三、特定語境下名詞的選擇

四級完形填空對名詞的考查不僅僅定位于名詞的固定搭配和辨析,更多考查的是特定語境下名詞的選擇,這也是完形填空的特點所在。考生解答此類問題的關鍵便是理解名詞所在的上下文的語篇含義。例如:An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. It took some 75,000 lives, injured 130,000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. Almost overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed across the re-gion, tended by international aid organizations, military and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set in. A) ranks B) equipment C) personnel D) installations (2007年6月,CET-4)[解析]此題目是對特殊語境下名詞選擇的考查。先確定四個給定名詞的含義:rank"軍銜,軍階"；equipment"設備"；personnel"人員,職員"；installation"安裝,設置"。再根據(jù)句意:軍隊人員幫助照顧受災民眾,得出正確選項C)。