话题一 学校生活 第二节 话题阅读-2020高考英语【步步高】大一轮复习话题晨背与阅读训练（北师大版）

第二节　话题阅读 (2018·全国Ⅰ，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 hard­earned.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. [来源:学科网] 41.A.put forward B.jumped at C.tried out D.turned down 答案　B 解析　根据上文中的“offering a ‘free’ course，called Thinking Chess，for three credits”以及下文中的“I’d always wanted to learn chess”可知，参加国际象棋课程是免费的并且可以获得三个学分，而且“我”一直想学国际象棋，由此可知，“我”迫不及待地接受(jump at)了这个主意。put forward提出；try out试验；turn down拒绝。 42.A.waste B.earn C.save D.pay 答案　C 解析　联系上文中的“a ‘free’ course”可知，这是免费的课程，因此可以节省(save)几美元。 43.A.excited B.worried C.moved D.tired 答案　A 解析　联系下文中的“appealing enough to me”可知，即使免费获得学分这件事不足以让“我”兴奋(excited)，也有其他事情对“我”有足够的吸引力。 44.A.title B.competitor C.textbook