（5）
This was the morning, when Jeremy, 14-year-old, was to begin his duck shooting. He had 1 the whole idea ever since his father had bought him a gun and had promised him a 2 to this island. But he loved his father and wanted to 3 him.
They came to the beach. To 4 the sense of fear, he took a 5 of his father. Then he put the camera aside and picked up the gun. His father said happily, “ I’ ve been 6 a long time for this day. I’ ll let you shoot first.” He leaned forward, eyes narrowed. “ There’ s a small 7 now, headed this way. Keep your head down; I’ ll give you the 8 .”
Jeremy’ s heart was beating 9 . “ No, don’ t let them come, please!” But they came, closer, closer... “ Now, take him!” cried his father. Jeremy felt his body 10 . He stood up, leaned into the gun the 11 his father taught him. In the same 12 , the ducks saw the gunners and flared wildly. For a second he hung there balanced 13 life and death. There was no sound. Jeremy stood 14 , seizing his gun.
“ What happened? 15 didn’ t you shoot?” his father said in a controlled voice. The boy didn’ t answer. His lips were 16 . “ Because they were so 17 .” he said and burst into tears. He sat down, face buried in his hands and wept. All 18 of pleasing his father was gone. He had his chance and he had failed.
For a moment his father was 19 . And then he said, ” Let’ s try again.” Jeremy didn’ t 20 his hands. “ It’ s no use,I can’ t.”
“ Hurry, You’ ll miss him. Here!” Cold metal touched Jeremy. He looked up,
21 . His father was handing the camera to him. He stood up and pressed his shutter release (快門) button in a flash. “ I got him!” His face was bright.
Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his father’ s eyes, 22 pride and love. “ I’ ll always love shooting. But that doesn’ t mean you 23 . Sometimes it takes as much 24 not to do a thing as to do it.” He paused. “ I think you could teach me how to operate that 25 .”
1．A.hated B.loved C.hoped D.known
2．A.game B.prize C.trip D.holiday
3．A.join B.praise C.help D.please
4．A.welcome B.show C.feel D.ease
5．A.rest B.breath C.picture D.care
6．A.lasting B.waiting C.looking D.asking
7．A.movement B.flight C.sound D.troop
8．A.word B.gun C.chance D.fact
9．A.wildly B.widely C.tightly D.nervously
10．A.warm B.excite C.delay D.obey
11．A.rule B.route C.way D.path
12．A.course B.instant C.case D.direction
13．A.between B.by C.beside D.beyond
14．A.surprisedly B.quietly C.still D.hard
15．A.How B.Where C.Why D.What
16．A.trembling B.moving C.suffering D.adding
17．A.lovely B.alive C.lively D.friendly
18．A.hope B.means C.decision D.practice
19．A.silent B.angry C.calm D.sorrowful
20．A.raise B.lift C.lower D.put
21．A.succeeding B.unbelieving C.unknowing D.realizing
22．A.almost B.mostly C.even D.only
23．A.may B.could C.dare to D.have to
24．A.energy B.bravery C.courage D.mind
25．A.camera B.machine C.equipment D.tool
(6)
Loving the blues
Day after day Mary Feldman saw teens stand about outside her 1 at the King Street Palace, an entertainment center in Charleston. She knew they attended a nearby middle school and were 2 from class---again.
Feldman believed that if someone didn’t 3 out to these teenagers, they would soon lose all 4 in school. So one afternoon she went outside to
5 with them.
“I asked what 6 them,” she says. “Their response were always the 7 : music, art and sports.” The 42-year-old businesswoman 8 a music program would be a great way to keep 9 kids interested in learning.
Then Feldman found the middle school principal with her 10 for Blues in the Schools---a program that would bring 11 into the schools to perform and teach. He liked her idea, but said she’d have to raise the 12 .
Local businesses came to her 13 . In four months they’d donated(捐贈) about $15,000--- 14 to bring in Billy Branch, a great blues harmonica(樂器) player, who had 15 a similar program in Chicago schools. During Branch’s three-week after-school class in Charleston, 16 listened to music and learned to write and perform the blues 17 . “We needed skilled musicians who wanted to 18 the tradition to younger people,” Feldman says.
The next year Feldman increased the numbers of Blues. Now 19 5,000 middle and elementary school students in a dozen cities 20 the country take part.
1.A.office B.school C.center D.program
2.A.separating B.telling C.hearing D.escaping
3.A.come B.get C.pick D.reach
4.A.interest B.happiness C.trust D.strength
5.A.play B.compare C.speak D.meet
6.A.reminds B.excites C.satisfies D.impresses
7.A.various B.same C.clear D.right
8.A.knew B.thought C.realized D.said
9.A.bored B.funny C.disappointed D.surprised
10.A.plan B.promise C.thought D.help
11.A.music B.musicians C.sports D.businessmen
12.A.courage B.efforts C.money D.level
13.A.sight B.way C.scene D.rescue
14.A.enough B.sure C.about D.pleased
15.A.started B.seen C.donated D.learned
16.A.people B.musicians C.actors D.students
17.A.themselves B.for them C.all the time D.by chance
18.A.add up B.carry out C.pass on D.get through
19.A.some B.even C.rather D.just
20.A.outside B.with C.across D.of
(7)
Dress for Success
When Nancy Lublin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans (借款). 1 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing 2 faced by the typical 3 woman: “ If she goes for a job interview 4 dressed, she won’ t get the job,” Lublin says. “ But without a job, she can’ t 5 proper clothing.”
A few weeks later, Lublin 6 Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers(志愿者). She asked women to donate(捐贈) 7 business clothes that was 8 in good condition. She asked members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer 9 . At first Lublin 10 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found 11 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now 12 as the organization’ s main office.
Today, when women arrive at the office---referred by shelters and job-training programs---they 13 a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence, as well. Some are trying to enter the work 14 after being on welfare(福利) for years.
15 Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits---and many have won 16 . Yarit Polanco was recently hired 17 a law-firm office manager. “ Because of Dress for Success, I made a good 18 .” she says.
Donations are now 19 in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin, who has put her 20 on hold is opening Dress for Success 21 in other cities.
“ So many women have clothes 22 around that they’ ll never 23 again,” says a volunteer. “ Nancy’ s 24 is so simple and so important to the women who 25 from it.”
1.A.Anyway B.Instead C.Fortunately D.Meanwhile
2.A.condition B.direction C.pollution D.plan
3.A.low-income B.high-income C.full-time D.part-time
4.A.particularly B.easily C.beautifully D.poorly
5.A.make B.find C.wear D.afford
6.A.reached B.called C.founded D.faced
7.A.used B.needed C.new D.shabby
8.A.only B.already C.almost D.still
9.A.demand B.remain C.fit D.try
10.A.hid B.stored C.discovered D.got
11.A.space B.support C.tailors D.methods
12.A.regards B.serves C.looks D.lies
13.A.buy B.sell C.receive D.watch
14.A.office B.victory C.wealth D.force
15.A.When B.Once C.Although D.Since
16.A.rooms B.jewels C.jobs D.success
17.A.as B.for C.to D.into
18.A.impression B.work C.place D.fun
19.A.giving B.streaming C.showing D.leading
20.A.own business B.new project C.law studies D.personal belongings
21.A.schools B.trades C.races D.branches
22.A.lying B.appearing C.collecting D.driving
23.A.wear B.have C.donate D.mind
24.A.problem B.belief C.idea D.office
25.A.benefit B.prevent C.run D.come
(8)
Snow-shoe John
One afternoon John was chopping wood when a neighbor drove up in his cart.
“ Have you heard the 1 about the mine in Placerville?” he asked. “ There was a cave-in and a miner was killed. The 2 thing is, his wife is dead. He only has a married sister who might take them 3 she lives on the other side of the Sierras. And the snow is too 4 to get any mail across the mountains.”
John went on working, but his thoughts were on the snow-covered 5 through the mountains. He remembered 6 as a boy he had climbed snow mountains on snowshoes. He examined the wood. 7 he decided to make a pair of snowshoes out of it.
After he made them he began to practise on his snowshoes until he felt 8 of himself. Then he showed his neighbors how his snowshoes 9 .
Stepping forward, one of the town elders spoke up. “ If you’ re 10 , go ahead and carry the mail.”
11 neither tracks nor path to follow, he moved ahead on what he believed to be the proper 12 . As he went up the mountains the wind and cold barely 13 him down.
When darkness 14 , John still moved on, guided by the stars. It was late into the night when he finally decided to stop. He must save his 15 for the long journey still ahead.
Finding the stump of a tree, he set it on 16 . Then he made a platform of branches on the snow. Stretching out on it with his feet to the fire and the mailbag under his head, he immediately fell 17 .
After three days of traveling, he 18 smoke curling upward from the chimneys. John knew he was nearing the town in Carson Valley.
As he glided into town, people 19 out of their homes and surrounded him. They stared in 20 at the blue-eyed man on strange snowshoes.
“ I brought you mail from Placerville,” John said simply.
The following day the sister of the dead miner gave John a letter. “ I will come 21 the children as soon as the pass is clear. ” She told him.
For the next five winters, 22 paid little, Snow-Shoe John went on steadily carrying the 23 . For many years Snow-Shoe John was talked about as the famous mail-carrying 24 of the Far West. He was also 25 for the shoes he wore. They were the first snowshoes, ever seen in California.
1.A.fact B.expressions C.news D.radio
2.A.sorry B.harmful C.first D.important
3.A.and B.but C.so D.unless
4.A.cold B.freezing C.deep D.fallen
5.A.village B.part C.pass D.rank
6.A.how B.what C.just D.when
7.A.Then and there B.Here and there C.Now and then D.Now and here
8.A.tired B.proud C.afraid D.sure
9.A.did B.worked C.wore D.took
10.A.ready B.enough C.tough D.hard
11.A.Into B.Ahead C.With D.As
12.A.cause B.course C.beginning D.branch
13.A.dropped B.let C.slowed D.sped
14.A.sank B.fell C.happened D.remained
15.A.strength B.time C.food D.money
16.A.place B.bed C.board D.fire
17.A.ill B.down C.off D.asleep
18.A.sighted B.smelled C.heard D.tasted
19.A.kept B.poured C.picked D.carried
20.A.public B.order C.fear D.surprise
21.A.for B.at C.on D.to
22.A.if B.however C.although D.because
23.A.mail B.snowshoes C.news D.movement
24.A.passenger B.guide C.hero D.teacher
25.A.recognized B.reported C.remembered D.realized
(9)
It was a cold wet March day and the train travelled north. The trees, not yet green, 1 past the windows. Inside the train all the 2 felt sleepy. There was 3 air in any of the carriages. Inside one carriage, a young man sat 4 knitting(編織). 5 him was a young lady quietly reading a novel. On 6 the young man first take 7 his two knitting needles, she 8 wanted to 9 , but feeling that it would be rude she turned her head to 10 .
In the end she felt she wanted to say something. She asked him what he was
11 . He told her that it was a pair of fingerless 12 . He was going to the mountains and would 13 them useful for climbing.
They spoke no more. Before the train arrived at the next station the young man 14 away his knitting. He took down his luggage from the rack and carried it to the door. The train 15 and stopped, and the young man jumped off. 16 then did the young lady look up again from 17 . She watched the young man walk across the 18 . A ball of wool fell out of his pocket and rolled 19 a pool of water. It was still 20 .
1.A.raced B.left C.interrupted D.headed
2.A.people B.conductors C.passengers D.crowd
3.A.very little B.no C.some D.fresh
4.A.still B.quietly C.happily D.lonely
5.A.Beside B.To C.Opposite D.With
6.A.having B.playing C.seeing D.passing
7.A.off B.away C.out D.up
8.A.hardly B.really C.even D.almost
9.A.smile B.laugh C.say something D.have a look
10.A.go on knitting B.glare at him C.read her book D.look out of the window
11.A.doing B.operating C.making D.climbing
12.A.trousers B.gloves C.shoes D. shoe
13.A.let B.think C.find D.use
14.A.put B.threw C.took D.left
15.A.speeded up B.slowed down C.moved on D.marched out
16.A.And B.Only C.But D.Just
17.A.her book B.her knitting C.the window D.her seat
18.A.tracks B.train C.road D.platform 19.A.on B.over C.into D.out
20.A.rolling B.raining C.there D.running
(10)
In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts and
coffee. 1 on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their 2 .
I 3 coffee in takeout cups and 4 waited on customers who’ d point through the glsss case and say, “ No, not that one, the one two rows over.”
Every afternoon around four o’ clock, a group of school chidren would 5 into the shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and 6 on. I didn’ t 7 if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.
I came to know them 8 well. The older girls would tell me about their
boyfriends; the younger ones would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to 9 their secrets, but still, they’ d wait every day in the store 10 their bus came.
Sometimes I’ d hand out bus fare when a ticket went 11 ---always repaid the next day. When it snowed, the kids and I would wait anxiously for a very 12 bus. They’ d call their 13 to let them know they were okay. At 14 time I’ d lock the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived.
I 15 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days. I enjoyed my pals, but it never 16 to me that I played an important 17 in their lives---until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man entered the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o’ clock. I 18 it was true, and he introduced himself 19 the father of two of my favorites---a brother and sister team.
“ I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my children. I 20 about them having to take two buses to get home. It 21 a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping 22 on them.”
I told him it wasn’ t a big 23 , that I enjoyed the kids.
“ No, you don’ t understand. When they’ re with the doughnuts lady, I know they’ re 24 . It is a big deal. And I’ m grateful.”
So I was the Doughnuts Lady. I not only had received a 25 , I had become a landmark.
1.A.Crowded B.Situated C.Directed D.Removed
2.A.ride B.chance C.chidren D.jobs
3.A.tasted B.had C.made D.poured
4.A.finally B.probably C.fairly D.patiently
5.A.burst B.break C.look D.point
6.A.go B.come C.pass D.pull
7.A.know B.mind C.understan D.realize
8.A.pretty B.not C.usually D.far
9.A.hear B.notice C.share D.search
10.A.when B.before C.after D.until
11.A.stored B.required C.missing D.remaining
12.A.early B.late C.fast D.big
13.A.parents B.friends C.teachers D.classmates
14.A.closing B.opening C.proper D.holiday
15.A.ate up B.gave away C.let out D.got back
16.A.stuck B.reminded C.moved D.occurred
17.A.lesson B.moment C.life D.part
18.A.admitted B.limited C.guessed D.considered
19.A.for B.to C.as D.like
20.A.care B.worry C.talk D.wonder
21.A.means B.takes C.intends D.gives
22.A.a space B.an eye C.the possession D.a knowledge
23.A.pride B.pleasure C.deal D.help
24.A.happy B.active C.alive D.safe
25.A.letter B.title C.fortune D.love
(11)
Chad performs his 24-foot aluminium boat past willow young trees that stick out of the waters of the Mississippi River. 1 dances off maples(楓樹), their branches heavy with 2 spring leaves. But a 3 inspection discloses trouble behind the beautiful sight. Rubbish is 4 in a logjam(河道內運完木材所剩的木頭) and hangs from the tree’ s branches.
5 the next three hours Chad and his team pull plastic bags, tanks, bottles and 6 bowling pins out of the water. Then they 7 for a picnic table caught in the trees.
Welcome to the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Project, began in 1997 as Chad’ s one-man 8 to pick up rubbish along a 400-mile stretch of the 2340-mile river. That year, often working 9 , the 22-year-old cleaned 150 miles of shoreline.
At first the project appeared 10 and useless. But Chad tried his best to find 11 , and with their backing, he soon had a new boat and a five-man team---the Boom Crane Crew. Last year alone the crew 12 from the water 44055-gallon drums, 1104 tires and enough plastic bags to cover a football field. Much of the waste will be 13 .
“ Chad’ s operation is the only one actually in 14 on the river,” says Mark of the Mississippi River Basin Alliance, a union of environmental groups. “ It’ s the 15 I’ ve ever seen in 20 years, and he is inspiring others to do the 16 .”
“ The Mississippi was my back 17 ,” Chad says. In his teens he and his brother worked on the river as clammers(掘蚌者) and camped on islands 18 the waterway. “ The river has given me a livelihood and brought me so much 19 ,” Chad says. “ I wanted to do something in 20 .”
1.A.Sunlight B.Air C.Dust D.Moonlight
2.A.ripe B.brown C.falling D.fresh
3.A.wider B.quicker C.closer D.stricter
4.A.placed B.piled C.trapped D.thrown
5.A.For B.At C.After D.By
6.A.ever B.even C.nearly D.merely
7.A.come B.save C.head D.fight
8.A.work B.discovery C.place D.effort
9.A.alone B.strongly C.quietly D.fiercely
10.A.large B.happy C.impossible D.possible
11.A.supporters B.workers C.engineers D.pioneers
12.A.came B.pulled C.pushed D.appeared
13.A.burned B.buried C.used D.recycled
14.A.ending B.progress C.discussion D.common
15.A.biggest B.earliest C.latest D.luckiest
16.A.deed B.favour C.same D.wrong
17.A.way B.school C.interest D.yard
18.A.blocking B.standing C.dotting D.travelling
19.A.time B.joy C.pride D.waste
20.A.return B.turn C.danger D.trouble
(12)
Johnny lay in his bed in the hospital with little hope of ever living like other boys. He had been 1 in a football game several days before and had fallen in 2 a way that the back of his head hit the ground . Doctors believed that he might 3 recover. There didn’ t seem to be any way to help the boy.
One day the doctors asked to meet Johnny’ parents to talk about his 4 . “ He seems to have given up 5 . Perhaps he needs something that 6 can’ t provide,” said one of the doctors. “ When I visit Johnny all he ever says is that he would like to 7 Babe Ruth.”
It, of course, was regarded as 8 . Babe Ruth was as important a man in the United States as the 9 himself. The Babe was the most famous baseball player in the game, the Yankee home-run hitter.
“ I don’ t know anybody in baseball, much less Babe Ruth,” said Johnny’ s father. “ But if you think that it would help, the 10 I can do is try.”
The next day Johnny’ s father went to meet the owner of the Yankees, who said he would ask Babe Ruth if he would 11 the boy in the hospital.
Twenty-four hours later, 12 Johnny Sylvester lay in bed, in walked Babe Ruth.
Young Johnny couldn’ t believe it really was the Babe. He hadn’ t been told the Babe would visit him because the doctors 13 that the visit couldn’ t be arranged.
The Babe sat down at Johnny’ s bedside and said: “ Now listen, kid, you’ ve got to get 14 and get out of here. I’ ve brought you a new American League 15 . And what’ s 16 ,” said Babe Ruth, “ I’ m going out there to a 17 tomorrow afternoon and hit a home run just for 18 .”
Young Johnny simply lay there, saying nothing , his eyes 19 at the great man. Then the Babe left young Johnny. Could the home-run hitter keep his 20 ?
The next afternoon they 21 in his hospital room, around a little radio, to listen to the Yankee game. 22 enough, soon Babe Ruth hit a home run into the distant rightfield stands.
For Johnny this was the 23 of a new life. 24 the surprise of his doctors and his parents, young Johnny, walked out of the hospital 25 a few weeks later.
1.A.run into B.kept back C.taken away D.got rid of
2.A.terrible B.quite C.such D.what
3.A.ever B.never C.almost D.only
4.A.cause B.condition C.sport D.meeting
5.A.hope B.treatment C.efforts D.course
6.A.I B.you C.hospital D.medicine
7.A.visit B.envy C.admire D.meet
8.A.necessary B.helpful C.impossible D.secret
9.A.president B.doctor C.player D.father
10.A.least B.most C.matter D.deed
11.A.encourage B.visit C.praise D.calm
12.A.as B.because C.though D.on time
13.A.believed B.decided C.feared D.wondered
14.A.good B.well C.back D.excited
15.A.baseball B.basketball C.present D.book
16.A.that B.about C.new D.more
17.A.hospital B.playground C.home D.game
18.A.all B.me C.you D.the team
19.A.closing B.opening C.shining D.looking
20.A.balance B.promise C.pace D.record
21.A.gathered B.impressed C.guarded D.expected
22.A.Good B.Much C.Sure D.Funny
23.A.freedom B.beginning C.end D.period
24.A.To B.For C.With D.From
25.A.lonely B.almost C.by far D.on his own
Key
(1) 1-5 DBACB 6-10 ADCCA 11-15 BCDDA 16-20 CBCAB 21-25 DABAD
(2)1-5 AACBB 6-10 DACBC 11-15 BDCBD 16-20 AABCC
(3)1-5 ABBAD 6-10 BCCAA 11-15 CBDCB 16-20 ABCAA
(4) 1-5 ADCDD 6-10 BCACA 11-15 BCDCA 16-20 BDBAB
(5)1-5 ACDDC 6-10 BBAAD 11-15 CBACC 16-20 ABAAC 21-25 BDDCA
(6)1-5 ADDAC 6-10 BBCAA 11-15 BCDAA 16-20 DACAC
(7) 1-5 BAADD 6-10 CADCB 11-15 ABCDD 16-20 CAABC 21-25 DAACA
(8)1-5 CABCC 6-10 AADBA 11-15 CBCBA 16-20 DDABD 21-25 ACACC
(9)1-5 ACABC 6-10 CCBBD 11-15 CBCAB 16-20 BADCB
(10)1-5 BADDA 6-10 CBACD 11-15 CBAAB 16-20 DDACB 21-15 ABCDB
(11) 1-5 ADCCA 6-10 BCDAC 11-15 ABDBA 16-20 CDCBA
(12)1-5 ACBBA 6-10 DDCAA 11-15 BACBA 16-20 DDCCB 21-25 ACBAD
部分講解
（1）本篇文章是98NMET完形填空考題。從第一遍通讀中，我們知道了不少信息，充分利用上下文提供的信息，也就是我們常說的語境---語言環境，把握文章基調，才能找出正確答案。 文章本身是個故事，是以諷刺口吻寫的。它向我們展示了一位盲目信賴、崇拜自己兒子的母親。
3. 根據中心，就知道這位母親認為兒子一切正確、不會做錯事，應選wrong。
7．根據下文陳述的幾項工作，而得出選jobs。
8．上文有managed這個詞，很容易選成clean，但讀過下文后，我們會發現John換了工作，可見他干了錯事，選clean與下文不符，只能選break，才與下文連得起來。
11．前文已經談到John兩次失誤，這第三次與前兩次的關系是遞進關系，當然選even。
13．本空是對前面情況的總結，John三次失敗，說明沒有工作適合于他，因此選no。
14．談到John下一步情況，選項的四個詞都可以與下面的不定式連用，但意義不一樣，began和managed都表示已經采取行動，而從下文看，此時John只是在作計劃，promised 表示‘答應參加’，與上下文不符，只有decided可以說明John的打算。
15．既然John此時只是打算參軍，還未行動，他的母親談到的只能是個消息，應選news。19．與全篇基調一致，崇拜兒子的母親對兒子的一切都感到自豪，因此是proud mother。20．本空所在的句子中有地點狀語in the crowd,我們可以看出應該選與地點有關的position。
24．后面緊接著They’re all...,可見前面提到的是“他們”，應選them。
25．本空相對來說難一些，out of order是一個固定搭配，我們平時也常常用到它，但它與上下文不符合，上文提到’the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others’,可見John并不是“壞了”或“不合規定”，而是“不合步子”，要選step。
（2）本篇文章講述了一個堅持不懈奮斗，最后終于成功的母親。本文用了倒敘手法，這種手法在英語中是通過時態體現的，這一點，對于學生來說很容易忽略，因為中文不存在動詞變形問題。因此學生做題時要通過考慮時態來分清時空關系。在第二段中，第一句和第二句的不同時態就可以看出，從第二句開始，作者開始對更早情況回憶。第三段雖然沒有用過去完成時，但從意思上可以看出是對童年事件的回憶。第四段的第一句仍然是回憶，但后兩句時態變化說明回憶停止。閱讀時，首先應該看到這一點，思路要隨著這個線索發展。
4. 在文章剛剛開始階段，講的是作者寫文章時的情況，當時作者雖已是三個孩子的母親，已經四十多歲了，但還未成功。而出版商問的問題是有目的的，她問了作者的歲數，再問作者的健康情況，因為她怕作者經不住這個突然的消息，過度興奮而出現問題，因此要選 health。
6. 本空雖然在第二段，但與第一段事件一致，作者聽到這個消息確實感到震驚，作者的這種感情與她過去的經歷有直接的關系，shock恰如其分地表達了作者的這種感情。
9. 本空處在作者對自己不斷失敗的回憶中，她不屈不撓，雖然失敗，但立刻開始新的嘗試，此空的四個選項雖然都可以與－ing形式搭配，但只有 got down to 的意義符合這種情況。
13. 作者在回憶童年時期祖母對自己的影響，祖母當然只是講故事，而不可能寫故事，telling 是合適選項。
14、15. 這兩個空都說明了祖母對作者的影響，一個人有了熱愛，才可能有投入，而祖母激起了作者對文學的熱愛和她的想象力，這些都是作者堅持不懈寫作的原因，其他詞不能表達這種含義。
16. 作者講述并總結祖母對自己的影響，這種影響不是一般的影響，不是仔細的影響，只能是持續的影響，因此要選 lasting。
19. 我們注意到作者做的這件事是在看孩子與做飯之間做的，這種時候，一般騰不出手來寫作，也無法讀書，只能思索、發展思路，因此只能選developing。
（3）本文講述了泰國春天的風箏熱。文章大多數設空都在考查學生根據上下文選擇正確選項的能力。
1．上下文提到“風箏”，“強烈的興趣”，在此只有把fire作動詞用，才能與它的主語及賓語搭配，fire本意為“點燃”，而此時為“激發(興趣)”之意。
2．根據此句的句意，大家對放風箏有一種狂熱，句子中有nothing，與之搭配用short，就成了“決不缺乏熱情”的意思。
4．此句的主語是skies, 天空中滿是風箏飛舞，充滿活力，alive恰到好處地表達了此意。6．根據下文提到的情景，一個大人站著，手中拿著線，眼睛盯著天空，顯得傻乎乎的，fool就表達了這種意思。
11．父親帶女兒放風箏，裝作是在滿足女兒的要求，以致不會被看作傻乎乎，因此要選“要求”即request。
16．本文在此敘述到起源，因此選rooted。
17．泰國是個“王國”，也就是Kingdom，而在本句中提到了它，后面又用了反身代詞itself，因此應選kingdom。
(4) 本篇是1994年NMET完形填空試題。全文第一句花提供了時間: early morning in summer, 清晨是什么樣:人們趕去上班吧。這樣就為我們繼續往下考慮提示了一個方向。
第一段中盡管有三個空, 讀完后可以意識到,這一天不是休息日: In the street, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly; 但這一天又有什么不尋常的事: was to be different。第二段出現了一個具體人物---Philippe Petit, 身份是the daring Frenchman, daring"大膽的", 給我們提供考慮方向:他要做驚險的事。
1．根據文章提供的時間，自然想到人們清晨走向工作jobs, 此時offices只能是一部分人的走向,范圍太小。
3.根據下文this day was to be different,使我們想到,應該選與different相對的ordinary, 而3應選but,使上下句的轉折關系表現出來。
4. 根據詞組"等待" wait for，很容易選for, 但詞組后面是crowded streets,這是無法搭配的,不可能"等待街道"。句中the crowded streets與on top of a building of 110 stories high 是同位語,由此只能選above---"等在街道上方"。
5. 根據后文的the two towers of the World Trade Center,可知該選building。
6. 根據下文的Philippe walked his way,可知應選walk。
11．這個空處在第四段，這段講的是觀眾, 考慮問題要從觀眾角度出發。本句謂語動詞是began to notice，streets與city是不會發出這樣的動作的,我們可以不考慮; passengers乘客,表達范圍太小; crowds人群, 包括了各種各樣的人,因此可選。
12．本空處在一個感嘆句中,這個感嘆是由觀眾發出的,觀眾從地面往上看到空中的小人影所作的表演,他們感嘆的不是高度height,而是人的表演,他們發出的是驚嘆的感覺,也就是wonder。 pleasure有樂無驚, danger有險無奇, 都不足以說明當時觀眾的心情。 從文章用的詞匯daring, even, astonishing等,所營造的氣氛,及下一段Philippe所做的各種動作來看,wonder是最合適的。
13．從地面觀眾角度看1350 feet高度的人,自然是 tiny figure。
14．根據下文的back and forth，得知這是有來有回的運動，這種運動可以稱為trips；circles是“環繞、轉圈”的意思，在繃索上是無法做這種動作的；movements表現不出來回的動作，也不對。
17．能躺在繃索上，需要的是“勇氣” --courage，光有精神spirit，或力量spirit，都是不夠的。
（5）本文涉及了保護野生動物這個話題。文中Jeremy不但自己不獵殺動物，而且影響了父親，具有很好的教育意義。文章設空時，有些選項涉及了一般學生不熟悉的用法。學生平時閱讀很有限，所見英語說法、用法都限制在較小的范圍內，一旦超出范圍，一些學生就只能瞎猜。從這點來看，學生平時擴大閱讀量、擴大知識面，十分必要。
4．根據下文，Jeremy給父親照相，看來他是想緩和緊張與懼怕心理，ease在此是動詞，意為“使減輕、安心”。
7．父親在指導他打野鴨，此空前的修飾詞是a small，sound和troop雖然都可以用它修飾，但意義不對，flight在此是“飛翔的鳥群”的意思，這種用法是學生所沒有見過的。
9．wildly修飾心跳得劇烈。
11．本空前面省了介詞in, in the way就說明了Jeremy用的是父親教給他的方式來操作。
17．Jeremy下不了手的原因并不只是野鴨子可愛-lovely，或者活潑-lively；而是因為它們是活生生的-alive。這與上文的balanced between life and death就一致了。
20．lower在此作動詞用，是“降低”的意思，也就是說Jeremy沒有放下手。
21．根據下文，父親遞給他照相機，這確實是他沒有想到的，因此他有些不相信，選unbelieving。
24．父親說有時不做一件事要與做一件事拿出同樣的勇氣，選courage，而不能選勇敢---bravery。
25．父親轉變態度，要學習用照相機了，因此選camera。
（6）本文涉及了教育問題，在美國，有些孩子輟學，并不是因為沒錢，而是因為厭學（這種情況各國都有）。主人公Mary Feldman看到這種情況，想出了很好的解決辦法。標題Loving the blues就是全文中心，也就是Mary Feldman想出的辦法。
3.reach out在此 = make efforts to do sth.“作出努力做某事”的意思。
4.本文涉及的只是學生逃學去玩兒的情況，這種情況的原因是他們對學習失去“興趣”，而不是“幸福”或“信任”。
6.Feldman在調查孩子們的興趣時，當然要問什么使他們激動，而不會是“有印象”或“使滿意”。
8.realized是“意識到”的意思，也就是說有一個從不知道到知道的過程；而knew和thought不能體現出這個過程。
11.根據后面的表示目的的動詞，只能由人發出這些動作，此空只能選表示人物的名詞。
13.Feldman要實行計劃需要錢，當地企事業幫助了她，在此用了 “rescue”這個詞，表達這個意義，其他詞都不能表達這種意義。
18.音樂家所做的事是把傳統的東西傳給孩子們，而不是僅僅給孩子們表演一下，四個選項中只有pass on能表達這種意義。
19.some在此是“大約”的意思，相當于about。
(7)本文講述了紐約一位學法律的女大學生得到一筆遺產，她用這筆遺產，通過給低收入及失業婦女提供服裝來幫助她們改變形象，最終取得工作。在這篇文章中體現了一種文化背景，這種背景對于有些學生來說是很難體會的，即：當人們去面試或工作時，他們一定要穿著得體，以便給別人留下好印象。而穿著不好，就可能意味著找不到工作。因此得體的服裝對于婦女來說是非常重要的。
4. 本空就體現了本文的文化背景，要選poorly符合這種背景。
9．考查學生根據上下文做答的能力，學生在做完形填空時，一定要重視每一個細節，緊扣文章提供的線索，分析選項與文章線索的關系，找出正確答案。上文提到Nancy找到diet center的成員來捐贈衣服，人們一旦節食，他們的衣服可能就不合適了。因此應該選fit。12．Nancy找到一個新的地方---basement 儲存衣服，本句是以地方作主語，如果用regard, 只能用在被動語態中；用serve as，表示“用作”，可以用地點作主語。
17．Nancy開創的事業紅火起來，捐贈越來越多，stream in 是個形象說法，形容捐贈滾滾而來。
18．put sth. on hold 是個習慣表達法，意思是“暫時終止”；Nancy 為了事業，只好先終止學業，因此選law studies。
（8）這篇文章介紹了一個傳奇人物的事跡。主人公被稱為Snow-shoe John，可見他在這方面有建樹，他利用Snow-shoe，為山區人民送郵件，被人們傳為佳話。
5.pass在此是“山間隘路”的意思。
6．本句中 as a boy 是個時間狀語，如果把這個狀語放在句尾，就很容易看出本句應該選how了。
7.Then and there是“就在當時當地”的意思。
11.with結構用來表示伴隨情況，表示當時既沒有道路也沒有車馬痕跡可以遵循的情況。
12.course在此是“進行方向”的意思。
13.根據John在上文所顯示的決心及他本身所具有的體質看，風和寒冷是不會使他倒下的，但很可能使他減速，slow down正是這個意思。
19.山村的人們看到一個裝束奇怪的生人，就都會跑出家門來觀看，pour out是個形象的用法，表達人們“涌出”家門的情形。
（9）本文是一篇描繪性文章，全文的故事情節并不曲折，但考查了學生是否能跟隨文章思路發展，找到正確答案。
5．年輕婦女到底坐在男青年的旁邊還是對面，從下文中我們看到，當她往窗外看時才轉頭，而此時卻不轉頭，可見她坐在男青年對面，我們選opposite。
7．從文章中我們看到first這個詞，即男青年剛剛把編織的針拿出來，因此只能選out，而不是up。
8．hardly是否定意義，不能選；even表示進一步關系，沒有道理，也不選；如果選almost與后面動詞搭配，說明她幾乎想要，而不是真的要，與上下文不符，也不能選；只有really 能說明當時她的想法。
9．say something是干擾項，下文提到她確實與男青年說了話，可見不能選；smile是微笑，這種動作談不到不禮貌，也不選；只有laugh說明當時她的想法。
11．選項中的doing是干擾項，而此時她已經看到男青年在干什么了，因此只能問他在織什么，要選making。
13．think是干擾項，它表示一個人的想法，如果男青年不認為織手套有用，他是不會織的，而他要想證明這種手套確實有用，只能選find。
15．火車要進站前，應該減速，因此選slowed down。
16．這句話用了倒裝句型，選項中只有only在句子開頭才可能出現倒裝句，因此只有選它。
20．我們首先要看主語it指的是什么，如果指毛線球，根據常識，我們知道毛線球掉到水里后不可能繼續滾，因此不能選rolling；此時it指的是天氣，選raining造成與文章開頭的wet呼應，使全文流暢。
（10）本篇文章講述了一個大學生打工的經歷及體驗。文中大多數設空都是根據上下文語境要求所設。只有把文章來龍去脈看清楚，認真體會所缺詞在文中所起作用，才能選出正確答案。
1．本句的主語是it，也就是主人公工作的小店，在此是要說這個小店的地點，situated這個過去分詞作定語，意思是“座落在”，表達了這種意義。
3．主人公的身份是店員，她不需要燒咖啡，只要倒咖啡、端咖啡，因此選poured“傾倒”。
5．burst into形象地表達出孩子們蜂擁沖進店鋪的情況。
6．成人看到孩子們擠滿店鋪，他們就不再進來，而是走過去，因此選pass。
11．當有人把車票丟了，作者還會借錢給他們，missing表達了這種意義。
16．occurred to是“想到”的意思，主語是想法，to后面接人。
18．當來人問起這件事，作者只得承認，admitted 在此是“承認”的意思。
25．根據上文別人把作者稱為Doughnuts Lady，這是一個稱號，因此選title。
（11）本文是一篇報導，此篇報導涉及了一個熱門話題：環境保護問題。這種體裁及題材在日常生活中，尤其是在報刊雜志中最為常見。因此文章的實用性體現得極為突出。有些學生只會閱讀書本上特定題目的文章，一旦離開書本就無所適從。因此我們應該適應這種文章的結構。文章中，有年輕人的困難、他的努力、他的成功、他的看法以及別人對他的看法。同時文章沒有根據時間順序平鋪直敘。以上這些都需我們讀文章時仔細體會并熟悉這種語體。
1．根據第一段所敘述的情況看，事情發生在白天，同時，能夠跳躍在樹影之間的，只有“陽光”。
3．在描述了一個春天的陽光明媚的景象后，連詞but一轉折，仔細觀察，就發現了麻煩，closer在此是“更仔細”的意思。
4．根據上文敘述得知，麻煩來自污染，垃圾飄浮在河上，并掛在樹枝上。在河上運完木材后，往往有一些剩木頭會聚在一個角落，垃圾也會被圈在其中，trapped形象地表現出這種情況。
8．根據前面的修飾詞one-man，如果選work，意思就是這個工作只要一個人就行；而與effort搭配，就意味著只有一個人在努力，這種意思與全文是符合的。其他兩個選項都與這個空相差很遠。
13．根據下文中的backing“支持”，可見應該選supporter“支持者”。
16．Chad和他的伙伴們從河中拉起的垃圾可以覆蓋一個足球場，cover正是這個意義；而spread“鋪開”，意味著他們特意把垃圾鋪開在球場上，因此不選。
18．in progress這個詞組的意思是“在進展中”；其他的詞組都與此時的上下文無關。
19．這個同位語是the Mississippi River Basin Alliance的同位語，說明這個組織的性質因此選union。
23．此空設在islands后面，是修飾islands的，而islands與waterway的關系應該是dotting，即“島嶼散落在河道上”。
24．Chad孩童時在密西西比河上掘蚌、在島嶼上玩兒，這一切帶給他的是快樂－－－joy，而在這種情況下，pride“驕傲”則過分了。
（12）本文講述了一個男孩在比賽中受傷，因為受到一位他所崇拜的球星的鼓舞，恢復了自信心，最后戰勝傷疼，迅速痊愈的故事。文章設空大部分都考查學生根據上下文做答的能力，因此看懂文章，仔細分析，才能做好這個完形填空。
6．Johnny在比賽中受了重傷，雖然住院治療，但不見好轉，醫生覺得應該使他在精神上戰勝困難，因此提到這種新的方法是“醫藥”---medicine 所無能為力的。其他三個答案都不是醫生治療所用的方法，因此不選。
7．對于Johnny來說，他不能起床，因此只能 meet“會見”他所想見的人，而不能visit“走訪”他所想見的人。
10．父親要盡微薄之力，least正體現父親至少可以作的事，The least I can do is try. 的意思是“至少我可以試試”。
19．在本句中，his eyes 是動作的發出者，因此不能選用looking, 只能選shining, 意思是“眼睛發亮”。
22．Sure enough 是習慣用語，意思是“當然了”。
【英語多棱鏡】
Do you talk to people just to pass the time?
If we are being polite with people there are only a few things we can choose to say. However, conversations which pass the time can be a little bit more varied. We have ‘pass-time’ conversations at parties or before meetings or when we are delayed in a train. Someone will choose a subject and comment on it in a general kind of way. And then someone else will add a comment. In a ‘pass-time’ conversation people don’t show their individuality very much. Usually people agree with each other or only disagree in unimportant ways. And they don’t try to start a serious discussion or argument which they care about.
‘Pass-time’ conversations are very important if you are travelling and visiting people’s homes. ‘Pass-time’ conversations help you to get to know the other person a little bit. Then you can decide whether you want to get to know them better and to share more useful and interesting conversations. Here is a typical British ‘pass-time’ conversation. You can practise it!
The other person: It really has been awful weather in the last few days, hasn’t it?
You: Absolutely terrible! We haven’t really had a summer at all! / I suppose it’s all right for the gardens./ It’s just the time of year I suppose./ (and for the humourist) It’s all right for ducks!
If you want to disagree, do so gently and in such a way that you don’t upset them!
You: To tell you the truth I’m quite happy about the rain! I’ve just planted some seeds in the garden and it’s just what they need. (If you just made the statement, ‘I’m quite happy about the rain!’ and gave no explanation, particularly if you didn’t smile, the other person would be offended!)
People sometimes talk about serious subjects in ‘pass-time’ conversations. And yet they don’t really say anything which might be too original or