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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.

小题1:

A．hurt

B．puzzled

C．cost

D．disappointed

小题2:

A．separate

B．shared

C．spiritual

D．social

小题3:

A．active

B．boring

C．careless

D．practical

小题4:

A．attracting

B．sheltering

C．driving

D．prohibiting

小题5:

A．ignored

B．hated

C．cleaned

D．missed

小题6:

A．come up with

B．face up with

C．look forward to

D．step away from

小题7:

A．begin

B．check

C．like

D．find

小题8:

A．gratefully

B．firmly

C．bravely

D．wonderfully

小题9:

A．strangely

B．innocently

C．painfully

D．sympathetically

小题10:

A．terrible

B．excellent

C．important

D．dangerous

小题11:

A．loss

B．failure

C．fear

D．regret

小题12:

A．friendship

B．devotion

C．kindness

D．justice

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

试题分析：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。

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For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.
One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.
Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.
小题1:The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.

A．admire the sunset

B．cheer her up

C．offer some help

D．have a chat

小题2:Four years later, the author ______.

A．found her dream job

B．put an end to her marriage

C．worked in a laundry room

D．lived in the same community

小题3:After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.

A．disappointed

B．puzzled

C．inspired

D．overjoyed

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

The world is filled with smart，talented and gifted people．We meet them every day．A few days ago，my car was not running well．I pulled it into a garage，and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is，great talent is not enough．
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn．I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100，000 a year．A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially．It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase，“They are one skill away from great wealth．”
There is an old saying that goes，“Job means ‘just over broke（破产）’”．And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence，most workers“ live within their means”．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend young people to seek work for what they will learn，more than what they will earn．
When I ask the classes I teach，“How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands．I then ask，“So if most of you can cook a better hamburger，how come McDonald’s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems．The reason why so many talented people are poor is that they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems．The world is filled with talented poor people ．They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．
小题1:The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph that ．

A．he is just one of the talented people

B．he is ready to help others

C．he has a sharp sense of hearing

D．he knows little about car repairing

小题2:The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by ．

A．spend more than they can afford

B．do in their own way

C．live in their own circle

D．live within what they earn

小题3:Why do talented people earn so 1ittle according to the author?

A．They don’t work hard enough

B．They lack financial intelligence

C．They don’t make full use of their talents

D．They have no specialized skills．

小题4:The success of McDonald's lies in its ．

A．skills at making hamburgers	B．good business systems
C．talented workers	D．excellent service

小题5:The main purpose of the author is to tell us ．

A．how young people can find a satisfactory job

B．what schools should teach students

C．why so many talented people are poor

D．how McDonald’s makes much money

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