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2012届最新试题汇编（含解析） Ⅰ.单项填空 1.It was only when I reread his poems recently ________ I began to appreciate their beauty. A.until B.that C.then D.so 解析：这是一个强调句，被强调的是状语only when I reread his poems recently. 答案：B 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 解析：在家里应该使用at home；“自行取用……”可以使用help oneself to sth.。 答案：B 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 解析：本体“年轻人”，喻体“八九点钟的太阳”，所以要用表示“把……比作……”用法词组；“比喻”的动作是由主句主语——毛泽东发出来的，所以用v.-ing形式作状语。 答案：D 4.The majority of people ________ like watching football games. A.seem B.seems C.seem to D.seems to 解析：本题考查majority作主语时的谓语动词的数。这里of后的名词people为可数名词，谓语动词要用复数。又因为seem后接动词不定式。 答案：C 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 解析：第一空表“数量是多少”，作主语，谓语应用单数；“a number of＋复数名词(代词)”作主语，谓语动词用复数。 答案：C 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 解析：信没有寄出去，句意为“忘记了要做某事”。 答案：A 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 解析：keep one’s mouth shut意为“闭嘴”，shut是过去分词，表示已处的状态；shutting是现在分词，表示持续的动作；spoken English意为“英语口语”。 答案：B 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 解析：the number of...“……的数量”；a number of“许多”。 答案：C 9.The room was almost empty ________ a bench or two. A.except for B.except that C.but D.except 解析：表示同类事物中被排除的一项，