第 17 讲 换位思考 挖空设题在阅读英文文章过程中，考生应带着完形填空的意识去审视一篇文章的遣词造句，换位到试卷命题者角度，对一篇文章能从文化背景知识，生活常识，情感经历共鸣，上下文语境等情境方面设题，或者从词组搭配，词义辨析，语法结构或逻辑过渡词语等语言知识角度设题。这种思维方式的不断演练能提高考生对完形填空上述设题角度的敏感性，从而提高解答完形题空的题感和更好理解篇章的语感。因此碰到符合完形填空题材和体裁特点的好文章，至少要按以下步骤阅读三遍。 步骤一：通读全文，领会大意； 步骤二：细读全文，挖词设空； 步骤三：回读全文，推敲词句。 【例 1】I played a racquetball(短柄墙球) game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most surprising and __1._tiring__ games I've ever had. When Ed first phoned and suggested we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an __2._easy__ victory. After all, Ed's idea of exercise has always been nothing more effortmaking than lifting a fork to his mouth. As long as I can remember, Ed's been the __3._least__ physically fit member in the family. and strangely proud of himself. His big stomach has always __4._ballooned_out__ between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often joked about that, he'd refused to buy a larger Tshirt or to lose weight. So when Ed arrived for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt __5._gathered__ inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could __6._hardly__notice. I was so surprised that I was speechless. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into __7._shape__. As a result, at the point in our game when I'd have predicted( 预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was instead7 to 9 — and Ed was __8._leading__. The sudden realization was painful. We continued to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious doubts about stay...
