完形填空要求学生具有较强的阅读理解能力和词汇运用能力（词汇运用能力表现为要求学生掌握词汇的语义和词汇的习惯搭配），而读懂文章（尤其是跳过空格去理解文章）是做好此项试题的关键所在。

做完形填空的一般步骤为：

1.读全文，领悟大意，先易后难。

在填空前，阅读全文至关重要。把握文章的基本内容和结构，明确文章的主题思想，才有可能去考虑用什么样的词语。考生必须跳过空格，快速通读全文，粗略地了解文章的内容，不要匆忙做题。有时候，要读完全文后才能确定一个答案，即重视文章的语篇意义。在通读的过程中，可以把一些容易的空格就手填上，这样就等于相对增加了已知的条件 ，降低了文章的难度。

2.再读全文，推理判断，前后照应，试选答案。  

第二读全文时，应该带着问题去读，要寻找文章中给予的暗示或提示。

一个话题就有相应一个“词场”，把握好这个“词场”，答题的准确率就会高些。注意文章中的一些结构上的关联词和固定词语的搭配，要善于寻找上下文提示，如同位语、定语从句、插入语等，在上下文中选择合理的答案。

3.三读全文，检验答案，修正错误。

粗选答案后，一定要把自己所选的答案带入文章中，再把文章通读一遍，特别注意一下文章的行文是否合乎逻辑，所选词汇是否达意和搭配。

People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a ___1___problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without ___2__ ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. ___3__, when all of these methods ___4___, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six ___5___ in analyzing a problem.

___6___ the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must ___7___ that there is a problem with his bicycle.
next the person must ___8___ the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must ___9___ the parts that are wrong.

Now the person must look for ___10___ that will make the problem clearer and lead to ___11___ solutions. For example, suppose Sam ___12___ that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. ___13___, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, ___14___ his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

After ___15___ the problem, the person should have __16____ suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example ___17___, his suggestion might be: tighten or loosen the brakes, buy new brakes and change the old ones.

In the end, one ___18___ seems to be the solution ___19__ the problem.
Sometimes the ___20___ idea comes quite ___21___ because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a ___22___ way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖) stuck to a brake. He ___23___ hits on the solution to his problem; he must ___24___ the brake.

Finally the solution is ___25____. Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.

1.A.serious   B.usual     C.similiar     D.common

2.A.practice  B.thinking   C.understanding   D.help

3.A. Besides   B.Instead   C.Otherwise    D.However

4.A.fail   B.work    C.change  D.develop

5.A.ways   B.conditions   C.stages  D.orders

6.A.First   B.Usually C.In general  D.Most importantly

7.A.explain   B.prove    C.show      D.see

8.A.judge   B.find     C.describe   D.face

9.A.check B.determine   C.correct D.recover

10.A.answers  B.skills  C.explanation    D.information

11.A.possible    B.exact   C.real   D.special

12.A.hopes   B.argues  C.decides  D.suggests

13.A.In other words  B.Once in a while   C.First of all   D.At this time

14.A.look for  B.talk to    C.agree  with   D.depend on

15.A.discussing   B.settling down   C.comparing with  D.studying

16.A.extra    B.enough    C.several   D.countless

17.A.secondly  B.again   C.also     D.alone

18.A.suggestion    B.conclusion C.decision D.discovery

19.A.with     B.into     C.for       D.to

20.A.next  B.clear   C.final  D.often

21.A.unexpectedly     B.late   C.clearly    D.often

22.A. simple   B. different  C. quick  D. sudden

23.A. fortunately  B. easily  C. clearly  D. immediately

24.A. clean  B. separate  C. loosen  D. remove

25.A.recorded  B. completed  C. tested  D. accepted

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▲中学生在做完形时存在的问题有以下三方面：

1.不善于抓文章的主旨大意，并以此为中心推理、判断。

2.容易受思维定势的影响，对文意分析不透，忽视特定语境下知识的运用。

3.对完形填空怀有厌倦、畏惧心理，以致做题时处于应付状态，能力得不到提高。

▲如何抓信息？

正确答案来自于四个方面：

1.本句信息。

2.文章前面部分谈到的信息。

3.文章后面部分即将谈到的信息。

4.综合全文所得到的信息。

▲设计完形填空题的三个方向：

1.词汇（词义识别，同义词辨析，英语惯用法）。

2.语法结构（语法规则的实际应用）。

3.语篇意识（从语篇角度综合测试考生的阅读理解能力）。

▲以英语词典为师，不但能够提高应试能力，而且给予学生众多启迪，若遵循此法学英语，必当终生受益。