39_______ of the corpus. No corpus can ever cover the whole language and

so linguists often find themselves relying on the additional information that

can be gained from the 40________of those who speak the language

concerned.

Instructions中明確地使用了complete the summary,這可以有效地幫助考生進行題型識別。另外,由于是填空,所以instructions中也對字?jǐn)?shù)進行了限制。關(guān)于字?jǐn)?shù)限制的問題,下文會專門講述。

2. 選詞

“選詞”則是從給定的一個List中挑選合適的答案用于填寫,List中的候選詞通常以一個文本框的形式出現(xiàn),相對于“原詞”的填詞方式,“選詞”多了一層轉(zhuǎn)換,因為常常和文中的原始表達(dá)有同義替換,這一定程度上增加的了難度。如下例(劍2 Test 1):

Questions 10-13

The island will be partially protected from storms by … (10)… and also by …

(11) … Further settlement caused by … (12) … will be prevented by the use

of … (13) …

需要注意的是,“選詞”這種方式還可以進一步分為兩種,即填寫單詞或填寫字母序號。前者是我們所熟悉的傳統(tǒng)Summary選詞填空方式,直觀但稍費時。近年來不少Summary的選詞填空最后是以候選項前面的字母序號的填寫來完成的,劍橋系列較新的幾本我們可以看到不少例子。如(劍6 Test 1):

Questions 23-26

Complete the summary using the list of words, A-K, below.

THE TRANSPORT REVOLUTION

Modern cargo-handling methods have had a significant effect on 23 ……… as

the business of moving freight around the world becomes increasingly

streamlined. …
需要在此指出的是,Summary的這一小變化看似無關(guān)緊要,實則頗具“殺傷力”。事實上,不少考生由于把答案放到最后來謄寫,在精神高度緊張、時間匆忙之下很容易把單詞填寫到本來要求字母的空格里,從而造成無謂無謂失分。所以應(yīng)當(dāng)引起注意。