应对选择搭配题的关键在于厘清空格所在句与上下文之间的关系。考生在做题时首先应跳过空格通读原文，即阅读试题的主干部分，搞清楚主干内容和结构上的关系和布局，从而分辨出选项部分从结构和内容上看是属于文章的哪个部分，并可以与空白处的上下文有机地衔接起来。一般情况下不可能有特别明显的词汇、句子等语言方面的提示，也并不要求考生过分关注某一具体的细节，而是要着眼于全文，在理解全文主题、发展脉络、文章结构、逻辑关系等的基础之上方能做出正确选择。

具体而言，解题过程可以分为以下三个步骤：

1.浏览文章，确定主题

选择搭配题所选文章一般没有标题，而文章的首段甚至是首句往往是了解文章的窗口，考生可通过首段（或第1、2句）判断出文章的大意；在答题时考生应牢记每一个空格处的句子都是为主题服务的，从而保证不偏离主旨。

2.分析选项，寻找线索

考虑到本题型的文章比较长，信息量太大，而且被挖掉了五处信息，这些信息多为大句或大段，所以此时直接通读原文会耗费大量时间，效率也不会太高。建议先看备选项，将其大致含义记在脑子里，然后再读原文，这时就可以分析上下文，利用结构一致、语篇连续、衔接技巧寻找线索，结合备选项的特征及其中的线索词进行搭配，锁定目标答案。

3.嵌入选项，印证答案

最后将答案嵌入文章，通读全文，检查文章是否主题一致，各段落是否符合统一性（unity）和连贯性（coherence）的要求，从而印证所选答案的正确性。这一步与前两步同等重要，不可忽视。

【真题回放】

Directions: In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

The time for sharpening pencils, arranging your desk, and doing almost anything else instead of writing has ended. The first draft will appear on the page only if you stop avoiding the inevitable and sit, stand up, or lie down to write.（41）_____________.

Be flexible. Your outline should smoothly conduct you from one point to the next, but do not permit it to railroad you. If a relevant and important idea occurs to you now, work it into the draft.

（42）_____________. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling can wait until you revise. Concentrate on what you are saying. Good writing most often occurs when you are in hot pursuit of an idea rather than in a nervous search for errors.

（43）_____________. Your pages will be easier to keep track of that way, and if you have to clip a paragraph to place it elsewhere, you will not lose any writing on the other side.

If you are working on a word processor, you can take advantage of its capacity to make additions and deletions as well as move entire paragraphs by making just a few simple keyboard commands. Some software programs can also check spelling and certain grammatical elements in your writing.（44）_____________. These printouts are also easier to read than the screen when you work on revisions.

Once you have a first draft on paper, you can delete material that is unrelated to your thesis and add material necessary to illustrate your points and make your paper convincing. The student who wrote “The A&P as a State of Mind” wisely dropped a paragraph that questioned whether Sammy displays chauvinistic attitudes toward women.（45）_____________.

Remember that your initial draft is only that. You should go through the paper many times—and then again—working to substantiate and clarify your ideas. You may even end up with several entire versions of the paper. Rewrite. The sentences within each paragraph should be related to a single topic. Transitions should connect one paragraph to the next so that there are no abrupt or confusing shifts. Awkward or wordy phrasing or unclear sentences and paragraphs should be mercilessly poked and prodded into shape.

[A]To make revising easier, leave wide margins and extra space between lines so that you can easily add words, sentences and corrections. Write on only one side of the paper.

[B]After you have clearly and adequately developed the body of your paper, pay particular attention to the introductory and concluding paragraphs. It's probably best to write the introduction last, after you know precisely what you are introducing. Concluding paragraphs demand equal attention because they leave the reader with a final impression.

[C]It's worth remembering, however, that though a clean copy fresh off a printer may look terrific, it will read only as well as the thinking and writing that have gone into it. Many writers prudently store their data on disks and print their pages each time they finish a draft to avoid losing any material because of power failures or other problems.(www.daowen.com)

[D]It makes no difference how you write, just so you do. Now that you have developed a topic into a tentative thesis, you can assemble your notes and begin to flesh out whatever outline you have made.

[E]Although this is an interesting issue, it has nothing to do with the thesis, which explains how the setting influences Sammy's decision to quit his job. Instead of including that paragraph, she added one that described Lengel's crabbed response to the girls so that she could lead up to the A&P“policy” he enforces.

[F]In the final paragraph about the significance of the setting in “A&P”, the student brings together the reasons Sammy quit his job by referring to his refusal to accept Lengel's store policies.

[G]By using the first draft as a means of thinking about what you want to say, you will very likely discover more than your notes originally suggested. Plenty of good writers don't use outlines at all but discover ordering principles as they write. Do not attempt to compose a perfectly correct draft the first time around.

【策略应用】

◆浏览文章，确定主题

本文共6个段落，在浏览全文时要注意概括文章的主题，并注意空格前后的句子所谈论的内容。

浏览过文章后得知，本文是关于如何写作的。除最后一段外，其他各段均有一处空格。第1段空格前的内容说的是写作的方式（坐着、站着或躺着，想怎么写就怎么写）；第2段空格前讲的是要保持灵活，不要受提纲的束缚，空格后讲的是在写作时要将注意力集中在你要表达的思想内容上，语法、标点符号等可以等到修改时再考虑；第3段空格位于段首，空后讲的是怎样做有利于整理页和段落；第4段空前讲的是文字处理软件的作用，空后讲的是打印稿件的好处；第5段讲的是如何修改草稿才能使文章更有说服力，并对此举例说明；第6段讲的是对初稿的要求不要太高，要反复修改，并提到了应如何修改。

◆分析选项，寻找线索

在分析选项时应根据内容一致原则进行挑选，即选项应该与每段的主要内容或关键词相吻合。此外，选项还应该与空格前后的内容衔接自然。

首先，[A]谈到了“为了便于修改，所留的边距和行距要大……”，这与第3段讲“怎样有利于整理页和段落”相吻合。由此，初步判断该题应选[A]。填入后就发现空后的that way就是指代[A]中的write on only one side of the paper（仅在纸的一面写字），并与空后的will not lose any writing on the other side（不至于漏掉写在另一面的内容）相呼应，故第43题答案为[A]。

[B]讲到在写好文章的主体（body）之后，要特别注意文章的introductory and concluding paragraphs（介绍和总结段），该项与文章的几个段落均没有联系，故为干扰项。

[C]讲如何对待打印稿以利于写作，而文章第4段明确提到打印稿（printouts）的问题。初步判断第44题选[C]。填入后分析可知，该选项中的printer和print their pages正好与printout形成共现关系，而且与该段的主要内容，即“打印稿的好处”相吻合，故第44题答案为[C]。

[D]讲的是写作的方式无关大局，怎么舒服就怎么写，而文章在第1段曾提到坐着、站着或躺着写作的问题，故第41题初步选[D]。填入后再分析可知，选项不但与该段内容吻合，而且该项第2句所谈到的“既然你已经……那就可以整合笔记并……”正是对文章主题“如何写作”的展开。由此可见，第41题答案为[D]。

[E]和[F]两项讲的都是与塞米（Sammy）和A&P有关的例子，而原文只在第5段出现过塞米和A&P。由于第5段整个段落只有首句不是举例部分的内容，可以确定首句为段落主旨句。由此可知，举例部分仍然是为了要说明“删除与论题不相关的内容”这一主题。[E]（虽然这是一个有趣的话题，但它与主题无关，于是这个学生删除了这一段，添加了一个引出A&P政策的段落）与段落主旨十分吻合，故第45题答案为[E]。

[G]首先讲到把初稿（the first draft）当成思考你想要表达内容的一种手段，后又提到好的作家根本不用写大纲（outline），这与第2段提到的“保持灵活，你的写作提纲……不应当束缚你的写作”在内容和主题上完全吻合。故第42题答案为[G]。

◆嵌入选项，印证答案

将答案嵌入文章，通读全文：文章在第1段曾提到坐着、站着或躺着写作的问题，[D]讲的是写作的方式，故该项与原文相吻合；第2段讲的是“要保持灵活，不要受限于大纲（outline）”，[G]讲的是正确对待初稿和提纲的问题，也与该段的内容和主题完全吻合；第3段空格后讲的是“这样便于整理每一页的内容……”，而[A]“为了便于修改……”与该段的意思衔接紧密；第4段明确提到打印稿（printouts）的问题，[C]讲的是“如何对待打印稿以利于写作”与该段内容相吻合；第5段第1句就提出删除与文章无关的材料，后举出A&P的例子，而[E]讲塞米（Sammy）这个问题尽管有趣，但与主题无关，不应写入文章，该项也正好与空格前的内容相吻合。因此，所选选项均与文章的主题一致，各个段落符合统一性和连贯性的原则。