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Five months after my husband Steve died, I woke up one morning to the maddening sound of a leaking faucet（水龍頭）. I knew it needed repairs badly, but it 1me so much just to think of it.
All our 2 life, I was the “artist” bringing to our house much imagination. Steve was the”3” one. He had a real gift for handling chores（家務(wù)活），4 me from unpleasant repair jobs.
But how could such a good man have his life cut short so suddenly! I had been so sad and angry that I completely 5 the house. That leaky faucet somehow awakened me to the fact that I now had to 6 the challenge of getting things fixed.
I got a workman named Ahmed. Entering the house, he stopped before a picture of Steve and me. “Doesn't your husband 7 this kind of work?” he asked. “It's not hard.”
“He died months ago. When he was alive, he did all the repair jobs 8.” I said quietly. Ahmed looked at me 9, but he didn't reply. He fixed the faucet, adjusted the dishwasher door, and replaced a showerhead. Apparently he was gifted as Steve had been.
He did a(n)10 job. I asked him to name his fee. “No charge, Ma'am,” he said. “My father died early, and the neighbors helped my family through.”
By fixing a faucet, Ahmed mended my soul. Although I would sure carry the pain of 11 with me along, Ahmed reminded me of the abundant 12 in the world.
（1）A.hurt B.puzzled C.cost D.disappointed
（2）A.separate B.shared C.spiritual D.social
（3）A.active B.boring C.careless D.practical
（4）A.attracting B.sheltering C.driving D.prohibiting
（5）A.ignored B.hated C.cleaned D.missed
（6）A.come up with B.face up with C.look forward to D.step away from
（7）A.begin B.check C.like D.find
（8）A.gratefully B.firmly C.bravely D.wonderfully
（9）A.strangely B.innocently C.painfully D.sympathetically
（10）A.terrible B.excellent C.important D.dangerous
（11）A.loss B.failure C.fear D.regret
（12）A.friendship B.devotion C.kindness D.justice

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、A
（2）、B
（3）、D
（4）、B
（5）、A
（6）、B
（7）、C
（8）、D
（9）、D
（10）、B
（11）、A
（12）、C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者因丈夫去世仍然沉浸在悲痛之中的作者聽到水龍頭滴漏的聲音幾乎發(fā)瘋。丈夫生前包攬了所有家務(wù)，現(xiàn)在不得不自己面對。前來修理水龍頭的師傅得知作者丈夫去世，不僅免費(fèi)幫助她修理了水龍頭，還做了其他一些室內(nèi)維修。這是因為修理師傅曾經(jīng)受惠于人。作者感到了人間溫暖。
（1）考查動詞。從水龍頭滴漏需要修理，作者想起了去世的丈夫，這使她感到傷痛。 A. hurt “使傷痛”；B. puzzled“使困惑”；C. cost“使付出（代價）”；D. disappointed“使失望”。故A項正確。
（2）考查形容詞。 在兩人共同生活期間，作者是一位“藝術(shù)家”，將各種想象帶入家居之中，丈夫則是一位實際操作者， 將作者的各種想法付諸實施。A. separate “單獨(dú)的”；B. shared“ 共有的”；C. spiritual “精神上的”；D. social “社交的”。B項正確。
（3）考查形容詞。妻子負(fù)責(zé)出主意，丈夫負(fù)責(zé)實際的操作。A. active “積極的”；B. boring “單調(diào)的”；C. careless “粗心的”；D. practical“ 實際的”。故選擇D項。
（4）考查動詞。丈夫擅長家務(wù)，使妻子免于令人不快的各種居家修理工作。 A. attracting“吸引”；B. sheltering“（提供）保護(hù)”；C. driving “驅(qū)使”；D. prohibiting“禁止”。shelter sb. from sth. 固定短語“保護(hù)某人免受侵?jǐn)_”。B項正確。
（5）考查動詞。作者因丈夫的早逝而悲傷與憤怒，以至于對居住的房子完全不管。A. ignored “忽視、置之不理”；B. hated“憎恨”；C. cleaned“打掃、清掃”；D. missed“想念、懷念”。下文的滴水龍頭使她從悲痛中“醒來”面對現(xiàn)實，說明她忽略了實際生活。A項正確。
（6）考查動詞短語。水龍頭的滴漏使她清醒過來，面對現(xiàn)實生活中的困難。 A. come up with“找到、想到”；B. face up with“面對”；C. look forward to“期盼”；D. step away from“遠(yuǎn)離、躲避”。B項正確。
（7）考查動詞�？吹剿�頭滴漏這樣的小事還要找修理工來做，前來修理的師傅感到不解：難道是作者的丈夫不喜歡此類雜務(wù)？A. begin “開始”；B. check “檢查、查驗”；C. like “喜歡”；D. find“發(fā)現(xiàn)、找到”。C項正確。
（8）考查副詞。作者告訴修理工，她丈夫在世的時候，居家維修是很棒的。 A. gratefully “充滿感激地”；B. firmly “堅定地”；C. bravely “勇敢地”；D. wonderfully“出色地”。D項正確。
（9）考查副詞。聽到作者說到自己丈夫去世，修理工表示同情。A. strangely“怪異地”；B. innocently “天真地”；C. painfully“痛苦地”；D. sympathetically“同情地”。D項正確。
（10）考查形容詞。修理工服務(wù)周到、工作出色。A. terrible“糟糕的”；B. excellent“出色的”；C. important“重要的”；D. dangerous“危險的”。B項正確。
（11）考查名詞。作者雖然還會因為喪夫而悲痛，但心靈得到了慰藉。A. loss“喪失”； B. failure“失敗”；C. fear“恐懼”；D. regret“后悔”。A項正確。
（12）考查名詞。修理工的舉動讓作者感覺到了人間的關(guān)愛。A. friendship“友誼”；B. devotion“奉獻(xiàn)、專注”；C. kindness“關(guān)愛、仁愛”；D. justice“正義、公正”。C項正確。