试题分为两个大部分：A　考核课程内容

　　B　水平考试，重点为阅读理解能力。

　　（ 注：下列题型作为参考，每次试卷中只选用其中几种。考核课程内容的五类；水平考试的四类。）

　　A. 高级英语考核教材内容

　　1. 完形练习

　　考核学生对课文内容的掌握，从课文句子或段落中抽去一个词或词组，学生需从试卷提供的词或词组中选择与课文一样的填入空中。例如：

　　（2003年考题）

　　The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks， followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. （12 points， 0.5 point each）

　　Rumors 1 quickly that I was a FBI agent. I was 2 because I was not 3___ to return. Some people said I was either a federal agent or a 4 ， for no 5 man， they said， returns to Watts by 6 .

　　Television 7 on advertising to an even greater 8 than newspapers， and since advertising is big business， advertising is by 9 Republican. Yet nowhere in network newscasts or network commentaries on current events have I 10 the intense partisanship， the often rabid 11 that colors the editorial 12 of the majority of newspapers in this country.

　　The chances had 13 to one in eight when the 14 clerk drew the second slip. He 15 his throat and 16 his pince-nez as though he had to make sure he was not 17 . “Ah， Monsieur Voisin，” he said with a 18 undecided smile， “May I join you？”

　　Some people believe that the time of death is 19 by God and that no man should ___20 the clock back on another. 21 if a patient‘s philosophical views embrace __ 22 ， it is not clear why the religious 23 of others should intrude 24___ his death.

　　A. reasonable   B. put   C. bias   D. choice

　　E. nature   F. yet   G. mistaken H. lives

　　I. thin   J. encountered   K. euthanasia L. fool

　　M. spread   N. objections   O. pages   P. extent

　　Q. elderly   R. suspect   S. cleared   T. narrowed

　　U. put on   V. on   W. supposed   X. appointed

　　该题正如考核要求规定，是要检查学员对课文的熟悉程度。假如考生对所学教材了然于心的话，该题做起来当然如探囊取物。这也就是我们为什么在学习高级英语方法时，特别强调要牢记教材课文的原因之一。

　　由于完型填空题不但测试考生使用词汇和语法结构的能力，同时又测试考生对短文篇章的理解，它是对考生综合运用语言能力的测试，所以考生在考试时确实遇到了困难（最好不要在这样的考题上出麻烦），我们也有一些办法可以采取。完型填空题的一般解题技巧是：

　　解题技巧：

　　1. 通读该段文章。首先了解材料内容，做到心中有底。

　　2. 找相关信息。通读之后，从第一个空格开始依次完成。

　　3. 根据语感，快速试填充一遍。

　　4. 然后逐题推敲。

　　5. 根据上下文确定词义。使所选词的词义符合上下文逻辑意思的需要；尤其关注实词。

　　6. 根据句子结