this work．Maybe a part of me wasn't actually bothered whether I saw you or not that day-you've already lost so much meaning in my life； you are someone who just sends me a birthday card．
This isn't me being bitter，although I was initially．It's just a way of telling you how I really feel．
Phoebe

66．How did Phoebe feel when she was sitting in the car outside her father's house？C
A．Excited  B．Puzzled  C．Disappointed  D．Embarrassed
67．Based on this letter，we can learn that Phoebe's fatherB．
A．lives in the same city with his daughter
B．got divorced and left Phoebe and her mother
C．has never had any communication with Phoebe
D．takes good care of all his children
68．What does the"irony"refer to in Paragraph 5？D
A．He ended his conversation with Phoebe just to put his son to bed．
B．He lives in a big house but has no money to buy an air ticket．
C．He talked with Phoebe，his daughter，as if with a neighbour．
D．Phoebe is also his child but he excuses himself from caring about her．
69．Phoebe didn't knock on her father's door that day becauseC．
A．she was afraid of his dad's unexpected responses to her visit
B．she didn't want to bother her father's happy life with his current family
C．she was tired of being the one who make efforts for their relationship
D．she suddenly realized that her father had no meaning in her life．

分析 本文是一封菲比写给父亲的信．菲比的爸妈离婚后，她一直跟母亲和继父生活在一块．而她已经很久没跟父亲联系了．父亲以飞机票很贵和他需要照顾他的孩子为借口，不来看望她．但当菲比到达父亲的房外时，她却没有去敲门．因为她觉得她已经很累了，她厌倦了仅仅是她自己在努力维护他们的关系．

解答 66．C细节推理题．根据第二段I've tried so many different forms of communication-email，the phone and I also suggested Skype．Yet I still can't get through to you．可知她试了很多不同形式的通信方式，还是不能跟她父亲取得联系．由此推知，当她在父亲的房子外面时，她的内心是失望的．故选C．
67．B细节理解题．根据前三段的内容可知，菲比和父亲已经很久没有联系了，现在菲比与母亲和继父生活在一起．由此推知，菲比的爸妈离婚了，离开了菲比和她的母亲．故选B．
68．D词义辨析题．根据第五段Forget your excuses-that the flight to visit me is expensive and that you need to look after your other children （I hope you can see the irony（讽刺） in that）．可知菲比的父亲以飞机票很贵和他需要照顾他的孩子为借口，不来看望她．由此推知，"irony"的意思是"菲比也是他的孩子，但是他找借口不愿照顾她"．故选D．
69．C推理判断题．根据倒数第二段Perhaps the reason I didn't knock on your door was that I just don't care anymore．I'm exhausted trying to make this work．Maybe a part of me wasn't actually bothered whether I saw you or not that day-you've already lost so much meaning in my life； you are someone who just sends me a birthday card．可知菲比不在乎自己为什么没有敲父亲的门，因为她已经很累了．父亲在她的生命里已经失去了意义．由此推知，菲比已经厌倦了仅仅是她自己在努力维护他们的关系．故选C．

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