2017年11月浙江卷
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节(共10小题;每小题2.5分，满分25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
When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs.Stanley was one of my customers. She'd watch me coming down her street, and by the time I'd biked up to her doorstep, there'd be a cold drink waiting. I'd sit and drink while she talked.
Mrs.Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, "Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning." she'd say. The first time she said that, soda(汽水) went up my nose.
I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she'd work it out of her system. So that's what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).
I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn't see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser(募捐活动). She was spooning mashed potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she'd had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.
I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I'm doing. When I don't say "fine", she sticks around to hear my problems. She's lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. community isn't so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you're doing because they care, and not because they're getting paid to do so. Sometimes it's good to just smile, nod your head and listen.
21. Why did soda go up the author's nose one time?
A. He was talking fast. B. He was shocked.
C. He was in a hurry. D. He was absent-minded.
22. Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley according to paragraph 3?
A. He enjoyed the drink. B. He wanted to be helpful.
C. He took the chance to rest. D. He tried to please his dad.
23. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase "work it our of her system"?
A. recover from her sadness B. move out of the neighborhood
C. turn to her old friends D. speak out about her past
24. What does the author think people in a community should do?
A. Open up to others. B. depend on each other.
C. Pay for other's help D. Care about one another.
答案解析：
21. B 根据第一段中的描述，当Mrs. Stanley说她和已经去世的丈夫去购物时，作者感到非常惊讶，以至于汽水都喷出了鼻子。这表明他是因为震惊而导致的。
22. B 根据第三段，作者的父亲建议他坐下来听Mrs. Stanley说话，点头微笑，这样她可能会慢慢调整过来。这表明作者听从父亲的建议，希望能够帮助Mrs. Stanley。
23. A 短语"work it out of her system"在这里的意思是Mrs. Stanley通过谈论她已故的丈夫来逐渐克服她的悲伤。因此，"recover from her sadness"是正确的替换短语。
24. D 根据最后一段，作者认为社区不仅仅是一个地方，更是一种心态。当人们因为关心而询问你的情况时，你就找到了社区。这表明作者认为社区中的人们应该彼此关心。
