例1 Mrs O'Neill asked questions, and she didn't scold us either.

　　(A.no B. certain C. many D. more

　　(B.該題可通過(guò)下句中的“either”一詞，可以推斷出該句是一個(gè)否定句，故選A。��

　　例2 First of all he was a window�瞔leaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he became a bus conductor and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares collected. He 1 lost his job as a postman 2 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people's houses. It seemed that there was 3 suitable work for him.

　　1. A. thus B. even C. once D. only

　　2. A. even if B. so that C. because D. though

　　3. A. some B. such C. less D. no

　　以上幾句敘述了John的不幸遭遇：做清潔工，打破玻璃，做售票員，錢(qián)又被偷；做郵遞員， 又把本該送到收件人家里的信件寄出。根據(jù)文章的這一情境，1空應(yīng)選B，表遞進(jìn)；2空則 說(shuō)明lost his job的原因，故選C。由接連發(fā)生的不幸遭遇，從而得出結(jié)論：似乎無(wú)合適工 作可干了。故3空選D。

　　2. 從上下文相關(guān)內(nèi)容考慮。��

　　例1 One day Mrs Nanete O'Neill gave an arithmetic to our class. When the papers were marked she discovered that twelve boys had ma de exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.

　　(A. test B. problem C. paper D. lesson)

　　該題撇開(kāi)具體上下文，A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都能成立，而在把握全文整體意思的情況下，很 容易找到下文的重要信息詞：the test。故選A。��

　　例2 “In her eyes he couldn't do anything .”(A.wrong B.great C.good D.strange)在他母親眼中，他不可能做出什么事呢?僅從這一單句考慮，四個(gè)備選答案都沒(méi)錯(cuò)。但根據(jù)上文的She loved John very much以及下文提到的：當(dāng)Jo hn與其他士兵一起接受檢閱時(shí)，觀眾嘲笑John與其他士兵步調(diào)不一致，而他母親卻大叫：They are all out of step except my John! 到此，我們才能選出A項(xiàng)為正確答案。��

　　例3 ...in fact he had tried a few . First of all he was a window�瞔leaner...Then he became a bus conductor...(A. ones B. years C. tasks D. jobs)

　　以上四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都可以用a few修飾，但根據(jù)下文的 a window�瞔leaner 和a bus conductor 可知，正確答案為D。��

　　3. 從慣用法和固定搭配的角度考慮。��

　　例1 ...scientists are doing a research her,...(A.for B.by C.to D.on)本題考查固定搭配 do (make) a research on...因此，正確答案為D。��

　　例2 But all of us are called daily to make a great many personal decisions. (A.out B.for C.up D.upon)

　　該題正確答案為D，考查固定搭配call upon sb. to do sth. (要求某人做某事)。而學(xué)生可 能因只記住call upon 為“訪問(wèn)”、“號(hào)召”之意而誤選。��

　　例3 Here's a fellow who just walks into a bank and helps himself so much money. (A. for B. by C. to D. of)

　　該題答案為C，固定搭配help oneself to,在文章中為：“未經(jīng)許可擅自取用”。但學(xué)生可 能會(huì)由于對(duì)這一固定搭配沒(méi)有全面理解，僅記得help oneself to是“隨便吃……”之意， 看到后文的money,而誤選for。��

　　4. 從句子結(jié)構(gòu)考慮。��

　　例1 1 of us are asked to make 2 decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called 3 daily to make a great many personal decisions. wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket turned over to the policeman?

　　1. A. All B. Few C. Some D. None

　　2. A. quick B. wise C. great D. personal

　　3. A. out B. for C. up D. upon

　　4. A. Should B. Must C. Would D. Need

　　5. A. and B. or C. then D. but

　　(Key: 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B )

　　在把握全文的情境后，不難分析出以上幾句在結(jié)構(gòu)上的相同和表現(xiàn)方式上的相似：第一、二 兩句，是以相似的結(jié)構(gòu)進(jìn)行內(nèi)容上的對(duì)比。第三、四兩句，是為了達(dá)到強(qiáng)調(diào)目的，使用相同句式結(jié)構(gòu)的排比句。��

　　例2 Toddy thought of the 1 with which he managed to get the amount of money he 2 to start his gas station.

　　1. A. satisfaction B. difficulty C. disappointed D. spirit

　　2. A. saved B. made C. offered D. needed

　　從測(cè)試的目的看，兩個(gè)空都要求考生對(duì)該句的結(jié)構(gòu)有準(zhǔn)確的把握：從with which到句未是一 個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾difficulty，這個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句中又包含了一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句he needed和一個(gè)不 定式to start his gas station作目的狀語(yǔ)。答案分別為B和D。��

　　5. 從詞匯的意義及用法考慮。��

　　The news twenty minutes later...(A. continue d B. lasted C. spread D. arrived)(二十分鐘同一消息又在繼續(xù)播放)四個(gè)動(dòng)詞都可以與the news 搭配，但含義各不相同，lasted(持續(xù))，spread(擴(kuò)散)，arrived(到達(dá))，只有A項(xiàng) continued(繼續(xù))能與后面的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)twenty minutes later連用。

　　四、 注意要點(diǎn)
　　1. 解題能力的增強(qiáng)，不僅靠解題技巧，而主要靠平時(shí)注重知識(shí)的積累和大量的閱讀，尤其 要經(jīng)常朗讀，培養(yǎng)語(yǔ)感，并進(jìn)行適量的針對(duì)性訓(xùn)練。��

　　2. 解題時(shí)，要克服不良心理的影響，完形填空的解題過(guò)程實(shí)際上是語(yǔ)篇內(nèi)在邏輯關(guān)系逐漸 明晰的過(guò)程，不可能“一步到位”。因此，要克服急躁心理，應(yīng)該在整篇把握的情況下，首 先把較為容易的和較有把握的選項(xiàng)選出，在此基礎(chǔ)上，文章的內(nèi)容將更完整的體現(xiàn)，然后對(duì) 原來(lái)較模糊的選項(xiàng)逐步填入。��

　　3. 分析完形填空題，可以看出，絕大多數(shù)題是考查上下文乃至全篇內(nèi)容的理解能力， 因此，選擇答案時(shí)，既要仔細(xì)考慮句子結(jié)構(gòu)是否完整、正確，又要跳出句子層次，注意句與 句之間、段與段之間、情節(jié)與情節(jié)之間或更大范圍內(nèi)的連接和照應(yīng)關(guān)系�？傊�，應(yīng)盡量爭(zhēng)取 對(duì)短文有一個(gè)“全景式”的總體把握。

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