专题10：Day10 2018全国卷I改编 - 寒假弯道超车晨读+晚练轻松拿下高考英语3500词

第十单元 晨读完形真题——完形语篇是最具发掘价值的语料库 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 jumped_at the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to save a few dollars? __1__.And, even if I weren’t excited enough about free credits, news about our instructor was appealing enough to me.He was an international grandmaster, which meant I would be learning from one of the game’s best.__2__. Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this job was no game for him; he meant business.In his introduction, he made it clear that our credits would be hardearned. In order to pass the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to apply what we would learn in class to our future professions and, eventually,_to our lives.__3__. __4__：“The absolute most important skill that you learn when you play chess is how to make good