(2018全国一卷)
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
tak ing the class because , after all ,who does n't want to 42 a few dollars? More tha n that,
rd always wan ted to lear n chess. And, eve n if I were n 43t eno ugh about free credits,
n ews about our 44 was appeali ng eno ugh to me. He was an intern ati onal gran dmaster,
which 45 I would be learning from one of the game's 46 .1 could hardly wait to 47 ____
him.
Maurice Ashley was ki nd and smart, a former graduate returni ng to teach, and this _48
was no game for him: he meant bus in ess. In his in troducti on, he made it 49 that our credits would be hard-ear ned. In order to 50 the class ,am ong 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 man aged to get an A in that 53 a nd lear ned life less ons that
have served me well bey ond the 54 .
Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he 55 ___ m e: “ The absolute most importa nt 56 that you lear n whe n you play chess is how to make good
57 .On every single move you have to 58 a s ituation ‘process what your opponent(对
手)is doing and 59 _ the best move from among all your options. ” These words still rir true today in my 60 as a journalist.
41. A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. tur ned dow n
42. A. waste B. earn C. save D. pay
43. A. excited B. worried C. moved D. tired
B. competitor
C. textbook
D. instruct or
44. A. title
45. A. urged
B .
dema nded C. held D. meant 46. A. fastest B .
easiest C. best
D. rarest
47.A. in terview
B. meet
C. challe nge
D. beat 48. A. chance
B. qualificati on
C.honor
D. job 50. A. atte nd
B. pass
C. skip D . observe 51. A. add
B. expose
C. apply
D . compare 52. A. eve ntually B .
n aturally
C. directly
D .
no rmally 53. A. game
B. prese ntati on
C. course
D. experime nt
54. A. criteri on
B. classroom
C. departme nt
D. situati on
55. A. taught
B. wrote
C. questi oned
D. promised
56. A. fact B. step
C .
manner
D .
skill 57. A. grades B. decisi ons
C. impressi ons
D. comme nts
58. A. an alyze B. describe C .
rebuild D
.
control 59. A. announce
B. sig nal C .
block
D. evaluate 60. A. role
B. desire
C .
concern
D
.
behavior
B
(2018全国二卷)
Two weeks earlier, my son, Ben, had got in touch , he mum whe n
he was three and it had bee n 13 years since I my 42 whe n he emailed me say ing he wan ted to come to visit me.
I was 43 ! I arrived early at Byro n Bay where we were supposed to
d moved to En gla nd with
his
41 seen him . So imagi ne
44 . The
bay was 45 in sun shi ne, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the
47 shore. Getting a little 46 . I realized one kayak (皮戈U艇)was in “ Something ' s not
48 ! ” I took off my T -shirt and 49 in to the water. I saw there were two
in structors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was 50 viole ntly. Linking
arms with one of the in structors . I helped
51 the young man out of the water. He was
uncon scious and as I looked at his face, someth ing 52 to me. Those brow n eyes were
very 53 . “ What ' s his name ?
” I asked the instructor.
“ Ben, ” he
repliec
immediately I 54 . That stra nger was my son!
The in structors called for an ambula nee.
55 ,after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was
56 and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted
my son.
well eno ugh to be allowed to about everyth ing and the n Ben 57
to me.
“ I just want to say thank you,
said,
“ You58 my life !
I still can
't believe what a59
it was. I
' m just so glad I was there 60
to help
41.A. also B. often
C. eve n
D. last
42.A. delight B. relief
C.anger
D. worry
43.A. scared B. shocked
C. thrilled
D. ashamed
44.A. talk B. stay
C. meet
D. settle
45.A. bathed B. clea n
C.deep
D. formed 46.A. faster B. closer
C. heavier
D. wiser 47.A. trouble B. advanee
C. questi on
D. battle
48.A. real
B. right
C. fair
D. fit
49.A. stared B.sank C. dived D. fell
50.A. argu ing B. fighti ng
C. shouti ng
D. shak ing
51. A. lead
B. persuade
C. carry
D. keep
52.A. happe ned
B .
occurred C. applied D. appealed
53.A. sharp B .
pleasa nt C. attractiv e
!
D .
familiar 54.A. agreed
B. hesitated
C. d oubted
D. knew 55.A. Fortu nately B .
Fran kly
C. Sadly
D. Sudde nly
56.A. return
B. relax
C.speak
D. leave
57.A. joked B .
turned
C. l iste ned
D. poin ted
58.A. created
B. honored
C. s aved
D. guided
59.A. coin cide nee
B. change
C. pity
D. p ai n 60.A. on board
B .
in time
C. for sure
D. o n purpose
C
(2018全国三卷)
Whe n most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown pers on, we usually say "sorry,
41 nu mber!"a nd move on But whe n Denn is Williams
42 a
text that clearly was n't inten ded for him, he did someth ing
43
On March 19,De nnis got a group text 44 him that a couple he did n't know were at the hospital, wait ing for the
45 of a baby.
"Con gratulati ons! But I think some one was mistake n," Dennis 46
. The baby was
born and update texts were 47
quickly from the overjoyed gran dmother, Teresa.
In her 48
, she did n't seem to realized that she was
49 the baby 's photos with
a complete stranger. “ Well, I don't 50 you all but I will get there to take pictures
with the baby
,replied Denn is before ask ing which room the new
51 were in.