1.上下文语境法
近年来的完形填空试题在选项的设置上越来越淡化语法结构，重在文意的干扰，即把具体的语言知识溶进具体的语言情景中去，考查考生通过上下文的前后提示或暗示，对整体文意进行把握的能力。这种考查方式所占的比例较大，且难度也大，若单纯从句子或个别段落来分析，或许所给的四个答案在语法和结构上都是正确的，若放在全局，则不一定正确。因此，快速浏览全文，领悟文章主旨，通过上下文的语境来选择答案是解决这类题的关键。
[例1](2005年湖北试卷)(保留原题号，下同)
It's all in a day ' s work
for a war reporter , and it can be very 39 . In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia (前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were
41 .What kind of people
put themselves in danger to 42 pictures to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they
do it?
"I think it's every young journalist's 44 to be a foreign reporter,"
says Michael Nicholson, "that's 45 you find the excitement. So when
the first opportunity comes, you take it 46
it is a war."