“记叙文”类完形填空主要包括幽默故事、名人传记、事件叙述等。文中以叙述为主,通过人物之间的对话来反映人们对事件的看法及其起因。叙述上多半用平述的形式,很少加入作者的评论。 因此如果对文章上下文情景把握不住,就会失分。为了减少失分率,考生可以参考以下几点:
1、首先读懂文章的首句,把握全篇,弄清文章要讲什么。
完形填空一般没有标题,读懂第一句很关键。第一句一般不留空,是个完整的句子,整篇文窜的信息从此句开始。因此读好第一句不仅能够把握文章要讲什么内容,而且也可能把握作者的写作态度。因此,考生最好在读完第一句话后,不要急于看下一句,而是应先根据首句内容,对下文所要出现的故事进行一下推测,这有利于靠近作者的思路,避免走弯路。根据文章第一段的第一句While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life,college sets the stage for that exploration.可知作者在大学期间探索某些东西。所以第41题I myself went through this 41 process划线处应该填searching,和前文中的exploration呼应。
2、先通读全文,掌握大意,理清各种角色。
记叙文一般有两个或两个以上的角色,作者对这些角色的态度各不一样,即使同样—件事发生在不同人身上作者也可能采用不同的写作描述。 3、理顺事件的发生、发展、结局
记叙文的多项选择式完形填空题多半以事情发展的顺序进行叙述。正确把握文章的发展顺序对于把握文章的主旨有着重要的意义,因此在选择答案时可以先理情人物的关系及各自所做的事情。
例如第57题The professor was deaf and any talking was 57 . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant.可知作者参加报名上手语课,教授的耳朵是听不见的,这是符合情理的。按照事情的发展,考生可以推测课堂上讲话应该是不允许的。所以选择A选项prohibit,表示“禁止”。 [2017·全国卷Ⅱ]
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In 1973,I was teaching elementary school. Each day,27 kids __41__ “The Thinking Laboratory”.That was the __42__ students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too __43__.
Freddy was an average __44__,but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion(同情).He would __45__ the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone's __46__.
Before the school year __47__, I gave the kids a special __48__,Tshirts with the words “Verbs Are Your __49__” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs(动词) may seem dull,most of the __50__ things they do throughout their lives will be verbs. Through the years, I'd run into former students who would provide __51__ on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his __52__ from high school and remained the same __53__ person I met forty years before. Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man __54__ in his truck. Another time,he __55__ a friend money to buy a house. Just last year,I was __56__ a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman __57__ the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and __58__ it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a __59__ from Freddy's mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”
I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn't help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us,we all __60__ something from Freddy. 41. A. built B. entered 42. A. name B. rule 43. A. small B. dark 44. A. scholar B. student 45. A. speak B. sing 46. A. misfortune B. disbelief
C. decorated C. brand C. strange C. citizen C. question C. dishonesty
D. ran D. plan D. dull D. worker D. laugh D. mistake
D. ended
47. A. changed B. approached C. returned 48.A.lesson B. gift C. report 49. A.friends B.Awards C.Masters 50. A.simple B.unique C. fun 51. A.assessments B. comments C.instructions 52. A.graduation B. retirement C.separation 53. A.daring B.modest C.caring 54. A.wait B.sleep C.study
D. message D.Tasks D.clever D.updates D.resignation D.smart D.live
55. A.paid B.charged C.lent 56. A.observing B.preparing C. designing 57. A.regretted B.avoided C.excused 58. A.opened B.packed C.gave 59. A.picture B.bill C.note 60. A.chose B.took C.expected
D.owed D.conducting D.ignored D.held D.diary D.borrowed
【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。多年前作者在一所小学任教,学生Freddy虽然成绩平平,但性格很好,既有同情心,又是乐天派。学年结束前作者给每个孩子送了一件T恤衫,上面印有Verbs Are Your Friends(把动词当作朋友)的字样,多年后得知Freddy的各种爱心事迹。Freddy不幸去世后,其母亲寄了一封信到学校,交给作者多年前送给Freddy的“动词”T恤衫,令作者感慨良多。
41. B 学生每天进入“思考实验室”学习。build 建造;enter进入;decorate装饰;run奔跑,管理。
42. A 从Room 104到The Thinking Laboratory只是名字(name)的改变。
48. B T恤衫是作者送给学生的礼物。
49. A “把动词当作朋友”,即作者希望学生们要有爱心行动,不要空谈。
50. C T恤衫寓意深刻。尽管“动词”本身是枯燥的,但把它们变成行动是最大的乐趣。作者告诫学生们要做行动的巨人。
51. D 这些年来,作者偶然从以前的学生那里得知他们老同学的近况。用update表示得知的信息不断在更新。
52. A 作者得知Freddy毕业后干了几种不同的工作。
53. C Freddy毕业后个性未变,仍然是一个充满爱心(caring)的人。从下文的两个具体事例可知Freddy一直对别人充满爱心。
54. B Freddy让无家可归者睡在自己的车上。 55. C Freddy借钱给朋友购房。
56. D conduct在此表示“指导,管理”。此处表示作者在上课。
57. C excuse在此用来表达打搅别人之时的歉意。一般情况下用于excuse me或者excuse oneself结构, 也可用于excuse one's leave或者excuse one's interruption等结构。 58. A 作者打开信封。
59. C 信封里的便条(note)告知作者Freddy离世的消息。
60. B Freddy被上帝带走,但我们却从Freddy的故事得到很多启发。 【名师点睛】
本篇完形填空很好地体现出重在考查语篇理解能力,且不在情节上、词汇考查大做文章的趋势。其中对于语篇的上下文复现考查非常之多。 语篇复现的信息包括原词复现、同义词和反义词复现、上义词和下义词复现、概括词复现和代词复现等。语篇中有词汇和结构同现的现象,如与语篇话题相关、意义相关的词汇同时出现,结构同现,同义同现,修饰同现,因果同现等。因此,利用上下文寻找解题信息,确定正确答案。如:
I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his 52 from high school and remained the same 53 person I met forty years before . A.daring B.modest C.caring D.smart
【分析】同义词同现,根据第二段第二句“He had the rare balance of fun and compassion(同情)”,这里的compassion与选项中的caring虽然词性不同,但表达的是相同的意思,属于同义词同现。 考点:考查记叙文阅读 [2017·全国卷Ⅲ]
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A Toronto man is offering a free roundtheworld air ticket to the right woman. But __41__ apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallagher and have a Canadian __42__.
Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted roundtheworld air tickets in May, but their __43__ ended and he did not want her ticket to __44__. The ticket had a strict notransfer(不可转让) __45__, but since passport information was not required when __46__, any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can __47__ it.
“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to __48__ a lot of joy,” said Axani. He posted his __49__ on a social networking website, and received thousands of emails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with the __50__ passports. “More __51__, there are hundreds of Canadians who are interested in __52__ their name to Elizabeth Gallagher,” Axani said. “It was absolutely out of __53__,thousands of emails, people around the world __54__ their stories of travel.”
Axani wrote in his post that he is not __55__ anything in return and that the woman who uses the __56__ ticket can choose to either travel with him or __57__ the ticket and travel on her own.
The __58__ is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before __59__ in Toronto on January 8. He said the __60__ woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online. 41.A.benefits 42.A.orgin
B.deposits B.passport B.marriage
C.retrictions C.accent C.dream
D.examinations D.firend D.relationship D.come into effect D.schedule D.bargaining D.buy D.provide D.comment D.real
43.A.holiday
44.A.go to waste 45.A.policy
B.come to mind B.order B.booking B.borrow B.express B.advice B.right
C. go no sale C.parment C.checking C.choose
46.A.applying 47.A.use
48.A.sacrifice 49.A.answer 50.A.same
C.experience C.offer C.now
51. A. interesting 52. A. writing 53. A. touch
B. annoying B. giving B. question B. advertising
C. satisfying C. lending C. date
D. convincing
D. changing D. control D. doubting D. dealing with D. dealing with D. hide
54. A. admiring 55. A. leaving 56. A. leaving 57. A. return 58. A. interview
C. sharing C. losing
B. looking for B. looking for B. take B. program
C. losing C. reserve C. trip
D. meeting