2. 重视首段,“好的开始是成功的一半” 完形填空中,第一句一般不设空。通过认真分析首段,可发现首段多向读者交代了事件发生的时间、地点、背景、人物、起因等,使读者在下面的阅读中有一个清晰的语境。 如:Do you wake up every day feeling too tired, or even upset? if so,then a new alarm clock could be just for you . The clock, called Sleep Smart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits____1____ you to be in your lightest phase of sleep____2____rousing you. Its makers say that should____3____you wake up feeling refreshed every morning. 1. A. beside B. near C. for D. around 2. A. upon B. before C. towards D. till 3. A. ensure B. assure C. require D. request 本文通过问答的方式引出主题——一款新型闹钟在清晨叫醒你的时候能让你精神振奋,从而为下文的进一步描写作了铺垫。第1小题主要是考察一个固定用法wait for sb. to do something;而2小题主要考查句子含义;第3小题照应第一段中所提及的情况。因此,这3个小题的答案分别应为 C、B、A。
3. 记住十二字方针“上下求索,左右逢源,瞻前顾后” 完形填空中,我们常会发现上一句的答案就隐藏在下一句中,或上一段为下一段作铺垫。因此当遇到自己拿不准的地方时,一定不能心慌,应耐心地看下去。 如:The other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless,________poison flowed instead of water and where devils(恶魔) and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled. A. which B. that C. whose D. where 这个句子很明显是在考查一些基本的语法。将语法考查应用于完形填空是近年来考查学生英语综合能力的大趋势。这个句子对于连词的考查 ,即使你不能正确地分析句子的类型也一样也可以做得到,因为该句中一个and 体现了两个句子是同类从句的并列使用,那么选出正确答案就相当容易了。本题的答案应为D。 有时,为了使文章生动活泼,作者会使用一些比喻或排比的写作手法。那么这时就要停下来分析他们之间的内在联系,来确定正确答案。 如:It was New Year’s night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep___1___sky, where the stars were ___2___ like white lilies(百合花) on the surface of a clear calm lake. 1. A. grey B. blue C. black D. cloudy 2. A. floating B. flashing C. hanging D. shining 有很多同学在做这两道题时都会误选C 和C 。究其原因是第一句中出现了一个关键词night,因此很多同学都认为天空应该是黑色的,而按照常规思维星星又似乎是挂在天空上的。但是,此题中有很明显的一个比喻句,因此解题的突破口就在这个比喻句上了。我们都知道,只有在两种情况有相似性的时候才使用比喻。那么仔细分析后面的句子,我们会发现百合花在平静的水面上,会是一种什么意境呢?把星星比做百合花,那么天空就是平静的湖水了,众所周知,平静的湖水应该是蓝色的,而且花在水上应该是飘着的。因此这两小题的正确答案应为B 和A。
4. 充分考虑语法和词汇在完形填空中的应用 如:When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become fam ous as radio commentators were able to be effective on TV. Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to __1__ themselves to the new medium were technical. When working on radio, for example, they had become __2__ to seeing on the behalf of the listener. This __3__ of seeing for others means that the commentator has to be very good at talking, ... 1. A. turn B. adapt C. alter D. modify 2. A. experienced B. determined C. established D. accustomed 3. A. efficiency B. technology C. art D. performance 在第 1题中,adapt动词常与to搭配,表示“适应”,因此,要注意动词或词组的搭配;第2题也是习惯搭配,be /become accustomed to sth./doing sth.表示“习惯于……”,其中to为介词,注意上下文联系,to seeing正好符合要求;第3题关键是抓住空白处后的介词of,of前后是同格关系,即seeing for others和空白处所要填入的名词表示同一意思。因此这几个小题的正确答案应为B、 D、 D。
5. 注意句子间的逻辑关系 一般所填空格的句子与上下文可构成指代、列举、因果、比较、对比、让步、补充、递进等逻辑关系。根据上下文的逻辑关系并结合所给选项的基本含义来确定。 如: The foreign research scholar usually isolates himself in the laboratory as a means of protection;_____ , what he needs is to befitted into a highly organized university system... A. otherwise B. moreover C. however D. also 根据上下文,空格前的意思为“外籍研究学者通常把自己隔离在实验室里作为一种保护的手段”。空格后为“他需要融入的是高度的组织化的大学系统”。前者是一种孤离