2015-2016八年级英语竞赛试题

2015----2016第二学期八年级英语竞赛试题

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一．单项选择（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30分）

（）1．-_______fine day it is today!

A．How B．What C．How a D．What a

（）2．The little boy wrote a_______ letter to his uncle．

A．five--hundred--word B．five--hundred--words

C．five--hundreds--word D.ive--hundreds—words

（）3．You must be thirsty．Why not _______ some tea?

A．stop drink B．to stop drink C．stop to drink D．stop drinking

（）4．They had a good last time Saturday，_______they?

A．didn’t B．hadn’t C．don’t D．haven’t．

（）5.Our class are going to have a picnic tomorrow. If you don’t go, _____________ A．so do I B．neither do I C．neither I do D．neither will I

( )6. She feels very lonely because she has no friends ________.

A. talk with

B. talking with

C. to talk with

D.to talk

( )7.--What do you ________ of the new movie?

--Great! It is very _________ with young people in China.

A.like, popular

B.think, popular

C.think, pleased

D.like pleased

( )8.My father will come back at 10 o’c lock ______of June 15.

A. in the night

B. by the night

C. on night

D. at night

( )9.I couldn’t finish the work __________your great help.Thanks a lot.

A.under

B.with

C.without

D.unless

( ) 10.-Is the price of the ticket very ________?

-No, it __________me only 30 yuan.

A. cheap,spent

B.high,cost,

C.expensive,paid

D.expensive cost

( )11. When the Greens moved into the house last week, ________was at sixes and sevens, so they did a big cleaning.

A. something

B. everything

C. anything

D. nothing

( )12. ---The doctor told me ________too much but I find it difficult.

---The doctor is right. The less you drink, _______you will be.

A. don’t drink; the healthier

B. not to drink; the healthier

C. not to drink; the more healthier

D. don’t drink; healthier

( )13. ---It’s too hot. Would you mind my ________ the window?

---_________. Do it as you like, please.

A. to open; OK

B. opening; Certainly not

C. opening; Of course

D. open; Good idea

( )14. You’ve finished your listening exam. Please get yourself ready for the next part, __________?

A. shall we

B. will you

C. do you

D. are you

( )15. ---Can you tell me why ___________?

---Because I want to help the people there.

A. do you go to Tibet (西藏)

B. did you go to Tibet

C. are you going to Tibet

D. you are going to Tibet

( )16. when I was a child, my grandmother _________ me interesting stories every night

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/515034015.html,ed to tell

B.was used to telling

C. used to telling

D. was used to tell

( )17. ---You look tired.

---My mother makes me _______ playing the piano for 2 hours every day.

A. practice

B. to practice

C. practicing

D. practices

( )18. Many successful people have the same quality—they never ________ no matter what difficulties they’ve had.

A. give up

B. stay up

C. cheer up

D. give off

( )19. ---Oh, dear! There isn’t enough _______for us in the lift.

---No hurry. Let’s wait for the next.

A. floor

B. seat

C. room

D. ground

( )20. I think ________ not difficult ________English every morning.

A. that; keep reading

B. it’s; keep reading

C. that; to keep reading

D. it’s; to keep reading

( )21. What do you think he will _______ ten years?

A. be in

B. be at

C. be for

D. be after

( )22. ---I’m sorry. I really ______ my homework at home.

--- That’s all right, but don’t______to bring it to school tomorrow

A. left; forget

B. leave; forget

C. forgot; forget

D. forget; forget

( )23.——Which of the two English dictionaries will you buy ?

——I’ll buy ___ of them ,so I can give one to my friend , Helen .

A .either

B .neither C. all D .both

( )24. --- Hi, Tom. I s your brother as active as you?

--- No, he’s a quiet boy. H e is _______.

A. less outgoing than me

B. not so calm as I

C. more active than I

D. as outgoing as I

( )25. Lily and Lucy are too tired to walk, but they have to walk ______two hours before they reach their home.

A. another

B. other

C. the other

D. more

( )26. Nobody told us _____

A. what to do it B .how to do C .where to do D. when to do it

( )27. ___ do you call that in English?

A. How

B. What

C. Who

D. which

( )28. Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool. It be very expensive.

A. must

B. can

C. mustn’t

D. can’t

( )29. Two of them are here, but where are ______ students?

A. the other

B. other

C. others

D. another

( )30. ---I called you yesterday evening, but there was no answer.

---Oh, I am sorry I dinner at my friend’s house.

A. have

B. had

C. was having

D. have had

二．完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

B utterflies are common all over the world but the ones in hot countries are

usually bigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries, and there are 31 different kinds. U sually the male（雄性）butterfly is more brightly colored than the female（雌性）. T he females have bigger and 32 bodies 33 they carry the eggs. T he gay（艳丽的）colors of the male 34 to attract （吸引）the female and the dark colors of the female make them 35 to be caught by

36 before they have 37 their eggs.

S ome butterflies have bright colors on 38 wings（翅膀）which show when they fly, but when they stop in a tree or leaf, they 39 their wings. O n their wings there are green and brown marks（记号）which look like the tree or leaves. T hey are difficult to see. T he best example of this is the Dead Leaf Butterfly. W hen its wings are 40 , it really looks like a dead leaf. T here are even marks that

41 like the holes in a dead leaf. W hen a bird is running 42 a butterfly,

and it closes its wings, it seems to have 43 completely（完全地）.

M any butterflies have round marks in their wings that look like 44 .

when they are resting, and their wings are folded（合拢）, these 45 be seen.

W hen a bird sees one, and begins to attack it, the butterfly opens its wings. T he bird thinks that it sees two eyes staring（瞪）at it, and, frightened, it flies away. ( ) 31. A. fewer B. less C. more D. most

( ) 32. A. lighter B. healthier C. smaller D. heavier

( ) 33. A. so B. because C. because of D. th an

( ) 34. A. help B. ant C. decide D. make

( ) 35. A. easy B. different C. difficult D. important

( ) 36. A. friends B. neighbors C. partners D. enemies

( ) 37. A. lied B. lay C. lain D. laid

( ) 38. A. its B. them C. their D. theirs

( ) 39. A. open B. stop C. close D. show

( ) 40. A. open B. closed C. closing D. opened

( ) 41. A. looks B. look C. looked D. looking

( ) 42. A. after B. for C. up D. out of

( ) 43. A. died B. danced C. disappeared D. sung

( ) 44. A. eyes B. noses C. ears D. arms

( ) 45. A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t

三．阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

(A)

One day an American went to a small town in South America for his holidays. Few people went there because it was far away front the cities. He fell ill and wanted very much to see a doctor.

The American wanted to find out a fine doctor there. A man told him, “That’s very easy. If there is a patient that a doctor can’t cure(治愈)，the doctor has to put a balloon(气球) over his clinic(诊所).

The American tho ught, “The less balloons are, the better the doctor is.” He began to look for the best doctor along the street. First he found a clinic. There were 20 balloons. After a few minutes he found another one, which had 30 balloons. He thought neither doctor was fine.

At last he found the third clinic that was very new, and only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in. “Wait a minute,” said the doctor. “I’m too busy, you know. I have to put some balloons,” The American looked at the new clinic and asked, “When did you open yours?” The doctor answered, “It was only yesterday!” The American was very much surprised and said to himself, “Where can’t I find the best doctor?”

( )46. _______ went to the small town for their holidays.

A. Many people

B. Some people

C. Most people

D. A lot of people

( )47. The American wanted to see a doctor because ______.

A. he didn’t feel well

B. he was very happy

C. he was very tired

D. he was a doctor, too

( )48. It was ______ to find a fine doctor in the town.

A. easy

B. not hard

C. dangerous

D. difficult

( )49. If the three doctors opened their clinics at the same time, which one do you think is the best?

A. The first one

B. The second one

C. The third one

D. I’m not sure

( )50. The third clinic was ______.

A. a new one

B. an old one

C. the best

D. the worst

（B）

A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAhhhhhhh!”to his surprise, he heard the voice repeating （重复）, somewhere in the mountain, “AAhhhhhh!” then the boy shouted, “Who are you?” he received the answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so he shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”

H e looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen.”And then he shouted to the mountain, “I love you!”The voice answered, “I love you!”Again the man cried, “You are the best!”The voice answered, “You are the best!”

T he boy was surprised, but did not understand. T hen the father explained（解释）,”People call this ‘Echo’, but really this is life. I t gives you back everything you say or do. O ur life is just a reflection（反映）of what we have done. I f you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. I f you want to be successful, work hard. T his can be used in everything in life. L ife will give you back everything you have given to it.”

51. At first the boy cried because _______________.

A. he hurt himself and felt bad

B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

D. he hoped his father would help him

52. When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought _______________.

A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

C. there were many other people in the mountain

D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

53. The father shouted to the mountain to ____________.

A. find out who was repeating his voice

B. have fun with other people in the mountain

C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

D. let his son know whose voice was louder

54. The word “Echo” means ________________.

A. life itself

B. repeating voice

C. love in the world

D. everything in life

55. From the story, we know ____________.

A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all

B. the father has his own way to teach his son

C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice

D. the boy and his father were rather tired

(C)

There was a pilot（飞行员）and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The plane began to fall down. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses（借口）.

“I must go,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes and jumped out.

The first person stood up, “I’m a doctor,” he said. “I help people live longer a nd I save lives.” He took a parachute and jumped out.

The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to attend（参加）an important match（比赛）. I know I'll win the game because I'll be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.

Two men were left ------ an old businessman and a young mountain climber. At this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled. “Don't worry,” he said. “We can both jump out because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever man jumped out with my backpack. ”

56. All the people became worried because _________.

A. they couldn't find the parachutes

B. they got lost

C. they saw the pilot jump out first

D. the plane would be broken and they knew there weren’t enough parachutes for each person

57. The clever man jumped out with _________.

A. a parachute

B. nothing

C. the backpack of the climber's

D. his own backpack

58. All the people thought of themselves except（除了……之外）_________.

A. the pilot

B. the businessman

C. the doctor

D. nobody

59. From the story we know _________ would be dead.

A. the clever man

B. the businessman

C. the pilot

D. nobody

60. There are two men left, who are they?

A. A doctor and a mountain climber.

B. A pilot and a doctor.

C. An old businessman and a mountain climber.

D. A businessman and a pilot.

四．任务型阅读（共5小题；每题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，选择方框里A-E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使内容完整、正确。

Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together.

61 . One of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. 62 .Then we won’t have to take the test.”But they didn't know how to tell their teacher about it. 63 , or their teacher would be angry with them.

The girls thought for several minutes, then one of them said, “ Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire（爆胎）.”“ That’s a good idea,” the other three girls said. “ We’ll tell him that.”

They got to school an hour later. 64 when they arrived.

“Why are you late? You miss the test.”the teacher said angrily. “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls answered.

The teacher thought for a moment, then he told each of the four girls to sit down in each corner of the classroom.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher

said, “ Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: 65 ?”

61．＿＿＿ 62.＿＿＿ 63.＿＿＿ 64.＿＿＿ 65.＿＿＿

五．用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空．(共10小题；每题1分，满分10分) 66．Please listen to the teacher ____ （careful）in class

67．Tom’s father’s ____ （dead）made him very sad．

68．It’s important for us to eat____ （tomato）．

69．Hainan Province is in the____ （southern）of China．

70．Who is the____ （win）of the boy long jump?

71．Parents should teach their children to do things by____ （they）．

72．He likes making things because he is a____ （invent）．

73. I can find the meaning of new words by ＿＿＿(look) them up in a dictionary.

74. Jim, with his parents ＿＿＿(watch) TV in the living room now.

75. Hurry up! Or we ＿＿＿(be) late for the last bus.

六．句型转换（共5小题；每题2分，满分10分）

76．Jack did well in the exams yesterday．（改为否定句）

Jack_____ _____well in the exams yesterday

77．Mother said to me，“Don’t go alone at night．”（改为简单旬）

Mother told me_____ _____go alone at night．

78．Why don’t you go to the movie with us?（同意句）

Why_____ _____to the movie?

79．My brother has few rriends.（反意疑问句）．

My brother has few rriends，_____ _____ ？

80．Li Lei has already read the book．（改为一般疑问句）

＿＿Li Lei read the book ＿＿?

七．根据对话情景选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项是多余的

（共5小题；每题1分，满分5分）

A:Hello, Beijing Railway Station. Can I help you?

B: Yes, 81__

A: OK. Where are you going?

B: 82 So we’ll book the tickets to the nearest station on Friday evening. A: All right. The train starts at 10:00 p. m. and arrives at 11:00 a. m. at Mount Huang Railway Station.

B: That’s great. 83

A: We’ve got tickets at￥360 for the soft sleeper and￥240 for the hard sleeper.

84

B: I’d like to book seven tickets for the hard sleeper.

A: OK. Seven hard sleeper tickets. Please pay for the tickets before 19:30. And could you tell me your name, please?

B: Sure. 85_

A: And your cellphone number?

B: It’s 135********. Thanks.

A: It’s my pleasure.

A.My name is Cheng Ping.

B.Which kind do you want?

C.Thank you.

D.We are going to Anhui to climb Mount Huang.

E.And what about the price?

F.I’d like to book seven tickets, please.

G.What can I do for you?

八．书面表达（满分10分）

在过去的两年初中学习生活中你是如何学好英语的，请写一篇80词左右的短文向你的同学介绍一下你的学习经验。