完形填空(Cloze Test)也称短文填空或综合填空,它考核的是考生综合运用语言的能力。由于自然语言都存在冗余现象,这一现象使考生在阅读一篇文章的时候,即使文章被抽去部分的词,考生仍然可能根据对剩余部分的分析来理解整篇文章的思想,并可推断出缺损部分的信息,而这种推断信息的准确度就取决于考生综合运用语言的能力。
《同等学力申硕硕士学位全国联考英语考试大纲》规定:完形填空是一篇150~200词之间的一般性短文。短文中有10个空白,每个空白为一题。考生须在理解短文意思的基础上从为每个空白提供的四个选择项中选出一个合适的答案。
这一部分对多数考生而言是考试的难点,得分率低。下面通过完形填空真题为例,帮助考生熟悉、分析这种题型的特点和考点,以便于采取相应的科学的复习方法和运用合理的解题思路和方法技巧。
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(驱逐出境). 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 |