阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A，B，C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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        4 1       the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to        4 2       a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren't        4 3       enough about free credits, news about our        4 4       was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which        4 5       I would be learning from one of the game's        4 6      ,I could hardly wait to        4 7       him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this        4 8       was no game for him; he meant business. In his introduction, he make it        4 9       that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to         5 0       the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to         5 1       what we would learn in class to our future professions and         5 2      , to our lives. I managed to get an A in that         5 3       and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the         5 4      .

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he         5 5       me: "The absolute most important         5 6       that you learn when you play chess is how to make good         5 7      .On every single move you have to         5 8       a situation, process what your opponent(对手) is doing and         5 9       the best move from among all your options." These words still ring true today in my         6 0       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．

demanded

C．

held

D．

meant

46.

A．

fastest

B．

easiest

C．

best

D．

rarest

47.

A．

interview

B．

meet

C．

challenge

D．

beat

48.

A．

chance

B．

qualification

C．

honor

D．

job

49.

A．

real

B．

perfect

C．

clear

D．

possible

50.

A．

attend

B．

pass

C．

skip

D．

observe

51.

A．

add

B．

expose

C．

apply

D．

compare

52.

A．

eventually

B．

naturally

C．

directly

D．

normally

53.

A．

game

B．

presentation

C．

course

D．

experiment

54.

A．

criterion

B．

classroom

C．

department

D．

situation

55.

A．

taught

B．

wrote

C．

questioned

D．

promised

56.

A．

fact

B．

step

C．

manner

D．

skill

57.

A．

grades

B．

decisions

C．

impressions

D．

comments

58.

A．

analyze

B．

describe

C．

rebuild

D．

control

59.

A．

announce

B．

signal

C．

block

D．

evaluate

60.

A．

role

B．

desire

C．

concern

D．

behavior