二、妙招二重视首句获信息

重视首句、突破首句。完形填空题所选用短文的第一句话通常是不设空的，目的是给同学们一个整体印象，同时提示短文的中心内容或提供故事发生的时间、地点、背景等。

At our school, we sometimes have a special day to help others. Last year we went to an old people’s 1 and sang songs and performed a play for 2 . The old people were very 3 . We should be allowed to take time to do things like that more often. For example, we should 4 primary schools and help 5 young students. I want to be a teacher 6 I’m older so it would be a great experience for me. Other students would like to do other jobs. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants to 7 for a newspaper. She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper office once a week.

1. A. home B. bank C. shop D. river

2. A. us B. them C. him D. her

3. A. great B. angry C. smart D. happy

4. A. buy B. have C. visit D. build

5. A. tell B. ask C. teach D. find

6. A. how B. when C. where D. why

7. A. write B. wait C. look D. pay

首句At our school, we sometimes have a special day to help others.有提纲挈领之效，简明扼要地提示我们，作者的学校有一个特殊的日子，那就是帮助别人献爱心的日子。有助于我们理解全文。甚至让我们毫不犹豫地确认1空应添单词home.

(Keys：1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A)

三、妙招三全面考虑定选项

整体理解短文、把握中心并根据文中线索(含体裁、时态变化线索、词汇线索、句法线索、社会文化线索、上下文线索等)由易到难地做出选择。

[注] 不要试图从头至尾地去解答完形填空题。有的选项内容在短文的其他地方有较为明确的提示，甚至原封不动地重现。

Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman! At the age of sixty-seven, she 1 to take a trip round the coast(海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fine 2 one day, as she was going back to her room on the 3 , she saw smoke coming out of another room. She 4 the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck(甲板) to see 5 she could do to help. The fire spread(蔓延) very quickly and soon 6 was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as 7 as possible.

1. A. stopped B. usedC. had D. decided

2. A. since B. afterC. until D. before

3. A. way B. shipC. land D. road

4. A. phoned B. toldC. asked D. ordered

5. A. if B. howC. what D. where

6. A. she B. heC. that D. it

7. A. quickly B. muchC. well D. usually