It was a Sunday morning; Lori was busy writing in her book. Marilyn was drinking coffee and I was reading a newspaper. Suddenly, Lori looked up and asked."Why are there more pictures of Lisa than there are of  1l  ?" Lisa is our older daughter.
I stared back, not understanding the  12   . Lori left the room. I looked at Marilyn. "Are there more pictures of Lisa than of Lori?".
    " I’ve never   13   them. I don’t know." replied Marilyn.
“But   14  would Lori ask such a question?” I asked. After a few minutes of thought, Marilyn said, “When Lisa was born, you were taking photos. You hardly went  15 without a camera. When Lori was born, videos became  16  . You used a video camera to record nearly everything in our life. There must be hundreds of videos of Lori in the computer that Lori has  17  seen or doesn’t remember. "
Late that night, when we were alone. I turned on the computer and found the  18   about Lori,."
“What are you going to do?" Marilyn asked.
"Her birthday is coming.” I said. "Let’s make an album for her as a gift. I don’t know if the album will answer her question, but at least she’ll know that we  19  enough to find her an answer.”
     Over the next few days, we secretly  20  all the videos. We watched and selected until we were  21  . Marilyn had them made into photos. When the photos were returned, we placed them into an album.
     When we looked at the album, all the sweet memories came   22   . We hoped it showed how  23  she was to us.
 
On June 7, when passing Loris room to leave for work. I opened the door and slipped the album inside. Attached to it was a birthday card with a note   24  why her mother and I had put the album together.
It was about eight o clock when my office telephone rang. I picked up the receiver. A tiny voice spoke."I love you. Daddy." she said and disconnected. I knew our   25  had been received.
11. A. him      B. her      C.me         D. them  
12. A. question  B. book     C. newspaper  D. answer
13. A. seen     B. counted   C. taken      D. bought
14. A. where    B how      C when       D. why
15. A. anywhere  B. everywhere  C. somewhere.  D. nowhere
16. A. popular   B. effective  C. expensive   D. obvious
17. A. ever      B. never     C. already     D. just
18. A. emails    B. pictures   C. news       D. videos
19. A. respect    B. benefit    C. care       D. regret
20.A. took up    B. pointed out  C. went through  D. handed in
21. A. relaxed    B. satisfied    C. active      D. lucky
22. A. back     B. down        C. off        D. on
23. A. kind     B. helpful   C. proud   D. important
24 A. discussing  B. comparing  C. explaining  D. supporting
25. A. message  B. prize  C. memory  D. view

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【主旨大意】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了小女儿抱怨为什么家里的相片姐姐的比自己的多，当父亲提起这件事的时候，他的妻子说：“有了小女儿之后，他们一直用录像机记录她生活的点滴”。于是父亲决定把小女儿的相片整理出来，做成一个相册作为孩子的生日礼物。最终，小女儿很高兴收到这个礼物。