2018年全国卷一
第三部分 语言知识运用
第一节 完形填空
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 ____41____ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to ____42____ a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t ____43____enough about free credits, news about our ____44____was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which ____45____ I would be learning from one of the game's ____46____. I could hardly wait to ____47____him.
Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this ___48___was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it ____49____that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to ___50_____the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to _____51_____what we would learn in class to our future professions and, _____52_____, to our lives. I managed to get an A in that _____53_____and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the _____54_____.
Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he _____55_____me: “The absolute most important _____56_____that you learn when you play chess is how to make good _____57_____. On every single move you have to _____58_____a situation, process what your opponent(对手)is doing and _____59_____the best move from among all your options.”These words still ring true today in my _____60_____as a journalist.
41. A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. turned down
42. A. waste B. earn C. save D. pay
43. A. excited B. worried C. moved D. tired
44. A. title B. competitor C. textbook D. instructor
45. A. urged B. demanded C. held D. meant
46. A. fastest B. easiest C. best D. rarest
47. A. interview B. meet C. challenge D. beat
48. A. chance B. qualification C. honor D. job
49. A. real B. perfect C. clear D. possible
50. A. attend B. pass C. skip D. observe
51. A. add B. expose C. apply D. compare
52. A. eventually B. naturally C. directly D. normally
53. A. game B. presentation C. course D. experiment
54. A. criterion B. classroom C. department D. situation
55. A. taught B. wrote C. questioned D. promised
56. A. fact B. step C. manner D. skill
57. A. grades B. decisions C. impressions D. comments
58. A. analyze B. describe C. rebuild D. control
59. A. announce B. signal C. block D. evaluate
60. A. role B. desire C. concern D. behavior
答案解析：
41. B. jumped at
解析：jump at表示迫不及待地接受，符合作者对免费课程的反应。
42. C. save
解析：save a few dollars表示省下一些钱，符合作者对免费课程的兴趣。
43. A. excited
解析：excited enough about free credits表示对免费学分足够兴奋，符合上下文。
44. D. instructor
解析：instructor表示教师，这里指的是课程的老师，下文提到了他是国际大师。
45. D. meant
解析：meant表示意味着，这里指的是国际大师的身份意味着作者将向顶尖人物学习。
46. C. best
解析：one of the game's best表示游戏中的顶尖人物，符合对国际大师的描述。
47. B. meet
解析：meet him表示遇见他，符合作者对即将见到国际大师的期待。
48. D. job
解析：this job was no game表示这门课程是严肃的，不是游戏，符合老师的介绍。
49. C. clear
解析：made it clear that表示明确表示，符合老师对课程要求的介绍。
50. B. pass
解析：pass the class表示通过课程，符合老师提出的课程要求。
51. C. apply
解析：apply what we would learn to our future professions表示将所学应用到未来的职业中，符合课程要求。
52. A. eventually
解析：eventually to our lives表示最终应用到生活中，符合课程要求。
53. C. course
解析：in that course表示在那门课程中，符合上下文。
54. B. classroom
解析：beyond the classroom表示超出课堂，符合所学知识对作者未来生活的影响。
55. A. taught
解析：taught me表示教给我，符合Ashley对作者的影响。
56. D. skill
解析：The absolute most important skill表示最重要的技能，符合下文对决策能力的讨论。
57. B. decisions
解析：make good decisions表示做出好的决策，符合下文对棋类游戏和生活的比喻。
58. A. analyze
解析：analyze a situation表示分析形势，符合下文对棋类游戏和决策过程的描述。
59. D. evaluate
解析：evaluate the best move表示评估最佳走法，符合棋类游戏中的决策过程。
60. A. role
解析：in my role as a journalist表示在我的记者角色中，符合作者将所学应用到实际工作中的描述。
