1 2 0 0 9 -2 0 1 8 十年全国卷分类汇编之完型填空 【2018·全国I】 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 grand master, 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. de...