省略法
高考例题者常常利用熟悉的句型结构，在其中插入一些词、短语搭配、插入语和定语从句来制造陷阱，增加创新力度，产生迷惑性，似是而非，从而让考生在非常神气的心情中快速地得出错误的答案导致失分。这就要求考生对整个语言环境进入深入分析，在较高的能力水平上，细心而自如地运用一个或几个知识点来解题。这样，我们在分析句子结构的基础上采用省略法，省掉插入成分的前提下，简化句子结构，从而找出正确答案。
16. He has spent I think a lot ______ time in reading than she has.
A. of B. more C. much more D. of much more
此题易错选A、C. 选A形成a lot of搭配；选C形成much more time much修饰比较级。但我们通过分析题干，去掉插入语I think，该句可简化为：He has spent a lot _____ time in reading than she has. a lot相当于 much起修饰作用，而不必再用much，从而得出正确答案为B.
17. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play _____ of course made the others unhappy.
A. who B. which C. this D. what
通过分析题干，可以得知of course为插入语，将其去掉，该句简化为：Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play _____made the others unhappy. 这样，考生就很容易看出应用which代表整个主句内容，构成非限制性定语从句，正确答案为B.
18. With everything she needed ______ she went home.
A. washed B. being washed C. washing D. wash
考生初看此题，可能不知所措。我们通过分析题干得知，she needed是一个定语从句，关系代词that省略了，去掉从句，该句简化为：With everything _____ she went home. with everything _____为with复合结构，句意为：把所有需要的东西洗完之后，她回家去了。故正确答案为A.