完形填空(Cloze Test)也稱短文填空或綜合填空,它考核的是考生綜合運用語言的能力。由于自然語言都存在冗余現(xiàn)象,這一現(xiàn)象使考生在閱讀一篇文章的時候,即使文章被抽去部分的詞,考生仍然可能根據(jù)對剩余部分的分析來理解整篇文章的思想,并可推斷出缺損部分的信息,而這種推斷信息的準確度就取決于考生綜合運用語言的能力。
《同等學力申碩碩士學位全國聯(lián)考英語考試大綱》規(guī)定:完形填空是一篇150~200詞之間的一般性短文。短文中有10個空白,每個空白為一題?忌氃诶斫舛涛囊馑嫉幕A上從為每個空白提供的四個選擇項中選出一個合適的答案。
這一部分對多數(shù)考生而言是考試的難點,得分率低。下面通過完形填空真題為例,幫助考生熟悉、分析這種題型的特點和考點,以便于采取相應的科學的復習方法和運用合理的解題思路和方法技巧。
Cloze Test (15 minutes, 5 points)
Directions: There are ten blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSCER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Visitors to this country are normally admitted for six months, but foreign students can usually stay for one year. They must 1 an educational institution, and they are required to study for a 2 of fifteen hours a week on a daytime course. Prospective students have to show that they can afford their studies, and that they have sufficient 3 resources to support themselves 4 in this country.
In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, 5 must be applied for by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of Employment has the right to grant or 6 these permits, and there is little that can be done 7 it; it would be extremely unwise for a foreign visitor to work 8 a permit, since anyone doing so is liable to immediate deportation(驅逐出境). There are some people from the European countries, who are often given 9 residence permits of up to five years. Some other people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, authors and others can work without permits, and foreign students are normally allowed to 10 part-time jobs while they are studying here.
1.A.establish B.purchase C.prove D.attend
2.A.minimum B.maximum C.minority D.majority
3.A.natural B.financial C.human D.economical
4.A.after B.since C.while D.before
5.A.it B.what C.that D.which
6.A.receive B.refuse C.opp |