完型填空为了测试考生实际应用英语的能力和语感。具体说来,是从语篇(discourse)的角度综合测试考生的阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。因此,主要有以下三种考法,我们以2013年最新题目为例: (一)考词汇:主要是考单词或短语的释义和词汇辨析题。其中词汇辨析题主要是指同义词、近义词的辨析,这类题难度较大。比重最大,占60%-85%,例如2013年第一和第二道题:
People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors
1.[A] grant [B] submits [C] transmits [D] delivers
2.[A] minor [B]objective [C] crucial [D] external (二)考语法:占15%左右,主要是语法结构题,考查代词、介词和从句连接词等的用法。例如第17道题:
Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one 17that,
17.[A]before [B] after [C] above [D] below (三)考语篇:占15%左右,主要是考状语从句逻辑关系连接词或句与句、段与段之间的过渡词(transitional words)等。 例如第4题:
But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 (picture) was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. 4
4.[A] For example [B] On average[C] In principle [D] Above all