利用平行結構解題
平行結構指的是結構相同或相似，意思密切關聯，語法一致的句子或詞組成串排列的語言現象。這些結構的形式整齊勻稱，內容聯繫緊密。命題者常從平行結構的句式相同或相似這一角度，利用其表現意義的關聯或對比這一特點來設空。高考完形填空短文常常會出現這樣一些平行結構，掌握這些結構極為相似的句子可大大提高我們的解題效率。如：
Many people now think that teachers give pupils too much homework. They say that it is___51___for children to work at home in their free time. ___52___, they argue that most teachers do not___53___ plan the homework tasks they give to pupils.
51. A. unnecessary B. uninteresting C. unfortunate D. unimportant
52. A. Nevertheless B. However C. Therefore D. Moreover
53. A. considerably B. favorably C. properly D. pleasantly
【解析】排比結構由Many people think that...They say that...they argue that...所組成。在意義上表現了人們(學生家長)對學生課業負擔過重的抱怨。該結構中所設置的三個空格的正確填入，要求考生首先把握結構所體現的「主題」 —— 抱怨作業太多。其次，要求考生理解三句之間在表達意義上的遞進關係。即：作業過多「too much homework」;所以，課餘學生在家做作業是沒必要的「unnecessary」;不僅如此，教師對作業的設計也不合適「not properly」。故答案分別為A、D、C。
Companies with low accident rates plan their safety programs, work hard to organize them, and continue working to keep them ___42___ and active.
42. A. alive B. vivid C. mobile D. diverse
【解析】因空格處與and後面的active是平行的，所以答案為與active意思相近的alive。
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