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.
| 【小题1】 | | A．put forward | B．jumped at | C．tried out | D．turned down |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．excited | B．worried | C．moved | D．tired |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．title | B．competitor | C．textbook | D．instructor |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．urged | B．demanded | C．held | D．meant |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．fastest | B．easiest | C．best | D．rarest |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．interview | B．meet | C．challenge | D．beat |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．chance | B．qualification | C．honor | D．job |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．real | B．perfect | C．clear | D．possible |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．attend | B．pass | C．skip | D．observe |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．add | B．expose | C．apply | D．compare |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．eventually | B．naturally | C．directly | D．normally |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．game | B．presentation | C．course | D．experiment |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．criterion | B．classroom | C．department | D．situation |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．taught | B．wrote | C．questioned | D．promised |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．fact | B．step | C．manner | D．skill |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．grades | B．decisions | C．impressions | D．comments |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．analyze | B．describe | C．rebuild | D．control |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．announce | B．signal | C．block | D．evaluate |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．role | B．desire | C．concern | D．behavior |
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