2018全国1卷
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.
答案解析：
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
答案及解析：
41. B. 句子中说到作者很高兴有机会上课，所以“jumped at”表示欣然接受，符合句意。其他选项的意思与句子不符。
42. C. 句子中提到“who doesn't want to save a few dollars”，意思是“谁不想省几美元呢?”，因此选项C“save”符合句意。
43. A. 句子中说到即使对免费的学分不感到激动，但是关于授课老师的消息也足够吸引我，因此可以推断出我对这个消息是感到兴奋的，选项A excited符合语境。
44. D. 下文提到老师是一位国际大师，说明这个人是授课老师，因此选项D instructor(教师)是正确答案。
45. D. 句子中提到老师是国际大师，这意味着作者将会向这项游戏中的佼佼者学习，因此选项D meant(意味着)符合语境。
46. C. 前文提到老师是国际大师，所以作者将会向这项游戏中的最优秀者学习，因此选项C best(最好的)最符合语境。
47. B. 句子中说到作者迫不及待地想见到老师，所以选项B meet(见到)最符合语境。
48. D. 句子中提到Maurice Ashley是一位前毕业生，现在回来教书，这对他来说不是游戏，而是他的工作，因此选项D job(工作)最符合语境。
49. C. 句子中说到老师明确表示我们的学分不容易得到，所以需要选用一个表示“明确”的形容词，而C选项clear恰好符合这个意思。
50. B. 句子中提到为了通过这门课，必须写一篇关于如何把课堂所学应用到未来职业和生活中的论文，因此选项B pass(通过)最符合语境。
51. C. 句子中提到要把课堂所学应用到未来职业和生活中，所以需要用到apply这个词表示“应用”。其他选项的意思与句子不符。
52. A. 句子中说到“最终，到我们的生活中”，表示一个时间上的逐渐推进，最终达成某个结果，因此选项A eventually(最终)最符合语境。
53. C. 句子中提到作者在那门课程中获得了A，因此可以推断出作者是在课程中表现优秀，选项C course(课程)符合语境。
54. B. 句子中提到作者在课堂上学到的人生经验对其日后生活也很有益，因此可以推断出这些经验是在课堂上学到的，选项B classroom(课堂)符合语境。
55. A. 句子中提到作者仍然在使用Ashley教给他的东西，所以应该选用taught这个词，表示“教授、教导”。其他选项的意思与句子不符。
56. D. 句子中提到下棋时最重要的技能是如何做出正确的决定，而skill就是指技能、技巧，因此D选项skill最符合句意。
57. B. 句子中提到下棋时最重要的技能是如何做出好的决定，而decision就是指决定，因此选项B decisions符合句意。
58. A. 句子中提到在每一步中都要分析形势，所以应该选用analyze这个词，表示分析。其他选项的意思与句子不符。
59. D. 句子中提到要从所有选择中评估出最好的一步，所以需要用到evaluate这个词，表示评估、评价。其他选项的意思与句子不符。
60. A. 句子中提到这些话在作者作为记者的角色中仍然是正确的，因此应该选用role这个词，表示角色。其他选项的意思与句子不符。
