五、选词填空
根据语篇内容,从方框中选择恰当的单词,并用其正确形式填空。每个单词只能用一次。
but take we player age eighth hobby be cheap well
My hobby is playing chess. My mum taught me how to play it when I was at the 46. of seven. She always won for the first year. But the next year, on my 47. birthday, I won for the first time when we played together. Now I am always the winner between 48. .
It only 49. me about a day to learn the rules (规则). But if you want to play 50. , you have to practice for several years. And you should spend your free time playing with others. You don't need much to play chess, 51. a chess set and someone to play with. Chess sets can be very 52. , or very expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a(n) 53. .
There 54. a chess club in our school. We meet every week to play chess. I am the best 55. in the club. This year we won the All England Schools Championship.

46. age 47. eighth 48. us 49. takes 50. well 51. but 52. cheap 53. hobby 54. is 55. player

46. 考查固定搭配“at the age of”，表示“在……岁时”，故填age。
47. 此处指“第八个生日”，应用序数词eighth。
48. between是介词，后接宾格代词，we的宾格是us。
49. “It takes sb. some time to do sth.”是固定句型，主语it是第三人称单数，时态为一般现在时，故填takes。
50. 修饰动词play用副词well，表示“下得好”。
51. 前文说不需要太多东西，后文说一副象棋和一起玩的人，是转折关系，故填but。
52. 由“or very expensive”可知此处填cheap（便宜的），与expensive对应。
53. 句意为“有些人把收集象棋作为一种爱好”，hobby符合语境，a后用单数。
54. there be句型中，主语a chess club是单数，时态为一般现在时，故填is。
55. 句意为“我是俱乐部里最好的棋手”，player（选手）符合语境，由I可知用单数。

六、书面表达
爱好相投,情深意长；挚友相伴,感恩同行。你校英文周刊以“The Friend I Want to Thank Most”为题向同学们征稿。请你用英语写一篇短文投稿,内容包括：
1. 你最想感谢的朋友是谁？
2. 你因为什么爱好和他(她)成为朋友？
3. 你为什么最想感谢他(她)？
4. 你怎样维系你们之间的朋友关系？
注意：
1. 70 词左右；
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯；
3. 文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称；
4. 短文开头已给出,不计入总词数。
The Friend I Want to Thank Most
Among my friends, the friend I want to thank most is

The Friend I Want to Thank Most
Among my friends, the friend I want to thank most is Lily. We became friends because we both love reading. Every day after school, we read books together in the library. Last term, I was ill and missed many classes. Lily helped me with my lessons and shared her notes with me. Now I can catch up with others. To keep our friendship, we often read books on weekends and share interesting stories. I'm lucky to have such a good friend.

1. 确定最想感谢的朋友名字，用常见英文名如Lily。
2. 选择共同爱好，如阅读，符合七年级上册Unit 2关于爱好的主题。
3. 感谢原因需具体，如学习帮助，符合单元中互相帮助的内容。
4. 维系友谊的方式用简单活动，如周末阅读、分享故事，语言简洁。
5. 控制词数在70词左右，使用一般现在时和简单句。