2.根據語法，判定詞性。一般的空缺都可以通過其所在的句式結構和句法成分來判斷其詞性。進一步縮小詞的選擇範圍，從而正確地選詞。
3.利用語境，確定詞形。當確定了一個單詞的詞性後可通過上下文來幫助判斷其形式。如動詞的人稱數、時態、語態、不定式、動詞的-ing形式;名詞的數和所有格;代詞的各種形式及單複數;形容詞、副詞的比較級以及基數詞、序數詞的轉換形式等。
4、復讀全文，驗證答案。填完單詞後，不可孤立地逐個檢查詞，而必須將所有填入的詞代入文章中，復讀全文，仔細檢查所填詞是否符合文章的情景內容，讀起來是否流暢，是否合乎句法，單詞拼寫是否有誤，單詞形式是否正確等。發現問題及時更正。通過再讀全文，很可能利用語感將個別特別難的空處順口“讀”出來。為了確保答案方便檢查且準確無誤，我們特彆強調學生把答案直接寫在原文的空格處，檢查完後再謄寫!
四、示例解析
短文填空(XX河南)
閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當的詞並用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。請將答案寫在短文後相應題號的橫線上。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。方框中有兩個詞是多餘的。
dirty，with，have，always，time，they，large，want，speak，lesson，first，drop
after a quick breakfast，1 went into the lecture hall in a hurry. a famous teacher was 66 to the students.he was holding up a $100 bill.then he said to the three hundred students，“who would like this$100 bill ?”the students put up 67 hands at once.then he said. “i am going to give this$100 bill to one of you ,but 68 ，let me do this.’’he made the bill into a ball. then he said.“who 69 it now ?”the hands went back into the air.
“well,” he said, “what if i do this ?”and he 70 it on the floor and stepped on it.he picked up the 71 bill and said. “who still wants it ?”hands went back again into the air.
“ mv friends, ”he said，“you have learned a valuable(有價值的) 72 today.no matter what i did to the$100 bill! many 73 in our life.we are dropped and stepped on.we feel as if we are worth nothing.but remember，no matter what 74 happened to you.you will never lose your value：you are 75 valuable to those people who love you.your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know，but who you are.
66. 67. 68.
69. 70. 71.
72. 73. 74.
75.
解析：
本文講述的是一位很有名氣的老師給學生做的有關人生價值的演講。他以100美元紙幣為例，告訴學生：不管我們對這張紙幣做了些什麼，它的價值依然不變。正如我們的價值在
於我們自身，而不在於你是做什麼的或者你認識誰。
66.speaking。空格前有助動詞was，判斷使用過去進行時或過去時的被動語態。句意為：“一位很有名氣的老師正在給學生講話。”主語a famous teacher在句中為動作的執行者，因此判斷本句使用過去進行時。speak to sb.意為“跟某人講話”，所以此處填speaking。