中考英语中首字母填空这个单项被许多考生视为畏途,但是通过一定训练,掌握一些技巧,这个难关是可以被攻克的。现结合某年上海市中考英语试卷的首字母填空试题,来探讨该类题目的答题技巧。
When the London Underground goes on strike, my journey to work can be terrible. I remember a strike, which happened a few years a___1___the station near my house was closed and I had to use another station and take a different train. This a___2__about an hour to my journey, so I wasnt very happy. E__3___went wrong at the station. People were late and they were panicking! By the time I go to the train, I was feeling upset and sorry for myself. Then I saw this man. There was something about him-he had such a familiar f___4__. A few minutes later, I realized that he was Jack, a fiend from my school days in Scotland.
At the same time he a___5___realized who I was. Then we started talking about school days and the people we both used to k___6___. I was even more surprised when the train came into my station and he started to get off too! I asked him w___7___he was going and he said he was going to work. He told me he worked in Fitzroy Street. You see, I work in Fitzroy Street, too. Its a small w__8__! It was such an amazing coincidence!
全文概况是身处英国的作者在经历一次他印象深刻的伦敦地铁罢工事件时,巧遇他旧日在苏格兰的同学的故事。在截取这样一个素材时,出题者选取了8个词汇作为得分点。
-第1空的答案是ago。此处很少有同学失分,把握一般过去时的必要的条件就是要有一个表示段时间的afewyears,再看文中其余动词的时态就很容易推断出是指几年以前。
-第2空的答案是added.此处失分的同学不少,其难点有二:先是要判断此空所需单词的词性是什么。让我们跳过空格审视一下剩余部分还缺少什么句子成分?该句主语、宾语都在,只有中间的谓语不见,由此推断该处应为开头是a的动词,作者一再强调此次罢工是terrible的,那么消极影响就必然是增加作者的麻烦。并且该句后面有一个介词to出现,那么什么动词既表示增加、添加又可以和to一同使用呢?那么只有add符合条件。第一个难点解决了,下一个就要看时态。根据统一原则,把add改为过去时added。很多同学过了难点以后就不再关注细节了,导致只填了add而失分。
-第3空的答案是Everything.原则同上。
-第4空答案是face.作者偶然注意的人身体上的哪个部位会是以f开头的呢?有face,foot等等可能,显然填脚是令人眼熟的似乎不大合乎逻辑,能一眼被人辨认的人体部位就是面孔,因此判断是face。
-第5空答案是also.副词的考察这已经是第二次出现了,通观这一句,所有主要成分无一缺席,惟有表示也、同时的副词才符合题意,因而确定为also.表示在作者认出这样一个老同学的同时,对方也同时辨认出了我的身份。
-第6空答案是know.此句是一个包含省略关系代词that/who/whom的定语从句的复合句,先行词可确定是people,而表示认识/知道含义的以k开头的动词只有know。
-第7空答案是where.先要复习一下宾语从句的概念,它是指在主从复合句中充当宾语、位于及物动词、介词或复合谓语之后的从句。引导宾语从句的连接词有:连词that,whether,if;连接代词who,which,what以及其强调形式whoever,whichever,whatever;连接副词when,where,why,how等。本句及物动词ask后很明显应该衔接的是双宾语,其中有直接宾语人称代词him,后面就要跟一个由任意连接副词引导的宾语从句做间接宾语。再向后看,发现老朋友回答作者他是要去工作,从而确定选择连接副词where代指地点。
-第8空答案是world.此句是非正常形式的感叹句,虽然不是由what/how引导,但后面的感叹号仍说明了该句的性质,在判断出了以上7个空白后,同学们可轻易知道作者感慨的是这世界真小!名词world等均包含在《初中英语学科教学基本要求》里。
以上8个空白应填的每个单词或是其变型形式,都没有超出课程标准的要求,甚至大部分单词的字母数都不超过5个。可见中考英语试题中首字母填空类题目并不是要在单词难度上做文章,而是要全方位地考察同学们对所学知识点的综合判断能力以及总体语言应用水平。只要平时多注意加强训练自己的能力,并且多选有价值的文章自我整合,还是很有可能取得进步的。