根據(jù)課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或考試說明所列語法項(xiàng)目,結(jié)合語法填空題的特點(diǎn),以及近三年高考涉及的語法內(nèi)容,我們歸納出語法填空的必考考點(diǎn)和??伎键c(diǎn)并對其進(jìn)行解讀,給同學(xué)們予解題技巧的點(diǎn)撥。
考點(diǎn)1:冠詞
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
冠詞是語法填空的??键c(diǎn),在近三年高考中有兩年是考查不定冠詞的最基本的用法,即表示“一個(gè)(次/本/座/……)”。因此,不定冠詞的基本用法無疑是復(fù)習(xí)和訓(xùn)練的重點(diǎn)。不定冠詞的復(fù)習(xí)重點(diǎn)還有表示某類人或事物中的“任何一個(gè)”,表示不確定的“某一個(gè),有一個(gè)”,表示“每一”等。定冠詞的復(fù)習(xí)重點(diǎn)有:表示特指,意為“這,這些,那,那些”的用法;用于序數(shù)詞或形容詞的最高級前;在某些由普通名詞構(gòu)成的專有名詞前。
[解題技巧]
下列情況很可能填不定冠詞:
(1)________+可數(shù)名詞(單數(shù));
(2)________+形容詞+可數(shù)名詞(單數(shù))。
下列情況下很可能填定冠詞:
(1)________ (+定語)+名詞+ of等介詞短語(表示特指);
(2)________ (+定語)+名詞+定語從句(表示特指);
(3)________ (+定語)+名詞+不定式短語或分詞短語(表示特指)。
[考題例析]
[例1]It was mid-afternoon and I had been listening to the radio and reading___31___book. (2009屆執(zhí)信中學(xué)、中山紀(jì)念中學(xué)、深圳外國語學(xué)校三校聯(lián)考)
解析:在“________+可數(shù)名詞(單數(shù))”結(jié)構(gòu)中,可能填冠詞;表示泛指的“一本”書,用不定冠詞;輔音前面用a。
[例2]When it was time to leave, I said “thank you” in Korean, using some of___39___few words I had learned.(2009屆江門二模)
解析:在“________ (+定語)+名詞+定語從句(表示特指)”結(jié)構(gòu)中,應(yīng)填定冠詞the,意為“使用我學(xué)到的那幾句話中的一些話”。
考點(diǎn)2:介詞
[解點(diǎn)解讀]
在近三年高考中介詞是必考考點(diǎn),且每年均有兩道題,是語法填空的一個(gè)重要考點(diǎn)。考查的重點(diǎn)是簡單介詞的基本用法,如after表示“在……之后”,behind表示“在的……背后”,as表示“當(dāng)作,作為”等;同時(shí),也考查固搭配中的介詞,如reward sb for sth(因……而酬謝/報(bào)答某人)中的for,at table(在吃飯)中的at,on sale(在出售)中的on等。
[解題技巧]
當(dāng)“________(+限定詞)+名詞”或“________+代詞”在句中不充當(dāng)主語或賓語時(shí),該空格通常應(yīng)填介詞。此外,填介詞時(shí),除了考慮與其后名詞的搭配外,也要考慮與前面的動(dòng)詞、形容詞的搭配。
[考題例析]
[例3]Being very short of money and wanting to do somethinguseful,Iapplied,fearingas I did so,that___33___ a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.(2009屆肇慶一模)
解析:因“ 33 a degree”在that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句中不是作主語或賓語,故填介詞;據(jù)my chances...were slim(機(jī)會甚微)可知,此處是表示“沒有”學(xué)位,故填without。
[例4]One day a rich man took his son on a trip to the country. He wanted to show his son how the poor lived so he could be thankful___31___his wealth.(2009屆廣州一模)
解析:因“___31 ___his wealth”在句中不作主語或賓語,故填介詞;又根據(jù)搭配be thankful for... (對……感激)可知,填for。
考點(diǎn)3:代詞
[解點(diǎn)解讀]
代詞是語法填空的一個(gè)重要考點(diǎn),不但每年必考,而且每年都有兩個(gè)小題。三年來主要考查了人稱代詞的賓語、形容詞性物主代詞、it的用法和不定代詞。備考中,要弄清人稱代詞格的區(qū)別,搞懂物主代詞形容詞性和名詞性的不同用法,掌握主要的不定代詞的用法,還要注意復(fù)習(xí)反身代詞和疑問代詞的用法。
[解題技巧]
因句子的主語或賓語主要由名詞、代詞、動(dòng)名詞或不定式等充當(dāng),而名詞、動(dòng)名詞或不定式等實(shí)詞通常會放在有提示詞的空格中考查,所以純空格所填詞在句中作主語或賓語時(shí),通常填代詞,包括人稱代詞、指示代詞、不定代詞、名詞性物主代詞、疑問代詞、反身代詞(不能作主語)等。在名詞前作定語就只能用形容詞性物主代詞了。
[考題例析]
[例5]A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. ...Gradually I found ___37___ back, giving out my speech with difficulty.(2009屆深圳二模)
解析:句中found缺賓語,故填代詞;由語境可知,是指作者“找回自己”,即漸漸地“恢復(fù)正?!?,故填myself。
[例6]It has been said before, but experiencing it myself has made ___31___want to say it again: a smile can cross all language barriers. (2009屆江門二模)
解析:句中has made缺賓語,可知要填代詞;又由experiencing it myself可知,應(yīng)填me,大意為“我自己的經(jīng)歷使我想再說一遍”。
考點(diǎn)4:連接詞
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
此處的連接詞包括:各類從句的“引導(dǎo)詞”,如引導(dǎo)名詞性從句的連接代詞、連接副詞、連詞(whether, if, that),引導(dǎo)定語從句的關(guān)系代詞和關(guān)系副詞,引導(dǎo)狀語從句的從屬連詞;連接并列的單詞、短語或句子的并列連詞。
連接詞是高考語填空的必考內(nèi)容,且每年考查兩個(gè)小題。三年來考查了引導(dǎo)賓語從句的連接代詞who、引導(dǎo)同位語從句的that、引導(dǎo)定語從句的關(guān)系副詞where(三年考了兩年)、表示轉(zhuǎn)折的并列連詞but。名詞性從句、定語從句和表示轉(zhuǎn)折的but仍是復(fù)習(xí)的重點(diǎn),但對狀語從句連接詞的考查也不容忽視。
[解題技巧]
(1)連接兩個(gè)功能對等的單詞或短語時(shí),應(yīng)填并列連詞and, or, but等。
(2)若兩個(gè)句子(有兩個(gè)主謂結(jié)構(gòu))之間,沒有句號或分號,也沒有連詞,空格處必定是填連接詞,否則,句子結(jié)構(gòu)就不完整。
根據(jù)兩句之間的意義和邏輯關(guān)系,或者根據(jù)句式結(jié)構(gòu)的需要,確定是并列句(多要求考生填and, but, while, when, or等)還是某種主從復(fù)合句。然后根據(jù)各類從句的特點(diǎn),結(jié)合連接詞的意義和用法,確定填具體的某個(gè)連詞。
[考題例析]
[例7]They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of___32___would be considered a poor family. (2009屆廣州一模)
解析:因They spent...和32 would be considered是兩個(gè)主謂關(guān)系,即兩個(gè)句子,之間沒有連詞、句號或分號,此空一定是填連接詞;又因would be considered前顯然缺少主語,而介詞(of)后的從句是賓語從句,所以要填的詞是引導(dǎo)賓語從句且在從句中作主語的連接代詞what。
[例8] In Japan, for example, it is normal for the woman to send chocolates to the man, 37 in Korea April 14th is known as “Black Day”... (佛山二模)
解析:it is normal與April 14th is known as...是兩個(gè)句子,之間沒有分號、句號或連詞,可見此空一定是填連接詞;由語境可知,是In Japan和in Korea兩地過情人節(jié)的情況對比,故填表示“而,卻”的并列連詞while。
考點(diǎn)5:動(dòng)詞
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
在語法填空中對動(dòng)詞的考查,通常將動(dòng)詞放在括號中,要求考生用其正確形式填空。主要考查動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)、語態(tài)和非謂語動(dòng)詞,有時(shí)也要求考生根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)的需要將動(dòng)詞轉(zhuǎn)換成其他詞性。
三年來,每年至少有兩道題考查動(dòng)詞。時(shí)態(tài)只考查了一般過去時(shí)和一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)兩種時(shí)態(tài),語態(tài)只考查了一般過去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài),非謂語動(dòng)詞考查了過去分詞作賓補(bǔ)和不定式作狀語。備考中,除重視已考查的內(nèi)容外,還要重點(diǎn)關(guān)注一般將來時(shí)、現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)、過去完成時(shí)等,一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)和一般將來時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài),動(dòng)詞-ing形式等。
[解題技巧]
(1)如果一個(gè)句子沒有謂語動(dòng)詞,或者雖然已有謂語動(dòng)詞,但所填的動(dòng)詞與之是并列關(guān)系時(shí),就是填謂語動(dòng)詞,這時(shí)就要根據(jù)語境考慮時(shí)態(tài)和語態(tài)。
(2)如果一個(gè)句子已有謂語動(dòng)詞,且不是并列謂語動(dòng)詞時(shí),所給動(dòng)詞要用非謂語形式,這時(shí)要根據(jù)句子所缺句子成分和非謂語動(dòng)詞各自的用法特點(diǎn),選擇動(dòng)詞-ing形式、過去分詞或不定式。
(3)有時(shí)根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)的需要還要考慮詞類轉(zhuǎn)換。
[考題例析]
[例9] On their return the father asked his son to explain what he had learnt. The boy, who had remained silent and deep in thought on the journey home,___34___(reply) in a way that shocked his father. The boy said he wanted to become a farmer. (2009屆廣州一模)
解析:本句主語the boy后面是起補(bǔ)充說明作用的非限制性定語從句,reply應(yīng)為謂語動(dòng)詞,主語和謂語被定語從句分隔了,要注意辨別;由上下句謂語動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)可知,此處的reply應(yīng)用一般過去時(shí),故填replied。
[例10] Her mother was excited.“Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,”Jane___40___(inform). (2009廣東高考)
解析:句中無謂語,inform應(yīng)為謂語動(dòng)詞;又因Jane與inform是被動(dòng)關(guān)系,即“Jane被告知”,所以用被動(dòng)語態(tài);由上句謂語動(dòng)詞was可知,用一般過去時(shí);故inform應(yīng)為一般過去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài),填was informed。
[例11] I sometimes order products or service online to save money and time instead of going to a store and ___35___(buy)what I’m looking for.(2009屆惠州三模)
解析:與going并列作介詞短語instead of的賓語,所以填buying。
[例12] But Jane knew from past experience that her ___ 36 ___(choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father.(2009屆廣東高考)
解析:在形容詞性物主代詞后一定是用名詞形式,故填choice。
考點(diǎn)6:it的用法
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
it的用法是語法填空的重要考點(diǎn),三年考了兩次。復(fù)習(xí)it的用法,主要包括it作形式主語和形式賓語,it替代前文的內(nèi)容。
[解題技巧]
(1)根據(jù)本句句意和空格前一句的內(nèi)容及其兩句間的邏輯關(guān)系,判斷空格處是不是需要填代替前文某個(gè)內(nèi)容的代詞it。
(2)根據(jù)句式結(jié)構(gòu)判斷是不是填作形式主語或形式賓語的it。
①it is adj. /n. +to do /doing /that...
②find /feel /think /consider it +adj. /n. +to do /doing /that...
[考題例析]
[例13]Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult___31___ was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. (2009廣東高考)
解析:句中remembered后是賓語從句,賓語從句的真正主語是to choose...,空格處應(yīng)為形式主語,故填it。
[例14] It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help his rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about___34 ___day and night.
解析:由語境可知,要求我們填的詞是代替前文中的(how) to help his crop grow up quickly,替代前文的內(nèi)容,用代詞it。
[例15] I took a different view. I did not get any help from anybody. I think___40___good to have a balance of viewpoints. (2009屆湛江二模)
解析:句中不定式短語to have a balance of viewpoints做真正的主語,空格處應(yīng)為形式賓語,故填it。
考點(diǎn)7:形容詞或副詞的比較等級
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
形容詞或副詞的比較等級雖不是語法填空的必考考點(diǎn),但也是常考點(diǎn)。復(fù)習(xí)的重點(diǎn)是比較級和最高級的基本用法和特殊句式,以及在形容詞或副詞前填less, least等構(gòu)成的降級比較。
[解題技巧]
一般說來,有表示范圍的in /of介詞短語,一般要用最高級;than的前面一定要用比較級,但在特定語境中,“than+比較對象”和在最后級中表示比較范圍的of /in短語常常被省略,此時(shí)我們要注意辨別這種隱性的比較級和最高級。
[考題例析]
[例16] One day, he came up with an idea that he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired after doing this for a whole day, but he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”___31___ (high). (2008年廣東高考)
解析:由語境可知,指比他plucking up all of his crop a few inches之前“長”得更高了,這是省略了than before的隱性的比較級,故填higher。
[例17] Fine snow covered the yard, dusted the top of my truck and whitened the road. But that wasn’t the
32 (bad) part. All the rain from yesterday had frozen solid—coating the needles on the trees in fantastic patterns, and making the driveway very slippery. (2009屆廣州二模)
解析:根據(jù)下文可知,那不是“最糟糕的”,故填worst。
[例18] ... We were both laughing the whole time at our complete inability to communicate in words.
When it was time to leave, I said “thank you” in Korean, using some of the few words I had learned. I felt___40___ (lonely) than I had expected that night. (2009屆江門二模)
解析:由than可知,空格處的形容詞要用比較級;又由上文We were both laughing the whole time可知,作者那晚沒有原來預(yù)想的那樣感到孤獨(dú),故填less lonely。注意,不要一見than就填more lonely,造成前后語境意義不一致的錯(cuò)誤。
考點(diǎn)8:詞類轉(zhuǎn)換
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
這是語法填空的必考考點(diǎn),三年來每年考一個(gè)小題。分別考查了形容詞轉(zhuǎn)換成副詞,名詞轉(zhuǎn)換成形容詞和動(dòng)詞轉(zhuǎn)換成名詞。
[解題技巧]
根據(jù)該詞在句中所作句子成分來確定用哪種形式。具體方法有:
(1)作表語、定語或補(bǔ)語,通常用形容詞形式;
(2)作主語、在及物動(dòng)詞或介詞后作賓語,用名詞形式;
(3)在冠詞、形容詞性物主代詞后,或者“冠詞+形容詞”后,用名詞形式;
(4)修飾動(dòng)詞、形容詞、副詞或整個(gè)句子,作狀語,用副詞形式;
(5)除詞類轉(zhuǎn)換外,還有可能是詞義轉(zhuǎn)換題,詞類不用變,主要是考查具有與詞根意義相反的派生詞,需根據(jù)句子意思及前后邏輯關(guān)系,在詞根前加un—, im—等,在詞根后加—less等。
[考題例析]
[例19]Some things looked as if they had not been cared for for a long time, but I knew their___34___(beautify) was still there beneath their own surface. (2009屆深圳一模)
解析:在賓語從句中作主語,要用名詞,故填beauty。
[例20]Valentine’s Day is the time of the year when couples show their love for each other by sending cards, flowers and chocolates. Its origins are___31___(clear) and hidden in the river of time. Nobody knows exactly who St. Valentine was...
解析:在be后面作表語,應(yīng)用形容詞;由與之并列的hidden和后文Nobody knows...可知,情人節(jié)的起源不是很清楚,故填unclear。
[例21]The boy finished by saying, “Before the trip I thought we were rich but today I learnt who is ___31___(true) rich.” With this, the boy got up and walked away, leaving his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally ___40___ (speech). (2009屆廣州二模)
解析:第39空,修飾形容詞rich作狀語,用副詞,故填truly。第40空,根據(jù)上文,一個(gè)富人為了讓兒子對自己財(cái)富的“感激”,帶著他的兒子體驗(yàn)農(nóng)民的生活,結(jié)果兒子想做農(nóng)民,這事與愿違的結(jié)果令父親“無語”,故填speechless。
考點(diǎn)9:倒裝、強(qiáng)調(diào)、情態(tài)動(dòng)詞等
[考點(diǎn)解讀]
倒裝與強(qiáng)調(diào)在近三年高考中雖還沒有考查,但倒裝句中的助動(dòng)詞和強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語動(dòng)詞的助動(dòng)詞(do, does, did),以及情態(tài)動(dòng)詞、強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)中的it和that等都是適合在純空格題中進(jìn)行考查的。此外,名詞的數(shù)和所有格也可能在“用括號中所給詞的正確形式填空”中進(jìn)行考查。
[解題技巧]
(1)若結(jié)構(gòu)較完整,空格后的謂語動(dòng)詞是原形,特別是與上下文時(shí)態(tài)不一致或主謂不一致時(shí),很可能是填情態(tài)動(dòng)詞或表示強(qiáng)調(diào)或倒裝的助動(dòng)詞(do, does, did等)。另外,需掌握構(gòu)成部分倒裝的條件。
(2)關(guān)于強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)it is/was...that...,若短文中有it is/was就可能填that,或者有is /was和that,就可能填it,確定的方法是:去掉it is/was或is /was...that后,句子(或稍加調(diào)整后)依然成立,就是倒裝句,可以確定是填it或that。
[考題例析]
[例22]My new neighbor, whose name I didn’t even know, had got up who knows how early to put snow chains on my truck. My throat suddenly felt tight. I wasn’t used to being taken care of like that and it was at this moment ___40 ___ his unspoken concern caught me by surprise. (2009屆廣州二模)
解析:由it was可知,空格可能是填that,以構(gòu)成強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu);去掉it was后,句子依然成立,所以的確是強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu),強(qiáng)調(diào)的是時(shí)間狀語at this moment,故填that。
[例23] What’s amazing is, Pluto ___34___ understand everything dad says. Their communication is as near to being perfect as possible.(2009屆茂名二模)
解析:在表語從句中,主語Pluto是第三人稱單數(shù),而謂語動(dòng)詞understand是動(dòng)詞原形,可知,此空應(yīng)填強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語動(dòng)詞的does或情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can。此句大意為“使我驚訝是,Pluto的確理解/能夠理解父親所說的一切”。
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