河南省郑州市新世纪学校2012届高三英语专题总复习精选强化练习题（二百三十二.doc

河南省郑州市新世纪学校2012届高三英语专题总复习精选强化练习题（二百三十二） Ⅰ.单项填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 1．It was only when I reread his poems recently ________ I began to appreciate their beauty. A．until B．that C．then D．so 2．Make yourself ________ home and help yourself ________ anything that you’d like to eat. A．in；with B．at；to C．at；with D．in；to 3．________ the youth ________ the rising sun at 8 or 9 o’clock a．m.，Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the young men. A．Comparing；with B．Compared；to C．Compared；with D．Comparing；to 4．The majority of people ________ like watching football games. A．seem B．seems C．seem to D．seems to 5．The number of people invited ________ fifty，but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons. A．were；was B．was；was C．was；were D．were；were 6．When my hand touched the letter in my pocket，I realized that I had forgotten ________ it. A．to post B．to have posted C．posting D．having posted 7．Don’t keep your mouth ________ if you want to improve your ________ English. A．shutting；spoken B．shut；spoken C．shutting；speaking D．shut；speaking 8．________ the students in our class is 45 and ________ them study hard. A．The number of；the number of B．A number of；the number of C．The number of；a number of D．A number of；a number of 9．The room was almost empty ________ a bench or two. A．except for B．except that C．but D．except 10．Do you have any difficulty ________ these flowers？I’d like to help you if you have any. A．to plant B．for planting C．with planting D．in planting 11．As the weather was very cold，he couldn’t ________ his car. A．start B．begin C．found D．run 12．Mr Zhang gave the textbooks to all the people ________ those who had already taken them. A．besides B．except C．except for D．except that 13．How did it ________ that the car fell