完形填空要求学生修复信息不完整的语篇,使一系列句子构成语义连贯的语言整体。以近年的高考英语完形填空为例,为了考查考生的语言知识、阅读能力和逻辑思维能力,完形填空题通常考查文章核心词的语义辨析、组合用法等,并且干扰项与最佳选项在语法形式上相当或近似,对学生的干扰性很大。如果仅以句子为单位进行分析,几个选项看似都正确,但在语篇背景下进行分析,即考虑句子间的语义连贯,则只有一个最佳选项。因此,学生在解完形填空题时运用语篇分析法是非常必要的,语篇分析就是要把握语境,利用词汇的复现关系、同现关系、语法关系、逻辑联系等来解题。例如,It was difficult for him to even ___ around. His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and eventually die from the desease.
A.run B.pass C.move D.travel
分析:这两个句子通过move的复现和逻辑联系词even衔接起来。副词even表示递进关系:difficult to move→lose the ability to move→eventually die,其严重程度依次加剧,符合逻辑规律,所以正确选项应是C。
For days, Jill struggled between life and death. By April it became clear that she would be paralyzed from shoulders down. Jill underwent rehabitation therapy (康复治疗) with ____ determination.