（5）
This was the morning, when Jeremy, 14-year-old, was to begin his duck shooting. He had 1 the whole idea ever since his father had bought him a gun and had promised him a 2 to this island. But he loved his father and wanted to 3 him.
They came to the beach. To 4 the sense of fear, he took a 5 of his father. Then he put the camera aside and picked up the gun. His father said happily, “ I’ ve been 6 a long time for this day. I’ ll let you shoot first.” He leaned forward, eyes narrowed. “ There’ s a small 7 now, headed this way. Keep your head down; I’ ll give you the 8 .”
Jeremy’ s heart was beating 9 . “ No, don’ t let them come, please!” But they came, closer, closer... “ Now, take him!” cried his father. Jeremy felt his body 10 . He stood up, leaned into the gun the 11 his father taught him. In the same 12 , the ducks saw the gunners and flared wildly. For a second he hung there balanced 13 life and death. There was no sound. Jeremy stood 14 , seizing his gun.
“ What happened? 15 didn’ t you shoot?” his father said in a controlled voice. The boy didn’ t answer. His lips were 16 . “ Because they were so 17 .” he said and burst into tears. He sat down, face buried in his hands and wept. All 18 of pleasing his father was gone. He had his chance and he had failed.
For a moment his father was 19 . And then he said, ” Let’ s try again.” Jeremy didn’ t 20 his hands. “ It’ s no use,I can’ t.”
“ Hurry, You’ ll miss him. Here!” Cold metal touched Jeremy. He looked up,
21 . His father was handing the camera to him. He stood up and pressed his shutter release (快门) button in a flash. “ I got him!” His face was bright.
Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his father’ s eyes, 22 pride and love. “ I’ ll always love shooting. But that doesn’ t mean you 23 . Sometimes it takes as much 24 not to do a thing as to do it.” He paused. “ I think you could teach me how to operate that 25 .”
1．A.hated B.loved C.hoped D.known
2．A.game B.prize C.trip D.holiday
3．A.join B.praise C.help D.please
4．A.welcome B.show C.feel D.ease
5．A.rest B.breath C.picture D.care
6．A.lasting B.waiting C.looking D.asking
7．A.movement B.flight C.sound D.troop
8．A.word B.gun C.chance D.fact
9．A.wildly B.widely C.tightly D.nervously
10．A.warm B.excite C.delay D.obey
11．A.rule B.route C.way D.path
12．A.course B.instant C.case D.direction
13．A.between B.by C.beside D.beyond
14．A.surprisedly B.quietly C.still D.hard
15．A.How B.Where C.Why D.What
16．A.trembling B.moving C.suffering D.adding
17．A.lovely B.alive C.lively D.friendly
18．A.hope B.means C.decision D.practice
19．A.silent B.angry C.calm D.sorrowful
20．A.raise B.lift C.lower D.put
21．A.succeeding B.unbelieving C.unknowing D.realizing
22．A.almost B.mostly C.even D.only
23．A.may B.could C.dare to D.have to
24．A.energy B.bravery C.courage D.mind
25．A.camera B.machine C.equipment D.tool
(6)
Loving the blues
Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her 1 at the King Street Palace, an entertainment center in Charleston. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were 2 from class---again.
Feldman believed that if someone didn’t 3 out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all 4 in school. So one afternoon she went outside to
5 with them.
“I asked what 6 them,” she says. “Their response were always the 7 : music, art and sports.” The 42-year-old businesswoman 8 a music program would be a great way to keep 9 kids interested in learning.
Then Feldman found the middle school principal with her 10 for Blues in the Schools---a program that would bring 11 into the schools to perform and teach. He liked her idea, but said she’d have to raise the 12 .
Local businesses came to her 13 . In four months they’d donated(捐赠) about $15,000--- 14 to bring in Billy Branch, a great blues harmonica(乐器) player, who had 15 a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch’s three-week after-school class in Charleston, 16 listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues 17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to 18 the tradition to younger people,” Feldman says.
The next year Feldman increased the numbers of Blues. Now 19 5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities 20 the country take part.
1.A.office B.school C.center D.program
2.A.separating B.telling C.hearing D.escaping
3.A.come B.get C.pick D.reach
4.A.interest B.happiness C.trust D.strength
5.A.play B.compare C.speak D.meet
6.A.reminds B.excites C.satisfies D.impresses
7.A.various B.same C.clear D.right
8.A.knew B.thought C.realized D.said
9.A.bored B.funny C.disappointed D.surprised
10.A.plan B.promise C.thought D.help
11.A.music B.musicians C.sports D.businessmen
12.A.courage B.efforts C.money D.level
13.A.sight B.way C.scene D.rescue
14.A.enough B.sure C.about D.pleased
15.A.started B.seen C.donated D.learned
16.A.people B.musicians C.actors D.students
17.A.themselves B.for them C.all the time D.by chance
18.A.add up B.carry out C.pass on D.get through
19.A.some B.even C.rather D.just
20.A.outside B.with C.across D.of
(7)
Dress for Success
When Nancy Lublin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans (借款). 1 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing 2 faced by the typical 3 woman: “ If she goes for a job interview 4 dressed, she won’ t get the job,” Lublin says. “ But without a job, she can’ t 5 proper clothing.”
A few weeks later, Lublin 6 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers(志愿者). She asked women to donate(捐赠) 7 business clothes that was 8 in good condition. She asked members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer 9 . At first Lublin 10 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found 11 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now 12 as the organization’ s main office.
Today, when women arrive at the office---referred by shelters and job-training programs---they 13 a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence, as well. Some are trying to enter the work 14 after being on welfare(福利) for years.
15 Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits---and many have won 16 . Yarit Polanco was recently hired 17 a law-firm office manager. “ Because of Dress for Success, I made a good 18 .” she says.
Donations are now 19 in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin, who has put her 20 on hold is opening Dress for Success 21 in other cities.
“ So many women have clothes 22 around that they’ ll never 23 again,” says a volunteer. “ Nancy’ s 24 is so simple and so important to the women who 25 from it.”
1.A.Anyway B.Instead C.Fortunately D.Meanwhile
2.A.condition B.direction C.pollution D.plan
3.A.low-income B.high-income C.full-time D.part-time
4.A.particularly B.easily C.beautifully D.poorly
5.A.make B.find C.wear D.afford
6.A.reached B.called C.founded D.faced
7.A.used B.needed C.new D.shabby
8.A.only B.already C.almost D.still
9.A.demand B.remain C.fit D.try
10.A.hid B.stored C.discovered D.got
11.A.space B.support C.tailors D.methods
12.A.regards B.serves C.looks D.lies
13.A.buy B.sell C.receive D.watch
14.A.office B.victory C.wealth D.force
15.A.When B.Once C.Although D.Since
16.A.rooms B.jewels C.jobs D.success
17.A.as B.for C.to D.into
18.A.impression B.work C.place D.fun
19.A.giving B.streaming C.showing D.leading
20.A.own business B.new project C.law studies D.personal belongings
21.A.schools B.trades C.races D.branches
22.A.lying B.appearing C.collecting D.driving
23.A.wear B.have C.donate D.mind
24.A.problem B.belief C.idea D.office
25.A.benefit B.prevent C.run D.come
(8)
Snow-shoe John
One afternoon John was chopping wood when a neighbor drove up in his cart.
“ Have you heard the 1 about the mine in Placerville?” he asked. “ There was a cave-in and a miner was killed. The 2 thing is, his wife is dead. He only has a married sister who might take them 3 she lives on the other side of the Sierras. And the snow is too 4 to get any mail across the mountains.”
John went on working, but his thoughts were on the snow-covered 5 through the mountains. He remembered 6 as a boy he had climbed snow mountains on snowshoes. He examined the wood. 7 he decided to make a pair of snowshoes out of it.
After he made them he began to practise on his snowshoes until he felt 8 of himself. Then he showed his neighbors how his snowshoes 9 .
Stepping forward, one of the town elders spoke up. “ If you’ re 10 , go ahead and carry the mail.”
11 neither tracks nor path to follow, he moved ahead on what he believed to be the proper 12 . As he went up the mountains the wind and cold barely 13 him down.
When darkness 14 , John still moved on, guided by the stars. It was late into the night when he finally decided to stop. He must save his 15 for the long journey still ahead.
Finding the stump of a tree, he set it on 16 . Then he made a platform of branches on the snow. Stretching out on it with his feet to the fire and the mailbag under his head, he immediately fell 17 .
After three days of traveling, he 18 smoke curling upward from the chimneys. John knew he was nearing the town in Carson Valley.
As he glided into town, people 19 out of their homes and surrounded him. They stared in 20 at the blue-eyed man on strange snowshoes.
“ I brought you mail from Placerville,” John said simply.
The following day the sister of the dead miner gave John a letter. “ I will come 21 the children as soon as the pass is clear. ” She told him.
For the next five winters, 22 paid little, Snow-Shoe John went on steadily carrying the 23 . For many years Snow-Shoe John was talked about as the famous mail-carrying 24 of the Far West. He was also 25 for the shoes he wore. They were the first snowshoes, ever seen in California.
1.A.fact B.expressions C.news D.radio
2.A.sorry B.harmful C.first D.important
3.A.and B.but C.so D.unless
4.A.cold B.freezing C.deep D.fallen
5.A.village B.part C.pass D.rank
6.A.how B.what C.just D.when
7.A.Then and there B.Here and there C.Now and then D.Now and here
8.A.tired B.proud C.afraid D.sure
9.A.did B.worked C.wore D.took
10.A.ready B.enough C.tough D.hard
11.A.Into B.Ahead C.With D.As
12.A.cause B.course C.beginning D.branch
13.A.dropped B.let C.slowed D.sped
14.A.sank B.fell C.happened D.remained
15.A.strength B.time C.food D.money
16.A.place B.bed C.board D.fire
17.A.ill B.down C.off D.asleep
18.A.sighted B.smelled C.heard D.tasted
19.A.kept B.poured C.picked D.carried
20.A.public B.order C.fear D.surprise
21.A.for B.at C.on D.to
22.A.if B.however C.although D.because
23.A.mail B.snowshoes C.news D.movement
24.A.passenger B.guide C.hero D.teacher
25.A.recognized B.reported C.remembered D.realized
(9)
It was a cold wet March day and the train travelled north. The trees, not yet green, 1 past the windows. Inside the train all the 2 felt sleepy. There was 3 air in any of the carriages. Inside one carriage, a young man sat 4 knitting(编织). 5 him was a young lady quietly reading a novel. On 6 the young man first take 7 his two knitting needles, she 8 wanted to 9 , but feeling that it would be rude she turned her head to 10 .
In the end she felt she wanted to say something. She asked him what he was
11 . He told her that it was a pair of fingerless 12 . He was going to the mountains and would 13 them useful for climbing.
They spoke no more. Before the train arrived at the next station the young man 14 away his knitting. He took down his luggage from the rack and carried it to the door. The train 15 and stopped, and the young man jumped off. 16 then did the young lady look up again from 17 . She watched the young man walk across the 18 . A ball of wool fell out of his pocket and rolled 19 a pool of water. It was still 20 .
1.A.raced B.left C.interrupted D.headed
2.A.people B.conductors C.passengers D.crowd
3.A.very little B.no C.some D.fresh
4.A.still B.quietly C.happily D.lonely
5.A.Beside B.To C.Opposite D.With
6.A.having B.playing C.seeing D.passing
7.A.off B.away C.out D.up
8.A.hardly B.really C.even D.almost
9.A.smile B.laugh C.say something D.have a look
10.A.go on knitting B.glare at him C.read her book D.look out of the window
11.A.doing B.operating C.making D.climbing
12.A.trousers B.gloves C.shoes D. shoe
13.A.let B.think C.find D.use
14.A.put B.threw C.took D.left
15.A.speeded up B.slowed down C.moved on D.marched out
16.A.And B.Only C.But D.Just
17.A.her book B.her knitting C.the window D.her seat
18.A.tracks B.train C.road D.platform 19.A.on B.over C.into D.out
20.A.rolling B.raining C.there D.running
(10)
In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts and
coffee. 1 on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their 2 .
I 3 coffee in takeout cups and 4 waited on customers who’ d point through the glsss case and say, “ No, not that one, the one two rows over.”
Every afternoon around four o’ clock, a group of school chidren would 5 into the shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and 6 on. I didn’ t 7 if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.
I came to know them 8 well. The older girls would tell me about their
boyfriends; the younger ones would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to 9 their secrets, but still, they’ d wait every day in the store 10 their bus came.
Sometimes I’ d hand out bus fare when a ticket went 11 ---always repaid the next day. When it snowed, the kids and I would wait anxiously for a very 12 bus. They’ d call their 13 to let them know they were okay. At 14 time I’ d lock the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived.
I 15 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days. I enjoyed my pals, but it never 16 to me that I played an important 17 in their lives---until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man entered the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o’ clock. I 18 it was true, and he introduced himself 19 the father of two of my favorites---a brother and sister team.
“ I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my children. I 20 about them having to take two buses to get home. It 21 a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping 22 on them.”
I told him it wasn’ t a big 23 , that I enjoyed the kids.
“ No, you don’ t understand. When they’ re with the doughnuts lady, I know they’ re 24 . It is a big deal. And I’ m grateful.”
So I was the Doughnuts Lady. I not only had received a 25 , I had become a landmark.
1.A.Crowded B.Situated C.Directed D.Removed
2.A.ride B.chance C.chidren D.jobs
3.A.tasted B.had C.made D.poured
4.A.finally B.probably C.fairly D.patiently
5.A.burst B.break C.look D.point
6.A.go B.come C.pass D.pull
7.A.know B.mind C.understan D.realize
8.A.pretty B.not C.usually D.far
9.A.hear B.notice C.share D.search
10.A.when B.before C.after D.until
11.A.stored B.required C.missing D.remaining
12.A.early B.late C.fast D.big
13.A.parents B.friends C.teachers D.classmates
14.A.closing B.opening C.proper D.holiday
15.A.ate up B.gave away C.let out D.got back
16.A.stuck B.reminded C.moved D.occurred
17.A.lesson B.moment C.life D.part
18.A.admitted B.limited C.guessed D.considered
19.A.for B.to C.as D.like
20.A.care B.worry C.talk D.wonder
21.A.means B.takes C.intends D.gives
22.A.a space B.an eye C.the possession D.a knowledge
23.A.pride B.pleasure C.deal D.help
24.A.happy B.active C.alive D.safe
25.A.letter B.title C.fortune D.love
(11)
Chad performs his 24-foot aluminium boat past willow young trees that stick out of the waters of the Mississippi River. 1 dances off maples(枫树), their branches heavy with 2 spring leaves. But a 3 inspection discloses trouble behind the beautiful sight. Rubbish is 4 in a logjam(河道内运完木材所剩的木头) and hangs from the tree’ s branches.
5 the next three hours Chad and his team pull plastic bags, tanks, bottles and 6 bowling pins out of the water. Then they 7 for a picnic table caught in the trees.
Welcome to the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Project, began in 1997 as Chad’ s one-man 8 to pick up rubbish along a 400-mile stretch of the 2340-mile river. That year, often working 9 , the 22-year-old cleaned 150 miles of shoreline.
At first the project appeared 10 and useless. But Chad tried his best to find 11 , and with their backing, he soon had a new boat and a five-man team---the Boom Crane Crew. Last year alone the crew 12 from the water 44055-gallon drums, 1104 tires and enough plastic bags to cover a football field. Much of the waste will be 13 .
“ Chad’ s operation is the only one actually in 14 on the river,” says Mark of the Mississippi River Basin Alliance, a union of environmental groups. “ It’ s the 15 I’ ve ever seen in 20 years, and he is inspiring others to do the 16 .”
“ The Mississippi was my back 17 ,” Chad says. In his teens he and his brother worked on the river as clammers(掘蚌者) and camped on islands 18 the waterway. “ The river has given me a livelihood and brought me so much 19 ,” Chad says. “ I wanted to do something in 20 .”
1.A.Sunlight B.Air C.Dust D.Moonlight
2.A.ripe B.brown C.falling D.fresh
3.A.wider B.quicker C.closer D.stricter
4.A.placed B.piled C.trapped D.thrown
5.A.For B.At C.After D.By
6.A.ever B.even C.nearly D.merely
7.A.come B.save C.head D.fight
8.A.work B.discovery C.place D.effort
9.A.alone B.strongly C.quietly D.fiercely
10.A.large B.happy C.impossible D.possible
11.A.supporters B.workers C.engineers D.pioneers
12.A.came B.pulled C.pushed D.appeared
13.A.burned B.buried C.used D.recycled
14.A.ending B.progress C.discussion D.common
15.A.biggest B.earliest C.latest D.luckiest
16.A.deed B.favour C.same D.wrong
17.A.way B.school C.interest D.yard
18.A.blocking B.standing C.dotting D.travelling
19.A.time B.joy C.pride D.waste
20.A.return B.turn C.danger D.trouble
(12)
Johnny lay in his bed in the hospital with little hope of ever living like other boys. He had been 1 in a football game several days before and had fallen in 2 a way that the back of his head hit the ground . Doctors believed that he might 3 recover. There didn’ t seem to be any way to help the boy.
One day the doctors asked to meet Johnny’ parents to talk about his 4 . “ He seems to have given up 5 . Perhaps he needs something that 6 can’ t provide,” said one of the doctors. “ When I visit Johnny all he ever says is that he would like to 7 Babe Ruth.”
It, of course, was regarded as 8 . Babe Ruth was as important a man in the United States as the 9 himself. The Babe was the most famous baseball player in the game, the Yankee home-run hitter.
“ I don’ t know anybody in baseball, much less Babe Ruth,” said Johnny’ s father. “ But if you think that it would help, the 10 I can do is try.”
The next day Johnny’ s father went to meet the owner of the Yankees, who said he would ask Babe Ruth if he would 11 the boy in the hospital.
Twenty-four hours later, 12 Johnny Sylvester lay in bed, in walked Babe Ruth.
Young Johnny couldn’ t believe it really was the Babe. He hadn’ t been told the Babe would visit him because the doctors 13 that the visit couldn’ t be arranged.
The Babe sat down at Johnny’ s bedside and said: “ Now listen, kid, you’ ve got to get 14 and get out of here. I’ ve brought you a new American League 15 . And what’ s 16 ,” said Babe Ruth, “ I’ m going out there to a 17 tomorrow afternoon and hit a home run just for 18 .”
Young Johnny simply lay there, saying nothing , his eyes 19 at the great man. Then the Babe left young Johnny. Could the home-run hitter keep his 20 ?
The next afternoon they 21 in his hospital room, around a little radio, to listen to the Yankee game. 22 enough, soon Babe Ruth hit a home run into the distant rightfield stands.
For Johnny this was the 23 of a new life. 24 the surprise of his doctors and his parents, young Johnny, walked out of the hospital 25 a few weeks later.
1.A.run into B.kept back C.taken away D.got rid of
2.A.terrible B.quite C.such D.what
3.A.ever B.never C.almost D.only
4.A.cause B.condition C.sport D.meeting
5.A.hope B.treatment C.efforts D.course
6.A.I B.you C.hospital D.medicine
7.A.visit B.envy C.admire D.meet
8.A.necessary B.helpful C.impossible D.secret
9.A.president B.doctor C.player D.father
10.A.least B.most C.matter D.deed
11.A.encourage B.visit C.praise D.calm
12.A.as B.because C.though D.on time
13.A.believed B.decided C.feared D.wondered
14.A.good B.well C.back D.excited
15.A.baseball B.basketball C.present D.book
16.A.that B.about C.new D.more
17.A.hospital B.playground C.home D.game
18.A.all B.me C.you D.the team
19.A.closing B.opening C.shining D.looking
20.A.balance B.promise C.pace D.record
21.A.gathered B.impressed C.guarded D.expected
22.A.Good B.Much C.Sure D.Funny
23.A.freedom B.beginning C.end D.period
24.A.To B.For C.With D.From
25.A.lonely B.almost C.by far D.on his own
Key
(1) 1-5 DBACB 6-10 ADCCA 11-15 BCDDA 16-20 CBCAB 21-25 DABAD
(2)1-5 AACBB 6-10 DACBC 11-15 BDCBD 16-20 AABCC
(3)1-5 ABBAD 6-10 BCCAA 11-15 CBDCB 16-20 ABCAA
(4) 1-5 ADCDD 6-10 BCACA 11-15 BCDCA 16-20 BDBAB
(5)1-5 ACDDC 6-10 BBAAD 11-15 CBACC 16-20 ABAAC 21-25 BDDCA
(6)1-5 ADDAC 6-10 BBCAA 11-15 BCDAA 16-20 DACAC
(7) 1-5 BAADD 6-10 CADCB 11-15 ABCDD 16-20 CAABC 21-25 DAACA
(8)1-5 CABCC 6-10 AADBA 11-15 CBCBA 16-20 DDABD 21-25 ACACC
(9)1-5 ACABC 6-10 CCBBD 11-15 CBCAB 16-20 BADCB
(10)1-5 BADDA 6-10 CBACD 11-15 CBAAB 16-20 DDACB 21-15 ABCDB
(11) 1-5 ADCCA 6-10 BCDAC 11-15 ABDBA 16-20 CDCBA
(12)1-5 ACBBA 6-10 DDCAA 11-15 BACBA 16-20 DDCCB 21-25 ACBAD
部分讲解
（1）本篇文章是98NMET完形填空考题。从第一遍通读中，我们知道了不少信息，充分利用上下文提供的信息，也就是我们常说的语境---语言环境，把握文章基调，才能找出正确答案。 文章本身是个故事，是以讽刺口吻写的。它向我们展示了一位盲目信赖、崇拜自己儿子的母亲。
3. 根据中心，就知道这位母亲认为儿子一切正确、不会做错事，应选wrong。
7．根据下文陈述的几项工作，而得出选jobs。
8．上文有managed这个词，很容易选成clean，但读过下文后，我们会发现John换了工作，可见他干了错事，选clean与下文不符，只能选break，才与下文连得起来。
11．前文已经谈到John两次失误，这第三次与前两次的关系是递进关系，当然选even。
13．本空是对前面情况的总结，John三次失败，说明没有工作适合于他，因此选no。
14．谈到John下一步情况，选项的四个词都可以与下面的不定式连用，但意义不一样，began和managed都表示已经采取行动，而从下文看，此时John只是在作计划，promised 表示‘答应参加’，与上下文不符，只有decided可以说明John的打算。
15．既然John此时只是打算参军，还未行动，他的母亲谈到的只能是个消息，应选news。19．与全篇基调一致，崇拜儿子的母亲对儿子的一切都感到自豪，因此是proud mother。20．本空所在的句子中有地点状语in the crowd,我们可以看出应该选与地点有关的position。
24．后面紧接着They’re all...,可见前面提到的是“他们”，应选them。
25．本空相对来说难一些，out of order是一个固定搭配，我们平时也常常用到它，但它与上下文不符合，上文提到’the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others’,可见John并不是“坏了”或“不合规定”，而是“不合步子”，要选step。
（2）本篇文章讲述了一个坚持不懈奋斗，最后终于成功的母亲。本文用了倒叙手法，这种手法在英语中是通过时态体现的，这一点，对于学生来说很容易忽略，因为中文不存在动词变形问题。因此学生做题时要通过考虑时态来分清时空关系。在第二段中，第一句和第二句的不同时态就可以看出，从第二句开始，作者开始对更早情况回忆。第三段虽然没有用过去完成时，但从意思上可以看出是对童年事件的回忆。第四段的第一句仍然是回忆，但后两句时态变化说明回忆停止。阅读时，首先应该看到这一点，思路要随着这个线索发展。
4. 在文章刚刚开始阶段，讲的是作者写文章时的情况，当时作者虽已是三个孩子的母亲，已经四十多岁了，但还未成功。而出版商问的问题是有目的的，她问了作者的岁数，再问作者的健康情况，因为她怕作者经不住这个突然的消息，过度兴奋而出现问题，因此要选 health。
6. 本空虽然在第二段，但与第一段事件一致，作者听到这个消息确实感到震惊，作者的这种感情与她过去的经历有直接的关系，shock恰如其分地表达了作者的这种感情。
9. 本空处在作者对自己不断失败的回忆中，她不屈不挠，虽然失败，但立刻开始新的尝试，此空的四个选项虽然都可以与－ing形式搭配，但只有 got down to 的意义符合这种情况。
13. 作者在回忆童年时期祖母对自己的影响，祖母当然只是讲故事，而不可能写故事，telling 是合适选项。
14、15. 这两个空都说明了祖母对作者的影响，一个人有了热爱，才可能有投入，而祖母激起了作者对文学的热爱和她的想象力，这些都是作者坚持不懈写作的原因，其他词不能表达这种含义。
16. 作者讲述并总结祖母对自己的影响，这种影响不是一般的影响，不是仔细的影响，只能是持续的影响，因此要选 lasting。
19. 我们注意到作者做的这件事是在看孩子与做饭之间做的，这种时候，一般腾不出手来写作，也无法读书，只能思索、发展思路，因此只能选developing。
（3）本文讲述了泰国春天的风筝热。文章大多数设空都在考查学生根据上下文选择正确选项的能力。
1．上下文提到“风筝”，“强烈的兴趣”，在此只有把fire作动词用，才能与它的主语及宾语搭配，fire本意为“点燃”，而此时为“激发(兴趣)”之意。
2．根据此句的句意，大家对放风筝有一种狂热，句子中有nothing，与之搭配用short，就成了“决不缺乏热情”的意思。
4．此句的主语是skies, 天空中满是风筝飞舞，充满活力，alive恰到好处地表达了此意。6．根据下文提到的情景，一个大人站着，手中拿着线，眼睛盯着天空，显得傻乎乎的，fool就表达了这种意思。
11．父亲带女儿放风筝，装作是在满足女儿的要求，以致不会被看作傻乎乎，因此要选“要求”即request。
16．本文在此叙述到起源，因此选rooted。
17．泰国是个“王国”，也就是Kingdom，而在本句中提到了它，后面又用了反身代词itself，因此应选kingdom。
(4) 本篇是1994年NMET完形填空试题。全文第一句花提供了时间: early morning in summer, 清晨是什么样:人们赶去上班吧。这样就为我们继续往下考虑提示了一个方向。
第一段中尽管有三个空, 读完后可以意识到,这一天不是休息日: In the street, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly; 但这一天又有什么不寻常的事: was to be different。第二段出现了一个具体人物---Philippe Petit, 身份是the daring Frenchman, daring"大胆的", 给我们提供考虑方向:他要做惊险的事。
1．根据文章提供的时间，自然想到人们清晨走向工作jobs, 此时offices只能是一部分人的走向,范围太小。
3.根据下文this day was to be different,使我们想到,应该选与different相对的ordinary, 而3应选but,使上下句的转折关系表现出来。
4. 根据词组"等待" wait for，很容易选for, 但词组后面是crowded streets,这是无法搭配的,不可能"等待街道"。句中the crowded streets与on top of a building of 110 stories high 是同位语,由此只能选above---"等在街道上方"。
5. 根据后文的the two towers of the World Trade Center,可知该选building。
6. 根据下文的Philippe walked his way,可知应选walk。
11．这个空处在第四段，这段讲的是观众, 考虑问题要从观众角度出发。本句谓语动词是began to notice，streets与city是不会发出这样的动作的,我们可以不考虑; passengers乘客,表达范围太小; crowds人群, 包括了各种各样的人,因此可选。
12．本空处在一个感叹句中,这个感叹是由观众发出的,观众从地面往上看到空中的小人影所作的表演,他们感叹的不是高度height,而是人的表演,他们发出的是惊叹的感觉,也就是wonder。 pleasure有乐无惊, danger有险无奇, 都不足以说明当时观众的心情。 从文章用的词汇daring, even, astonishing等,所营造的气氛,及下一段Philippe所做的各种动作来看,wonder是最合适的。
13．从地面观众角度看1350 feet高度的人,自然是 tiny figure。
14．根据下文的back and forth，得知这是有来有回的运动，这种运动可以称为trips；circles是“环绕、转圈”的意思，在绷索上是无法做这种动作的；movements表现不出来回的动作，也不对。
17．能躺在绷索上，需要的是“勇气” --courage，光有精神spirit，或力量spirit，都是不够的。
（5）本文涉及了保护野生动物这个话题。文中Jeremy不但自己不猎杀动物，而且影响了父亲，具有很好的教育意义。文章设空时，有些选项涉及了一般学生不熟悉的用法。学生平时阅读很有限，所见英语说法、用法都限制在较小的范围内，一旦超出范围，一些学生就只能瞎猜。从这点来看，学生平时扩大阅读量、扩大知识面，十分必要。
4．根据下文，Jeremy给父亲照相，看来他是想缓和紧张与惧怕心理，ease在此是动词，意为“使减轻、安心”。
7．父亲在指导他打野鸭，此空前的修饰词是a small，sound和troop虽然都可以用它修饰，但意义不对，flight在此是“飞翔的鸟群”的意思，这种用法是学生所没有见过的。
9．wildly修饰心跳得剧烈。
11．本空前面省了介词in, in the way就说明了Jeremy用的是父亲教给他的方式来操作。
17．Jeremy下不了手的原因并不只是野鸭子可爱-lovely，或者活泼-lively；而是因为它们是活生生的-alive。这与上文的balanced between life and death就一致了。
20．lower在此作动词用，是“降低”的意思，也就是说Jeremy没有放下手。
21．根据下文，父亲递给他照相机，这确实是他没有想到的，因此他有些不相信，选unbelieving。
24．父亲说有时不做一件事要与做一件事拿出同样的勇气，选courage，而不能选勇敢---bravery。
25．父亲转变态度，要学习用照相机了，因此选camera。
（6）本文涉及了教育问题，在美国，有些孩子辍学，并不是因为没钱，而是因为厌学（这种情况各国都有）。主人公Mary Feldman看到这种情况，想出了很好的解决办法。标题Loving the blues就是全文中心，也就是Mary Feldman想出的办法。
3.reach out在此 = make efforts to do sth.“作出努力做某事”的意思。
4.本文涉及的只是学生逃学去玩儿的情况，这种情况的原因是他们对学习失去“兴趣”，而不是“幸福”或“信任”。
6.Feldman在调查孩子们的兴趣时，当然要问什么使他们激动，而不会是“有印象”或“使满意”。
8.realized是“意识到”的意思，也就是说有一个从不知道到知道的过程；而knew和thought不能体现出这个过程。
11.根据后面的表示目的的动词，只能由人发出这些动作，此空只能选表示人物的名词。
13.Feldman要实行计划需要钱，当地企事业帮助了她，在此用了 “rescue”这个词，表达这个意义，其他词都不能表达这种意义。
18.音乐家所做的事是把传统的东西传给孩子们，而不是仅仅给孩子们表演一下，四个选项中只有pass on能表达这种意义。
19.some在此是“大约”的意思，相当于about。
(7)本文讲述了纽约一位学法律的女大学生得到一笔遗产，她用这笔遗产，通过给低收入及失业妇女提供服装来帮助她们改变形象，最终取得工作。在这篇文章中体现了一种文化背景，这种背景对于有些学生来说是很难体会的，即：当人们去面试或工作时，他们一定要穿着得体，以便给别人留下好印象。而穿着不好，就可能意味着找不到工作。因此得体的服装对于妇女来说是非常重要的。
4. 本空就体现了本文的文化背景，要选poorly符合这种背景。
9．考查学生根据上下文做答的能力，学生在做完形填空时，一定要重视每一个细节，紧扣文章提供的线索，分析选项与文章线索的关系，找出正确答案。上文提到Nancy找到diet center的成员来捐赠衣服，人们一旦节食，他们的衣服可能就不合适了。因此应该选fit。12．Nancy找到一个新的地方---basement 储存衣服，本句是以地方作主语，如果用regard, 只能用在被动语态中；用serve as，表示“用作”，可以用地点作主语。
17．Nancy开创的事业红火起来，捐赠越来越多，stream in 是个形象说法，形容捐赠滚滚而来。
18．put sth. on hold 是个习惯表达法，意思是“暂时终止”；Nancy 为了事业，只好先终止学业，因此选law studies。
（8）这篇文章介绍了一个传奇人物的事迹。主人公被称为Snow-shoe John，可见他在这方面有建树，他利用Snow-shoe，为山区人民送邮件，被人们传为佳话。
5.pass在此是“山间隘路”的意思。
6．本句中 as a boy 是个时间状语，如果把这个状语放在句尾，就很容易看出本句应该选how了。
7.Then and there是“就在当时当地”的意思。
11.with结构用来表示伴随情况，表示当时既没有道路也没有车马痕迹可以遵循的情况。
12.course在此是“进行方向”的意思。
13.根据John在上文所显示的决心及他本身所具有的体质看，风和寒冷是不会使他倒下的，但很可能使他减速，slow down正是这个意思。
19.山村的人们看到一个装束奇怪的生人，就都会跑出家门来观看，pour out是个形象的用法，表达人们“涌出”家门的情形。
（9）本文是一篇描绘性文章，全文的故事情节并不曲折，但考查了学生是否能跟随文章思路发展，找到正确答案。
5．年轻妇女到底坐在男青年的旁边还是对面，从下文中我们看到，当她往窗外看时才转头，而此时却不转头，可见她坐在男青年对面，我们选opposite。
7．从文章中我们看到first这个词，即男青年刚刚把编织的针拿出来，因此只能选out，而不是up。
8．hardly是否定意义，不能选；even表示进一步关系，没有道理，也不选；如果选almost与后面动词搭配，说明她几乎想要，而不是真的要，与上下文不符，也不能选；只有really 能说明当时她的想法。
9．say something是干扰项，下文提到她确实与男青年说了话，可见不能选；smile是微笑，这种动作谈不到不礼貌，也不选；只有laugh说明当时她的想法。
11．选项中的doing是干扰项，而此时她已经看到男青年在干什么了，因此只能问他在织什么，要选making。
13．think是干扰项，它表示一个人的想法，如果男青年不认为织手套有用，他是不会织的，而他要想证明这种手套确实有用，只能选find。
15．火车要进站前，应该减速，因此选slowed down。
16．这句话用了倒装句型，选项中只有only在句子开头才可能出现倒装句，因此只有选它。
20．我们首先要看主语it指的是什么，如果指毛线球，根据常识，我们知道毛线球掉到水里后不可能继续滚，因此不能选rolling；此时it指的是天气，选raining造成与文章开头的wet呼应，使全文流畅。
（10）本篇文章讲述了一个大学生打工的经历及体验。文中大多数设空都是根据上下文语境要求所设。只有把文章来龙去脉看清楚，认真体会所缺词在文中所起作用，才能选出正确答案。
1．本句的主语是it，也就是主人公工作的小店，在此是要说这个小店的地点，situated这个过去分词作定语，意思是“座落在”，表达了这种意义。
3．主人公的身份是店员，她不需要烧咖啡，只要倒咖啡、端咖啡，因此选poured“倾倒”。
5．burst into形象地表达出孩子们蜂拥冲进店铺的情况。
6．成人看到孩子们挤满店铺，他们就不再进来，而是走过去，因此选pass。
11．当有人把车票丢了，作者还会借钱给他们，missing表达了这种意义。
16．occurred to是“想到”的意思，主语是想法，to后面接人。
18．当来人问起这件事，作者只得承认，admitted 在此是“承认”的意思。
25．根据上文别人把作者称为Doughnuts Lady，这是一个称号，因此选title。
（11）本文是一篇报导，此篇报导涉及了一个热门话题：环境保护问题。这种体裁及题材在日常生活中，尤其是在报刊杂志中最为常见。因此文章的实用性体现得极为突出。有些学生只会阅读书本上特定题目的文章，一旦离开书本就无所适从。因此我们应该适应这种文章的结构。文章中，有年轻人的困难、他的努力、他的成功、他的看法以及别人对他的看法。同时文章没有根据时间顺序平铺直叙。以上这些都需我们读文章时仔细体会并熟悉这种语体。
1．根据第一段所叙述的情况看，事情发生在白天，同时，能够跳跃在树影之间的，只有“阳光”。
3．在描述了一个春天的阳光明媚的景象后，连词but一转折，仔细观察，就发现了麻烦，closer在此是“更仔细”的意思。
4．根据上文叙述得知，麻烦来自污染，垃圾飘浮在河上，并挂在树枝上。在河上运完木材后，往往有一些剩木头会聚在一个角落，垃圾也会被圈在其中，trapped形象地表现出这种情况。
8．根据前面的修饰词one-man，如果选work，意思就是这个工作只要一个人就行；而与effort搭配，就意味着只有一个人在努力，这种意思与全文是符合的。其他两个选项都与这个空相差很远。
13．根据下文中的backing“支持”，可见应该选supporter“支持者”。
16．Chad和他的伙伴们从河中拉起的垃圾可以覆盖一个足球场，cover正是这个意义；而spread“铺开”，意味着他们特意把垃圾铺开在球场上，因此不选。
18．in progress这个词组的意思是“在进展中”；其他的词组都与此时的上下文无关。
19．这个同位语是the Mississippi River Basin Alliance的同位语，说明这个组织的性质因此选union。
23．此空设在islands后面，是修饰islands的，而islands与waterway的关系应该是dotting，即“岛屿散落在河道上”。
24．Chad孩童时在密西西比河上掘蚌、在岛屿上玩儿，这一切带给他的是快乐－－－joy，而在这种情况下，pride“骄傲”则过分了。
（12）本文讲述了一个男孩在比赛中受伤，因为受到一位他所崇拜的球星的鼓舞，恢复了自信心，最后战胜伤疼，迅速痊愈的故事。文章设空大部分都考查学生根据上下文做答的能力，因此看懂文章，仔细分析，才能做好这个完形填空。
6．Johnny在比赛中受了重伤，虽然住院治疗，但不见好转，医生觉得应该使他在精神上战胜困难，因此提到这种新的方法是“医药”---medicine 所无能为力的。其他三个答案都不是医生治疗所用的方法，因此不选。
7．对于Johnny来说，他不能起床，因此只能 meet“会见”他所想见的人，而不能visit“走访”他所想见的人。
10．父亲要尽微薄之力，least正体现父亲至少可以作的事，The least I can do is try. 的意思是“至少我可以试试”。
19．在本句中，his eyes 是动作的发出者，因此不能选用looking, 只能选shining, 意思是“眼睛发亮”。
22．Sure enough 是习惯用语，意思是“当然了”。
【英语多棱镜】
Do you talk to people just to pass the time?
If we are being polite with people there are only a few things we can choose to say. However, conversations which pass the time can be a little bit more varied. We have ‘pass-time’ conversations at parties or before meetings or when we are delayed in a train. Someone will choose a subject and comment on it in a general kind of way. And then someone else will add a comment. In a ‘pass-time’ conversation people don’t show their individuality very much. Usually people agree with each other or only disagree in unimportant ways. And they don’t try to start a serious discussion or argument which they care about.
‘Pass-time’ conversations are very important if you are travelling and visiting people’s homes. ‘Pass-time’ conversations help you to get to know the other person a little bit. Then you can decide whether you want to get to know them better and to share more useful and interesting conversations. Here is a typical British ‘pass-time’ conversation. You can practise it!
The other person: It really has been awful weather in the last few days, hasn’t it?
You: Absolutely terrible! We haven’t really had a summer at all! / I suppose it’s all right for the gardens./ It’s just the time of year I suppose./ (and for the humourist) It’s all right for ducks!
If you want to disagree, do so gently and in such a way that you don’t upset them!
You: To tell you the truth I’m quite happy about the rain! I’ve just planted some seeds in the garden and it’s just what they need. (If you just made the statement, ‘I’m quite happy about the rain!’ and gave no explanation, particularly if you didn’t smile, the other person would be offended!)
People sometimes talk about serious subjects in ‘pass-time’ conversations. And yet they don’t really say anything which might be too original or