灵活的词汇意义以及上下文乃至全篇文章内容的理解等更加强化。
下面仅以一些常用词在具体的上下文语境中的词义变化为例:
1、opposite the window
2、sit still(still a.静止的,静寂的adv. 静止地)
the still smoking pistol
3、over one's shoulder
4、send children to bed(打发)孩子们上床睡觉
5、have(play, act)a part 参与……;起……作用
6、miss one's part miss a step (miss v.错过;失去)
7、The medicine didn't work (work v.(使)工作;(使)运转;起作用)
8、make(the)tea 沏茶,泡茶
9、go to one's place(固定或指定的)位置,座位,席位
10、None of your excuse! =Don't give me your excuse!
11、speak for oneself=in one's personal opinion
12、pick up sb 接某人;give sb. a lift用车接某人
13、look out for 注意
14、be meant for=be intended for 打算使……成为
15、papers 报纸;试卷;论文;文件;契约;借据等
16、stand n.货摊 vt.容忍,忍受(bear=put up with)
17、button(扣住)one's coat=do up(束起,收拾齐整,包好)the buttons of one's coat
18、get a very good idea of=be familiar with…
19、call up=remind sb. of…
20、share many experience=have many experience in common
21、in this respect(way)
22、introduce sb. to sth. 把某事介绍给某人
23、explain sth. to sb. 向某人解释某事
24、help oneself to 擅自带走;自用
25、It won't hurt to take an umbrella with you.带把伞去总没有坏处。
26、pick up
(1)He slipped and fell, but quickly picked himself up.(跌倒后)使(自己)爬起。
(2)pick up a wallet 拾起、捡起
(3)pick up some knowledge of physics(偶然地,无意地)获得(收益、生计、知识、消息)等
(4)pick up a foreign language(未经听课等)学会外语
(5)pick up a girl(非经正式介绍)随便地结识(常指异性)
(6)pick up the programme(依靠探照灯、雷达等)测知看到(在无线电里)听到
(7)pick up passengers(goods)(车辆等)中途搭(人)中途带(货)
(8)pick up one's courage (恢复精神;恢复健康)He is beginning to pick up.
(9)The train picked up speed. 加速
(10)pick up a room 收拾,整理
(11)pick up a criminal 逮住(罪犯)
(12)pick up the subject 重提(话题)
总之,做完形填空题,了其大意,先易后难,瞻前顾后,通过直接暗示、间接暗示,前、后暗示,层次、段落暗示,逻辑、推断暗示做题是非常关键的。当然,更重要的是扩大阅读面,增加阅读量,积累语言经验,培养语感能力。望大家反复认真阅读,对提高解答完形填空的能力大有裨益。
【典型例题】
分析高考题:
文章的题目Surfing:It's Not Just for Boys Anymore明显地告诉我们,本文是关于女孩子对冲浪运动的看法,而且提出了一个很鲜明的观点:冲浪运动并不再是男孩子的专利!女孩子也能做,而且会有所成就。
Surfing: It's Not Just for Boys Anymore
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would __1__: surfing(冲浪运动). But isn't that a boy thing? Some people __2__. Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and__3__in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first __4__ was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to __5__ surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my __6__, there's nothing like it. It involves(牵涉到)body, __7__, and soul. There's sand between my toes and cool, salt water all __8__ us. The feeling I get when I'm surfing across that __9__, becoming one with the__10__, is like I'm weightless.
1. A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize
2. A. wonder B. understand C. reply D. believe
3. A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell
4. A. wave B. storm C. sail D. boat
5. A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie
6. A. work B. study C. holiday D. life
7. A. mind B. effort C. health D. time
8. A. along B. above C. around D. by
9. A. beach B. water C. board D. lake
10. A. sky B. world C. earth D. ocean
解题分析:
1. B前后照应逻辑推理
词义比较:如果你询问高中的女生们她们最喜欢的体育运动的名字,她们不是告诉(tell),给予(give),意识到(realize),而是回答(answer)你询问的问题。
2. A常识运用逻辑推理
词义比较:先看语境:前一句的意思是"但是它难道不是男孩子的事情吗?(意思是:这是男孩子的事情。)";后一句的意思是"大多数人当然不……",由社会的实际情况和这两句的意思可以判断出,只是有一部分人(不太多)对此问题(前一句)不理解(understand),不相信(believe),不能作出回答(reply),而纳闷、惊奇(wonder),持怀疑态度,而大多数人却肯定地认为:冲浪运动是男孩子的事情。
3. D固定搭配:fall/be in love with…爱上……,是固定结构,其它选项没有这种搭配形式。
4. A
常识运用:因为文章是在谈论冲浪运动,冲上第一个浪(wave)去是我经历过的最佳感受,而不是暴风雨(storm)、航海(sail)或船(boat)。
5. C固定搭配
词义比较:作者想把冲浪运动和其他运动进行比较(compare)。connect with连接,联络,将……连起来;compare with与……比较;tie up with和……联系一起;bring带来,引起,通常不与with连用。
6. D逻辑推理
常识运用:作者把冲浪运动当作了它的生活(life)的组成部分,她不仅仅只是在假期(holiday)里冲浪,当然工作(work)和学习(study)也不能耽误。in my life是"在我的生活中"。
7. A常识运用
词义比较:冲浪运动涉及到身体,智力、智慧(mind)和心灵、精神诸方面,这三个方面共同组成人的身心发展因素。
8. C常识运用
逻辑推理:在海洋里进行冲浪运动,身体的沿线(along),上面(above),旁边(by),而且身体的四周(around)都是凉爽的咸水。
9. B常识运用
逻辑推理:冲浪运动可能要经过沙滩(beach),有可能是在湖(lake)里,但它主要还是脚踏冲浪板(board)在水(water)面上进行。
10. D常识运用
逻辑推理:冲浪运动是在大海、大洋中进行的,就有和海洋(ocean)融为一体的感觉。
【模拟试题】
The one thing I can __1__ from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the "best suffer" because the ocean __2__ an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some suffers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的)and __3__. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it __4__ from any other sport.
I've __5__ to tell every girl I know to do something that people don't think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new __6__, so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start __7__ the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?
There're women __8__ side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys __9__ the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to __10__, and they will.
1. A. take B. get C. make D. keep
2. A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects
3. A. sharp B. great C. hard D. calm
4. A. known B. right C. far D. different
5. A. chosen B. tried C. learned D. promised
6. A. levels B. points C. steps D. parts
7. A. reaching B. accepting C. pushing D. setting
8. A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working
9. A. of B. from C. on D. with
10. A. think B. succeed C. perform D. feel
[参考答案]
1. B:作者不是从其他运动,而是从冲浪运动中获得(get)了无止境的挑战的体会。再则,前文The feeling I get when I'm surfing across that water,becoming one with the ocean也有暗示。take from减少,降低;get from从……得到;make from由……制造; keep from阻止,隐瞒,抑制。
2. C你永远也不会是最好的冲浪手,因为大洋呈现、提供(offer)的是任何人都控制不了的、数不尽的、各种各样的海浪。catch抓住,捕获;include包括,包含;offer提供;collect收集,聚集。
3. A有些冲浪手自由自在、娴熟流畅,有些冲浪手则活跃有力、生机勃勃。注意这两个句子的并列关系,应该特别注意free 和 flowing之间词义的顺承和协调"自由而流畅",后句的aggressive and__3__也应该是这样一种意义联系,故选择A,sharp可以表示"精明敏捷的,迅速活泼,有力有为"意思,其它三项在意义上与aggressive的顺承和协调相距甚远。
4. D所有的这些都在吸引着我去冲浪,并使之不同于(different)其他运动。注意此段第一句The one thing I can get from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge.也有所暗示。(be)different from和……不同。(be)far from远离,远非;known和right通常不与from搭配。
5. B我尽力(try)地劝我所认识的每一个女孩去做人们认为女孩不能做的事情。choose选择、挑选;try试图、努力;learn学习;promise答应、许诺。
6. A朝着新的水平(level)不断前进是人类活动的组成部分。level水平,水准,标准,级别;point 点,尖端;step步调,步伐,步骤,措施;part 部分,局部。
7. C所以女孩子们难道不应当拾级而上,开始冲破(push)男人们过去主宰的事物的极限吗?reach到达,伸出;accept 接受,认可;push突出,突破攻击;set 放置,树立,调整。
8. D在我们国家有女性和总统不仅仅一起坐(sit),步行(walk),战斗(fight),而且并肩工作(work)着。同时注意句子的一般现在时意义特征,表示经常性的行为。
9. C所以为什么女孩子不能够肩并肩地与男孩子一起踢足球,外出一起冲浪呢?介词on表示"在……供职"、"(是)……的成员",on the football team的意思是"是/成为足球队队员"。
10. B给女孩子一个获得成功(succeed)的机会,让她们思考(think),感觉(feel)表演(perform),她们就都会有所成就。