学生们在做完形填空时，往往很难拿到满分。答题时，学生们通常是根据文章意思和语言结构两方面的线索判断什么是正确答案。可以说，完形填空的考查也是检测学生外语总体能力的一种手段。研究表明，完形检测不但能测试外语水平也能测试母语水平。那么怎么样去提高学生们完形填空的正确率呢？今天我们就从学生们最易错的几类题来进行分析。
1. As I looked into the eyes of the kind man, tears ______ up in my eyes.
A. flooded B. rushed
C. welled D. rounded
2. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual ______.
A. size B. share
C. space D. state
3. Every day after school I would ______ to JM’s restaurant and work until ten.
A. head B. turn
C. change D. move
4. Most of us think the dance is great fun — even the teachers enjoy being there. However, two weeks ago someone said that there would be no ______ band this year — only CDs.
A. new B. live
C. foreign D. marching
5. On that ______ day, Jean Thompson began to pay particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to become alive.
A. very B. last
C. every D. extra
6. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My dad told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t ______.
A. disappear B. occur
C. exist D. count
7. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten ______ tall.
A. miles B. meters
C. stories D. floors
8. For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, ______ stories from murders to airplane crashes and finally choosing my strongest area.
A. creating B. recalling
C. covering D. writing
9. All Saturday I waited anxiously and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I knew an enquiry about the box might cause anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that ______ trouble.
A. invited B. took
C. saved D. had
10. I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be _____. I begged in my heart for her to stop, but she just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”
A. accused B. arrested
C. punished D. sentenced
11. The students at Madison took the time to know who really was. They had no idea that I had been an anorexic(厌食者), so that a particular label (标签) did not ______ their opinions of me.
A. express B. color
C. share D. confirm
12. I walked passed the dinning room and noticed my roses ______ in the vase were missing.
A. growing B. sitting
C. lying D. arranging
1. 答案 C
解析：well做动词，意为“涌出，流出，溢出”。
2. 答案 B
解析：share做名词，意为“一份，份额”。
3. 答案 A
解析：head做动词，意为“朝（某方向）行进”。
4. 答案 B
解析：live做形容词，意为“现场直播的”。
5. 答案 A
解析：very做形容词，意为“（特指人或事物）正是的，恰好的，同一的”。
6. 答案 D
解析：count做动词，此处意为“重要”。
7. 答案 C
解析：story做名词，此处意为“楼层”。
8. 答案 C
解析：cover做动词，此处意为“报道，电视报道”。
9. 答案 A
解析：invite做动词，此处意为“招致（尤指坏事）”。
10. 答案 D
解析：sentence做动词，意为“判决，宣判，判刑”。
11. 答案 B
解析：color做动词，意为“（尤指负面地）影响”。
12. 答案 B
解析：sit做动词，此处意为“被放在”。
There was a mirror inside the coffin (棺材) – everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that ______, “There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.”
A. told B. warned
C. wrote D. read
答案 D
解析：当sign意为“指示牌，标牌，标志”，表示其上面写着的时候，搭配的动词是read或者say。
1. While Andrew was getting ready for work one Friday morning, he announced to his wife that he had finally decided to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Andrew felt ______ as he thought about the upcoming showdown(摊牌).
A. nervous B. strange
C. silly D. upset
答案 A
解析：此处容易错选D，认为upset是“心烦意乱”的意思，但如果看upset做形容词时，英文释义是“unhappy or disappointed because of sth unpleasant that has happened”，可排除D。
1. We also had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy ______ the name of John.
A. under B. for
C. in D. by
2. But now my attitude has changed, because, in my heart, I realize that I’ve seen the world in a different ______ through my little darling’s eyes.
A. glance B. light
C. focus D. impression
3. Next morning his dad drove him to school．When they ______ in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door．
A. pulled up B. put up
C. took up D. turned up
4. I’m just an average student, and I’m average, too, when it ______ to basketball, football, soccer, and baseball.
A. refers B. belongs
C. devotes D. comes
5. Maybe I gave Tim something, but I learned a lot from him. He showed me how one — without any words — can ______ out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic nature — and an ear that listens.
A. figure B. leave
C. bring D. reach
1. 答案 D
解析：by the name of ... 意为“名叫……的”。
2. 答案 B
解析：in a good, bad, different etc. light 意为“从好（或坏、不同等）的角度”。
3. 答案 A
解析：pull up意为“（车辆或司机）停车，停止”。
4. 答案 D
解析：when it comes to sth意为“当涉及某事时”。
5. 答案 D
解析：reach out to sb意为“表示愿意提供援助，表示对某人感兴趣”。
1. The next day she was told mat the man she had______on was the owner of the restaurant where she was working.
A. depended B. served
C. waited D. agreed
2. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle, and he______to alcohol. In time Al became an alcoholic.
A. got B. drank
C. turned D. sank
1. 答案 C
解析：此题容易误选为B。serve意为“接待，服务”时，是及物动词，直接跟sb，此题后面有介词on，wait on 意为“伺候，服务，招待（尤指进餐）”，故选C。
2. 答案 C
解析 此题容易误选为B。drink有“喝酒，（尤指）酗酒”的意思。此处空后有介词to，turn to sth 意为“向……求助”，故选C。
1 One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living ________.
A. bills B. expenses
C. prices D. charges
2. I had expected a meeting at someone’s house — a garden club or a parents’ group. Then I ______ a sign on a door. My mother was taking night classes to learn English!
A. spotted B. witnessed
C. watched D. scanned
3. Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was fully assembled(装配), with no______ parts remaining.
A. separate B. different
C. major D. spare
1. 答案 B
解析 bill “账单”；expense“开支，花费”，living expenses表示“生活费用”；price“价钱，价格”；charge“要价，收费”。
2. 答案 A
解析：spot“看见，注意到，发现”；witness“当场看到，目击（尤指罪行或事故）”；watch“注视，观看，观察”，表示看一段时间；scan“细看，审视，端详”。
3. 答案 D
解析：separate“单独的，独立的，分开的”；different“不同的，有区别的”；major“主要的，大的”；spare“多余的”。
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