19. B) Get involved in his community.
20. A) Deterioration in the quality of life.
21. D) They are too big for individual efforts.
22. C) He had done a small deed of kindness.
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【总评】
本篇短文为叙述文章，讲述主人公Mark在社区的个人经历。
第19题，答案出现在文章的开头部分，Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. 句中出现选项中关键词community。选项B. Get involved in his community为原文内容的同义替换。
第20题，答案紧随其后，The area city council woman was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was on the decline. 这里的the quality of life生活质量是选项中的关键词，同时，on the decline在选项中被同义替换为deterioration。
第21题，关于Mark对于社区问题的看法，文中相对应的原文为It was too much for Mark. “The problems are too big”, he thought. 因此在Mark看来这些问题对于个人而言太大了，是理所不能及的，因此应该选择D. They are too big for individual efforts.
第22题，提问在回家的路上Mark为何笑了，可以通过对路上发生的事情进行概括，因为他从小善开始做起。
在人物个人经历的文章中，我们可以从人物本身的活动与想法语言中得到关键信息。本篇难度适中。