《在职人员以研究生毕业同等学力申请硕士学位外国语课程水平统一考试大纲》中,第四部分是完形填空(Cloze)。考试大纲规定,该考项占考题总分10%,共20题,每题0.5分,考试时间为15分钟,测试形式是在一篇难度适中的短文(约200-250 英语词)中留有20个空白,每个空白为一题。要求考生从四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。选择项可以是一个单词,也可以是短语。
从国内主要统考试卷及近几年在职人员的英语考试试卷看,完形填空有以下特点:
首先,完形填空的测试重点已从传统的语法项目转移到对整体语感的测试。根据上下文进行选择的题目比例很大。词汇的测试也不仅仅限于对基本词义的理解,同义词、近义词、一词多义、固定搭配及习惯用法的应用也成为测试的重点。能否在该考项取得好成绩,取决于做大量的阅读练习以增加语感,打好语言功底。
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Sleep is divided into periods of so called REM sleep,characterized by rapid eye movements and dreaming,and longer periods of nonREM sleep. 1 kind of sleep is at all well understood,but REM sleep is 2 to serve some restorative function of the brain.The purpose of nonREM sleep is even more 3 .The new experiments,such as those 4 for the first time at a recent meeting of the Society for Sleep Research in Minneapolis, suggest fascinating explanations 5 of nonREM sleep.
1.A Either B Neither C Each D Any
2.A intended B required C assumed D inferred
3.A subtle B obvious C mysterious D doubtful
4.A maintained B described C settled D afforded