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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 the best title for the passage?
选项 A、Dad
B、Watching
C、Family
D、Morning Report
答案C
解析 本文主要讲述了女儿们向父亲索取每日晨报来了解父亲的生活状况。晨报对日常生活的描述拉近了父女情感，使每个家庭成员获益，突出了家庭的重要性。选项A父亲只是家庭关系的一方，不全面。选项B并不能表明照看的是什么。选项D晨报也只是拉近家庭关系的媒介。选项C才是这篇文章的主旨，选项C正确。
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