Question

【题目】I’m told that during an international game of chess, many beautiful moves could be made on a chessboard. In a decisive ______ in which Marshall was matched with a Russian master player, he found his queen under serious attack. There were several ways of ______, and since the queen is the most ______ piece, the audience thought Marshall would ______ move his queen to safety.

Deep in thought, Marshall used all his time to ______ the condition. And then, he ______ his queen, paused, and placed it down on the most ______ square of all — a square from which the queen could be ______ by any one of three enemy pieces.

Marshall had sacrificed (牺牲) his queen — an unthinkable move. Everyone else was ______.

Then, the Russian and the players realized that Marshall had actually made a ______ move. It was clear that no matter how the game was taken, the Russian would soon be in a losing ______. Seeing this, the Russian ______ his defeat.

When the audience ______ from the shock of Marshall’s daring, they showered the chessboard with money. Marshall had achieved ______ in a very unusual and daring way — he had ______ by sacrificing the queen.

To me, it is not important that Marshall won,______ what counts is that he had ______ standard thinking to make such a ______. He had looked further the usual patterns of play and had been ______ to consider an imaginative risk on the basis of his judgment alone. No matter how the game ______, Marshall was the winner.

【1】A. experience B. step C. game D. situation

【2】A. support B. attack C. protection D. escape

【3】A. powerful B. attractive C. reliable D. valuable

【4】A. regularly B. naturally C. frequently D. quietly

【5】A. check B. recognize C. consider D. improve

【6】A. picked up B. cared about C. turned to D. watched over

【7】A. doubtful B. useless C. peaceful D. dangerous

【8】A. ignored B. caught C. replaced D. discovered

【9】A. frightened B. shocked C. determined D. excited

【10】A. wise B. wrong C. calm D. difficult

【11】A. journey B. action C. fight D. position

【12】A. settled B. rescued C. admitted D. expected

【13】A. recovered B. suffered C. came D. removed

【14】A. prize B. victory C. progress D. attention

【15】A. competed B. performed C. arisen D. won

【16】A. as B. so C. but D. or

【17】A. gone through B. broken with C. relied on D. dealt with

【18】A. joke B. blow C. surprise D. move

【19】A. willing B. active C. serious D. worried

【20】A. started B. changed C. ended D. continued

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】B

【10】A

【11】D

【12】C

【13】A

【14】B

【15】D

【16】C

【17】B

【18】D

【19】A

【20】C

【解析】文章主要讲述了Marshall打破常规思维，赢得比赛的故事以及带给我们的启示。

【1】考查名词。此处表示在一场决定性的比赛中。A. experience 经历 B. step 步伐 C. game 游戏，比赛 D. situation情形

【2】考查名词。此处表示有很多种逃跑方法，来保护queen。 A. support 支持 B. attack 攻击 C. protection 保护 D. escape 逃跑

【3】考查形容词。此处表示因为queen 是最重要的棋子。A. powerful 强有力， B. attractive 有吸引力的 C. reliable 可信赖的 D. valuable 有价值的

【4】考查副词。此处表示常规的走法是把queen 移到安全的地方。A. regularly 常规地 B. naturally 自然的地 C. frequently 频繁地 D. quietly 安静地

【5】考查动词。此处表示他在思考，考虑目前的情况。A. check 检查 B. recognize 认出 C. consider 考虑 D. improve 提高，改善

【6】考查动词短语。此处表示他拿起他的queen。A. picked up 拿起 B. cared about 在意，关心 C. turned to 转向 D. watched over 监视，看管

【7】考查形容词。此处表示他把棋子放在了最危险的地方。A. doubtful 怀疑的 B. useless 无用的 C. peaceful 和平的 D. dangerous 危险的

【8】考查动词。此处表示queen 在这个地方，三面的敌人都能抓住它。A. ignored 忽视，不理会 B. caught 抓住 C. replaced 取代 D. discovered发现

【9】考查动词。此处表示人们都感到吃惊。A. frightened 害怕的 B. shocked 震惊的 C. determined 下定决心的 D. excited 兴奋的

【10】考查形容词。此处表示他的俄罗斯对手和棋手们都认为他走了明智的一步棋。A. wise 明智的 B. wrong 错误的 C. calm 平静的 D. difficult 困难的

【11】考查名词。此处表示不管怎么下，俄罗斯对手都会处于劣势。A. journey旅途 B. action 行为 C. fight 战斗 D. position 地位，位置

【12】考查动词。此处表示俄罗斯对手承认了自己的失败。A. settled 安定，解决 B. rescued 拯救，援救 C. admitted 承认 D. expected 期望

【13】考查动词。此处表示观众从正经中恢复过来。A. recovered 恢复 B. suffered 遭受 C. came 回来 D. removed 移走，搬走

【14】考查名词。此处表示Marshall获得了胜利。A. prize 奖金 B. victory 胜利 C. progress 进步 D. attention 注意

【15】考查动词。此处表示他通过舍弃queen ，赢得了比赛。A. competed 竞争 B. performed 表现 C. arisen 出现 D. won 赢得

【16】考查连词。此处考查not。。。but。。。

【17】考查动词短语。此处表示打破常规。A. gone through 经历，浏览 B. broken with 打破 C. relied on 依靠 D. dealt with 处理

【18】考查名词。此处表示走棋的一步。A. joke 玩笑 B. blow 吹 C. surprise 吃惊 D. move 移动

【19】考查形容词。此处表示他愿意冒风险A. willing 乐意 B. active 积极的 C. serious 严肃的 D. worried 担心的

【20】考查动词。此处表示无论比赛怎么结束，Marshall都赢了。A. started 开始 B. changed 改变 C. ended 结束 D. cotinued 继续