王小英

“首字母填词”是根据句意和已给的首字母，在句子的空白处填上适当的单词，使句子意思完整、语法正确的一种题型。该题型既考查学生的单词记忆和拼写能力，又考查学生对句子的理解和运用能力。做好这类题，主要从以下几个方面入手。

1． 通读全句，把握句意。只有文章意思清楚了，才可能根据文意进行合理的判断，从而有可能突然产生“灵感”，将断层点的意义信息比较准确地反映出来。

2． 注意精读，反复琢磨。做这类题，有的可根据固定用法来判断，有的可通过上下文意思判断。遇到难词时，就抓住空词句及其前后的句子反复推敲、再三琢磨该词在句中的作用，由此判断出该词的意义。

3． 把握词义，填写准确。这里的“准确”应包括：1)符合要求。即所填单词必须以规定字母开头。2)符合意思。既符合整篇文章的基调，更符合所在句子的含义，不可出现意义断层，说东道西的情况。3)符合语法。意义相符了，单词选准了，还要注意所填单词是否要作词形变化：如名词是否要用复数形式，形容词是否要用比较级，动词是否要变时态等。

4． 复读全文，验证答案。看所填单词是不是最佳单词，拼写是否准确无误，词形是否要作必要的变化，短文是否前后连贯一致，情节发展是否合理，议论是否合乎逻辑等。

[实题分析] 根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词，补全短文，使短文完整通顺。

George and his wife were looking around for a bigger house. The first place they saw was a bit f__1__ from their office. It would take much time to go to work. The second place was larger b__2__ didnt have a garden. Then they visited a t__3__and a fourth places. Both were too expensive. They n__4__lost hope.

Yesterday they f__5__ a less expensive house—a four-bedroomed house with a little lawn at the front. It was just what the children n__6__. But some of the roofs and walls were b__7__. George needed much money to r__8__the house.

So George asked his father to lend him some money. Georges father wasnt sure if his son would be a__9__to return the money. He thought for a while, then he said, “You grew up w__10__ a garden. I dont think its a must for the children to play in a garden.”

[试题解码]通读全文，可以了解到本文讲述的是George一家找一套大房子的选房过程。……