full-time before going to university to get a degree 48.____________engineering or architecture.
Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school 49.____________(come) first. I don’t want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is 50.____________(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don’t want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can’t model any more.”
[解题导语] 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了16岁的Sarah在上学的同时兼职做模特，并且取得了巨大的成功；虽然她父亲希望她当全职模特，但是Sarah仍然坚持要完成学业。 41．resting 解析：考查非谓语动词。spend time doing sth.是固定搭配，故填resting。 42．a 解析：考查冠词。该空后面model是可数名词单数，此处表示“作为一名模特”，故填a。
43．has been told/was told 解析：考查动词时态和语态。此处动词tell与Sarah是被动关系，因为第二段在讲述父亲和Sarah的想法时都是用现在时，因此可以用现在完成时表达过去对现在的影响，故可以填has been told。此外，“被告知”这件事情发生在过去，故也可填was told。
44．who 解析：考查定语从句。此句Sarah是主语，wants是主句谓语，因此可以判断此处是非限制性定语从句，先行词为Sarah，从句中缺主语且指人，故填who。 45．to prove 解析：考查非谓语动词。want to do是固定搭配，故填to prove。 46．education 解析：考查词性转换。形容词性物主代词her后需用educate的名词形式，故填education。
47．invitations 解析：考查名词单复数。invitation是可数名词，前面有several修饰，要用复数形式，故填invitations。
48．in 解析：考查介词。degree与介词in搭配，表示在某方面的学位。故填in。 49．comes 解析：考查动词时态。全文均为现在时，且school是第三人称单数，故填comes。 50．certainly 解析：考查副词。此处fun是形容词，应该用副词来修饰形容词，故填certainly。
一、有提示词 (一)提示词为动词
“一定三思”解“动词”
命题点1 考查谓语动词
若句中没有别的谓语动词，或者虽然已有谓语动词，但需填的动词与之是并列关系时，所给动词就是谓语动词，就要考虑时态和语态，还要注意主谓一致和虚拟语气。
[示例1] (2017·全国卷Ⅰ)When fat and salt 64.____________ (remove) from food, the food tastes as if it is missing something.
[解析] are removed 考查时态、语态和主谓一致。分析句子结构可知，64空所在的时间状语从句中没有谓语动词，故空处应填谓语动词。根据语境可知此处用一般现在时，由于主语fat and salt是复数概念，且与remove是被动关系，所以填一般现在时的被动语态结构are removed。
[示例2] (2017·全国卷Ⅱ)Later, engineers 68.____________(manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels(隧道), which became known as the Tube.
[解析] managed 考查时态。分析句子结构可知，68空所在句的句中没有谓语动词，故空处应填谓语动词。因为engineers与manage之间为主动关系且从时间状语later和became known as ... 可知应用一般过去时，所以应填managed。
命题点2 考查非谓语动词
若句中已有谓语动词，又不是并列谓语时，所给动词通常是非谓语动词，就要确定是v.－ing形式，v.－ed形式，还是不定式。一般来说，v.－ing形式表示主动进行；v.－ed形式表示被动完成；不定式表示尚未发生的动作。
[示例1] (2017·全国卷Ⅱ)This included digging up the road, 63.____________(lay) the track and then building a strong roof over 64.the top.
[解析] laying 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，63空所在的句子中已有谓语动词included，且空处不与included作并列谓语，故空处应填非谓语动词。included后的dig，lay，build是三个并列的动作，根据digging及building可知，lay也应用动名词形式。
[示例2] (2017·全国卷Ⅲ)But unlike her school friends，16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term 41.____________(rest)．
[解析] resting 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，41空所在的句子中已有谓语动词is not spending，且空处不与其作并列谓语，故空处应填非谓语动词。spend time(in) doing sth.表示“花费时间做某事”。
[示例3] (2016·全国卷Ⅲ)Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 43.____________(create) special designs.
[解析] to create 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，43空所在句中已有谓语动词combine，且空处不与combine作并列谓语，故填非谓语动词。此处应用不定式作目的状语，故答案为to create。
[示例4] (2015·全国卷Ⅰ)A study of travelers 68.____________(conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world.
[解析] conducted 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，68空所在句中已有谓语动词names，且不与names作并列谓语，故填非谓语动词。study和conduct之间为被动关系，所以使用过去分词作定语。故答案为conducted。
命题点3 考查词类转换
有时所给提示词虽然是动词，但是空格处既不是考查谓语动词也不是考查非谓语动词，而是要求进行词类转换。
[示例1] (2017·全国卷Ⅲ)She is determined to carry on with her 46.____________(educate)．
[解析] education 考查词性转化之动词变名词。形容词性物主代词her应该用来修饰名词，educate的名词形式是education。
[示例2] (2017·全国卷Ⅰ)Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack(吃点心) between meals and will improve the taste of your food.However, be 69.____________ (care) not to go to extremes.
[解析] careful 考查词性转换之动词变为形容词。be之后接形容词作表语，care的形容词形式是careful。
(二)提示词为名词或代词
“一同二变”看“名、代”
命题点1 考查名词、代词的数与格
所给提示词是名词时，一般考查单复数的变化，偶尔考查所有格；所给词是代词时，一般考查人称代词变为物主代词。
[示例1] (2017·全国卷Ⅰ)This trend, which was started by the medical community(医学界) 61.as a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side 62.____________(effect) such as overweight and heart disease—the very thing
the medical community was trying to fight.
[解析] effects 考查名词复数。side effect副作用，由前面的some和下文中的两个例子overweight and heart disease可知名词effect用复数形式effects。
[示例2] (2016·全国卷Ⅱ)Recent 66.____________(study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks 67.regularly．
[解析] studies 考查名词的数。本句的谓语动词是show，说明空格处的主语是名词复数studies。
[示例3] (2016·四川卷)By that time，the panda no longer needed 68.____________ (it) mother for food.
[解析] its 考查代词的格。此处表示“它的母亲”，故使用形容词性物主代词修饰名词mother。故答案为its。
命题点2 考查名词的词类转换及人称代词变为反身代词
所给提示词是名词时，有时考查词类转换，主要是名词变为形容词或动词。所给提示词为代词时，有时考查人称代词变为反身代词。
[示例1] (2017·全国卷Ⅱ)The Central London Railway was one of the most 70.____________(success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.
[解析] successful 考查词性转换之名词变为形容词。“one of the＋形容词最高级＋可数名词复数”表示“最……的……之一”，此处应填success的形容词形式successful。
[示例2] (2015·全国卷Ⅱ)As 49.____________ (nature) architects，the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly 50.how thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.
[解析] natural 考查词性转换之名词变为形容词。结合空格后的architects可知应该用形容词作定语，修饰名词，因此填natural。
[示例3] (2017·咸阳模拟)When I got to the exit again, I found 66.____________(I) driving to the place we had driven in.
[解析] myself 考查人称代词转化为反身代词。空格内的词与前面的I相对应，应是我发现“我自己”，故用反身代词myself。
(三)提示词为形容词或副词
“二步思维”破“形、副”
