短文填空的方法与技巧
重庆中考题型中短文填空是最考查学生的综合表达能力。
而如何在这个题型中发挥出自己的实力，如何掌握这个题型的方法是很关键的。
接下来从最近这几年的考试真题出发，简单总结此题的完成的方法。
第一，在这个版块中必须要将句型结构的知识进行句型分析。
分析出空缺的在整个句子中差什么样的成分，根据成分推测相应的单词。
第二，对于英语的语言背景必须充沛。
所以在平时的英语学习中，多多注意课文的熟悉度，加强含义的深度。
第三，根据近几年的短文填空设置，可以总结一下各个词性的常填词汇。
名词：scientist 科学家，breakfast 早餐size 型号exercise 练习housework 家务活suggestion 建议second 秒dream勇气daughter 女儿illness 疾病way 方式habit 习惯，courage勇气heart 心，disease疾病，flight 航班，reason，理由progress 进步，chance 机会，medicine医药,choice选择，change变化
动词：pay, spend 花费keep ，take保持，call,name, 命名
become 变得，appear 出现send 发送happen 发生，return 回来，arrive 到达，fall , 落入encourage 鼓励use 使用，lose 失去，realize 实现，refuse 拒绝, smell 闻起来，taste 品尝，bring 带来, seem 似乎，hear 听，change 改变，watch，看，travel，旅行stop，practice 练习，prevent 阻止，mean意味着，laugh 笑，choose选择，save 拯救，invite，邀请，drop，丢下shout 喊叫，reach 到达，believe 相信，leave，离开，stay 呆在，remind 提醒，smile微笑，decide决定
介词：in , under , above, from ,on , about, with (without)
of , during , for , to , across, through , except , besides, between, among , at ，
by ，forward ，including，like ，around （周围）after，before，as(作为）
副词：when , where , how , why , enough , even , yet , instead , though , however, whatever , usually, hardly ,never ,back , 方式副词luckily only 只有，finally，最终，still仍然，alone单独地，again 再一次
形容词：interested，surprised , happy , sad ，easy（difficult），useful 有用的angry 生气的excited, 兴奋的，honest 诚实的，possible 可能的，worried 担忧的，important，necessary，snowy ，下雪的，busy 忙碌的，strong，强壮的，afraid，害怕的，sucessful成功的，relaxed放松的
代词：other，another，反身代词，疑问代词，不定代词，both neither(两者不，none (三者都不）
连接词：although，until，or，so，because，while，unless，though
数词：基数词，次数词，量词，序数词once，twice , three times, five times , a glass of milk , a spoon of
当然除了以上词汇常常成为设空的词汇，也有很多的固定短语也是我们短文填空题型考察的重点。
所以同学在日常的短语的积累和搭配中不仅要记住起基本含义，而且要明白相关短语的用法，在句型中如何应用的，否则难以举一反三。
巩固练习：
Watch out for local customs
Travelling to another country is exciting and fun. But if you don’t learn about local customs, your trip could become a terrible dream . To help prevent things like that, today we lists some cultural taboos (禁忌) in certain countries. Let’s take a
____ at them
US
Americans have a tradition of tipping (给小费). You can tip waiters, taxi drivers, hotel doormen… nearly ___ who works for you. Also, pay attention when you chat
with Americans. Questions like “How old are you?” and “How much do you make?” may be normal between friends. But as a tourist in the US, it is not polite to ask people these things.
Mexico
In Mexico, bringing an______ gift to someone’s home is a no-no. It could be seen as a bribe (贿赂). Something simple like flowers or a dessert are good girls. But you should avoid taking along marigolds (金盏花) or red flowers, because in Mexican culture, they_____ death . To local people, white flowers are a good gift.
Japan
When visiting someone’s home, it is rude to enter with shoes ____. Most Japanese floors are covered in Tatami mats made from straw (稻草) like material that is difficult to clean when dirtied. Shoes should be ____ off at the door.
This is also the same when you try clothes on in the fitting room of a shopping mall. You should take off your shoes _____ going into the fitting room. There are indoor shoes prepared for customers inside.
Italy
It’s best to be a little ____friendly than usual when you visit Italy. Italian people think making small talk with strangers is strange. , so keep greetings short.
答案：Look，everyone，expensive，mean，on，taken，before，less。