Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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 _______the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to _______a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t _______enough about free credits, news about our _______was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which _______I would be learning from one of the game's _______. I could hardly wait to _______him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this _______was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it _______that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to ________the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to________what we would learn in class to our future professions and, ________to our lives. I managed to get an A in that ________and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the ________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he ________me: “The absolute most important ________ that you learn when you play chess is how to make good ________. On every single move you have to ________a situation, process what your opponent(对手) is doing and ________the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my________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

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章讲述了作者在大二学的免费课程——下象棋及这门课程对作者生活的深远指导作用。

1.考查动词短语辨析。我在大二时，学校教育处提供一种名叫思维象棋的免费课程，这个课程3个学分。我急于接受这个课程，是因为我想节省点钱。A. put forward提出；B. jumped at急于接受；C. tried out尝试；D. turned down拒绝。故选B。

2.考查动词辨析。我在大二时，学校教育处提供一种名叫思维象棋的免费课程，这个课程3个学分。我急于接受这个课程，是因为我想节省点钱。A. waste浪费；B. earn赚钱；C. save节省；D. pay付钱。故选C。

3.考查形容词辨析。我总是想学象棋，即便是我对免费的学分不激动，单是我们导师的信息就足以吸引我。A. excited激动的；兴奋的；B. worried担心的；C. moved感动的；D. tired劳累的。故选A。

4.考查名词辨析。我总是想学象棋，即便是我对免费的学分不激动，单是我们导师的消息就足以吸引我。A. title头衔；题目；B. competitor竞赛者；C. textbook教科书；D. instructor导师。故选D。

5.考查动词辨析。这意味着我将师从这个游戏最好的大师之一。A. urged督促；B. demanded要求；C. held握住；D. meant意味着。故选D。

6.考查词义辨析。这意味着我将师从这个游戏最好的大师之一。A. fastest最快的；B. easiest最容易的；C. best最好的；D. rarest最稀少的。故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。我迫不及待地想见到他。A. interview面试；B. meet见面；C. challenge挑战；D. beat击败。故选B。

8.考查名词词义辨析。一位先前的毕业生回校教书，这项工作对他来说根本不是游戏。A. chance机会；B. qualification合格；C. honor荣誉；D. job工作。故选D。

9.考查形容词辨析。在他的介绍中，他明确指出这些学分不容易得到。A. real真实的；B. perfect完美的；C. clear清楚的；D. possible可能的。故选C。

10.考查动词词义辨析。为了通过考试，我们必须写一篇关于把我们在课堂里学到的东西应用于未来的职业中。A. attend参加；B. pass通过；C. skip跳跃；D. observe遵守。故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。我们必须写一篇关于把我们在课堂里学到的知识应用于未来的职业中。apply把……运用于……

12.考查副词词义辨析。最终，把我们在课堂里学的知识应用到我们的生活中。A. eventually最终；B. naturally自然地；C. directly直接地；D. normally正常地。故选A。

13.考查名词辨析。我设法在这个课程中获得了个A。A. game游戏；B. presentation介绍；陈述；C. course课程；D. experiment实验。故选C。

14.考查名词辨析。我还学习了课堂之外对我很有用的生活课程。A. criterion标准；B. classroom教室；C. department部门；系；D. situation情况。beyond the classroom课堂之外，故选B。

15.考查动词词义辨析。和Ashley学了象棋课程之后10年里，我仍在应用他教我的东西。A. taught教；B. wrote写；C. questioned提问；D. promised承诺。故选A。

16.考查名词词义辨析。你在学下棋的时候，学到的绝对重要的技能是如何做出好的决定。A. fact事实；B. step步；C. manner方式；D. skill技能。故选D。

17.考查名词词义辨析。你在学下棋的时候，学到的绝对重要的技能是如何做出好的决定。A. grades等级；B. decisions决定；C. impressions印象；D. comments评论。故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。每一步你都必须分析形势，审视对手要做什么。A. analyze分析；B. describe描述；C. rebuild重建；D. control控制。故选A。

19.考查动词词义辨析。从你所有的选择中，评估出最好的一步。A. announce宣布；B. signal发信号；C. block阻塞；D. evaluate评估。故选D。

20.考查名词词义辨析。现在这些话对我作为一名新闻记者的角色来说仍然是正确的。A. role角色；B. desire欲望；要求；C. concern涉及，关系到；D. behavior行为。故选A。