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定远民族中学2017-2018学年度卷 注意事项： 1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息 2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上 阅读理解（共两节，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Sometimes sources of comfort can come from the most unexpected places. At least that’s been the case for a grieving(悲痛的) mom and a dad in Tennessee whose 12-year-old daughter died on January 5. Just days after Taylor Smith’s death, her parents found a sealed envelope containing a letter Taylor had written to her 22-year-old selfand its sunny, wise-beyond-her years tone appears to be a comfort to her parents. “To be opened by Taylor Smith on April 13, 2023 only unless said otherwise.” Taylor had printed on the envelope of the letter. “Sorry, baby, we opened it,” her father, Tim, said before reading it aloud with a quavering voice. “Dear Taylor, how’s life? Life might be pretty simple in the past 10 years. I know I’m late for you, but as I’m writing this early, so: congratulations on graduating from high school! If you didn’t, go back and keep trying. Get that degree! Do you have your own place yet? If we are in college, what are we majoring(主修) in? Right now I wanna be a lawyer.” The last heartbreaking line reads, “Well, I think that’s all, but remember it’s been 10 years since I wrote this. Things have happened, good and bad. That’s just how life works, and you have to go with it.” Her father talks about his feelings of grief. “At the beginning I felt shocked and depressed, hoping that it’s not real, and hoping that every time I take a nap or go to sleep, I find out it wasn’t real,” he says. “She liked doing quirky things and she liked doing meaningful things. She always created stuff. The fact that she wrote this letter wasn’t surprise, but what she wrote was.” Tim Smith posted a message on his daughter’s Facebook page: “I just wanted to write this so that all of her friends would know that Taylor loved you all! Thanks for loving our daughter.” 21.Taylor Smith’s parents got great comfort when they . A. learned about