六级完形填空题特点
大学英语六级考试也采用完形填空（Cloze），它采用的完形填空题是：“在一篇题材熟悉、难度适中的短文（约200词）内留有20个空白，每个空白为一题，每题有四个选择项，要求考生在全面理解内容的基础上选择一个最佳答案，使短文的意义和结构恢复完整，考试时间15分钟”。
完形填空题的特点主要有：
1．这项考试首先是测试考生对篇章的理解能力。虽然所给出的文章被抽去了20个词，但是整篇文章的内容仍是可以理解的。如果考生不能理解文章内容，就难以将正确的词填入文中。这也就是完形填空题与以单句形式考查词汇和语法的根本区别。由此可见，考生在做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所填的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在填空前，最好将全文通读一遍，了解了全文的意思以后再做题。
2．这项考试还测试考生使用词汇和语法结构的能力。文章中留出的每一个空格要求填入一个词。考试大纲规定：“填空的词项包括结构词和实义词”。结构词（也称虚词，有冠词、介词、连词等）主要是表示语法结构关系的，在选用结构词时便需要考虑在语法上是否恰当。对实义词（名词、形容词、数词、代词、动词和副词）的选择既要看其意思用在句中是否得当，也要看它与其他词的搭配关系是否合适。
3．首句一般没有空格。对于首句应该给予足够的重视，因为它往往就是中心句或是引导句，它的时态往往决定了全文的时态。
通读全文一遍之后，以句子为单位一句一句地读，试着一句一句地填空，主要考虑语法、句意、逻辑和上下文联系。暂时填不出来的就空在那里。最后再通读一遍，完成没有填的空，看看填的顺不顺，不顺的地方大胆修改。
下面以2001年1月六级考试试题中的完形填空为例：
In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the 61_______ half of the 19th century; most of 62_______ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the day-nursery movemnet received great 63_______ during the First World War, when 64_______ of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented（前所未有）numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established 65_______ in munitions（军火）plants, under direct government sponsorship. 66_______ the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose 67_______, this was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, 68_______, federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control 69_______ the day nurseries, chiefly by 70______ them and by……
The 71_______ of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were 72_______ called up on to replace men in the factories. On this 73_______ the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools. 74_______ school grogram for the children of working monthers. Many States and local communities 75_______ this Federal aid. By the end of war, in August, 1945, more than 100,000 children were being cared 76_______ in daycare centers receiving Federal 77_______. Soon afterward, the Federal government 78_______ cut down its expenditures for this purpose and later 79_______ them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation that most employed mothers would leave their 80_______ at the end of the war was only partly fulfilled.
61.A）latter B）lateC）other D）first
62．A）those B）them C）whoseD）im itation
63．A）impetus _ B）input C）im itationD）initiative
64．A）sourcesB）abundance C）shortageD）reduction
65．A）hardlyB）entirely C）onlyD）even
66．A）BecauseB）As C）Since D）Although
67．A）unanim ously B）sharply C）predom inantly D）militantly
68．A）therefore B）consequently C）however D）moreover
69．A）overB）inC）atD）about
70．A）formulatingB）labeling C）patenting D）licensing
71．A）outsetB）outbreak C）breakthrough D）breakdown
72．A）again B）thus C）repeatedlyD）yet
73．A）circumstance B）occasion C）case D）situation
74．A）regulatingB）summoning C）allocating D）transferring
75．A）expandedB）facilitated C）supplemented D）compensated
76．A）by B）after C）ofD）for
77．A）pensionsB）subsidiesC）revenuesD）budgets
78．A）prevalently B）furiously
C）statisticallyD）drastically
79．A）abolishedB）diminished C）jeopardized D）precluded
80．A）nurseriesB）homes C）jobs D）children
「解析」
61．B）。第一家日托所建于1854年，在各地区建立当然是在19世纪的后半期。
62．B）。most of后面要用人称代词。
63．A）。根据句意“第一次世界大战对建立日托所的运动是个促进。