题目内容：

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 _________the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to _________ a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t _________enough about free credits, news about our _________was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which _________ I would be learning from one of the game's _________. I could hardly wait to _________him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this _________was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it _________that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to __________the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to __________what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __________, to our lives. I managed to get an A in that __________and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the __________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he __________me: “The absolute most important __________that you learn when you play chess is how to make good __________. On every single move you have to __________a situation, process what your opponent(对手）is doing and __________the best move from among all your options.”These words still ring true today in my __________as a journalist.

1.A. put forward    B. jumped at    C. tried out    D. turned down

2.A. waste    B. earn    C. save    D. pay

3.A. excited    B. worried    C. moved    D. tired

4.A. title    B. competitor    C. textbook    D. instructor

5.A. urged    B. demanded    C. held    D. meant

6.A. fastest    B. easiest    C. best    D. rarest

7.A. interview    B. meet    C. challenge    D. beat

8.A. chance    B. qualification    C. honor    D. job

9.A. real    B. perfect    C. clear    D. possible

10.A. attend    B. pass    C. skip    D. observe

11.A. add    B. expose    C. apply    D. compare

12.A. eventually    B. naturally    C. directly    D. normally

13.A. game    B. presentation    C. course    D. experiment

14.A. criterion    B. classroom    C. department    D. situation

15.A. taught    B. wrote    C. questioned    D. promised

16.A. fact    B. step    C. manner    D. skill

17.A. grades    B. decisions    C. impressions    D. comments

18.A. analyze    B. describe    C. rebuild    D. control

19.A. announce    B. signal    C. block    D. evaluate

20.A. role    B. desire    C. concern    D. behavior