41.第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节  (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

42. A. waste                      B. earn          C. save          D. pay

43. A. excited             B. worried            C. moved                     D. tired

44. A. title                  B. competitor               C. textbook           D. instructor

45. A. urged                      B. demanded         C. held                  D. meant

46. A. fastest                     B. easiest              C. best                  D. rarest

47.A. interview       B. meet                C. challenge               D.  beat

48. A. chance                    B. qualification     C. honor               D. job

49. A. real           B. perfect         C. clear         D. possible

50. A. attend               B. pass              C. skip                  D. observe

51. A. add                  B. expose              C. apply                      D. compare

52. A. eventually               B. naturally       C. directly       D. normally

53. A. game                B. presentation      C. course               D. experiment

54. A. criterion           B. classroom         C. department       D. situation

55. A. taught               B. wrote                C. questioned         D. promised

56. A. fact                  B. step                  C. manner             D. skill

57. A. grades                     B. decisions           C. impressions       D. comments

58. A. analyze                    B. describe            C. rebuild                     D. control

59. A. announce      B. signal             C. block                D. evaluate

60. A. role                       B. desire               C. concern             D. behavior