单项填空是高考英语试卷的第一道题，如果能轻松拿下，就能带着一份明快的心情向后面的试题进发；如果在此卡壳了，将直接影响后面的发挥。所以，精心备考单项填空十分重要。但近年来，高考英语对学生的语言理解及运用能力要求日益提高，单项填空中，经常出现一些综合性较强的陷阱题。如何跳出这些陷阱题呢？首先我们要弄清命题者是如何设计陷阱的，然后才能有力地“还击”。【陷阱一】利用定势思维，设置“陷阱”。【应对策略】夯实基础，记住要点，结合语境，识破“陷阱”，理清题意。 例 1. I couldn't help ______ that day for I was too busy. A. sweeping the floor B. to sweep the floor C. swept the floor D. to sweeping the floor【解析】此题并不是 couldn't help doing( 情不自禁 ) 的运用，而是对 help (to) do 的考查，故选 B 。【陷阱二】拆散短语，模糊视线。【应对策略】分解成相应的简单句。 例 2. What great difficulty we had ______ her! A. persuade B. to persuade C. persuading D. persuaded【解析】本题可理解为 We had great difficulty ______ her. 考查“ have difficulty in doing…” ，所以选 C 。【陷阱三】巧设标点符号，设置“陷阱”。【应对策略】识破玄机，看清句逗。 例 3. ______ is reported in the newspaper, the United States uses twice as much energy as the whole of Europe. A ． It B ． As C ． What D ．That例 4. ______ ， we had to go home on foot. A. There were no buses B. There to be no buses C. There being no buses D ． There been no buses 【解析】例 3 中有逗号，所以此句逗号前应为状语，故选 B ，若此句中逗号换为 that ，答案则为 It 。 例 4 中有逗号相隔，独立结构表原因，选 C ，若逗号换为句号，答案则是 A 。【陷阱四】句式混淆，设置干扰选项。【应对策略】明辨是非，记清句型或结构。 例 5. — Do you know our town at all?— No, this is the first time I ______ here. A. came B. could come C. have come D. might come例 6. There seems to ______ a person in the distance. A. have B. being C. be D. was【解析】例 5 中，考查 I...
