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一、首段首句不出题
只要是认真研究过考博英语真题的同学都会发现，完形填空文章的第一段不会出题，一般都是一句完整的句子。为什么不出题呢?这是因为选取的文章大都是总分总结构，因此，文章的第一句话往往就点出了文章的主题，也就是说第一句话是非常重要的做题线索。同时，这一句话不会有生词、僻词难倒大家。所以，在做题时要将这句话进行精读并且找出关键词，这样就对文章的基调有了大致的了解，在接下来的阅读中就会有意识地往文章主旨方面联系。
二、固定搭配日常记
固定搭配是考博英语完形中的常见题型，这就要求考生在平时的复习中要对英文惯用的表达方式进行有目的地记忆。此类型题的灵活度较低，复习起来更有针对性。不过，考生在复习的时候也要避免进入这样的误区，那就是将过多的时间和精力都花费在固定词组的记忆上。若是时间充裕，这样的做法可以保证得分，那无可厚非，但是考博英语复习非常讲究效率和性价比，若为了很少的分值浪费大量的时间准备，也是一个不明智的做法。因此，对于完形填空固定搭配题，更要注重的是平时的积累，不要求全部掌握，但一定要有一个较为深刻的印象。
三、做题方法有技巧
很多考生都习惯用代入法做完形填空，在第一遍看文章的时候就直接将选项也代入文章，觉得哪个合适就选哪个，文章读完一遍题目也就做完了。但是英语毕竟不是我们的母语，只想通过一遍的阅读就掌握了文章的
逻辑关系是不太现实的。正确的做法应该是先快速略读一遍文章，掌握文章大意，然后再开始做题。此外，完型填空答案每个选项出现的概率都是一样的，因此当有最后一个或者几个题目不确定答案时，不妨将这个规律带入思考一下。
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