Question

短文填空。

My hobby is 1. chess(象棋)—the greatest game 2. the world. My mum taught me how to play it when I was seven years old. She beat me every time for the first year. But then,   3.  my eighth birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her now.

It 4. about a day to learn the rules. But if you want to be good, you have to practice for years. You don’t need much to play chess—just a chess set and someone to play   5.  . Chess sets can be quite cheap, or incredibly expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but I prefer to play.

There is a chess   6.  in our school. We must every week to play each   7.   . I am the best player in the club, and the captain of the school chess team. This year we 8. the All England Schools Championship, and I had to go up on stage in front of the whole school to collect the trophy(奖品).

Answer

1.playing

2.in

3.on

4.takes

5.with

6.club

7.other

8.won

【解析】

试题分析：下棋是作者的最爱- - -他认为下棋是世界上最棒的游戏 。当他七岁时，妈妈教他怎样下棋。 第一年时每次都是妈妈赢。不过，在作者的八岁生日时，他第一次赢了。 现在他总是两个中间的胜者。作者还谈论了下象棋的一点体会。

1.句意：我的爱好是下象棋。play chess 下棋 此处应该用动名词作表语。故答案为playing。

2.句意：世界上最棒的游戏。in the world在世界上。故答案为in。

3.句意：在我八岁生日那天，我第一次赢了。在某人几岁生日时应该用介词on。

4.句意：大约花费一天的时间来学习规则。It takes/took sb some time to do sth.花费某人多长时间做某事。时态是一般现在时态。依据句意，答案为takes。

5.句意：只要一副棋子，有人玩就可以了。play with sb. 同某人一起玩。此处的动词不定式作后置定语。故答案为with。

6.6】句意：我校有一个象棋俱乐部。从下文中的句子“I am the best player in the club,”可知，此处应该填俱乐部，故答案为club。

7.7】句意：我们必须每周彼此下象棋。each other彼此，互相。依据句意，答案为other。

8.8】句意：今年我们学校赢得了全英国国际象棋比赛的冠军。依据句意可知，此处应填“赢得”，时态是过去时态。故答案为won。

考点：考查短文语法填空。