Mr. Johnson had a factory. He once 1 on TV that animals could be taught to 2 some work for people if they were given 3 to eat. He loved the idea. He thought it would be 4 to have a dog look after his 5 and an elephant do some heavy jobs 6 his factory. He bought a dog 7 an elephant in the market and decided to teach them to do some work for him. Of course. he 8 bought a lot of food for them. Several months later，the dog and the elephant 9 fatter and fatter，but they 10 do any work for him. At last，Mr. Johnson had to give up.
1. A. saw B. asked C. met
2. A. make B.do C. 1et
3. A. someone B.nothing C. something
4. A. bad B. good C. 1ate
5. A. house B. shirt C. eyes
6. A. in B. above C. under
7. A. but B. or C. and
8. A. also B. never C. yet
9. A. smelt B. sounded C. became
10. A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t
运用“跳读”或“边读边猜”等技巧把握中心大意。
短文的中心直接影响故事情节的发展，决定着各小题选项该如何确定。通过一到两遍的阅读，有些小题答案会在我们的脑海里浮现，比如2空填do，3空填something或food，5空填home或house或his factory，7空填and 等等。
[注] 此时不要急于确定答案!
（Keys：1. A 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. B）
■ 妙招二重视首句获信息
重视首句、突破首句。完形填空题所选用短文的第一句话通常是不设空的，目的是给同学们一个整体印象，同时提示短文的中心内容或提供故事发生的时间、地点、背景等。
At our school, we sometimes have a special day to help others. Last year we went to an old people’s 1 and sang songs and performed a play for 2 . The old people were very 3 . We should be allowed to take time to do things like that more often. For example, we should 4 primary schools and help 5 young students. I want to be a teacher 6 I’m older so it would be a great experience for me. Other students would like to do other jobs. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants to 7 for a newspaper. She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper office once a week.
1. A. home B. bank C. shop D. river
2. A. us B. them C. him D. her
3. A. great B. angry C. smart D. happy
4. A. buy B. have C. visit D. build
5. A. tell B. ask C. teach D. find
6. A. how B. when C. where D. why
7. A. write B. wait C. look D. pay
首句At our school, we sometimes have a special day to help others. 有提纲挈领之效，简明扼要地提示我们，作者的学校有一个特殊的日子，那就是帮助别人献爱心的日子。有助于我们理解全文。甚至让我们毫不犹豫地确认1空应添单词home.
（Keys：1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A）
■ 妙招三全面考虑定选项
整体理解短文、把握中心并根据文中线索（含体裁、时态变化线索、词汇线索、句法线索、社会文化线索、上下文线索等）由易到难地做出选择。
[注] 不要试图从头至尾地去解答完形填空题。有的选项内容在短文的其他地方有较为明确的提示，甚至原封不动地重现。
Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman! At the age of sixty-seven, she 1 to take a trip round the coast（海岸） of Malaysia. Everything was fine 2 one day, as she was going back to her room on the 3 , she saw smoke coming out of another room. She 4 the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck（甲板） to see 5 she could do to help. The fire spread（蔓延） very quickly and soon 6 was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as 7 as possible.
1. A. stopped B. used
C. had D. decided
2. A. since B. after
C. until D. before
3. A. way B. ship
C. land D. road
4. A. phoned B. told
C. asked D. ordered
5. A. if B. how
C. what D. where
6. A. she B. he
C. that D. it
7. A. quickly B. much
C. well D. usually
1. 由上下文可知她决定去旅游，decided to do sth. 意为“决定做某事”。
2. 根据下文可知直到火灾发生的那一天情况一切正常。
3. 从下文的captain, deck, 可确定她是乘船去旅游。
4. 由下文的from her room可知她马上打电话将情况告诉了船长。
5. 根据上下文可知她走上甲板去看看能不能帮忙做点儿什么。
6. 由上文的The fire spread very quickly, 可知大火无法控制了。
7. as quickly as 意为“尽快地”
（Keys： 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C
6. D 7. A）
■ 妙招四复读全文验答案
把填充后的短文反复阅读一两遍（甚至多遍），逐一检查、校对所选答案是否符合短文中心及上下文要求，并确保没有不符合语言规范、不符合语法规则的选项。
[注] 很多同学做完形填空题存在一个误区，把很多的时间放到四个选项的比较上，这会降低解题效率。正确做法应是：
顺藤摸瓜，首先是藤，你拿到文章之后要重点读第一句。
瞻前顾后，在文章空格的上下文处，你觉得这个地方需要什么词，带着这个目的到四个选项里找。
顾全大局，做一道题时应该在段落里面理解一句话。
认清细节，比如考固定搭配的题。
猜想试题
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. The first three years of his life was 1 in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he has a problem when you saw him 2 .
Children in our neighborhood always ran around 3 their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play, 4 . We never told him that he probably wouldn’t be 5 to run like the other children. So he didn’t know.
In 6 grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others, 7 only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the 8 . We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He ran four to five mile every day - even when he had a fever. I was 9 , so I went to 10 him after school. I found him running 11 . I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He has two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept 12 .
Two weeks later, the names of the team 13 were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had 14 the team. He was in seventh grade - the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn’t do it … so he didn’t know. He just 15 it.
1. A. spent B. taken C. cost D. paid
2. A. talk B. sit C. study D. walk
3. A. after B. before C. during D. till
4. A. either B. too C. though D. yet
5. A. able B. sorry C. glad D. afraid
6. A. sixth B. seventh C. eighth D. ninth
7. A. so B. if C. then D. because
8. A. neighborhood B. family
C. school D. grade
9. A. excited B. tired
C. pleased D. worried
10. A. think about B. hear from
C. agree with D. look for
11. A. alone B. away C. almost D. already
12. A. riding B. walking
C. playing D. running
13. A. jumpers B. runners
C. doctors D. teachers
14. A. got B. kept C. made D. found
15. A. did B. had C. left D. took
（Keys：1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. D 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. D）
No. 01
Mr Smith lives in the small village, but he works in an office in a big city. He goes to work by train every morning and comes ___1___ the same way.
One morning while he was ___2___ his newspaper on the train, a man ___3___ him came up to him. Mr Smith had not met him before. The man said,“ ___4___ ” to him and then ___5___ to talk to him. The man said, “Your ___6___ isn’t interesting, is it? You got on the same train at the same station at the same time ___7___ morning and you always sit in the same seat and read the same newspaper.”
When Mr Smith ___8___ this, he put his newspaper down, turned around and ___9___ to the man angrily, “How do you know all that about me?”
“Because I’m ___10___ sitting in the same seat behind you,” the man answered.
1. A. family B. house C. village D. home
2. A. seeing B. look C. reading D. finding
3. A. before B. behind C. beside D. next to
4. A. Sorry B. Thanks C. Hello D. Goodbye
5. A. refused B. stopped C. ordered D. began
6. A. life B. work C. office D. child
7. A. one B. every C. this D. yesterday
8. A. heard B. listened C. found D. felt
9. A. asked B. said C. told D. talked
10. A. never B. hardly C. always D. sometimes
本文是个幽默故事。讲述一个人说另一个人每天早上重复做同一件事，这样生活单调，其实自己也一样。
1. D 表示回家是come home与前面的去上班go to work相对。
2. C 表示看书看报用read。
3. B 由文末I’m sitting in the same seat behind you可知。
4. C 从下文可知是向他召呼问好，所以是say “Hello” to him。
5. D 打了召呼后自然就会开始(began) 谈起话来。
6. A 在同一时间、同一个车站、乘同一个火车，这是种单是调泛味的生活 (life)。而不是这工作，也不是办公，更不是指小孩。
7. B 指每天早上都是如此，才会说单调泛味。
8. A 史密斯先生听到(heard) 这些话。listen指有意识在“听”，强调动作，后接宾语时要加to；hear指听的结果“听到”。
9. B say to sb对某人说。虽然后面是一个问句，但表示问某人时ask后不用to，而直接说ask sb。
10. C 因为对史密斯先生如此了解，当然是“总”总在他的后面了。
No. 02
Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very ___1___ at it. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people ___2___ his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be ___3___ when he was a little older, and then they were going to ___4___ these pictures for a lot of money.
Jimmy’s pictures were quite different from other ___5___ because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on ___6___ of it, and the other half was always ___7___.
“That’s very clever,” everybody said. “___8___ other people have ever done that before.”
One day somebody asked him, “Please tell me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, ___9___ not on the top half?”
“Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes (毛笔) can’t ___10___ very high.”
本文是具有一定的讽刺意义的故事。讲述一个绘画风格与众不同的孩童，他在纸上总是留出一半不画，别人都以为他特别聪明，最后通过孩童自己的口揭示了其中的密秘。
1. A. poor B. sad C. glad D. good
2. A. bought B. brought C. sold D. took
3. A. different B. clever C. famous D. rich
4. A. buy B. show C. leave D. sell
5. A. men’s B. people’s C. boy’s D. child’s
6. A. half B. part C. side D. end
7. A. full B. empty C. wrong D. ready
8. A. No B. Some C. Any D. Many
9. A. then B. and C. but D. or
10. A. change B. turn C. pull D. reach
1. D 由后文he drew many beautiful interesting pictures可知，他是“擅长(be good at)”绘画。
2. A 这画又漂亮又有趣，当然就很多人“买”了。
3. C 根据常识推理，现在就画得如此之后，他长大后自然就会很“有名(famous)”。
4. D 由后面的for a lot of money可知，是将原来买的画卖掉赚钱。
5. B 是说他的画与别人的画不同，而不是与别人男人的画不同，所以排除A；又因other后应当接复数可数名词，而C和D是单数，所以也错了。
6. A 由后面的the other half可知。
7. B 由前文he never drew on all of the paper和He drew hall of it，可以推知另一半是“空白(empty)”。
8. A 上文已经说了他的画与众不同，他这样画一半留一半，由此，推断没有别的人像这样做。
9. C 前后是转折关系。
10. D因为自己还太矮小，所以伸手达不到那么高。
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