完形填空题的特点是篇幅小，但起点高，题量大，字数在230～300之间。完形填空的选材近年来以第一人称为主的夹叙夹议励志型材料，具有极强的时代意义和真切的现实意义。完形填空考查考生对语法、词汇、习语、句型、搭配等基础知识的综合运用能力和短文的阅读理解能力，灵活运用语言知识的能力并且根据试题内容进行正确的逻辑推理，综合判断和分析概括的能力。
【热点题型】
题型一 猜测生词扫清阅读障碍
Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week.March 22 was World Water Day and __1__ the theme “Water for Life”．
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without __2__ drinking water.The United Nations __3__ to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like __4__ challenge.But everyone，__5__ teenagers，can do something to help.A teenage girl in the US has set an example to __6__ of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty,13，was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work of __7__ discarded batteries which pollute water.
