Five months after my husband Steve died, I woke up one morning to the maddening sound of a leaking faucet（水龙头）. I knew it needed repairs badly, but it _______ me so much just to think of it. All our _______ life, I was the “artist” bringing to our house much imagination. Steve was the”_______” one. He had a real gift for handling chores（家务活），_______ 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 _______ the house. That leaky faucet somehow awakened me to the fact that I now had to _______ 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 _______ this kind of work?” he asked. “It’s not hard.” “He died months ago. When he was alive, he did all the repair jobs _______.” I said quietly. Ahmed looked at me _______, 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) _______ 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 _______ with me along, Ahmed reminded me of the abundant _______ in the world.
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:C
题目分析：因丈夫去世仍然沉浸在悲痛之中的作者听到水龙头滴漏的声音几乎发疯。丈夫生前包揽了所有家务，现在不得不自己面对。前来修理水龙头的师傅得知作者丈夫去世，不仅免费帮助她修理了水龙头，还做了其他一些室内维修。这是因为修理师傅曾经受惠于人。作者感到了人间温暖。
小题1:考查动词词义及语境运用。从水龙头滴漏需要修理，作者想起了去世的丈夫，这使她感到伤痛。 A. hurt 使伤痛；B. puzzled使困惑；C. cost使付出（代价）；D. disappointed使失望。故A项正确。
小题2:考查形容词词义及语境运用。 在两人共同生活期间，作者是一位“艺术家”，将各种想象带入家居之中，丈夫则是一位实际操作者， 将作者的各种想法付诸实施。A. separate 单独的；B. shared 共有的；C. spiritual 精神上的；D. social 社交的。B项正确。
小题3:考查形容词词义及语境运用。妻子负责出主意，丈夫负责实际的操作。A. active 积极的；B. boring 单调的；C. careless 粗心的；D. practical 实际的。故选择D项。
小题4:考查动词词义及语境运用。丈夫擅长家务，使妻子免于令人不快的各种居家修理工作。 A. attracting吸引；B. sheltering（提供）保护；shelter sb. from sth. 保护某人免受侵扰。C. driving 驱使；D. prohibiting禁止。B项正确。
小题5:考查动词词义及语境运用。作者因丈夫的早逝而悲伤与愤怒，以至于对居住的房子完全不管。A. ignored 忽视、置之不理；B. hated憎恨；C. cleaned打扫、清扫；D. missed想念、怀念。下文的滴水龙头使她从悲痛中“醒来”面对现实，说明她忽略了实际生活。A项正确。
小题6:短语动词词义辨识及语境运用。水龙头的滴漏使她清醒过来，面对现实生活中的困难。 A. come up with找到、想到；B. face up with面对；C. look forward to期盼；D. step away from远离、躲避。B项正确。
小题7:考查动词词义及语境运用。看到水头滴漏这样的小事还要找修理工来做，前来修理的师傅感到不解：难道是作者的丈夫不喜欢此类杂务？A. begin 开始；B. check 检查、查验；C. like 喜欢；D. find发现、找到。C项正确。
小题8:考查副词词义及语境运用。作者告诉修理工，她丈夫在世的时候，居家维修是很棒的。 A. gratefully 充满感激地；B. firmly 坚定地；C. bravely 勇敢地；D. wonderfully出色地。D项正确。
小题9:考查副词词义及语境运用。听到作者说到自己丈夫去世，修理工表示同情。A. strangely怪异地；B. innocently 天真地；C. painfully痛苦地；D. sympathetically同情地。D项正确。
小题10:考查形容词词义及语境运用。修理工服务周到、工作出色。A. terrible糟糕的；B. excellent出色的；C. important重要的；D. dangerous危险的。B项正确。
小题11:考查名词词义及语境运用。作者虽然还会因为丧夫而悲痛，但心灵得到了慰藉。A. loss丧失； B. failure失败；C. fear恐惧；D. regret后悔。A项正确。
小题12:考查名词词义及语境运用。修理工的举动让作者感觉到了人间的关爱。A. friendship友谊；B. devotion奉献、专注；C. kindness关爱、仁爱；D. justice正义、公正。C项正确。