标题: 名师丁雪明：浅谈09考研英语完型之弦外之音 [打印本页] 作者: wuliumu 时间: 2009-4-14 17:08 标题: 名师丁雪明：浅谈09考研英语完型之弦外之音 “待到秋来九月八，
我花开后百花杀。
冲天香阵透长安，
满城尽带黄金甲。”(仅以黄巢赋，祝福考研人！)
考研英语初试刚过，便有许多研友来电提到了100分试卷的第一部分：英语知识的运用。他们认为这部分在今年的考试中并不难作答！
考研英语试卷中的第一部分叫做英语知识的运用。现在我们总是把它叫做完型填空。殊不知，这是不科学的称呼。我们认为考研命题组专家出这部分题目的初衷实际上是为了考察大学本科毕业生是否对大学英语中的语言知识做到了应知应会。而我们这里所说的英语知识的运用又是要求考生在上下文语境中充分运用英语基础知识和文章信息暗示来作答所有空白的过程与能力。根据今年的试题，我想有选择地进行一些与大家的探讨！
Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are. 1 the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer’s piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly 2 to live shorter lives. This suggests that 3 bulbs burn longer, that there is an 4 in not being too terrifically bright.
1. [A] Suppose [B] Consider [C] Observe [D] Imagine
2. [A] tended [B] feared [C] happened [D] threatened
3. [A] thinner [B] stabler [C] lighter [D] dimmer
4. [A] tendency [B] advantage [C] inclination [D] priority