写作
本单元的主要话题是“谈论兴趣爱好”，要求学生能简单介绍自己或他人的兴趣爱好。
常用表达
词汇：hobby; spare; collect; concert; trade; postcard; common; support; in one's free/spare time; add…to…； be interested in; all kinds of; not only…but also…； take up; feel proud; not…anymore
句型： 1.What's your hobby?
2．I like to exercise in my free time.
3．I enjoy playing ping-pong.
4．My hobby is studying stars.
5．I'm interested in…
典型例题
生活是丰富多彩的，没有爱好的人生是不完美的。亲爱的同学们，在生活中，你有什么兴趣爱好？这个兴趣爱好是怎样培养起来的？它给你的生活增添了哪些色彩？请你以“My Hobby”为题，结合自身经历写一篇短文。
要求：1.语句通顺，合乎逻辑，书写规范。
2．文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。
3．词数80左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
My Hobby
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思路点拨
本文是一篇介绍自己爱好的习作，我们可以从以下几个方面进行描述：
1．爱好的名称。(Different people have different hobbies. My hobby is climbing mountains.)
2．爱好的形成。(I started climbing near my home when I was five years old.)
3．爱好对你的影响。(Climbing makes me happy. Climbing increases my confidence.)
连句成篇
My Hobby
Different people have different hobbies. My hobby is climbing mountains.
I started climbing near my home when I was five years old. I was good at climbing at that time. I joined a climbing club to learn more when I was fourteen years old.
I like touching the rocks and I feel relaxed on the side of a mountain. Climbing is my only hobby. I often climb mountains during the holidays.
Climbing makes me happy. Climbing increases my confidence. I want to climb some high mountains in the future.
假如李明是你的好朋友，请根据以下提示写一篇80词左右的短文，介绍一下李明的业余爱好。
提示：1.以前是一个电影迷，一周至少去两次电影院，有时租DVD在家里看，最喜欢的影星是姜文。
2．现在的兴趣是集邮，认为集邮非常有趣，可以从邮票上学到很多有关人文、地理、历史等方面的知识，有些旧邮票非常有价值。
3．上周五是李明的生日，他从朋友那里得到了很多邮票，他非常高兴。
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详解详析
One possible version：
Li Ming is my good friend. He has manyhobbies. He used to be a movie fan. He went to the movie theatre at least twice a week. Sometimes he rented DVDs and watched them at home. His favourite movie star was Jiang Wen.
Now Li Ming is interested in collecting stamps. He thinks it's great fun. He can learn a lot about people, geography, history and many other things from stamps. Some old stamps are very valuable.
Last Friday was Li Ming's birthday. He got many stamps from his friends. Li Ming was very happy.
冠词
用法点睛
1．冠词主要用在名词前， 不能单独使用。冠词有三个： a, an, the。
2．a, an 为不定冠词， 表示泛指， 指首次提到的、不限定的人或物。a用在以辅音音素开头的单词前， an用在以元音音素开头的单词前。the为定冠词， 表示特指， 指上文提到过的， 或被限制性修饰语所限定的， 或说话双方所默认的人或物。
3．某些专有名词， 如人名、地名、国名等表示泛指时，其前不用冠词； 名词前已有指示代词、物主代词、不定代词或名词所有格等修饰时， 不用冠词。
经典例题
1．Cindy is________ amazing singer.
A．a B．an C．the D．/
[解析] B 考查不定冠词的用法。amazing以元音音素开头，故用an。句意：Cindy是一位让人吃惊的歌手。故选B。
2．—Lily, open________ door, please.
—I'm coming.
A．a B．an C．the D．/
[解析] C 考查定冠词的用法。句意：“莉莉， 请把门打开。”“我马上来。”这里的门是指双方都知道的“门”， 应该用the。故选C。
3．She learned to play________ piano all by herself.
A．a B．an
C．the D．/
[解析] C 考查定冠词的用法。表示演奏某种乐器时，乐器名词前要加定冠词the。故选C。
4．The children stood in________ circle and danced to music.
A．a B．an
C．the D．/
[解析] A 考查冠词的用法。句意： 孩子们站成一个圈， 随着音乐跳舞。故选A。
( )1.2017·广东I went to ________ supermarket to buy ________ birthday gift for my aunt yesterday.
A．an; a B．a; a
C．the; / D．/; the
( )2.2017·天水—Do you know how to spell ________ word “napkin” (纸巾) in English?
—Yes. It begins with ________ “n”．
A．the; a B．the; an
C．a; an D．the; the
( )3.2017·六盘水Mary is ________ eight-year-old girl with long curly hair.
A．a B．the
C．an D．/
( )4.2017·白银________ moon is very bright at night.
A．A B．An
C．The D．/
( )5.2016·连云港—Dong Guijun is________first man of Lianyungang to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma.
—He is________ pride of us.
A．the; / B．a; the
C．the; the D．a; /
( )6.2016·荆门—Do you know________girl with________ umbrella?
—Yes.She is Mary.She plays________piano very well.
A．a; an; / B．the; a; /
C．the; an; the D．a; an; the
( )7.My P．E. teacher often teaches us how to play________ football.
A．a B．an
C．/ D．the
( )8.2017·益阳改编I bought ________ useful dictionary yesterday. ________ dictionary is very cheap.
A．a; A B．a; The
C．an; The D．an; A
( )9.2017·永州改编Do you have ________ lunch at school on weekdays, Scott?
A．a B．the
C．/ D．an
( )10.2017·泰州Dangal(《摔跤吧！爸爸》), ________ Indian film, has become one of ________ most popular films in China.
A．a; / B．a; the
C．an; the D．/; the
详解详析
1．B 考查冠词用法。supermarket和birthday都以辅音音素开头；表示“一家超市”和“一件生日礼物”应用a。故选B。
2．B 考查冠词用法。句意：“你知道如何用英语拼写‘napkin’这个单词吗？”“是的。它以‘n’开头。”第一空特指“napkin”这个单词，故用定冠词the；第二空泛指一个字母“n”，且字母“n”以元音音素开头，故用an。故选B。
3．C 考查冠词用法。句意：玛丽是一个留着长卷发的8岁小女孩。由句意可知，这里是泛指“一个8岁的小女孩”，应用不定冠词，排除B、D；又因eight是以元音音素开头的单词，应用不定冠词an修饰。故选C。
4．C 考查冠词用法。句意：在晚上，月亮非常明亮。 在世界上独一无二的事物(比如太阳、月亮等)之前用定冠词the。故选C。
5．C 序数词first前必须加the; the pride of…意为“……的骄傲”。故答案为C。
6．C girl后有with短语修饰，表示特指，故第一空填the; umbrella以元音音素开头，其前用不定冠词an; 表示演奏某种乐器时，乐器名词前要加定冠词the。故选C。
7．C
8．B 考查冠词用法。句意：昨天我买了一本有用的词典。这本词典非常便宜。首次提到某物时用不定冠词，且useful以辅音音素开头，故第一空用不定冠词a；再次提到这一事物时表特指，要用定冠词the，故第二空用the。故选B。
9．C 考查冠词用法。句意：斯科特，你周一到周五在学校吃午饭吗？ 一日三餐前不用冠词。故选C。
10．C 考查冠词用法。句意：《摔跤吧！爸爸》，一部印度电影，已成为中国最受欢迎的电影之一。第一空表示数量“一”，用不定冠词，Indian以元音音素开头，故用不定冠词an；第二空位于形容词最高级之前，应用定冠词the。故选C。
阶段能力训练(Lessons 37－39)
Ⅰ.完形填空
Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables in their gardens, and looking after animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and __1__ are creative. Hobbies can develop your interests and help you learn new skills.
David Smith is a student. His hobby is writing. __2__ the summer of 2014, he spent four weeks on a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing, climbing and mounting biking, there was a writing workshop with a professional __3__. “She asked us to imagine that we were in a story. Then we wrote about our __4__ at the camp.”
In senior high school David wrote a story about teenage life, and it __5__ as a book in 2017.Many teenagers love his book, and as a result, David has become a __6__ young writer.
David has been very lucky __7__ his hobby has brought him enjoyment and success. But he is __8__ interested in many other things. “I like playing volleyball, too，” says David. “I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team. __9__ I'll write more books in the future, but I'm not sure.”
It's something difficult __10__ that we shouldn't spend all our time on our favourite hobby. There are many other interesting things to do in life, and we should try to do something new or different.
( )1.A.other B．others
C．the other D．another
( )2.A.During B．At
C．For D．On
( )3.A.manager B．doctor
C．singer D．writer
( )4.A.experiences B．examples
C．excuses D．experiments
( )5.A.took out B．tried out
C．came out D．went out
( )6.A.successful B．normal
C．polite D．lonely
( )7.A.or B．but
C．because D．though
( )8.A.too B．also
C．only D．either
( )9.A.Usually B．Immediately
C．Maybe D．Once
( )10.A.remember B．remembers
C．remembered D．to remember
Ⅱ.阅读理解
The word “hobby” is an interesting word. Every person has one thing he or she likes to do for fun. Some people like to collect things like stamps or story books, others like to play football or go window shopping where they can look at many beautiful things without buying them.
I have many hobbies for fun. Sometimes I play golf with my son. Sometimes I play tennis with my friends. I like to collect music books. I also collect musical instruments(乐器) from China like erhu, dizi, xiao, suona and pipa. These are the instruments of China which cannot be found in America.
My favourite hobby is fishing. I like to go and see my brother in the state(州) of Alaska where fishing is wonderful. The two of us take a boat and go to a small river where we fish for salmon，the most famous American fish.
( )1.What is TRUE about “hobby”？
A．Different people have the same hobby.
B．No one likes to collect paper boxes.
C．All people like playing football.
D．A hobby is something a person likes to do for fun.
( )2.What hobby doesn't the writer have?
A．Playing tennis with friends.
B．Collecting musical instruments.
C．Listening to music.
D．Playing golf with his son.
( )3.How many kinds of musical instruments are mentioned in the passage?
A．Four. B．Five.
C．Six. D．Seven.
( )4.How does the writer and his brother go fishing?
A．By car. B．By bus.
C．By boat. D．By bike.
( )5.Salmon is________．
A．the writer's brother's name
B．the name of a game
C．a kind of instrument
D．a kind of fishLesson
详解详析
Ⅰ.1.B 考查代词辨析。some…others…意为“一些……其他的一些……”。
2．A 考查介词辨析。during意为“在……期间”；at后跟具体的时间点；for后接时间段，表示动作或状态持续一段时间；on表示在具体某一天。此处是指在2014年暑假期间，故选A。
3．D 考查名词辨析。根据上文“a writing workshop”可知选writer。
4．A 考查名词辨析。experience意为“经历”example意为“例子”；excuse意为“借口”；experiment意为“实验”。根据句意可知选A。
5．C 考查短语辨析。come out意为“出版”。句意：这本书在2017年出版。
6．A 考查形容词辨析。successful意为“成功的”。句意：许多青少年喜欢他的书，结果，戴维已经成为一名成功的年轻作家。
7．C
8．B also 和 too 意义相近。also常用于肯定句的句中或句首，而too通常用于肯定句末尾；either用于否定句末尾。
9．C
10．D it是形式主语，真正的主语应该是后面的动词不定式“to remember …”。
Ⅱ.1.D 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.D
阶段能力训练(Lessons 40－42)
Ⅰ.完形填空
Having a hobby helps__1__ your life more interesting. A hobby can give you__2__ to talk about with others. It can also help you to avoid(避免) feeling bored.__3__how can you start a hobby? Look at the following ways.
Collecting things：
Think about what you are__4__in. You can collect things__5__stamps，coins or stones. You need to think about how you will get your collection and__6__ you will put them.
Write novels(小说) or short stories：
If you ever want to write a book, go ahead and have a try. You can__7__ a writing group.__8__does have a long learning curve(曲线), but I'm sure time will improve your hobby day by day.
Enjoy sports__9__ a hobby：
Would you like to learn a sport? If you like to be outdoors, you may enjoy fishing, running or flying kites. It is not hard__10__ these hobbies. They won't cost much. And you can have a lot of fun with them.
( )1.A.made B．making
C．to make D．makes
( )2.A.nothing B．something
C．anything D．somebody
( )3.A.And B．Or C．But D．As
( )4.A.interesting B．interested
C．exciting D．excited
( )5.A.for example B．such as
C．look like D．as
( )6.A.where B．when
C．who D．why
( )7.A.join B．join on
C．join to D．take part in
( )8.A.Reading B．Writing
C．Singing D．Collecting
( )9.A.like B．as
C．with D．except
( )10.A.start B．starting
C．to start D．to end
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Nancy's hobby is collecting sharpeners. She spends a lot of time on it after school. She has been collecting more than one hundred sharpeners from different countries. They are all different in colour and size.
Nancy likes sharpeners with animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns a lot about them from books.
Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. Then they give her other different sharpeners in return.
Nancy has many pen pals in many countries. She sends them sharpeners of her country. In return, they send her sharpeners of their countries. Nancy's father also gives her sharpeners. He brings them home from his friends for her.
Many of Nancy's friends collect other things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes(火柴盒)or stamps. But all of them say that Nancy's collection is the most interesting of all.
( )1.Nancy's hobby is________．
A．travelling
B．collecting pencils
C．collecting sharpeners
D．making friends
( )2.________Nancy's sharpeners are different in colour and size.
A．All of B．Some of
C．Many of D．Most of
( )3.Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She then________．
A．keeps them
B．throws them away
C．sells them
D．sends them to her friends
( )4.What don't Nancy's friends collect?
A．Sharpeners.
B．Coins.
C．Matchboxes and stamps.
D．Both B and C.
( )5.How does Nancy collect sharpeners? Which of the following is wrong?
A．Her friends give her some.
B．Her pen pals send her some.
C．Her father buys her some.
D．Her father's friends give her some.
详解详析
Ⅰ.1.C 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.A
7．A 8.B 9.B 10.C
Ⅱ. 1.C
2. A 由第一段最后一句“They are all different in colour and size.”可知选A。
3．D 由第三段第一、二句“Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She gives them to her friends.”可知选D。
4．A 根据最后一段第二句“Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes(火柴盒) or stamps.”可知选A。
5．C
