专题04 阅读理解之记叙文20篇（名校模拟+地区真题）-冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（浙江专用）

冲刺2024年中考英语必考题型终极预测（浙江专用） 专题04 阅读理解之记叙文20篇（名校模拟+地区真题） （2023·浙江·统考三模）These days I found that mail delivery (邮件投递) is a little different. I still got my mail from my mailbox. I got a notice of its arrival through e-mail from a friend of mine. I went to the mailbox after the time the mail usually arrived. Nothing, but my neighbours’ mail. I thought that was unusual. I decided to take my neighbours’ mail to them. I was going to put the mail in their mailbox when a tall man came and shouted at me, “Hey! What are you doing?” He snatched (夺过) the mail from my hand. I shook my head, “No, believe me. I got this mail by mistake in my box today. I was just bringing it to them.” He gave me a funny look with uncertainty and went back into his house. I got the knock on the door the next morning by two very polite officers. The angry tall man had phoned the police and told them I was a crazy old woman going around mixing up everyone’s mail. Before I could finish telling them about what was going on, the officers had watched a dog coming near my mailbox with mail in his mouth. He took out the mail that was in my box and put letters in. He pushed the door closed with his nose, picked up the new pile of mail he had got from my box. The dog had belonged to a postman who had died. No one thought to check on the man’s dog (the postman lived alone). The dog had been trained to put mail in and take mail out of the boxes. After his owner died, he still carried on with his duties. I went by to talk to the tall man to describe what had happened. He was very pleased when he realized I was not a mail thief. He did, however, adopt (领养) the little guy. 1．Why did the tall man give the writer a funny look? ________ A．To show his doubt. B．To express his love. C．To control his happiness. D．To hide his sadness. 2．How did the police discover the truth? ________ A．By asking the writer questions. B．By seeing what happened for themselves. C．By asking the tall man for help. D．By discussing the stolen