2.D 【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二、三段中的"Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any pity or any moments of regret."和"This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature."可知，作者的父亲一向如此，可能是由于不知道如何表达自己，对作者吼叫后，他从来显示出同情或后悔，他做过领导很长时间，指使别人做事情是他的第二天性。这都说明作者的父亲可能习惯了对作者吼叫。"Perhaps the father had been used to doing that."符合语境。选择D项。

4.A 【解析】观点态度题。根据最后一段中的"As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love----it's second to none."可知，作者一开门，眼泪就流下来了。他突然意识到原来想象中的那扇铁门根本就不存在，爱才是第一位的。这说明作者理解了父亲的爱，他也爱他的父亲。"He loved his father."符合语境。选择A项。

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