浅析高考完形填空中一道语气副词的情景设置

高考英语考纲对考生的要求：通篇把握全文，根据上下文的逻辑关系，综合运用所学语言基础知识，进行分析、推理、判断，选择答案。纵观近十年来高考，差不多每年的完形填空都有一道题涉及语气副词在语境中的运用，现分别摘录并分析如下：

①（90年）．．．I raised the pistol and fired． The animal fell backwards with an angry cry． Father took the 19____ smoking pistol from my hand，and fired another shot，which killed the gorilla．

19．A．still B．yet C．even D．already

本段描写了“我”和“父亲”用枪射杀the gorilla的经过，“我”第一枪未能将其击毙，“父亲”接过手枪并开第二枪，用still修饰smoking来形容其速度之快，故答案选A。

②（91年）．．．He certainly looked the part all right，he thought as he admired himself in the mirror．He 3____thought of going out into the street to see whether he could pass as a policeman out there．．．．