选词填空是指把一篇文章的关键词语挖空，词序打乱，让学生根据短文内容选择正确的词语填空。
此类题型主要是要求学生在正确理解和把握文章的基础上，通过分析行文线索来填写空缺单词，补全短文。
短文填词答题技巧口诀空前空后要注意，名词单复要牢记。
要有’s不能弃。
动词注意要变形，＂皇帝＂、＂大臣＂要分清。
形、副注意要用三级，副词用法要谨记。
要用数词请留意，千万别忘＂基＂和＂序＂。
填入代词需慎重，五格变化记心中。
A（2018 • 甘肃白银中考）用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯，每个单词或短语限用一次。
first, only, use, it, dream of, another, speak, with, sea, easyEnglish World LanguageOnce people ___56___ a language that everybody in the world could understand. Now, for the ___57___ time in human history, perhaps there is one—English. It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250—300 million people ___58___ it as a second language. Some say that half the world will be speaking it in the year 2050. Difficult to Master?English is not the ___59___ language to learn—most of its common verbs are irregular and it has a large vocabulary—at least 200, 000 words are in common use.User-friendlyBut some things make ___60___ easy. For example, nouns don’t have gender(性别) and the usages of verbs are simpler than other languages. There is ___61___ one form to speak to someone directly—＂you". Adjectives don’tagree ___62___ nouns, and many nouns are often also verbs.English Is EverywhereSome other languages may have more speakers, like Chinese. But English ___63___ in many different areas. It is the language of transport: most airline pilots and air-traffic controllers use it. At ___64___ English is the international language of communication.The Future of EnglishWhat is the future of English as a global language? Will ____65___ language ever replace it?Many think not—it is already too popular.【答案】【文章大意】本文主要向我们介绍了英语这门语言。
英语在50多个国家是官方语言，到2050年有一半人讲英语。
英语不是所有语言中最容易学的，英语有很多词汇。
但有些事情让它变得容易，例如，名词没有性别，动词的用法比其他语言简单。
英语在许多不同领域被使用。
英语作为全球语言，未来会是什么样的呢？另一种语言会取代它吗？很多人不这么认为——因为它太受欢迎了已经。
56. dreamed of【解析】考查动词短语。
根据句意：曾经，人们梦想着一种世界上每个人都能理解的语言，可知此处应选择dream of，由Once可知时态用一般过去时，故答案填dreamed of。
57. first【解析】考查序数词。
根据句意：现在，人类历史上第一次，或许由一种语言——英语，可知此处应选择first，意思是＂第一、首先＂，故答案填first。
59. easiest【解析】考查形容词比较等级。
根据下文most of its common verbs are irregular and it has a largevocabulary它的大多数普通动词都是不规则的，而且词汇量很大，可知此处是说英语不是最容易学的语言，所以应选择easy，由前面的定冠词the，可知应用其最高级形式easiest，故答案填easiest。
60. it【解析】考查代词。
根据下文For example, nouns don’t have gender ( 性别) and the usages of verbs aresimpler than other languages例如，名词没有性别，动词的用法比其他语言简单，可知此处是说＂但是有些事情使它变得简单＂，所以用it指代＂英语＂，故答案填it。
61. only【解析】考查副词。
根据句意：只有一种形式可以直接与某人对话——＂你＂，＂仅仅＂only，故答案填only。
62. with【解析】考查介词。
句意：形容词与名词不一致，许多名词也常常是动词。
agree with固定搭配，意思是：和……意见一致，故答案填with。
64. sea【解析】考查名词。
根据句意：在海上英语是国际交流的语言，可知此处应选择sea，意思是＂海洋＂，at sea＂在海上＂，故答案填sea。
65. another【解析】考查介词。
根据句意：另一种语言会取代它吗？可知此处应是＂再一、另一＂，结合选项应选择another，故答案填another。
B（2018 • 贵州安顺中考）短文语篇填空。
请根据上下文语境和意思，选出所给单词并将其适当形式填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
that suggest the of and student do we use hopefulReading Enriches Our MindsReading is really important. ___66___, we can get knowledge through reading, which not only broadens our horizons（拓宽视野）, but also makes ___67___ cleverer and happier. Moreover, our school studies can be greatly improved if we keep reading, and we think ___68___ our future will become brighter.However, some ____69____ spend too much time _____70_____ their cell-phones to listen to music, watch movies or play on-line games and this will take much of their spare time. So I would like to suggest that everyone should do more reading ____71____ good books, especially read Chinese classic novels every day so that we can spread our Chinese traditional culture to ___72__ _ world. Meanwhile, we can enrich our minds quite a lot by reading regularly and it is also good for us to get fully developed ____73____ it can help improve our writing skill. Surely, we can read books alone, or read books with our friends.All in all, doing reading ___74___ us much good if we do it from now on, and it is strongly ____75____ that we should make reading become a habit of our life, do you agree with me?【答案】【文章大意】作者讲述了阅读的重要性。
它不仅可以拓宽我们的视野，而且能使我们更聪明，更快乐。
建议大家多读好书，尤其是每天读中国古典小说，这样才能把中国传统文化传遍世界。
同时，可以通过经常阅读来丰富我们的思想，这对我们的全面发展也有好处，也有助于提高我们的写作能力。
66. Hopefully【解析】句意：希望我们能通过阅读获得知识。
此处用副词来修饰整个句子，结合句意可知，答案为Hopefully。
67. us【解析】句意：它不仅拓宽我们的视野，而且使我们更聪明，更快乐。
make后面缺少宾语，后跟代词宾格形式，故答案为us。
68. that【解析】句意：我们认为我们的未来会变得更加光明。
此句是that引导的宾语从句，that本身无词义，在从句中不作任何成分，在口语中常常省略，答案为that。
71. of【解析】句意：因此我建议大家多读好书，尤其是每天读中国古典小说，这样才能把中国传统文化传遍世界。
do reading of…意思是＂进行……方面的阅读＂，do more reading of good books多读好书，故答案为of。
72. the【解析】句意：因此我建议大家多读好书，尤其是每天读中国古典小说，这样才能把中国传统文化传遍世界。
世界上独一无二的事物前面用定冠词the，the world世界，故答案为the。
73. and【解析】句意：同时，我们可以通过经常阅读来丰富我们的思想，这对我们的全面发展也有好处，也有助于提高我们的写作能力。