When I was first married to my wife, I lived and worked in Ontario, moving from small town to big city as I pursued my career as a radio broadcaster. We have two sons, both of whom were born in Toronto, but they moved, with us, to Ottawa when they were quite young. They grew up there, and then, chasing their own careers, they also moved. One went to Canada's east coast near a city called Halifax and the other headed to the west coast to Vancouver. We had a dilemma; we were left in the middle.
At the time I was still working and my job was in Ottawa. However, as we began to consider retirement we wondered where we should spend our final years. We couldn't be close to both of our children and there was no telling when they might again relocate. For several reasons we settled on a small town on Vancouver Island. At least we were close to one of them. However, he had his sights set on Hollywood and, when an opportunity presented itself, he left Canada and headed south. I helped him move.
  So, there we were, and still are, in our little west coast town. We love our little corner of paradise but we have paid a price. We have not been there for some important events such as the births of two of our grandchildren. We have missed watching each of them grow up; we have missed the normal, noisy households that have young people in them. Our home, while very comfortable, is also very quiet.
Every fall we travel to see the children. We usually fly, first to California to see our son Scott and spend a week or more with him trying to catch up on everything we've missed. Then, usually in November, we make the even longer trip east across Canada to see Travis and our grandchildren, who are now teenagers, actually into their twenties. They seldom come to visit us. The distances are just too great and it is costly.
Fortunately, both our boys are doing well and our grandchildren are growing up straight and tall. We love all of them and we are secure in the knowledge that they love us but the reality is that they don't need us. We have done our jobs and, at least in theory, we can sit back, relax and enjoy the time remaining to us. They have also missed having a set of parents and grandparents around.
Life has been good for our family but we have all paid a price.
24. What's the dilemma ( Pa. 1) to the author and his wife?
A. The situation where they were not happy about their sons' absence.
B. The fact that they were unwilling to separate from their sons.
C. The fact that they were not yet prepared for retirement at that time.
D. The situation where they couldn't decide which son to live with.
25. The reason why the author says they have paid a price is that .
A. they have lost lots of money because of his retirement
B. they have to pay a large sum of money to their sons
C. they have been absent from their children's life
D. they have to afford very expensive fare to visit their sons
26. Why do not the authors grandchildren visit them regularly?
A. They are quite occupied with their homework.
B. It's not easy for the kids to visit their grandparents.
C. They don't need their grandparents any more.
D. The weather of winter in Canada is very awful.
27. What is the best title for the text?
A. A Price to Pay B. Suffering Separation
C. Love Actually D. Hidden Emotions

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