() 5. When Mr Jiang ______ home ______ work, his flat would be as clean as new.
A.returns back; from
B.returns to; at
C.returned; from
D.returned to; at

C

首先，考虑“return”的用法，它表示“返回”时，若后面接地点名词，通常直接使用“return to+地点”，但home作为副词时，前面不需要加介词to，所以“return home”表示“回家”；其次，根据时态，主句中的“would be”表明是过去将来时，因此从句应该用一般过去时，即“returned”；最后，“from work”表示“下班后”，是固定搭配。综上，第一个空应填“returned”，第二个空应填“from”。

() 6. After the 1,000-metre running race, I was ______ dead.
A.as good as
B.so good as
C.as well as
D.as long as

A

“as good as dead”是固定搭配，意为“几乎和死了一样”，符合语境。“so good as”用于否定句，“as well as”表示“也”，“as long as”表示“只要”，均不符合句意。

() 7. —I'm planning to climb Mount Huangshan this Sunday. Would you like to come along?
—Wow! That would be exciting ______ challenging. I'm in.

A.as good as
B.so good as
C.as well as
D.as long as

C

本题主要考查连词及形容词、副词短语的辨析。首先，根据题目语境，“That would be exciting ______ challenging”表达的是爬黄山这件事既令人兴奋又具有挑战性，这里需要一个表示并列关系的连词。接下来，逐一分析选项：
A. as good as：这个短语通常用于比较，表示“几乎一样好”，并不表示并列关系，故排除。
B. so good as：这个短语常用于否定句或疑问句中，表示“和…一样好”，同样不表示并列关系，且题目为肯定句，故排除。
C. as well as：这个短语表示“也，又”，可以连接两个并列的成分，符合题目语境。
D. as long as：这个短语表示“只要”，引导条件状语从句，与题目语境不符，故排除。
综上所述，正确答案是C，因为它准确地表达了题目中所需的并列关系。

() 8. Peter can be difficult to get along with at times though he's a nice person ______.
A.in turn
B.in common
C.in general
D.in all

C

though表转折，前后句意为“彼得有时难以相处”与“他是个好人”。A.in turn“轮流”；B.in common“共同”；C.in general“大体上，总的来说”；D.in all“总共”。C符合语境，表“总的来说他是个好人”。

三、完形填空
There are robots all around, making our lives easier. Some of them, like the 1 calculator(计算器), can work much more quickly than humans. And they rarely make mistakes. In some ways robots are better than people. They work quickly, 2 do not make mistakes. They do not get 3 with doing the same job over and over again. And they never 4 tired. 5 robots are very useful in factories. They can be taught to do many different jobs. First their electronic brains must be shown how the job is done. A person moves the robot's arms and hands through each part of the job. The robot's brain 6 each move. When the robot is put to work 7 its own, its brain controls the rods(杆), wheels and motors which 8 its arms.
When the robot is needed for a new job, its electronic memory is "wiped clean". Then it is taught how to do its new task. If the robot's hand stops working, or if something gets in the way, it cannot do the next part of the job. So it stops and signals(发信号) for 9. Then a human engineer attends to the fault.
Robots are also used for doing jobs that are dangerous. They can move 10 which are too hot or too heavy for people to deal with.
( ) 1. A. bag
B. pocket
C. big
D. machine
( ) 2. A. but
B. still
C. because
D. so
( ) 3. A. bore
B. boring
C. bored
D. to bore
( ) 4. A. appear
B. be
C. get
D. turn
( ) 5. A. But
B. Yet
C. So
D. However
( ) 6. A. reminds
B. keeps
C. watches
D. remembers
( ) 7. A. with
B. in
C. of
D. on
( ) 8. A. move
B. support
C. lift
D. lower
( ) 9. A. danger
B. anger
C. hunger
D. help
( )10. A. substance
B. matter
C. objects
D. subjects

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. A
9. D
10. C

1. 题目中提到“calculator(计算器)”，描述其特点是可以快速工作且很少出错。从选项中，只有“pocket”（口袋）可以与“calculator”搭配形成“pocket calculator”（袖珍计算器），其他选项不符合语境。
2. 句子“They work quickly”与“do not make mistakes”之间存在转折关系，但此处更偏向于描述两个并列的特点，因此“and”的变体“but”的语境不符，“still”表示仍然，“because”表示原因，“so”表示结果。在这里，“and”是最合适的，但选项中给出的是“but”，“still”，“because”，“so”，考虑到句子是描述两个独立但相关的特点，“but”可表示对两个特点的轻微对比下的并列，而在给出的选项中，“but”可引导出的句子符合“工作快且（同时）不出错”的意思，因此选“but”。
3. “get”是连系动词，后接形容词作表语。而描述人的感受时，常用过去分词形式的形容词。因此，“bored”（感到厌烦的）是正确的选择。
4. “get”在这里表示“变得”，与“tired”搭配表示“变得疲倦”。其他选项与“tired”搭配不合适。
5. 句子“robots are very useful in factories”是前面描述的结果，因此“So”（因此）是正确的选择。
6. 根据句意“机器人的大脑记住每一个动作”，“remembers”（记住）是正确的选择。
7. “on one's own”是固定短语，表示“独自地”。因此，“on”是正确的选择。
8. 句子描述的是机器人的大脑控制杆、轮子和马达来移动其手臂。“move”（移动）是正确的选择。
9. 句子描述的是当机器人停止工作并发出信号时，需要人类的帮助。“help”（帮助）是正确的选择。
10. 句子描述的是机器人可以移动对人类来说太热或太重的事物。“objects”（物体）是正确的选择。

四、阅读填空
A man had a garden. He planted a rose and watered it c 1. Before the rose blossomed(盛开), he noticed many thorns(刺) around the bud(半开的花) and he thought, "H 2 can any beautiful flower come from a plant with so many sharp thorns?" Because of this i 3, he lost interest in this kind of plant, and then he gave up watering the rose. And just b 4 it was ready to blossom, it died.
Good qualities are just like roses. There is a rose in e 5 spirit. The good qualities planted in us at birth, grow among the thorns—our weaknesses. Many of us look at o 6 and we only see our weaknesses. We lose heart, thinking that n 7 good can possibly come from us. We give up watering the roses in us, and slowly they die. We never realize our g 8 of being able to find out our good qualities.
Someone may not see the rose in himself, so we need to help him d 9 the rose. With love, we can accept a person into our life, even though we know his true weaknesses. At the same time, we should e 10 him to face his weaknesses bravely and correct them. Then he will blossom many times.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1. carefully
2. How
3. idea
4. before
5. every
6. ourselves
7. nothing
8. gift
9. discover
10. encourage

1. 第一空，根据语境“He planted a rose and watered it...”可知他经常给玫瑰浇水，结合首字母c，可填“carefully”，表示“仔细地，认真地”浇水。
2. 第二空，根据前文“he noticed many thorns around the bud”可知他看到花蕾周围有很多刺，因此他疑惑这么美丽的花怎么会从有这么多尖刺的植物中长出来，结合首字母H，可填“How”，表示“怎么”。
3. 第三空，根据前文他看到花蕾周围有很多刺并产生疑惑，这个疑惑就是他失去兴趣的原因，结合首字母i，可填“idea”，表示“想法，念头”。
4. 第四空，根据语境“it was ready to blossom, it died”可知就在它准备开花的时候，它死了，结合首字母b，可填“before”，表示“在……之前”。
5. 第五空，根据语境“Good qualities are just like roses. There is a rose in...spirit.”可知每个人的精神中都有一朵玫瑰，结合首字母e，可填“every”，表示“每个”。
6. 第六空，根据后文“we only see our weaknesses”可知我们很多人只看到自己的弱点，结合首字母o，可填“ourselves”，表示“我们自己”。
7. 第七空，根据语境“We lose heart, thinking that...good can possibly come from us.”可知我们失去信心，认为没有什么好事会从我们身上发生，结合首字母n，可填“nothing”，表示“没有什么”。
8. 第八空，根据语境“We never realize our...of being able to find out our good qualities.”可知我们从未意识到自己发现自身优点的礼物，结合首字母g，可填“gift”，表示“礼物，天赋”。
9. 第九空，根据语境“Someone may not see the rose in himself, so we need to help him...the rose.”可知我们需要帮助他发现玫瑰，结合首字母d，可填“discover”，表示“发现”。
10. 第十空，根据语境“At the same time, we should...him to face his weaknesses bravely and correct them.”可知我们应该鼓励他勇敢面对并改正自己的弱点，结合首字母e，可填“encourage”，表示“鼓励”。