内容正文:
How to do cloze tests?
完形填空
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做完形的时候你有以下问题吗?
烦
慢
错
不得不做,硬着头皮做,还是错
完形填空考查的是对学生的综合语言运用能力,但是每一个空格的设置并不是随心所欲的,命题人主要通过上下文暗示出的某种信息来保证答案的正确性和
唯一性。考生应该通过上下文的暗示获取解题信息,留意暗送的“秋波”,也就是:关键词
出题者的初衷
自恋一回
找“秋波”
一. 利用首句信息,
推测语篇主旨
完形填空所选短文的第一句通常为主题句,一般不设空。
例1
Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks 36 than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more 37 than we realize.
36. A. straighter B. louder
C. harder D. further
37. A. sounds B. invitations
C. feelings D. messages
二. 寻找暗示信息,重视语境意义
上下文?
所谓上下文就是对语境的考查,包括文章语气的一致性、意思的连贯性、表述的合理性、论证的逻辑性等。
context
... “He’s a 49 man.” the clerk at the counter said. Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age.
49 . A. brave B. rough
C. smart D. generous
give up
blinded
例2
例3 Later that day at home, I began to 39 consider my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow be