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PAGE / NUMPAGES 行唐县第三中学、正定县第三中学、正定县第七中学202X—2023第一学期12月联考试卷高二英语 分值：150 时间：90分钟 I卷（选择题 共80分）请将I卷答案都涂到答题卡上 阅读理解（共两节，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，从每题所给的四个选项（A B C D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bag contained a book. This chance discovery ended a 12-day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasurea 120diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, “a woman who knew everybody in her day,” James Green ,the librarian told the magazine American Libraries. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington .D. C in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback as “perfectly shaking with fear” during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent English． The adventure of the lost book began September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary. Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession “about five minutes” when Luxmoore took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person. On returning to his hotel after showing the precious book to Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi. Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, with no luck, “I’ve felt sick since then,” Luxmoore told reporters. According to Green, no one has yet learned how the diary came to the office building . Tom Brennan received a reward of 1,000. Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history, and Luxmoore told reporters, “It’s wonderful news. I’m on high”. 1.This article mainly tells about the story of ＿＿＿＿＿ A. a lost diary B. Deborah Logan C. Cory Luxmoore D. the Library