Put context first while employing skills.
2. Skills of doing cloze tests
(1) repetition 语境-原词重现
I tend to accept any idea put forward
by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist
Step 3: Re-read and check （复读全文，逐个核对，验证答案）
Ⅲ. Strategies for cloze tests
2. Skills of doing cloze tests ◆ The best answer is the one that makes the text smoothest. ◆ The best answer lies in context.
Ⅲ. Strategies for cloze tests
1. Steps of doing cloze tests
Step 1：Read-through （细读首句、跳过空格、通读全文、掌握大意）
Step 2: One by one: context in mind, skills in hand （瞻前顾后、运用技巧、综合考虑、各个击破）
31.A. adult
B. human
C. consumer
D. bachelor
(1) repetition 语境-同义词、近义词复现
I had some 28 in my pocket, but
I wouinking
to myself he would 29（ only） use
the money to feed his addiction to
drugs or alcohol. (2010陕西卷）
28.A. chocolates
B. coins
C. tins
D. drugs
（2） logical analysis
A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you 36 things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. (2012·湖北卷)
39.A. march B. drive C. cover D. measure
40.A. far B. long
C. fast D. deep
39-------语境-搭配
40-------语境-词义辨析
(3) words distinctions and collocations (词语辨析与搭配）
33. A. it B. all
C. him D. them
语法-指代
(4) grammatical analysis
…33 the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you 34 (could) have done. (2012·湖北卷) 33.A. Although B. Because C. As D. Unless
36. A. natural
B. mysterious
C. complex
D. unique
语境-归属关系
（2） logical analysis
Then she looked at my father and replied, “ You are 40(wrong).This is not the worst boy at all, 41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”（2010江苏卷）
make the best of … 固定短语
(4) grammatical analysis
I then 32（realized ） I had no right to place myself above 33 just because he was busking (街头卖艺）. （2010 陕西卷）
The happiest people don’t 53(necessarily ) have the best of everything；they just 54 the best of everything they have . (2010全国I）
54 A. learn B make C. favor D. try
41. A. but
B. so C. and
D. or
语境-转折关系
(3) words distinctions and collocations (词语辨析与搭配）
I was 38 (amazed) that this simple vehicle could let me 39 long distances in a fairly short time. But how 40 did I really go? (2012·湖北卷)
Gestalt psychology
格式塔心理学/ 完形心理学
Strategies for cloze tests
1. Steps of doing cloze tests
Step 1：Read-through （细读首句、跳过空格、通读全文、掌握大意）
Yesterday, our teacher asked us when a man could be referred as an old man. David stood up and said people with wrinkles could be called old people, However, Mary didn’t 31 , for some people may gain wrinkles at an earlier age …
proposed that the 31 society has been
consuming modern humans little by little.
For fear that I would become a victim of
the consumer society, … (2012·湖北卷)