(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.A.put forward B.jumped at
C.tried out D.turned down
2.A.waste B.earn
C.save D.pay
3.A.excited B.worried
C.moved D.tired
4.A.title B.competitor
C.textbook D.instructor
5.A.urged B.demanded
C.held D.meant
6.A.fastest B.easiest
C.best D.rarest
7.A.interview B.meet
C.challenge D.beat
8.A.chance B.qualification
C.honor D.job
9.A.real B.perfect
C.clear D.possible
10.A.attend B.pass
C.skip D.observe
11.A.add B.expose
C.apply D.compare
12.A.eventually B.naturally
C.directly D.normally
13.A.game B.presentation
C.course D.experiment
14.A.criterion B.classroom
C.department D.situation
15.A.taught B.wrote
C.questioned D.promised
16.A.fact B.step
C.manner D.skill
17.A.grades B.decisions
C.impressions D.comments
18.A.analyze B.describe
C.rebuild D.control
19.A.announce B.signal
C.block D.evaluate
20.A.role B.desire
C.concern D.behavior
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,而且他想学国际象棋。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 此处是指国际象棋课程的教练(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“教练是国际象棋大师”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,教练是国际象棋大师,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 作者学习的是国际象棋,再根据下文对下国际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”点明作者的社会角色(role)。
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine