完型填空
一、完型填空题型的特点
完型填空是一种立意新、要求高的综合语言测试题。它既是对学生的语言水平的考查,又是对学生的分析能力、判断能力和综合运用能力的检测。近几年高考的完型填空题有以下几个显著的特点:
1.短文内容逻辑性强,结构严谨,层次分明,注重上下文暗示,首尾呼应。
2.语言符合考生认知水平,一般采用记叙文和议论文,虽然尽量避免选用专业性强的文章或议论文体,但难度系数逐年加大,生词量增多。
3.以逻辑选择填空为主,语法选择填空极少,而词义或短语辨析增多。
4.保留提问句。
5.由正确选择过渡到最佳选择。
6.以单词填空为主,词组和短语填空为辅。
7.词语用法填空减少,短语搭配有所增多。
2004年高考天津卷的“完型填空”选材与2003年相似,仍为记叙文,以第一人称讲述了“我”在参加3000米赛跑中的思想变化,倡导通过体育比赛锻炼意志、培养坚定的品格。 考生需要把握人物行为活动的进展以及人物心理活动的描写。本题对于阅读过程中的思维活动提出了较高的要求。
整个大体难度适中
二.完形填空是一种具有一定难度的障碍性阅读理解题,要做好该题,必须具备:
1、良好的阅读习惯,善于从整体上把握文章的意义和结构。
2、词语意义和用法的辨析能力。
3、固定搭配和习惯用法方面的知识。
4、基本的语法知识。
5、在特定语境中综合运用语言知识的实践能力。
6、较强的逻辑推理能力和分析判断能力。
三. 体裁专项突破
选做完形填空题的文章的体裁主要为记叙文、说明文、议论文、夹叙夹议这四种,同学们如能明确英语记叙文、说明文、议论文、夹叙夹议文的结构特点、语言特色、与汉语相关文体的异同及各种体裁的答题要领,就能大大提高解题的效率。
1、记叙文突破
记叙文体裁主要是记人、叙事、写景、状物一类的文章,具体地说,它是借助叙述、描写、抒情等手段记叙社会生活中的人、事、景、物的情态及其发展过程,用以表现作者的思想,抒发作者某种情感的文章形式。近几年的高考完形填空题中的记叙文主要以叙事、记人为主,如幽默故事、童话故事、历史故事、人物传记和新闻报道等。
记叙文是中学英语阅读材料中最常见的文体,其语言特点有:
1)、以一般过去时为主,其他时态为辅。
2)、广泛使用动词,特别是动态动词。
3)、适当运用直接引语。
解答记叙文体的完形填空时,应着重把握以下几点:
(1)、了解文章的结构形式。
(2)、明确作者的写作目的。
(3)、知晓文章所记叙的几大要素。
(4)、弄清文章是以第几人称的视角展开记叙的。通常英语记叙文展开记叙的视角有两个:
第一人称和第三人称。用第一人称就是从“参与者”的角度进行记叙,读者可从字里行间感受到作者亲切的态度和深厚的感情。用第三人称就是以“观察者”的身份展开叙述,作者的语气客观,与读者保持着一定的距离,读者的注意力更多集中在故事本身。了解了作者的写作角度有助于我们走进作者的思维,深入理解文章的意义。
请看下面的例题:
As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start,. Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1._____ out at the audience, 2._____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3._____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4._____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music 5._____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6._____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7._____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8._____ seconds before skating onto the ice was 9._____. She was feeling the movement of the 10._____ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11._____ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12._____.
The crowd loved it and cheered 13._____ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other 14._____. It was the remark that 15._____ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16._____ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17._____ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18._____ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were 19._____. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20._____.
1.A.looked B. watched C. found D. stepped
2.A.failing B. looking forward C. wanting D. hoping
3.A.bicycled B. driven C. run D. walked
4.A.friend B. children C. son D. daughter
5.A.started B. played C. developed D. sang
6.A.allow B. set out C. carry D. support
7.A.thought B. belief C. success D. design
8.A.following B. last C. recent D. past
9.A.lost B. present C. strong D. gone
10.A.music B. fear C. ice D. audiences
11.A.so B. or C. before D. then
12.A.satisfied B. unsatisfactory C. finished D. welcome
13.A.because B. until C. before D. as
14.A.skaters B. parents C. judges D. parents
15.A.always B. seldom C. again D. hardly
16.A players B. audience C. judges D. parents
17.A.waited B. looked C. wished D. asked
18.A.comfortably B. hurriedly C. happily D. anxiously
19.A.cried out B. let out C. announced D. declared
20.A.England B. Cleveland C. Ohio D. California
2、议论文突破
议论文是一种剖析事物、论述事理、发表见解或提出主张的说理性文章。议论文的目的不仅是客观的解释事物,还力图说服读者相信并接受某一观点。英语议论文不完全等同于汉语的议论文,它涉及的范围要小得多。有人把英语中的议论文旧理解为论证文、推理文或辩论文,还有人直接将议论文归入到了说明文当中。但笔者认为就写作目的与写作手法而言,英语议论文与英语说明文还是有一定的区别的。首先,英语说明文主要是对提出的主题进行“说明”和“阐述”,并不进行正反评判和推理,也不强迫读者接受作者的观点;而英语议论文主要是就某一主题,在摆出正反两方面观点的基础上,通过论证、推理辩论等手段,试图让读者最终接受作者对这一主题的某种观点。尽管有时也不一定非常明确的交待正反观点,但力图通过推理让读者赞同自己的观点始终是英语议论文的主要目的。
议论文的应用范围很广,除了学术论文外,社论、评论、杂文,随感等都属议论文的范畴。
不管是在汉语中,还是在英语中,议论文都是由论点(作者的观点,也就是被证明的对象、论据(用来证明论点的依据,是说明论点的理由和材料)和论证(运用论据证明论点的过程与方法),这三个要素构成的,这也是一个提出问题--分析问题--解决问题的过程。因此,典型的议论文一般就由序论(提出问题,即what)、本论(分析问题,即why)和结论(解决问题,即how)三个部分构成,其具体的结构模式又有以下三种:
模式一:引言段(提出观点)--正方论点1(支持作者的观点的较弱论点)、正方论点2(支持作者的观点的较强论点)、正方论点3(支持作者观点的最强论点)--结论段(总结+解决方法,论断或建议)
在这种模式中,文章主体段(中间部分)的每一个部分论述一个论点,这些论点以其重要性按序排列,最有力、最重要的论点在最后面,以示强调。
模式二:引言段(提出观点)--反面意见(反方观点+作者的反驳)、正方论点1(支持作者观点的较弱论点)、正方论点2(支持作者观点的较强论点)、正方论点3(支持作者观点的最强论点)--结论段(总结+解决方法,论断或建议)
在这种模式中,文章立体段的一开始就提出对立方的反面意见及作者对这种意见的反驳,以后各部分仍分别陈述作者的不同论点。
模式三:引言段(提出观点)--反方观点1+进行反驳的正方论点、反方观点2+进行反驳的正方论点、反方观点3+进行反驳的正方论点--结论段(总结+解决方法,论断或建议)
在这种模式中,作者在文章主体段的每一部分都先提出一个反面观点,然后再进行反驳。
议论文有自己的语言个性,它不同于记叙文的生动形象,也不同于说明文的简明易懂。议论是对具体事物、事理作出的理论上分析与阐述,因此,它的语言自然客观的、抽象的、概括的。同时,它的语言也很准确,合乎逻辑。文中会较多地使用,诸如since(既然),now that(既然),therefore(因而),in that case(在那种情况下),so(所以),It follows that…(因而…),If…,we may conclude that …(如果……,我们可以这样下结论……),Should it be the case (如果是这样的话……),Idon’t want to…,but…(我并不想……),It is true that…,but…(诚然……但是……),Even if …(即使……)等有辩论和推理含义的连接和过渡词语与结构,以增强语言的准确性和逻辑性。此外,作者的写作态度一般也较诚恳,在文章中通常使用的是与读者平等交流的语气,不会给人以居高临下、以势居人、逼人接受的感觉,在遣词造句方面多使用虚拟语气、让步状语从句和can, may, might, could, would, should等情态动词。
同学们在解答议论文体的完形填空时,首先要读懂第一节,尤其是文章的第一句话,
这样就可以迅速找到文章所要论证的观点,进而理解全文的主旨大意。其次要用心体会,作者谋篇布局的方法,了解各个段落的功能,感受作者论证的过程。最后再循着作者的思路重读全文,推敲各空答案。
请看下面的例题:
Recently, a professor of philosophy(哲学) in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has 1._____ that how we deal with money in our day to day life has more meaning than we usually 2._____. One of the exercises he has asked his students to do is to keep a 3_____ of every penny they spend for a week. From the 4._____ they spend their money, they can see what they really 5._____ in life.
The professor says our 6._____ with others often becomes clearly defined(明确) when money enters the picture. You 7._____ have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some 8._____. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems 9._____ than ever before. 10._____it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who are 11._____ to be very important. The professor 12._____some rich people in researching his book.
Question: What is the most 13._____ thing you have discovered about being rich?
Answer: The most surprising thing is why people give me so much 14._____. I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I am is rich.
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it 15._____? How much money do I need for any given 16._____ in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important 17._____ in modern society: to bring back the idea that the money is an instrument 18._____than the end. Money plays an important 19._____ in the material world, but 20._____ money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
1.A.pointed B. studied C. discovered D. noticed
2.A.imagine B. think C. recognize D. plan
3.A.secrect B. diary C. promise D. record
4.A.way B. method C. opinion D. attitude
5.A.mean B. value C. get D. make
6.A.work B. friendship C. relation D. union
7.A.should B. must C. had to D. might
8.A.cars B. books C. rooms D. money
9.A.stronger B. weaker C. worse D. looser
10.A.But B. Otherwise C. And D. Then
11.A.rich B. poor C. helpful D. ordinary
12.A.saw B. interviewed C. questioned D. knew
13.A.puzzling B. disappointing C. surprising D. interesting
14.A.worry B. doubt C. hate D. respect
15.A.about B. against C. for D. at
16.A.achievemant B. result C. purpose D. success
17.A.need B. discovery C. lack D. event
18.A.better B. rather C. more D. less
19.A.action B. performance C. role D. trick
20.A.demanding B. hoping C. getting D. expecting
3、说明文突破
说明文是对事物的特征、本质、性能、状态,或事物的发生、发展、结果、用途、原理等进行介绍、解释、说明的一种文体。它所说明的对象可以是实体的事物,如仪器仪表、自然环境等,也可以是抽象的事理、如概念、原理、定律、规章等。它包括说明书、解说词、文献资料、图表等形式。尽管说明文中可能会掺有一些记述、描写或议论的成分,但说明文的最主要表达方式还是说明。必须说明的是与汉语说明文相比,英语说明文所涉及的范围似乎更大,在英语中,天文地理、人情世故、客观事物、主观意识等宇宙间的一切都可以通过说明文加以阐述说明,象the importance of being on time(准时的重要性)和the happiness of reading books(读书之乐)之类的话题,在汉语中似乎应该属于议论文的范围,但在英语中却一般列在说明文中。
与英语记叙文相比,英语说明文的语言特征并不那么明显。但尽管如此,也还是有一些语言现象在英语说明文中经常出现。
1)、多用现在时态。
2)、采用客观描述。
3)、遣词用字简炼、平实、确切。
解答说明文体裁的完形填空题是要着重把握这样两个方面:
(1)、弄清叙述的顺序。
(2)、了解说明文的种类。说明文依照内容展开方式可以分以下几类:
1过程说明文。这是用得最广的一种说明文,它又分为人为过程的说明文(给予指令或建议)和自然过程的说明文(提供信息和分析)两种,文章形式既有实用性较强的产品介绍,生活知识;也有专业性很强的学术论文;还有幽默风趣的科学小品等。过程说明文中的时态通常用一般现在时。
2实例说明文。它是用实例、事实来阐述特征过程、现象、观点的一种说明文。那些空洞的概念和高深的理论经过事实和例子的佐证立即就会变得具体明白、简单起来。
3比较(对比)说明文。它是运用比较和对比的手段来分析和说明事物的一种说明文。通过比较相似事物和对比相异事物,可以使事理更加明了。
4分类说明文。对于复杂事物,往往可以根据它的性质、形状、成因、功能等属性的差别,分成若干类,然后依照类别分别进行说明。通过分类说明可以加深读者对事物本质的了解。
5因果说明文。通过分析事物的因果关系阐明事物的性质或经过的文章称为因果说明文。在对有关因果关系透彻分析的基础上得出的结论总是令人信服的。
6界说(定义)说明文。就是用简洁而明确的语言把事物的本质属性揭示出来,给人们以清晰的概念。界说(定义)说明文中总是有一个定义句,其句式为被定义对象的所属类别+限制性定语。定义句中限制性定语越详细,定义就越精确,如A bat(蝙蝠)is a small mouse-like animal that flies at night and feeds on fruit and insects but is not a bird .因此,界说(定义)说明文既能使读者对被说明文的事物有一个明确的本质的了解,又能使读者将该事物与其他事物区别开来。
英文说明文的写作方式除了以上六种外,还有其他一些但对于中学生来说,这六种方式是首先值得了解的。另外,值得一提的是,在一篇说明文中,常常是以一种写作手法为法,同时辅以其他写作手法。有时,甚至会几种手法混用,并不分什么主次。
弄清了说明文的种类和不同,说明文的写作特点,有助于我们采取不同的阅读策略,
进而达到迅速、准确理解文章的目的。
请看下面的例题。
One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our 1._____we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to 2._____a new place or country, we 3._____what it will be like. We predict( 预料) the 4._____ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 5._____. Things are often very different from the way we 6._____them to be.
One of the 7._____ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 8._____ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had 9._____and analysed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there 10._____ to be no way of 11._____ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he 12._____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 13._____.
The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke 14._____: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 15._____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your 16._____ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.
You will hear my voice and 17._____ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are 18._____ asleep, and when you wake up you will 19._____ nothing.
You will forget everything. Now I am going to 20._____ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.
1.A.brains B. senses C. minds D. sights
2.A.visiting B. seeking C. reaching D. discovering
3.A.imagine B. know C. feel D. guess
4.A.custom B. habit C. style D. way
5.A.quickly B. simply C. correctly D. neatly
6.A.required B. wished C. left D. expected
7.A.funny B. dull C. famous D. silly
8.A.managing B. trying C. thinking D. hoping
9.A.studied B. learned C. discussed D. researched
10.A.used B. ought C. seemed D. had
11.A. making B. finding C. turning D. letting
12.A.gave B. sat C. woke D. got
13.A.dream B. lesson C. research D. exercise
14.A.softly B. loudly C. slowly D. firmly
15.A.everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
16.A.eyes B. feet C. head D. body
17.A.believe B. repeat C. take D. understand
18.A.really B. extremely C. actually D. almost
19.A.accept B. remember C. hear D. receive
20.A.count B. say C. add D. speak
内容概要:本文讲述了人的大脑有预测未来的非凡能力,甚至在梦中有时也能解决一些难题。
答案简析:
1、选C。从前一句话中可以得到足够的启示。
2、选A。此处强调过程,另三个词系短暂动词,不能这样用。
3、选A。imagine表示一种心理描绘,与look forward to,predict 和expect 等词意相吻合。
4、选D。这里强调的是行为方式。此外,第6个空格前重现了类似的表达方式。
5、选C。情况经常与我们预计的不同,说明我们的预计不总是“正确的”。
6、选D。四个选项中只有expect与predict 同义。
7、选C。开普勒的梦不具有 funny,dull和silly的特征。
8、选B。从下文来看,已成功地解决了问题,而不是“想”、“希望”或“努力”去做。
9、选A。“研究”与“分析”是紧密相联的。study 此处意为“研究”。research作“研究”讲时,若接宾语,须加上介词on 或into。
10、选C。凭语感确定。
11、选B。find out 意为“弄清”、“找出”。其余三个词组不合文意。
12、选C。wake up“醒来”,符合情节发展的进程:睡觉--做梦--醒来。
13、选A。由前文可知,他是在“梦”中解决了难题。
14、选A。softly意为 gently and slowly,这是催眠者对催眠对象应该采用的方式。
15、选C。从前后句来看,催眠者希望他什么也不要想。
16、选A。从下文your eyes are too heavy一句中可得到暗示。
17、选D。听到并且“理解”合乎逻辑。
18、选D。almost asleep意为迷迷糊糊地睡着了,从眼皮沉重,还有简单的思维活动来看,不能说是完全睡着了。
19、选B。这里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything。
20、选A。后面列举的一、二、三、四、五这一串数字,表明“计数”已经开始。
4、夹叙夹议文突破
夹叙夹议就是一方面叙述某一事情,一方面又对此事加以分析与评论。这种表达方式中的叙与议是一个有机的整体,“叙”是“议”的基础,即议论不能脱离记叙,必须在记叙的基础上展开;“议”是“叙”的渗透,即议论在记叙的基础上发表,且要有一定的深度与广度。
解答夹叙夹议类完形填空题时,思维要有灵活性,要随着记叙与议论的转换,及时调整思维方式。
请看下面的例题。
Is the world really going mad? 1._____day I was sittng in a restaurant 2._____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly 3._____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long 4._____ the whole room was 5._____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for 6._____ to open a window to stop myself 7._____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without 8._____ that people are 9._____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and 10._____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to 11._____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him 12._____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down 13._____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of 14._____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can 15._____ should, be treated properly. House building, road 16._____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of 17._____ created over millions of years. I would like to 18._____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be 19._____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural 20._____.
1.A.The other B. Another C. Every D. Each
2.A.asking for B. drinking C. having D. buying
3.A.seemed B. struck C. sank D. showed
4.A.ago B. after C. before D. now
5.A.full B. filled C. crowed D. parked
6.A.promise B. help C. suggestion D. permission
7.A.standing B. sitting C. talking D. dying
8.A.thinking B. persuading C. deciding D. learning
9.A.suffering B. dying C. walking D. standing
10.A.increase B. reduce C. improve D. raise
11.A.wash B. repair C. drive D. leave
12.A. sick B. tired C. foolish D. excited
13.A.on B. at C. from D. for
14.A.discussion B. question C. pollution D. operation
15.A.but B. yet C. still D. and
16.A.work B. construction C. building D. setting
17.A.life B. mind C. human being D. plants
18.A.see B. start C. enjoy D. pay
19.A.few B. any C. more D. no
20.A.situation B. states C. soils D. places
答案简析:
1、选A。the other day意为“几天前”,可以用作状语。
2、选C。四个选项中只有have可以同时后接a drink和a talk这样两个宾语。
3、选B。it 为形式主语,that从句为真主语从句,全句意为“餐馆里几乎每个人都在抽烟,此事突然引起了我的注意”。A、C不能接人,应予排除,show表示人为地展示给他人看,在此不合语境。
4、选C。it is not long before …是一个句型,表示没过多久就……,由此可以看出烟雾之大。
5、选B。根据意义和搭配不难选定。
6、选D。ask for permission意为“请求允许”,其他三个选项不合逻辑。
7、选D。这里有点夸张的味道,从句末的感叹号上也能体会出作者当时的心情。
8、选A。这里的双重否定表示“一上街就自然地…”。B、C、D三项明显不合逻辑。
9、选A。从词语搭配角度考虑。
10、选C。只有真正地“改善了公共交通系统,才能使市民弃用私车”。
11、选D。目的就是要鼓励人们把车“停放”在家中。
12、选A。由于高空中的烟雾,作者朋友在上飞行课时自然会感到身体,尤其是眼睛不舒服,由作者朋友的心理活动I’m breathing that也可作出这种推断。
13、选B。在高处向下看物体应用look down at sth。
14、选C。空中的烟雾应该视作一种“污染”。
15、选B。此处为递进关系,表示“能且应该”,故用and。
16、选D。道路应用“建设(construction)”。building表示房屋的“建筑”,应排除。
17、选A。另三个选项不能概全。
18、选A。这里表达的是作者的一种愿望。
19、选C。作者意思是指要通过建公园来保护环境。根据意义不难排除另三个选项。
20、选B。保持自然状态以用states为好。
四.完型填空应试策略
由于完形填空重在考查学生在语篇中综合运用语言的能力,答题时就必须遵循“整体-部分-整体”的步骤,具体可分为以下三步:
1、通览全文,了解大意
2、综合考虑,逐项填空
3、复读检验,消除疏漏
完成所有空档后,还要再复读一遍短文,看看这时的短文行文是否流畅,意义是否连贯,逻辑关系是否合理。若有不合语感、题意或语言规范之处,应审慎调整答案,力求做到万无一失。
例:(2002年全国夏季高考题)
What is intelligence(智力)anyway? When I was in the army I 1_____an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 2______of 100,scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 3_____ have scored more than 80.4_____, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him---and he always 5_____ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 6_____ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a 7_____. In a word where I have to work with my 8_____,I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man 9_____.He had a habit of telling 10_____. One time he said,” Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑)man 11_____ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 12_____ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 13_____ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 14_____ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the 15_____ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀).16_____ do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his 17_____ and asked for them. I’ve been 18_____ that on all my customers today, but I knew 19_____ I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very 20_____.”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
1.A.failed B.wrote C.received D.chose
2.A.an average B.a total C.an exam D.a number
3.A.always B.possibly C.certainly D.frequently
4.A.Then B.Thus C.Therefore D.Yet
5.A.fixed B.checked C.drove D.changed
6.A.answered B.practised C.designed D.tried
7.A.teacher B.doctor C.winner D.fool
8.A.brains B.effort C.hands D.attention
9.A.again B.as usual C.too D.as well
10.A.lies B.jokes C.news D.tales
11.A.bought B.tested C.found D.needed
12.A.cutting B.hammering C.waving D.circling
13.A.nodded B.raised C.shook D.turned
14.A.brought B.packed C.sent D.sold
15.A.clever B.other C.right D.next
16.A.What B.How C.Who D.Which
17.A.imagination B.hand C.voice D.information
18.A.trying B.proving C.practising D.examining
19.A.for sure B.at once C.in fact D.right now
20.A.clear B.silly C.slow D.smart
答题分三步:
第一步,通览全文,了解大意。本文选用的是科幻、科普小说作家阿西莫夫自述的一段故事,体裁为夹叙夹议。短文大意为:博士智商很高,但却被修理工的一个非常简单的智力问题给难住了,由此引出这样一个话题:到底什么是智力?
第二步,综合考虑,逐项填空。该完形填空题内容幽默风趣,文章结构严谨,信息相互依存,细节环环相扣。要答好它最好能把握以下几个方面:
1、文章的主线。如:
2、句子间的逻辑关系。如:
3、句子内部的逻辑意义。
4、句子中的关键词。
5、句子前后词语的逻辑关系。
6、事件的先后顺序。
7、作者的态度。
8、词语的习惯搭配。
第三步,复读检验,消除疏漏。
五. 应试准备
事实表明:完形填空的解题能力是与一定量的实践练习密切相关的。只有通过训练,才能提高应试能力。训练时,应特别注意以下几个方面:
1. 注意固定短语的积累
2. 平时练习时注意方法的运用
3. 每天应该做一篇完型填空
1)、注意选用那些质量较高(以意义填空为主,与竞赛题特点相一致)的练习作为训练材料。
2)、注意在把握全文意义的基础上再去考虑各个空格的答案。要明确每道题的答题依据,即弄清根据文中什么信息确定了某一题的答案,可以将依据简要地记下来,也可将依据的信息与相关空格用线连起来。初始训练时,不一定光做标准的完形填空练习,可从缺词填空练起,看看自己能否仅仅根据上下文判定每空的答案。也可将标准完形填空题的选项部分用纸遮起来,逼着自己先通读全文,预测可能的答案,然后到选项中去验证自己预测的答案,如果预测的答案与某一选项完全相符,则可断定该选项就是答案。
3)、注意在阅读中分析文章的主旨大意和行文逻辑,培养对语言结构和语言情境的敏感性。下面让我们通过几个例子来看看语言结构和语言情境的变化对答案的影响:
I did it .
A. myself B. yesterday C. carefully D. again
让我们再看看增加了某些情景的句子的情况:
She said I was not strong enough but I did it .
A. myself B. yesterday C. carefully D. again
再看下例:
Failure(失败)told me that I was not too careful then, so I did it to see the result.
A. myself B. yesterday C. carefully D. again
又如,如果语境是这样的:
Failure is the mother of success. The famous saying encouraged me. I did it _____.
A. myself B. yesterday C. carefully D. again
由此可见,完形填空之难,在于光懂得一些语言规则是不能答好题的,还必须读懂文章,弄清语境,并依据上下文进行合理的分析、判断,只有这样才能作出恰当的选择。上面举的几个例子充分说明了这一点。