1、从具体的语言情境考虑。?

　　例1 Mrs O'Neill asked questions, and she didn't scold¹ us either.

　　(A. no B. certain C. many D. more

　　(B. 该题可通过下句中的“either”一词，可以推断出该句是一个否定句，故选A。?

　　例2 First of all he was a window?cleaner and in his first week he managed to break at least six windows. Then he became a bus conductor² and on his second day a passenger stole his bag with all the fares collected. He 1 lost his job as a postman 2 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people's houses. It seemed that there was 3 suitable³ work for him.

　　1. A. thus B. even C. once D. only

　　2. A. even if B. so that C. because D. though

　　3. A. some B. such C. less D. no

　　以上几句叙述了John的不幸遭遇：做清洁工，打破玻璃，做售票员，钱又被偷；做邮递员， 又把本该送到收件人家里的信件寄出。根据文章的这一情境，1空应选B，表递进；2空则 说明lost his job的原因，故选C。由接连发生的不幸遭遇，从而得出结论：似乎无合适工 作可干了。故3空选D。?

　　2. 从上下文相关内容考虑。?

　　例1 One day Mrs Nanete O'Neill gave an arithmetic⁴ to our class. When the papers⁵ were marked she discovered that twelve boys had ma de exactly the same mistakes throughout⁶ the test.

　　(A. test B. problem C. paper D. lesson)

　　该题撇开具体上下文，A、B、C、D四个选项都能成立，而在把握全文整体意思的情况下，很 容易找到下文的重要信息词：the test。故选A。?

　　例2 “In her eyes he couldn't do anything .”(A.wrong B.great C.good D.strange)在他母亲眼中，他不可能做出什么事呢?仅从这一单句考虑，四个备选答案都没错。但根据上文的She loved John very much以及下文提到的：当Jo hn与其他士兵一起接受检阅时，观众嘲笑John与其他士兵步调不一致，而他母亲却大叫：They are all out of step except my John! 到此，我们才能选出A项为正确答案。?

　　例3 ...in fact he had tried a few . First of all he was a window?cleaner...Then he became a bus conductor...(A. ones B. years C. tasks D. jobs)

　　以上四个选项都可以用a few修饰，但根据下文的 a window?cleaner 和a bus conductor 可知，正确答案为D.