考研完型虽然和以前接触过的四六级完型出题模式一样,但名称却不一样。四六级完型的名字叫做Cloze,考察你的是是否会识别单词的能力,四个选项如果都认识,一般都可以做对这种题。但是考研完型的名字叫use of English,翻译过来,叫英语知识能力的运用,也就意味着它实际上更侧重于对于英语能力的考察,不只是单纯的对于熟悉词义这一方面。
例如1998年完型第一段41题: Until recently most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They __41__ that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living
例如2004年完型第一段22题: Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior __22__ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds。