2020_2021学年高中英语Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorldGrammar课件外研版必修420210305158.ppt

Ⅱ. 完形填空 (2020·邯郸高一检测) On March 10, 2019, eight-year-old Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi beat 73 young competitors to win the New York State Chess Championship in his age category—kindergarten to third grade. While the　1　 is great, what is even more amazing is that the boy 　2　learning the game less than a year ago. ? Tani and his family 　3　in New York City from Nigeria in 2017. Soon after, Tani started to study at the 　4　elementary school, P. S. 116, which is near his home. It was here that the young boy was first 　5　to the chess. 　6　by the game, the boy begged his mother, Oluwatoyin, to allow him to 　7　the school’s chess club. Considering that the family would be unable to afford the 　8　, Oluwatoyin emailed chess　9　Russel Makofsky, who ran the club. To her surprise and 　10　, Makofsky agreed to charge young Tani nothing. The young boy made up his mind to practice harder in return for his 　11　. He has won seven important prizes in less than a year, and 　12　 27 in America in his age category. ? 　13　the chess club certainly helps, Tani’s success can be largely owed to (归功于) his 　14　 to the game. The chess player 　15　 the game for several hours a day. Every Saturday, Tani and his mother 　16　to Harlem for a free 3-hour class to help further sharpen his game skills. ? He is now busy　17　the National Elementary Championships, which will be held in Nashville, TN. Winning the 　18　will bring the chess player closer to his dream of becoming the world’s 　19　chess grand master (大师). The record is now held by Russian chess player Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, who won the title in 2002 at the age of 12. We have no 　20　 that the determined boy will achieve his goal soon! ? 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了一个极具国际象棋天赋的8岁男孩的故事。 1. A. agreement　　　　　　　 B. achievement C. treatment D. argument 【解析】选B。agreement同意, 协议; achievement成就; treatment治疗; argument争论。此处是指虽然他的成就(achievement)很突出, 但更加令人惊奇的是这个男孩开始学习下棋才不到一年。 2. A. began　 　B. enjoyed　 　C. missed　 　D. minded 【解析】选A。