例：Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist in spite of her disability.
例：(2013课标II)It runs in the _____.Michael’s father always helped thepoor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the54 (same).A pair of gloves may bea 55 (small) thing, but it canmake a big difference in winter.
例：It wasn’t long ______the police caught the thief.A.after B.when C.before D.until解析：It wasn’t long before…是常用句型，意为“不久就……”。这里说的是不久警察就把小偷捉到了。
5. 利用原词复现，寻找近义词语
完型填空试题中，有些词语常常重复出现在语篇之中。词汇复现的语用意义使得语篇中的句子相互衔接和连贯，从而构成一个完整而又有机的意义整体。在阅读文章的过程中，有时也会发现一些与选项意义紧密相连的同义词或近义词。因此要学会充分利用这些词提供的有效信息进行合理的推侧判断，选出正确答案。例：Everyone started to ____their hands .Suzy Khan gave them a shy smileand the applause was deafening .I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.A.clap B.wave C.raise D.shake解析：由后面的applause可知此处表示“大家开始鼓掌”。Clap one’s hands 鼓掌。
6. 跳读法解题完形填空20题中总有一些是相对简单的。这类题目考生可以首先确定，之后再逐个去突破其他空。例：“Visitors!” repeated Josh, wide-awake at once. He___1___ up and looked around. A shortdistance away, a group of___2___ stood quietly watching us. One of them ___3___ walking toward us. We both jumped to our ___4___ not knowing what to expect.1. A.sat B.stayed C.thought D.put2. A.pilots B.natives C.editors D.assistants3. A.avoided B.delayed C.began D.desired4. A.boat B.car C.horses D.feet解析：在通读全文的第一遍中，我们可以很容易地将第四空填出来，这是固定搭配jump to one’s feet (跳起来);由此也可推出第三空的答案，因为有人开始向“我们”走了过来，所以“我们”才跳了起来;再根据第一空前面的wide-awake可知，此处指的应该是“我和Josh完全清醒，坐起来，环顾四周”，所以第一空的答案为A;最后，根据句首Visitors可推知第二空的答案为B。
例：Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements—usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and______nitrogen. They are different in that their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin performs one or more specific functions in the body.A.mostly B.partly C.sometimes D.rarely解析：短文中的usually和and是本题逻辑推理的线索。And前后构成了并列关系，即and前的 usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen 这些维生素成分和and 后面的 nitrogen 成分形成并列关系，相应修饰 carbon, hydrogen, oxygen 的usually必然和修饰 nitrogen 的45空的词构成一一对应的逻辑关系。鉴于此，在45空考虑填入的应是和usually相对应的频度副词，而语义与usually略有不同。mostly 和partly都表示了部分、量的含义，与频度无关。rarely(很少地，罕有地)虽表示了频度关系，但其意义与usually相反，不符合一一对应的一致性，因此排除。只有C项sometimes(不时，有时)恰到好处地表示了and前后两部分的逻辑对应。故选C。②句间逻辑关系
例：Ms Cleveland does not keep her workers on a short leash. ______, she encourages them to get ______ ways to do business.A.Still B.Yet C.Instead D.While解析：根据前后句子的意思可推出两句间的逻辑关系是转折，意思是“Old Mr Cleveland把工人用带子捆绑起来(没有任何自由)，而她不那样，相反(instead)她鼓励雇员”。
③段间逻辑关系
主要体现在段落之间的衔接上。例：Not everyone sees that process in perspective. It is important to do so.It is generally recognized, _____, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, although its impact in the media was not immediately apparent.A.indeed B.hence C.however D.therefore解析：这里有两种情况，第一可能是第二段前后的逻辑体现；第二就是段落的前后衔接。但是，这个题出现在第二段的第一句，那么，从完形填空注重逻辑关系的命题思路来看，我们优先考虑第二种情况。前段末句意为“不是每个人都能够正确看待这个进程”。而第二段首句为“大家普遍认为”，显然这两者之间存在了逻辑意义上的相反，此处可能体现了一种转折关系。故选C。
例：After ______ the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves before they started the 950-mile journey back.A.growing B.putting C.planting D.laying解析：根据常识，南极地区冰雪覆盖，须费好大的劲将旗插进极地，plant在这里的意思是“安插”“插牢”，故答案为plant。
10. 利用对比结构解题
对比结构常把两种对立的事物或同一事物的两个不同方面加以比较。
高考完形填空题常常利用句子之间的对比关系或者同一个句子的不同部分之间的对比关系设计题目。
例：A pupil who can do his homework in a quiet and______room is in a much better position than a pupil who does his homework in a small, noisy room with the television on.A.furnished B.expensive C.comfortable D.suitable解析：本题利用相似短语之间的对比关系来命题。设空部分与下文的a small, noisy room with the television on存在对比关系。作者想借此说明“相同的作业”对于“不同家庭背景的学生”所表现出的事实上的不公平。答案为C。
例：Companies with low accident rates plan their safety programs, work hard to organize them, and continue working to keep them ______ and active.A.alive B.vivid C.mobile D.diverse解析：因空格处与and后面的active是平行的，所以答案为与active意思相近的alive。
例：…he would join student groups to discuss a variety of ______: agriculture, diving and mathematics.A.questions B.subjects C.matters D.contents解析：此题后面的冒号部分有提示：agriculture，diving and mathematics是他们谈话讨论的话题，由此可得出本题的答案为B。
例：I was so surprised that I was ______(speechless). My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. ______(As a result), at the point in our game when I’d have predicted the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was ______(instead) 7 to 9 and Ed was ______ (leading).解析：surprised 一词道出了情况的转折，我们可以看到这时作者用词的转变。made an effort，get into shape 等这些褒义词的使用对这些空的选择起到了很好的引导作用。speechless, instead 都是由惊讶得出的。
14. 综合线索解题
完形填空题主要考查短文阅读理解的能力。为了答好题，必须从字里行间寻找能够利用的线索。如书写和形态变化线索(graphic and morphological clues)、词汇线索(lexical clues)、句法线索(syntactical clues)、社会文化线索(socio-cultural clues)，并根据有关的线索进行猜测，作出合理的判断。
例：And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o’clock three days from that day… Since he was _____ in three days, Andy didn’t lose any time.A.moving B.returning C.staying D.leaving解析：单从这句来看，实难判断出正确答案，但如果结合前文，就可以找到设空部分的解题线索——上文中出现的词汇leaving。故本题答案为D。
