此节内容在考查时,可能比用所给词的适当形式填空更加隐敝,必须严格根据句意进行合理推测,且要注意在具体语言环境中的不同变化。它更着重于常识,如语言习惯、词语搭配,背景知识、史地、人文等方面综合能力的考查,它要求被测试者有一定的文化积淀和较开阔的思维。
在考查时,主要有根据英文句意填词、根据句意及中文提示填词、根据汉语提示填词等形式。有些题答案可能不唯一,但要注意语言的严密性。
典型例题解析
例1 (厦门市,2001)
根据句意及汉语提示,在句中每一空格内填写一词
(1) M _______12 is Tree Planting Day.
(2) A s________ is used for sending letters.
(3) Would you m _______ if I open the window?
(4) Let's go to the school l ________to borrow some books.
(5) For breakfast he usually has two p __________of bread, a glass of milk and some orange.
(6) All the runners are standing at the s _________line. They get ready to run.
(7) Yesterday he bought a dictionary. It c ________ him 50 yuan.
【分析】
(1)根据常识,植树节是三月十二日,应填March,(2)邮票是用来送信的,填stamp,(3)填mind“介意,在乎”.(4)借书一般在图书馆,填library,(5)表示“两块面包”,用two pieces of bread,填pieces,(6)“起跑线”,用starting line表示,填starting,(7)表示“花费……钱”,且主语是物,用cost表示.填cost.
【答案】
(1) March (2) stamp (3) mind (4) library (5) pieces (6) starting (7) cost
【说明】
既要句意完整,通顺,又要受到首字母限制,是解答此类题的关键。