Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给) My hobby is playing chess—one of the greatest games in the world. My mum t{#blank#}1{#/blank#} me to play when I was seven years old. She beat me every time for the first year. But then, on my eleventh birthday, I w{#blank#}2{#/blank#} for the first time. Now I am always the winner between us.
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There is a chess club in our school. We meet every week to play with each other. I am the best p{#blank#}6{#/blank#} in the club, and the captain of the school chess team. This year we got the All English Schools' Championship(锦标赛).
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