1.3.2.　短文填空命题分析与应试技巧

短文填空的考查形式是从四个选项中选出最适合填入短文空白处的一项。每篇文章下设三道题。

短文填空文章的类型包括电子邮件、书信和新闻等，因为新闻包括新闻报道和广告等，所以内容比较广泛。这一部分看似是Part 5完成句子和Part 7文章的结合体，但是题型大体可分为三类：一是不需要阅读全文、只要浏览空格前后部分就可以找出答案的题目；二是需要通读全文、把握文意后进行解答的题目；三是需要结合文意和语法进行回答的题目。

与Part 5类似，这一部分也考查词汇、语法题，所以需要考生在掌握一定的词汇语法的基础上，理解整篇文章的内容。在做题时，不要孤立地针对个别句子寻找答案，要纵观全文，掌握文章脉络，进行推理判断。例：

From: Helen Pierce, Dallas Engineering

To: Yolanda Spencer, Opto Technology

Subject: Meeting

Dear Yolanda,

I am writing to let you know I __150__ at the Crowne Hotel on Fort Street. I arrived on Monday night to attend an industry conference. I will head back to Dallas on Saturday morning, so I hope we can meet up sometime on Friday for coffee in the city. Do you think this will be possible? Please __151__ to this email to let me know about your availability. If we're unable to meet this time, then hopefully we can get together at next week's tradeshow in Pasadena.

To be honest, my motive for meeting with you is to lure you to Dallas Engineering. I would love the opportunity to speak to you in person about the new __152__ in our executive team. You are just the sort of talented and hard-working professional that we are looking for, and I'm sure you can do well at our firm. During our meeting, I hope I can convince you to consider moving to Dallas! Cheers,

Helen Pierce

Dallas Engineering

150．(A) stay

(B) stayed

(C) am staying

(D) have stayed

【答案】C

【解析】根据下文可知“现在我住在Crowne Hotel”，所以C项正确。一般现在时表示恒久不变的事实或现在不断反复的习惯，所以不符合文意。

151．(A) answer

(B) post

(C) submit

(D) respond

【答案】D

【解析】此处表示“回复本封邮件”，选择D。respond应答。respond to对…作出反应。

152．(A) recruit

(B) opening

(C) resource

(D) conflict

【答案】B

【解析】根据上下文，可知他们要讨论的是职位问题。所以B项符合文意。opening空缺的职位。recruit新职员。conflict矛盾，冲突。