
一、真题导航
Magic Touch
From my hotel room window,I could see a large advertisement board with his face on it: Jason, the Great Magician.
I absent-mindedly turned the 56 (page) of the phone book and came across a city map. Drinking my iced coffee I ran my fingers along the streets 57 the hotel to the opera hall. Not more 58 a half-hour walk, I thought.
I looked 59 (quick) at the clock. The show starts in one hour; plenty of time! I drank the rest of my coffee and went to take a shower. Soon after, I was on my way to the show, 60 (carry) a fancy black handbag and a happy smile.
The hall was dark when I came in; the show was about 61 (begin). I made my way backstage just 62 the great magician was putting on his top hat.
“Daddy, I'm so glad to see you,” I 63 (whisper). “I'm in town for the writer’s class, but I just couldn’t miss your show.” I gave him a quick hug and went back into the seating area, leaving him with a (surprise) smile. I settled down in the darkness, and the curtains opened.
Magically, that show remains the Great Jason's best 65 (perform) to this day.
二、技巧指导
(一)纯空格填空
例1 Although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please ____.
技巧1① :句子缺主语或宾语,一定是填 。
例2. he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child _________ had put it there.
技巧1②:定语从句缺主语或宾语,一定是填适当的关系词,如: 。
例3. (1)Everyone began to talk about________ the boy had done.
(2) His uncle tells him _____ if his cousin wins it, the family will win an overseas tour for free.
技巧1③:名词性从句缺主语或宾语,根据句子意思填适当的词,如:__________________不缺主语或宾语有,句意完整用 __________
例4. The head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to a small town some 20 kilometers away_______ there was a garage.
技巧2①:定语从句 缺地点状语用______, 缺时间状语用_____,缺原因状语用____。
例5. (1)…It is said that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. __________________ he was discouraged or faced with difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful girl…….
(2).____________ old you are, it’s not too late to make your life more interesting.
技巧2②:状语从句
缺地点状语用________________, 缺时间状语用_________________,
缺原因状语用____________,缺方式状语用___________________。
例6. (1)Bemidji high school senior Jaxon Anderson is _____ awkward teenager who wants to be everyone’s hero.
(2)Megan Engeseth Photography, a studio is well-known for_______ creative senior portraits.
技巧3:当空格后面是名词, 若充当成分,填限定词(冠词,形容词性物主代词,不定代词)。
例7. I got a place next ____ the window, so I had a good view of the side walk.
技巧4 :介词 的使用要注意搭配和上下文语境提示。
例8. (1)…Two world-famous artists, Pablo Picasso______ Candido Portinari, which are worth millions of dollars.
(2)At first, I chose very simple books, _____ now most of the older kids are able to read more advanced books.
(3)You will never gain success ______ you are fully devoted to your work.
技巧5 :若空格前后为并列的单词、短语或句子之间,填连词。
例9 (1) Listen to these words from Darwin P. Kingsley: “You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you _____ do.
(2) He had no time or energy to play with his children or talk with his wife, but he ______ bring home a regular salary.
技巧6:若结构完整, 空格后的谓语动词是原型,且又与上下文时态不一致或主谓不一致时,很有可能是填____________或 起强调或倒装的助动词___________________________ 。
例10(1) _____ was only after I heard she became sick that I learned she couldn’t eat MSG(味精).
(2) ______ with hard work can you expect to get pay rise.
技巧7: 由特殊句式结构来判断空格应填的词
(二)、给出了动词的试题
1.谓语动词
(1)Now my picture and prize _____ (be)hanging in the library.
(2)One morning, a boy on a bike __________(catch) my attention.
(3)Books may be ______ (keep)for four weeks.
Tip1:如果缺谓语,就要根据上下文语境和意思确定动词的___________________和____ 的变化
2.非谓语动词
(1).I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man______(sit) at the front.
(2).Simon made a big bamboo box _______ (keep) the little sick bird till it could fly.
(3).______(see) from the tallest building, the whole city looks very beautiful.
Tip2:如果不缺谓语,就要根据上下文语境和意思确定动词的使用非谓语动词:
1. 与逻辑主语是主动/进行/介词后:____________________________
2. 与逻辑主语是被动/完成:___________________________
3. 表示将来/目的/形容词后:_______________________
(三)、词类转换题
Tip1:作主语、介词后做宾语、不定代词和指示代词、冠词(+形容词)、所有格后______
1.The man explained that he had God's __________(permit)
2.we set out on this voyage of _________(explore)
3.Jay Chou will give his____________(perform)
4.The smallest good habits can make a___________(different ) .
名词注意点:
1)Teachers must try their best to make most of their _______(student) interested in the subject.
2)Those tests included people of different ____(age)from 12 to 83.
3)He agreed to read my story and give me some ______(advice) on how to write like a real writer.
结论:名词主要涉及名词的可数与不可数以及名词_______________的问题
Tip2:在系动词之后做表语、修饰名词作定语、宾语补足补用_____
1.The story sounds_________(interest)
2.He is _______ (help) to others.
3.Mr.Wang is a ______(fun) teacher.
4.I find learning English _______(difficulty)
Tip3:修饰形容词,动词或整个句子单独做状语用_____
1. “Thirty-five cents,” she said___________(rude). (2014)
2. ________________(unbelievable), she could remember 200 English words.
3. There must be something__________ (serious) wrong with our society
副词的变形
•一般情况下,形容词直接加_____
•以ll结尾的________ full: ______________
•以le结尾的______ possible:_______________
•以ic结尾的,______________ scientific: _____________
•以辅音字母加y结尾的,______________ easy:__________________
特殊:true whole .
形容词和副词注意点
Tip3: 形容词和副词主要考查比较级、最高级等。
1.在表示范围的in /of介词短语或形容词前有the时,一般要用________;than的前面一般要用________,
2.注意”越…,就越…”______________________________以及原级比较____________________
1.Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is______(clean) than ever
2.He speaks English as _______(fluent)as Mary.
3.The________(hard) you try to beat him, the more likely you will get hit.(2014全国卷)
4.One of the _____(bad) gift choices I ever made was for my high school English teacher…
Tip4:有可能是词义转换题,词类不用变,主要是考察具有与词根意义相反的派生词,根据句子意思需要,在词根前加_________________等,在词根后加______等使句子前后逻辑意义通顺。
1.His bad health is a great ___________(advantage) to him.(2014辽宁)
2.He is very _______(lucky), he never wins anything.
3.It is ______ (polite) to leave without saying goodbye to the host.
三、实战演练
Last October, while tending her garden in Mora, Sweden, Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small 56____ (carrot) and was about to throw them away. But something made her look closer, and she noticed a 57______(shine) object. Yes, there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.
Pahlsson screamed 58____ loudly that her daughter came running from the house. “She thought I had hurt 59_____(I) ,” says Pahlsson.
Sixteen years 60_____(early), Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring 61_____(cook) a meal. When she wanted to put the ring back on later, it was gone. She suspected that one of her threedaughters-then ten, eight, and six-had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn’t. Pahlsson and her husband 62____ (search) the kitchen, checking every corner, but turned up nothing. “ I gave up hope of finding my ring again,” she says. She never replaced it.
Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got 63______(sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden,_____ it remained until the carrot’s leafy top accidentally sprouted(生长)through it. For Pahlsson, its return was 65_____ wonder.
