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When my mother passed away a few years ago, my father in his eighties was left alone in the large house they had shared out West

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问题     When my mother passed away a few years ago, my father in his eighties was left alone in the large house they had shared out West for 50 years. Without her to watch out for him, he worried about who would find him and help if "something happened". My sister and I live in other states, so we hit on the idea that Dad could send us an e-mail every morning when he awoke. Thus was born the Morning Report.
    He’ s usually up by the crack of dawn, and his half a dozen or so sentences are waiting in my inbox when I wake up, despite the two-hour time difference.     If there’ s no e-mail, I call him, or my sister does, to make sure everything is fine. (Sometimes he’ s having computer problems or decided to sleep in.) The reports have become more than a daily check, though: They ’ re a diary of sorts, a planning tool, a catalyst (催化剂) for more extended conversations, and a source of insight into his life.
    Through them, Dad tells us about his daily routines. He might be heading to the grocery store for bananas, going to his cardiac-rehab exercise(心脏康复训练) class, or having lunch with friends. I find the repetitive cycle of his activities—current-events discussion group on Tuesday nights, Rotary Club on Wednesday afternoons, and coffee with friends after church on Sunday morning—reassuring. Sometimes he slips in cryptic teasers. For example, recently he told us, " I’ ve climbed halfway up Mount Washington!" Given his age and distance from New Hampshire, such a hike was unlikely. I was puzzled for a day or two until he reminded me he was working on a hooked rug with a scene of the mountain. Each e-mail closes with "All my love, Dad." When my mother was alive, that sentiment was normally reserved for her.
    Now that she is gone, he shares those feelings and his experiences with us. For me, what started as a simple security measure has generated a deeper closeness. I’ m grateful my father is still able to manage his computer and the Internet. I know the day will come when he’ 11 no longer be able to write the reports, and we’ 11 have to find other ways to keep tabs on one another. But until then, they are our way of knowing that another normal day has begun.
What is Morning Report for?
选项 A、To prepare for publication.
B、To check what Dad is doing.
C、To keep close relationship with Dad.
D、To make sure that everything is fine to Dad.
答案D
解析 这是一个关于家庭情感的故事。第一段，大意足父亲担心一旦事发生没人能够找到他，帮助他。女儿们为了解除父亲的担心，为了能及时帮助父亲，想出了个主意，让父亲每天早晨给她们发个邮件报平安。晨报由此产生。选项D正确。
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