全国卷完形填空真题解析2018 I重要单词短语:credit/'kredɪt/ n. 学分;信任;赞扬;信贷idea of doing sth 做某事的想法even if/thought 即使,纵然,虽然grandmaster n. 国际象棋大师;棋王can hardly wait to do sth = can’t wait to do sth迫不及待地做某事mean business 是当真的,郑重其事的(常用于口语)make it clean that说清楚,明确地说明criterion /kraɪ'tɪərɪən/ n.(评判的)标准;尺度manage to do sth.设法做某事serve/sɜ:(r)v/v.对…有用,能满足…的需要;接待;服务;提供put to use使用put sth to good use有效使用(或利用)absolute /'æbsəlu:t/ adj. 绝对的;完全的absolutely adv. 绝对地;完全地make decision作决定make good decisions 作出恰当的决定ring true给人以真实的印象解析: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. 在我就读城市学院的第二年,我被告知教育处提供了一门名为“思考象棋”的“免费”课程,给三个学分。
I41 the idea of taking the class be cause, after all, who doesn’t want to42 a few dollars?我()上这门课的想法,因为,毕竟,谁不想()几美元呢?41.考查动词短语:put forward提出;jump ed at迫不及待地接受;tr ied out尝试;turn ed down拒绝42.考查动词:waste浪费;earn赚钱;save节省;pay付钱41.42.因课程是免费的,所以我急于接受(jumped at)这个课程,是因为我想节省(save)点钱。
选B、C。
More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t43 enough about free credits, news about our44 was appealing enough to me. 不仅如此,我一直想学象棋。
而且,即使我对免费的学分不是足够的( ),我们( )的信息就足以吸引我。
43.考查形容词: excited激动的;worried担心的;moved感动的;tired劳累的44.考查名词: title头衔,题目;competitor竞赛者;textbook教科书;instructor导师43.44.even if为即使,表示让步,根据句意,即使免费的学分不足以让作者感到激动(excited),这门课程的导师(instructor)的信息就足以吸引作者。
故选A、D .He was an international grandmaster, which45 I would be learning from one of the game's 46 . I could hardly wait to47 him. 我迫不及待地想()他.他是国际象棋大师,这()着我将师从这个游戏()大师之一。
45.考查动词:urge d督促;demand ed要求;held握住;mean t意味着46.考查形容词最高级:fast est;eas iest;best;rare st最稀少的47.考查动词:interview面试;meet遇见;challenge挑战;beat击败45.46. 这意味着(meant)我将师从这个游戏最好的(best)大师之一。
故选D、C.47.作者想学象棋,导师又是国际级大师,肯定是我迫不及待地想遇见(meet)他,不可能学象棋一开始就挑战,击败,故选B。
Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this48 was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he made it49 that our credits would be hard-earned. Maurice Ashley和蔼又聪明,一个已前的毕业生回来教学,这()对于他来说不是游戏,他是认真的。
在他的介绍当中,他()我们的学分不容易得到。
48.考查名词:chance机会;qualification合格;honor荣誉;job工作49.考查形容词:real真实的;perfect完美的;clear明确的;possible可能的48.Maurice Ashley回来教书,这是一项工作(job)。
故选D。
49.在他的介绍当中,他明确(clear)指出这些学分不容易得到。
故选C。
[make it clean that...说清楚,明确地说明。
]In order to50 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. 为了()这个课程,在其他的标准当中,我们必须写一篇论文,关于我们怎样计划()在课堂里学到的东西到我们未来的职业中,并且()到我们的生活。
50.考查动词:attend参加;pass通过;skip跳跃;observe遵守51.考查动词:add增加;expose揭露;apply把...运用于...;compare比较52.考查副词:eventually最终;naturally自然地;directly直接地;normally正常地50.51.52.前面说学分不好挣,应该是为了通过(pass)这个课程,我们必须写一篇论文,把课堂里学到的东西运用(apply)到我们未来的职业中,并且最终(eventually)运用到我们的生活。
故选B、C、A.I managed to get an A in that53 and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the54 . 我设法在那个()中获得了一个A,我还学习了超出()之外对我很有用的生活课程.53.考查名词:game;presentation介绍,陈述;course课程;experiment实验54.考查名词: criterion标准;classroom;department部门,系;situation情况53.54.根据文意,我设法在这个课程(course)中获得了个A,我还学习了超出教室(classroom)之外对我很有用的生活课程.故选C.B. [53空的course呼应前面的class. ]Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he55 me: “The absolute most important 56 that you learn when you play chess is how to make good57 .和Ashley学了象棋课程之后10年里,我仍在应用他( )我的东西:“当你下棋时学到的绝对最重要的()是怎样做出好的() [这里一句三空,关键在于你怎么分析语句。
]55.考查动词:taught;wrote;question ed提问;promise d承诺56.考查名词:fact事实;step步;manner方式;skill技能57.考查名词:grade s等级;decision s决定;impression s印象;comment s评论55.56.57.我仍然在使用他教(taught)我的东西,下象棋学到最重要的应该是技能(skill),怎样做出恰当的决定(decisions)。
故选A、D、B. [make good decisions 作出恰当的决定] On every single move you have to58 a situation, process what your opponent(对手)is doing and59 the best move from among all your options.”对于每一步单一的移动,你必须()形势,审视你的对手正在做什么,并且从你所有的选择中()最好的一步。
58.考查动词:analyze分析;describe描述;rebuild重建;control控制59.考查动词:announce(宣布),signal(发信号),block(阻塞),evaluate(评估)58.59.每一步你都必须分析(analyze)形势,并且从你所有的选择中评估出(evaluate)最好的一步。
故选A、D。
These words still ring true today in my60 as a journalist. 今天,作为一名新闻记者这些话仍然给人以真实的印象。
60.考查名词:role角色;desire欲望,要求;concern涉及,关系到;behavior行为60.根据后面的as a journalist可知,如今作者的角色(role)是记者。
故选A.。