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高三第一次周考英语试题 2015.8.13 一、阅读理解：共15题?每题2分?共30分 A Around 8 pm ona Wednesday, my mother called me in a panicfrom Florence. She said my 74-year-old father, Warren Baird, wasmissinghttp://www.wln1|00.com+ 未来脑教学云平台_! My mom, June, came home that afternoon to an open garage doorand no sign of my dad or his car.Typically this wouldntbe a big deal,but over the past few years my dad had begun to show signs of memoryloss.When he didnt turn up by dinnertime, she knew something waswrong. I live about five hours away in Ball Ground, Ga, just outside ofAtlanta. I arrived in Florence around 3 am. I entered the living room tofind my mom and sister weeping. They had called the police, but because of the late hour and limited resources, the police could not conduct a search until the morning. We felt so helpless. I tried to sleep, butit proved impossible. I wanted to do something-anything-to get people looking for my dad. Luckily, Florence was my childhood home.I started sending outemails to friends still living in the area, asking them to keep a look-out. I also created the Help Find Warren Baird page on Facebook.Just a few hours later, more than 300 people connected with the page. Complete strangers started to comment, promising to share our posts or look around their areas for my dad. Finally we got the call we had been praying for around noon onThursday. A family in LattaSC,saw an elderly man sitting in car.That same family saw a FaceBook News Feed post about our search forDad and called the police. When we saw Dad, he was confused, dehydrated(脱水的)and weak-but he was alive. He couldnt stand or walk on his own.http(:// 未来脑教学云平台*#* Thankfully the policeman that found him stayed with him until we could get there. My dad came home on Christmas Day and those who were involvedwith our story on Facebook commented to congratulate us, telling ushow happy they were that he was safe.In a world where bad news seemsto be everywhere, it