考研完型雖然和以前接觸過的四六級完型出題模式一樣,但名稱卻不一樣。四六級完型的名字叫做Cloze,考察你的是是否會識別單詞的能力,四個選項如果都認識,一般都可以做對這種題。但是考研完型的名字叫use of English,翻譯過來,叫英語知識能力的運用,也就意味著它實際上更側重于對于英語能力的考察,不只是單純的對于熟悉詞義這一方面。
例如1998年完型第一段41題: 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題: Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior __22__ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds。