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阅读理解板块练(二) A (2017·银川一中高三一模)Tyler was born infected with HIV and his mother was also infected.From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications (药物) to enable him to survive.When he was five, he had a tube surgically (外科手术上) inserted in a vein (静脉) in his chest.This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back.Medications were connected to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream.At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing. Tyler wasn’t willing to give up one single moment of hi