第30天 M4U3单元练习(二)
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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 __1__ the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to __2__ a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren't __3__ enough about free credits, news about our __4__ was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which __5__ I would be learning from one of the game's __6__. I could hardly wait to __7__ him.
Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this __8__ was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it __9__ that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to __10__ the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to __11__ what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __12__， to our lives. I managed to get an A in that __13__ and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the __14__.
Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he __15__ me: “The absolute most important __16__ that you learn when you play chess is how to make good __17__. On every single move you have to __18__ a situation, process what your opponent(对手) is doing and __19__ the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my __20__ as a journalist.
( )1. A. put forward C. tried out ( )2. A. waste C. save
( )3. A. excited C. moved
( )4. A. title C. textbook ( )5. A. urged C. held
B. jumped at D. turned down B. earn D. pay B. worried D. tired B. competitor D. instructor B. demanded D. meant
( )6. A. fastest C. best
( )7. A. interview C. challenge ( )8. A. chance C. honor ( )9. A. real C. clear
( )10. A. attend C. skip
( )11. A. add C. apply
( )12. A. eventually C. directly ( )13. A. game C. course
( )14. A. criterion C. department ( )15. A. taught C. questioned ( )16. A. fact C. manner
( )17. A. grades C. impressions ( )18. A. analyze C. rebuild
( )19. A. announce C. block
( )20. A. role C. concern 四、 语法填空
B. easiest D. rarest B. meet D. beat
B. qualification D. job B. perfect D. possible B. pass D. observe B. expose D. compare B. naturally D. normally B. presentation D. experiment B. classroom D. situation B. wrote D. promised B. step D. skill B. decisions D. comments B. describe D. control B. signal D. evaluate B. desire D. behavior
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 The 17th-century philosopher-statesman Francis Bacon declared that nothing had changed the world more deeply than three great __1__(invention): gunpowder, printing
and the compass. __2__ what Bacon didn't know was that all the three had already been invented and successfully employed by Chinese people.
And __3__ was not until over 300 years later that one young man in Cambridge gave these people the credit they __4__(true) deserved. The man is Joseph Needham, or Dr. Li Yuese, which is a household name among the well-educated in China. In 1943, he __5__(send) by the British government to help save China's universities from the occupying Japanese forces. Then Needham began his lifelong research, __6__ ended up creating the greatest work—Science and Civilization in China. The twenty-four-volume masterpiece on China is known as a most important book __7__(tell) the West what Chinese have contributed to the world.
Needham is considered the first bridge builder __8__ China and the rest of the world in a book __9__(title) Bomb, Book & Compass—Joseph Needham and the Great
Secrets of China. It was written by Simon, who tried his best __10__(bring) the human
side of the great man to the world, and let the world know better what Needham was as a human being.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
第30天 M4U3单元练习（二）
三、本文是一篇记叙文。作者在大学期间学习象棋,老师教育他的话“最重要的是作出好的决定。每次动棋子都要评估形势和考虑对手,然后作出最佳选择”,一直影响着他。 1.B。根据下文的I’d always wanted to learn chess可知,“我”欣然接受了这个想法。put forward提出;jump at欣然接受;try out试验;turn down拒绝。
2.C。根据上文的“free” course可知,上象棋课可以省点钱。waste浪费;earn赚得;save节省;pay付款。
3.A。“我”即使不为免费学分而激动,也被关于指导老师的消息所吸引。excited兴奋的,激动的;worried担心的;moved感动的;tired疲倦的。
4.D。见第3题解析。title标题;competitor竞争者;textbook教科书;instructor指导者,教师。
5.D。老师是世界级大师,这意味着“我”能向象棋界最好的棋手之一学习。urge力劝;demand要求;hold握住;mean意味着。 6.C。见第5题解析。
7.B。“我”迫不及待地想见到他。interview采访,面试;meet见面;challenge挑战;beat击败,(心脏等)跳动。
8.D。根据下文的he meant business可知,他来这儿是为了工作,不是来消遣的。chance机会,机遇;qualification资格;honor尊敬,荣誉;job工作。
9.C。老师向学生表明,这个学科的学分不容易得到。make it clear表明。 10.B。pass the class通过这门课。
11.C。我们要写一篇论文,阐述我们计划如何把学到的东西运用(apply to)到未来的职业上,以及最终运用到生活中。
12.A。见第11题解析。eventually最后,终于;naturally自然地;directly直接地;normally正常地。
13.C“。我”成功地在这门课程(course)得到A。game游戏,运动;presentation提交;course课程;experiment实验,试验。
14.B。“我”学到的人生道理对“我”的影响超出了课堂。criterion标准,准则;classroom教室,课堂;department部门;situation情形,状况。
15.A。“我”仍然将老师教(teach)“我”的东西运用到实践之中。 16.D。下棋过程中你学到的最重要的技能(skill)是如何做最好的决定。
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