第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
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____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.
41. A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. turned down
参考答案：B
42. A. waste B. earn C. save D. pay
参考答案：C
43. A. excited B. worried C. moved D. tired
参考答案：A
44. A. title B. competitor C. textbook D. instructor
参考答案：D
45. A. urged B. demanded C. held D. meant
参考答案：D
46. A. fastest B. easiest C. best D. rarest
参考答案：C
47.A. interview B. meet C. challenge D. beat
参考答案：B
48. A. chance B. qualification C. honor D. job
参考答案：D
49. A. real B. perfect C. clear D. possible
参考答案：C
50. A. attend B. pass C. skip D. observe
参考答案：B
51. A. add B. expose C. apply D. compare
参考答案：C
52. A. eventually B. naturally C. directly D. normally
参考答案：A
53. A. game B. presentation C. course D. experiment
参考答案：C
54. A. criterion B. classroom C. department D. situation
参考答案：B
55. A. taught B. wrote C. questioned D. promised
参考答案：A
56. A. fact B. step C. manner D. skill
参考答案：D
57. A. grades B. decisions C. impressions D. comments
参考答案：B
58. A. analyze B. describe C. rebuild D. control
参考答案：A
59. A. announce B. signal C. block D. evaluate
参考答案：D
60. A. role B. desire C. concern D. behavior
参考答案：A