(2018·全国卷Ⅰ)Duringmysecondyearatthecitycollege,Iwastoldt...

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(2018·全国卷Ⅰ)During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I __1__ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to __2__ a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren't __3__ enough about free credits, news about our __4__ was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which __5__ I would be learning from one of the game's __6__. I could hardly wait to __7__ him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this __8__ was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it __9__ that our credits would be hard­earned. In order to __10__ the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to __11__ what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __12__， to our lives. I managed to get an A in that __13__ and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the __14__.

   Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he __15__ me, “The absolute most important __16__ that you learn when you play chess is how to make good __17__. On every single move you have  to __18__ a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and __19__ the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my __20__ as a journalist.

1． forward                       B．jumped at

C．tried  out                          D．turned down

2．e                             B．earn

C．save                                D．pay

3．ted                           B．worried

C．moved                               D．tired

4．e                             B．competitor  

C．textbook                            D．instructor

5．d                             B．demanded

C．held                                D．meant

6．est                           B．easiest

  C．best                              D．rarest

7．rview                         B．meet  

C．challenge                           D．beat

8．ce                            B．qualification

C．honor                               D．job

9．                              B．perfect

C．clear                               D．possible

10．nd                           B．pass

C．skip                                D．observe

11．                              B．expose

C．apply                               D．compare

12．tually                       B．naturally

C．directly                            D．normally

13．                             B．presentation

C．course                              D．experiment

14．erion                        B．classroom

C．department                          D．situation

15．ht                           B．wrote

C．questioned                          D．promised

16．                             B．step

C．manner                              D．skill

17．es                           B．decisions

C．impressions                         D．comments

18．yze                          B．describe

C．rebuild                             D．control

19．unce                         B．signal

C．block                               D．evaluate

20．                             B．desire

C．concern                             D．behavior

【回答】

篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了“我”在大二学的免费课程——下棋，并讲述了它对“我”生活的指导意义。

1.B　根据上文的“a ‘free’ course”和下文“谁不想省下几美元”推断，作者迫不及待地接受了上课的念头。jump at意为“迫不及待地接受”，符合语境。

2.C　此处和上文的“a ‘free’ course”呼应，指能省钱。save “节省”，符合语境。

3.A　根据上文可知，作者对免费上课能拿学分这件事很感兴趣，而且他想学*象棋。此句是even if引导的让步状语从句，因此选择excited，表示即使对免费的学分不激动，教练也足以吸引他。

4.D　此处是指*象棋课程的教练(instructor)。

5.D　此空格后是对上文“an international grandmaster”的进一步解释说明，mean (that) ... 意为“意味着”，符合语境。

6.C　根据上文“教练是*象棋大师”可知，作者能师从这个项目顶尖人物，故选择best，意为“最好的人 (或事物)”，符合语境。

7.B　根据上文，教练是*象棋大师，作者能从中受益良多，因此作者迫不及待地想见到他，故选择meet。

8.D　根据上文的“returning to teach”可知，教练回到母校任职。job “工作”，符合语境。

9.C　introduction一词提示教练向大家讲清楚学分不好挣。clear “清楚的”，符合语境。

10.B　根据下文的“criteria”以及“write a paper”可知，此处是说如何顺利学完课程。pass “通过”，符合语境。

11.C　“what we would learn in class”和“our future professions”形成对比，把课堂所学应用于未来的职业中。apply sth. to sth.意为“把某事物应用于某事物”，符合语境。

12.A　把课堂所学应用于职业中，最终再应用于生活中，因此选择eventually。

13.C　此处指作者的该课程(course)得了A。文章第一段的“a ‘free’ course”亦有提示。

14.B　根据下文“作者把课堂所学用于人生”可知，作者学到的已经远远超越了课堂的范围。

15.A　下文内容都是教练在课上教(taught)给作者的。

16.D　作者学习的是*象棋，再根据下文对下*象棋的描述推断此处是在讲最重要的技巧(skill)。

17.B　根据下文“下每一步棋你都要分析”推断，此处表示最为重要的是作出明智的决定(decisions)。

18.A　此处是讲下棋时每一步都要分析(analyze)局势，考虑对手的下法。

19.D　此处指通过分析局势，研究对手的下法，从而评估(evaluate)最好的走法。

20.A　空格后的“as a journalist”点明作者的社会角*(role)。

知识点：日常生活类

题型：完型填空