连词在高考完形答题中的点拔作用

邓春贵

笔者通过研究近几年的广东高考完形填空题，发现连词however，but和and 的重现率很高，且这三个词在帮助推敲答案时，能起着“彰显逻辑，协助推理”的点拔作用。现以2012年和2013年广东高考完形填空题为例：

2012年广东高考题：

第3题：Rules can help the public make the right ， and remain safe.

A. suggestions B. conclusions C. turns D. choices

解析：连词and，表递进。选择正确（make the right choices），就能保持安全 （remain safe），故选 D。

第6题：For example， they may believe that people should always tell the truth， and that lying is acceptable.

A. seldom B. rarely C. merely D. never

解析：and连词，表并列。“always tell the truth”总是说真话，也就是说，从不说谎，即说谎是“绝不可（never）”接受的，故选 D。

第10题： Some people choose not to eat meat because they believe that it is cruel to eat animals， but others argue that they can eat meat and be kind to animals.

A. still B. even C. later D. somehow

解析：连词and，表并列。可吃动物肉（can eat meat），并且“仍然（still）”对动物好，故选A。

第11题：some insist that stealing is always wrong， but others think that one does not need to feel so when stealing some food to eat， if he lives in a really poor area and he is starving.

A. nervous B. anxious C. afraid D. guilty

解析：连词but，表转折。“偷窃是错的（stealing is always wrong）”，本应负罪，但一个but， 将话锋一转，就“不必感到如此负罪（guilty）”了，故选D。

第14题：... rules help us live together in harmony， because they show us the right way to treat others. However， some people argue that rules may be ， having observed that rules change all the time， and that some schools have some regulations and others have different ones-so who is to decide what is right？

A. disgusting B. confusing

C. unsafe D. unimportant

解析：连词副词however，表转折，说明此句与上句的观点是相反的。上句“规章帮助我们和睦相处，因为它们告诉我们对待他人的正确方式”，这说明rules 的作用应该是很明确，不该被质疑的。但是有的人偏偏却“感到困惑（confusing）”，故选B。

2013年广东高考题：

第4题：If a nest has four eggs and you remove one，the bird will not notice. However，if you remove two，the bird l eaves.

A. generally B. sincerely C. casually D. deliberately

解析：连词副词however，表转折，上句讲到四个鸟蛋，拿走一个，鸟不留意；但一旦拿走两个，鸟常常弃窝而去。故选A。

第9题：One man left and the other stayed， but they did not the bird.

A. fool B. hurt C. catch D. kill

解析：连词but，表转折。上文是说，原想多带一个人，就能欺骗到乌鸦，但结果仍骗不了它。故选A。另外，上文没有内容表明这个人是要“伤害”“抓住”“杀死”那只乌鸦。

第14题： For example， babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a small group. But when the number goes beyond three or four， the children are fooled.

A. Seldom B. temporarily C. merely D. often

解析：连词but，表转折。上文说大约14个月的婴儿有数感，如果数目很小就能觉察到。但是数字超出三四个时，婴儿就“常常（often）”搞不清了。故选D。endprint