八年级英语阅读竞赛试题
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Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花)falling.Ever wanted to hold them in your hands?They are always lost when they meet your hands.
Well,this isn’t just a problem for you.It was a problem for Wilson Bentley,too.In the 1870s,Wilson Bentley was just a teenager.His family lived in a small town in northeast America.Winters there were long and hard.Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and lo ved reading his mother’s books.But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.
How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera. The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.
But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest m oment of my life,” Bentley said later.
For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
( )1. The best title for this passage is ____.
A. Snowflake Photos
B. Snowflake Boy
C. Long and Hard Winters
D. Teenage Photographer
( )2. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was ____.
A. a farmer
B. a funny man
C. an athletic man
D. a school teacher ( )3. Which of the following statements about Bentley is true?
A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.
B. He was born into a rich family.
C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.
D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes.
( )4. What kind of person do you think Bentley was?
A. He was outgoing.
B. He was too serious.
C. He was interested in learning.
D. He was very warm-hearted.
( )5. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “____”.
A. water drops
B. rain drops
C. flowers
D. snowflakes
B
The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side.
At night, you can see the stars(星星). The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night come, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer(近)to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger.
( )1．When it is night, the sun ________ .
A. doesn’t shine
B. shines for a short time
C. disappears(消失)
D. shines on the other side of the earth ( )2．We can’t see the stars in the sky at daytime(白天)because ________ .
A. there are no stars there
B. the stars are much smaller than the sun
C. the bright light from the sun makes them not seen(被看见)
D. the stars come out only at night
( )3．The stars look small because ________ .
A. they are far away
B. they are small
C. they have no light
D. they are in the sky
( )4．Small things may look ________ when they are close.
A. bigger
B. small
C. near
D. far away
( )5．The sun looks bigger than other stars because ________ .
A. it’s bigger
B. it’s far away in the s ky
C. it gives much bright light
D. it’s closer to the earth than other stars
C
The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混合) and people won’t understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldn’t understand them. But if you sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is :” Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”
( )1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _____
A. writing it
B. using it
C. listening
D. learning grammar
( )2. What should you do in learning English?
A. Be careful not to make any mistakes
B. Write as quickly as you can
C. Speak English as much as you can
D. Laugh more often
( )3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _____
A. not care
B. be happy
C. feel worried
D. be unhappy
( )4. When you make s mistake, you should ______
A. keep quiet
B. get angry
C. be kind
D. keep your sense of humor ( )5. The story tells us :“______”.
A.Only foolish(愚蠢) people make mistakes
B.Few people make mistakes
C.People never make mistakes
D.There is no one who doesn’t make mistakes
D
Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said,“ Medicine won’t help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar(雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month.”
After a month the man came to the doctor again,“ How are you?” said the doctor. “ I’m glad to see you again. You look much younger” “Oh, doctor! I feel quite well now,” said the man “ I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walk a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first.”
( )1. The doctor told the man _____
A. to go to bed early
B. to drink milk
C. to walk a lot
D. all above ( )2. Which of the following sentences is true?
A.The doctor told the man to visit a beautiful city of the country for a month.
B.The doctor didn’t tell him what to do.
C.After a month, the old man felt better.
D.The old man was younger than before after a month.
( )3. The doctor’s words were _____ for the old man’s health.
A. useless
B. good
C. well
D. strong
( )4. The doctor wanted the old man ______.
A. to get worse
B. to smoke less than before
C. to help him
D. to start smoking
( )5. From what the old man said at last, we think ______
A.one cigar a day was really helpful to him
B.one cigar a day was better than before
C.he didn’t understand the doctor’s advice
D.smoking made him feel better than before
A:答案：B A C C D B:答案：D.C.A.A.D C:答案：B.C.A.D.D D:答案：D.C.B.B.C
八年级英语阅读竞赛训练试题1 完形填空 Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt terrible as well as 1 . What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the 2 of her husband. A few minutes later, I heard the truck 3 its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my complaints, but failed to make any 4 . Finally she put me down in a 5 place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag. I 6 out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me. It turned out that my owner meant to 7 me away. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther away. So I turned my head 8 the direction of the truck. The days we spent together were like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer, looked at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself 9 my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all 10 . I ran as fast as I could. And the 11 I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame (责备) her for treating me like this for she was such a(n) 12 lady. She seemed even somewhat 13 at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to 14 the pains of losing him. She 15 his pictures and clothes. She redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only 16 thing to remind her of him. 17 later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this. . . The truck finally stopped when I was almost 18 . She ran up to me and hugged me 19 . I heard her 20 , “I know you are a present he left to me. ” 1. A. frightened B. excited C. entertained D. puzzled 2. A. death B. absence C. separation D. missing 3. A. run B. drive C. start D. operate 4. A. sense B. difference C. effort D. trouble 5. A. usual B. dark C. beautiful D. strange 6. A. dashed B. walked C. struggled D. rushed 7. A. throw B. give C. take D. keep 8. A. into B. at C. in D. to 9. A. guide B. follow C. support D. bring 10. A. in peace B. in silence C. out of breath D. in tears 11. A. time B. way C. direction D. moment 12. A. cruel B. unfortunate C. unfair D. unfriendly 13. A. confused B. sad C. angry D. calm 14. A. prevent B. remove C. bear D. kill 15. A. burned B. kept C. sold D. hid 16. A. walking B. moving C. existing D. inspiring 17. A. But B. And C. So D. Then 18. A. made out B. knocked out C. left out D. worn out 19. A. firmly B. patiently C. disappointedly D. sadly 20. A. shout B. whisper C. speak D. talk 阅读理解 A
时集镇中心小学英语课外阅读竞赛试题 姓名学校班级 一、根据短文内容判断句子正误，正确用T，错误用F。（20分） （一）A mother and her daughter are washing dishes while the father and the son are watching TV in the living room. Suddenly, there is a crash of breaking dishes, then complete silence. The son looks at his father and says,“It is mom.” “How do you know?” “She doesn’t say anything.” （Tips： a crash of 一阵, complete 完全的, silence 沉默） （）1.There are three people in the family. （）2.The son is watching TV. （）3.The father is washing dishes. （）4.The mother doesn’t say anything. （）5.Most likely(最有可能的)the daughter breaks the dishes. （二）Mike: Hello. This is Mike. Is that Wu Fang? Wu: Yes, this Wu Fang. What are you doing, Mike? Mike: I'm watching TV. What are you doing? And how is everybody doing? Wu: Just fine. I'm doing the dishes. My father is writing an e-mail in the study. My mother is sweeping the floor. And my brother is playing chess with my sister. Mike: What do you do on the weekend? Wu: I visit grandparents and go shopping. Mike: Do you want to go to the nature park? Wu: Sure. What time? Mike: At 1:30. Wu: OK. See you later. Mike: Bye. ( )1. Wu Fang is watching TV and Mike is doing the dishes. ( ) 2. Wu Fang 's father is writing an e-mail in the bedroom. ( )3. Wu Fang visits grandparents and goes shopping on the weekend. ( )4. Wu Fang wants to go to the Children's Park at 1:30 with Mike. ( )5. Wu Fang’s brother is playing football.
八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷 一、完形填空：（每小题1分，共40小题） ⑴ David is a middle school student. He lived in a small 1 for fifteen years. His father, Mr Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2 a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His 3 moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had 4 friends here. At first he often played by 5 . His neighbour Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David 6 to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends. One afternoon, Cathy told David. “It’ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Will you please come?” “7 . I’m glad to,”the boy said happily. David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t call her because he didn’t know her telephone 10 . At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?” “What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?”“Nothing,”the woman said, “I just wish I were 16.” 1. A. town B. city C. village D. country 2. A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening 3. A. home B. house C. building D. family 4. A. a few B. few C. a little D. little 5. A. himself B. him C. his D. he 6. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes 7. A. Well B. Oh C. Mm D. Certainly 8. A. prize B. praise C. present D. price 9. A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered 10. A. code（密码） B. number C. place D. address (2) Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a 3 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot. On the day of my speech, I didn’t get nervous or forget 4 I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are 5 at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. 6 are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories
八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷 Name:__________ Class:___________ A Sociologists(社会学家), working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men. The number is said to be as high as 60% in Germany. “Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men’s world.” Said Dr. James Helen, one of the sociologists who did the study. Many men say that they have more duties than women. A man has to make money to support(养活) his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more. Some are even against their wives working at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children cannot be taken good care of. If women take full-time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up the children. Some women disagree. They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose between work and home life. Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances. Anne Harper has a very good job. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”. “I don’t wish I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish people would stop treating us like second-class people. At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs only to men usually they are the best ones. If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life. How many women scientists are there…or engineers?” 1.Many men think_______. A. women can’t do what men can. B. men have to work much harder than women C. men can make money more easily than women. D. women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home. 2.Some women have different ideas. They say that____________. A. women need chances to go out of the home more often. B. women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want. C. if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men. D. women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes. 3. Anne Harper thought that women should _________. A. live a better life than men B. be really liberated C. be given better jobs than men D. live a more wonderful life than men 4. Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man __________. A. because she believed in “Women’s Liberation” B. but she wished to get the same job as men C. because she had got a good job D. but she wished to be treated the same as a man 5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? A. There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones. B. Women are second-class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life. C. Women do the same jobs as men, but get paid less than men.
小学六年级英语阅读竞赛试题 学校班别姓名成绩 一、阅读短文，判断对错，对的写“T”，错的写“F”。（20分） Long long ago, there was a little mouse. On a sunny morning, the mouse rode a bike to the park. On his way to the park, he met a big fat cat. He was very afraid of the cat. So he rode his bike away. However(然而), his bike broke. He had to take a bus home. When he got home, he was very hungry. He ate a bowl of noodles and drank a cup of milk. He broke the cup just after drinking the milk. So, he had to clean the floor. When he was cleaning the floor, his grandma came. He was very happy to see his grandma. His grandma cooked him a very delicious dinner. After dinner, they took a long walk in the park. However, they saw a snake there and ran away at once. When they went back home, they were very tired. They took a bath and then went to bed. （）1、Long long ago, there was a small mouse. （）2、he mouse went to the park by bus on a cloudy morning. （）3、He met a big cat in the park. （）4、He was very happy to see the cat. （）5、He went home by bus. （）6、He ate noodles and drank milk because he was hungry. （）7、When he was cleaning the floor,his grandpa came. （）8、His had delicious food for dinner. （）9、He saw a tiger in the park after dinner and he ran away at once. （）10、In the evening he was very tired. 二、看图完成下列对话：（20分） 1. A: What are these ? 2. A: that man in the jeep?
初三英语阅读理解与完型填空竞赛2 完形填空A） Do you know the history of bowling（保龄球）? Scientists think that a game like bowling was ___ 1 in Egypt thousands of years ago. Things look like the balls and bowling pins were found buried(埋葬) with a child who __2 around 5,200 B. C. People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200-300 A.D. It was played in some churches in order to __3__ that they were very good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more ___4__ than the others. The first bowling place was built inside a very big building and __5__ in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside just for fun. During the 1800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for ___6__, so several cities made the game illegal（违法的. And later, a group ____7__ the American Bowling Congress (ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentleman’s game again. At t hat time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they ____8__a curtain up so that the men were not able to see them. Then, in 1916, a woman’s ___9___ named the Women’s International Bowling Congress (WIBC) made a point of showing that the game was fine for ___10___ men and women. 1. A. done B. played C. seen D. watched 2. A. died B. was dying C. dead D. death 3. A. tell B. show C. look D. say 4. A. possible B. often C. time D. chance 5. A. closed B. built C. opened D. stopped 6. A. fun B. pleasure C. money D. health 7. A. calling B. calls C. naming D. named 8. A. hanged B. hang C. hung D. hunged 9. A. party B. group C. class D. kind 10. A. between B. both C. all D. whole B）How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups. And old people wishing they were 1 again. Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person always enjoys what each age 2 him without wasting his time in useless regrets. Childhood is a time when there are 3 responsibilities（责任）to make life better. If a child has good parents, he is raised, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is 4 that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. But a child has his 5 . He is not so free to do what he wishes to do. He is 6 being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done. When a young man starts to earn his own living（谋生）, he can no longer expect others to 7 his food, his clothes, and his room, but he has to work if he wants to live 8 . If he spends most of his time 9 in the ways that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. 10 , if he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society. 1. A. children B. young C. active D. strong 2. A. leaves B. hopes C. makes D. gives
八年级英语阅读与写作竞赛试卷 一、完形填空(每题2分，共40分) A Years ago, my friend and I went to the Caribbean. We stayed at the Winding Bay Hotel first. The owner of the hotel, Mr Emeritus, was nice and was always __1__ to help others. A few days later, we were planning to stay for four days at the Cable Beach Hotel at another place. Mr Emeritus told 2 that he knew the owner of it. He gave us his 3 and told us to give it to the front desk when we got there. We thought that we might receive a fruit basket or something like that, because the 4 knew each other. 5 we arrived at the Cable Beach Hotel, I gave the card to the front desk. The man 6 us up to our room. We enjoyed our time at the hotel. When we would leave, the man told us we only needed to 7 one phone call. I told him that he made a mistake. However, he told us that Mr Emeritus paid for everything else. We were so _8__. After we returned home, we sent a letter to the owner and thanked him for making our 9 memorable (难忘的). For years, we kept 10 Christmas cards to him, and he sent them to us, too! ( )1. A. hard B. ready C. honest D. true ( )2. A. us B. you C. them D. him ( )3 A. money B. number C. card D. address ( )4. A. hosts B. hotels C. waiters D. owners ( )5. A. When B. Before C. If D. So ( )6. A. taught B. took C. caught D. carried ( )7. A. look for B. wait for C. pay for D. ask for ( )8. A. frightened B. general C. popular D. surprised ( )9. A. taste B. advice C. trip D. practice ( )10. A. buying B. sending C. wanting D. hoping B One of the amazing things about the World Wide Web is that anyone can create a web page．If people find our page interesting，they will come to 11 it. If lots of people like our page，then we have created something of value．The whole idea of a TV 12 is to create a place that attracts a lot of people．Then the station’s owner can charge companies for 13 on TV．A web page is like a small TV station. If yours becomes very popular，then you can 14 ads on it．That is one form of“value”．There are other forms as well，especially for teenagers．A popular page allows 15 to speak to and educate others，gives you a chance to meet people，and opens doors of chances that you might not 16 ． If you want to create your own page，you have two 17 ．You can create a page that says，“Hi，my name is Suzy and here is a picture of Binky，my cat. My favorite bands are…”That is fine，but it is not very interesting to others except your close friends．The other choice you have is to create a site that other people find 18 .Pick something you enjoy or
南湾街道学校第三届. …__…__小学英语阅读竞赛试题…__…__…_选择正确的答案。一、根据短文内容,_…__ _.题_Zara got up at seven o'clock. But it was raining and Yesterday was Saturday. _.：…号…ke a cake. she couldn't go out to play, she felt bored. She helped her mum ma考…… 's delicious. She After that she was hungry. She ate the cake with her mum. That 答 . , so she drank some water. Then the rain stopped. Zara went out was very thirsty . … … to play, and she was very happy. … … 要 1. 根据文章内容，选择短文正确顺序的图片。）（ . .… A. … …
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初一年级英语阅读竞赛试题 一、 完型填空 （20×1.5） (一) My mom told me that when I was born, I was the most beautiful baby in the world. Time passed, and I started to be a strong and happy girl. Then, one day when I was five years old, my life 1 a lot. I had a high fever （高烧）. The doctor gave me the wrong medicine, and this caused （引起）me to 2 my voice. My mom couldn’t believe that I could not speak. The doctor thought that I would 3 speak well again or learn another language. My mom, however, was a fighter （斗士）. She sent me to a lot of teachers. Finally, she found the 4 teacher, Nina, to help me to make my dream come true. She was a very nice person. She encouraged （鼓励） me and told me that I would speak again. The most amazing thing was that she taught me to read my 5 . I tried to repeat （重复） every word that I said in front of the mirror .For me, it was like being 6 again. Yes, I was! I learned to talk and speak my mother language （母语） — Russian. Now, I am studying English. I can’t believe that I am learning another language. But, I am! I am crying 7 studying makes me feel happy, and it makes me 8 when I remember what the doctor said to my mom, “ 9 will never be able to speak or learn another language.” I’ll always remember the beautiful words my mom said to me when I was a child and learned to speak again. “You fought (fight 的过去式，“与…作斗争”) in a war, you lived on, and then you got a beautiful medal for your success. You realized(实现) an impossible dream that people said you would never do. I will always be proud of （ 因…而自豪）you, and you will always be my 10 .” Now, I’m thinking about what is going to happen to me. When I am going to take every step in my studies and in my life, I try to think about my experience and be a grateful (感恩的) person. ……………………………密……………封……………线……………内……………不……………准……………答……………题 题…………………… 初一（ ）班 姓名_______________________ 学号______