单项填空典型陷阱题透析高考命题者常常改用熟悉的句型结构，利用一些词或短语搭配来制造陷阱，误导考生掉入所设陷阱，从而让考生在非常神气的心情中快速地得出错误的答案。
针对这种情况，同学们平时应学会深入分析句式结构及成分（尤其是长句难句），认真分析语境，找出其特殊性。
要时刻记住：语意第一，语法第二的解题原则。
高考试题万变不离其宗，只要同学们有扎实的语言基础知识，把握住命题者的思路，就能在高考中立于不败之地。
以下是笔者整理的一些典型易错题，同学们试着识别一下其中的“陷阱”，如若掉进去了，那就好好反思一下，并希望你能从中获得一些启发。
1. 思维定势型思维定势是指思维在形式上常常采用的、比较固定的甚或是相对凝固的一种思维逻辑、思维推理、思维内容，它是人们在长期的思维过程中所形成的一种思维条件反射。
思维定势是一把双刃剑，如果运用得当，它可以帮助考生将考题内容与以前所学知识迅速联系起来，并在短时间内调集解决问题所需的相关知识进行分析、推理，并很快得出正确的结论；但若运用不当，它便会误导考生掉入命题人所预设的陷阱，得出错误的结论。
例1. It was a pity that the great writer died________ his works unfinished.（2004福建）A. forB. withC. fromD. of解析：为答案为B B.例2. In order not to be disturbed，I spent three hours _______ in my study.A. lockingB. lockedC. to lockD. to be locked解析：答案为B.此题很容易误选A，以为是考查spend……（in）doing结构。
根据句意“为了不被打扰，例3. Mr Smith is______ a good teacher_______ we all respect.A. such，thatB. such，asC. so，thatD. so，as解析：答案spect后加上him一词，则应选A.2.规则硬套型所谓“规则硬套”，即指不从语言实际出发，不考虑特定的语言环境，而是机械地套用语法规则，生搬硬套语法的条条框框，同学们如果这样去学语言，那就难免出错了。
例4.He made up his mind to devote his life ___________pollution________ happily.A. to prevent，to liveB. to prevent，from livingC. to preventing，to liveD. to preventing，from living解析：e happily在句中用做目的状语。
例5.Mike’s father，as well as his mother，insisted that he _________at home.A. stayedB. could stayC. had stayedD. stay解析：ld +动词原形，should可以省略，只保留动词原形。
故选答案D.例6. If you want to go to see the movie，so_________ I.A. doB. amC. willD. should解析：件句，那么该结构中应用助动词shall/ will，如该题。
3.母语干扰型学外语最忌母语干扰，但由于母语在大脑中根深蒂固，所以常常会对外语学习者大脑中尚不牢固的外语知识产生负面影响，干扰学习者学习正确、地道的外语。
命题者也往往利用这一点，制造陷阱。
例7. I’ll come to see you if_______.A. you’re convenientB. it is convenient for youC. you feel convenientD. it is convenient with you解析：说if it is convenient for（to）you，其中的介词可用for或to，但一般不用with.例8. _________，the vitamin C in them will be destroyed.A. If vegetables are cooked too longB. If cooked too longC. If cooking too longD. If being cooked too long解析：语是vegetables，主句的主语是the vitamin C in them，因此不能省略。
故选答案A.4.插入隔离型有时一个本来很简单的句子，由于表达的需要，在其中置入一个插入成分，或将某些成分从正常位置调入一个在同学们看来属“非正常”的位置，则很有可能给同学们的理解带来困难（尤其是阅读能力不是很好的同学会更感困难）。
例9. Is there a shop around ________ we can buy some toilet articles？A. thatB. whichC. whereD. what解析：例10. Which do you enjoy _______ your weekends，fishing or watching TV？A. spendingB. to spendC. being spentD. spend解析：，to spend your weekends在该句中作状语，表示目的。
例11. He ran as fast as he could __________the bus.A. catchB. to catchC. catchingD. caught解析：the early bus，其中的不定式to catch the early bus 为目的状语。
5.借用倒装型英语句子的一般语序为“主语部分＋谓语部分”。
如果把谓语放到主语前面，我们称之为倒装。
命题者就利用这种“不正常”的句式跟你“绕弯子”。
解决类似的题目，关键是要熟悉倒装规则，学会识别倒装句。
例12. _______he followed my advice，he would have succeeded.A. WhenB. IfC. HadD. Has解析：f，而将had，should，were提前置于句首。
这样的例子太多了，这里我们就不再罗列了。
希望同学们通过对这些典型陷阱题的学习和研究，能真正抓住陷阱题的本质，排除陷阱题中的干扰，学会识别陷阱的方法，掌握跳出陷阱的技巧。
以下是精选的典型题目，就请你“雾里看花”，“水中望月”，练练身手吧！1. _______smoking here will be fined.A. WhoB. WhomeverC. AnyoneD. Whoever2. After_______ seemed like hours he came out with a bitter smile.A. which B .it C. what D. that3. _______is known to everybody，the moon travels round the earth once every month.A. ItB. AsC. ThatD. What4. He is always really rude，______is why people tend to avoid him.A. thatB. itC. thisD. which5. He had a lot of friends，none of _______ could lend him any money.A. whomB. themC. whichD. who6. Mr. Smith is a painter，_______ I should also like to be.A. thatB. whichC. whoD. it7. According to the rules，students must not_______ their books during examinations.A. readB. watchC. noticeD. look at8. Every boy and girl_______ the book and they each________ to buy one.A. like，wantB. likes，wantsC. likes，wantD. like，wants9. _______is his favorite subject，but he doesn’t know _______ for “gongzuo”。
A. English，EnglishB. The English，the EnglishC. English，the EnglishD. The English，English10. China is larger than_______ country in Asia.A. anyB. any otherC. otherD. another11. Remind him_______ the window when he leaves.A. of closingB. closingC. to closeD. close12. You are right，we are not interested _______ to stories，but now we’d be interested _______your story.A. in listening，in hearingB. to listen，to hearC. in listening，to hearD. to listen，in hearing13. On Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Green went to the market，________ some bananas and visited her cousin.A. boughtB. buyingC. to buyD. buy14. It was 10 o’clock ________ the front do orbell rang.A. whereB. whenC. thatD. which15. ________，we went for a swim.A. Being hotB. It being hotC. As it is hotD. It was hot16. Before he went abroad，he spent as much time as he ________ EnglishA. could learningB. learnedC. to learnD. could learn17.——Did they all pass the driving test？——No，________ only three of them who passed it.A. there wasB. that wasC. there wereD. it was18. The “Two Cities” referred ________ London and Paris.A. is toB. to beC. to areD. to going to be19. This is the main use that the scientists make ________ of natural resources.A. itB. whichC. useD. /20.——Do you have anything more ________，sir？——No. You can have a rest or do something else.A. typingB. to be typedC. typedD. to type1。