八年级英语竞赛试题
Ⅰ. 从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案（10分）( ) 1.--- _______ do you have a sports meeting?
------ Twices a year.
A.How many
B.How long
C.How often
D.How much ( ) 2.If you want to be healthier, you must eat ______junk food, I think.
A.more
B.less
C.fewer
D.much ( ) 3.Drinking hot tea ______ honey is good _____ a sore throat.
A with, for
B have, at
C at, with
D in, to
( ) 4.His father often __________to work.
A takes a bike B.by bike C.on foot D.rides a bike
( ) 5 _my mom the whole afternoon to do the housework last Sunday.
A.It takes
B.It spent
C.It took D It helps
( ) 6. How are you ? I am not .
A .feel well
B feel good C. feeling well D. feeling good
( ) 7. This is my new pen. Let me ________________.
A.show you to it
B.show it at you
C.show it to you
D. show you it
( ) 8. That book is not so as this one.
A. interesting B more interesting
C most interesting D. the most interesting
( ) 9 What would you like to drink , girls ? .
A Two cup of coffee
B Two cups of coffees
C Two cups of coffee
D Two cup of coffees
( ) 10 My sister has two skirts .One is yellow , is black.
A other
B another
C others
D the other.
Ⅱ.完型填空（10分）
Sunday,June 1st Fine Great weather today! It’s11 . It’s also my12 birthday. My mother decided to 13 for me, so I wrote some 14 and sent them to my good friends . I also invited a few on the phone. But Kate said she couldn’t come because she 15 visit her aunt, and John said he might(也许) come 16 later.
Ten of my friends came to my home. They 17 me nice presents. I liked them very much. The party began 18 six thirty. My friends sang the song “19 birthday to you!” We ate, talked and laughed happily. I feel that I am the happiest girl in the world today. I will 20 forget today.
( )11. A.Teacher’s Day B.Children’s Day C.Moth er’s Day D.Father’s Day
( )12.A.fifteenth B.fifteen C.fifteenths D.the fifteenth
( ) 13. A.make a cake B.have a party C.sing a song D.buy a bike
( ) 14. A.postcards B.books C.invatations D.letters
( )15. A.mustn’t B. needn’t C.could D.had to.
( )16. A.a few B.some C.a little D.so
( ) 17 A.took B.spent C.sold D.brought
( ) 18.A.for B at C.in D.on
( ) 19. A.Happy B.Good C. Nice D.Great
( ) 20 A.always B.ever C.never D.often
Ⅲ.阅读技能(50分)
A) 选出最佳答案（10分）
Have you ever been ill?When you are ill,you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot,and there are pains(疼痛) all over your body.You don’t want to work,and you stay in bed,feeling very sad.
What makes us ill?it is germs.Germs are everywhere.They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes,but you can see them wih a microscope(显微镜).They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.Germs are always found in dirty(脏的) water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope,we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water,
Germs aren’t found only in water.They are found in air and dust(灰尘).If you cut your finger,if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut,some of the germs would go into your fnger.Your finger would become big and red,and you will have much pain in it.Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body ,and you wuld have pain everywhere.
( ) 21.Which of the following is true?
A.If things are very very small,they are germs.
B.If things can’t be seen,they must be germs.
C.Germs are everywhere around us.
( )22 What is a microscope used for?
A.Making very very samll thing look much bigger.
B.Making very big thing look much smaller.
C.Helping you if you can’t things clearly.
( )23.Why don’t your parents let you drink dirty water?
A.You haven’t looked at carefully.
B.Water can’t be drunk in this way.
C.There must be a lot of germs in it.
( )24 Which of the following is not true?
A.Germs can be found both in water and in the air.
B.Germs can go into your finger if it is cut.
C.If your finger isn’t cut,there aren’t any germs on it.
( ) 25.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Germs may make us ill.
B.Germs are in dirty water.
C.Don’t drink dirty water
B) 根据首字母提示补全短文（20分）
This is Sula. She is an orangutan(猩猩) f___ 26 Sumatra in Southeast Asia. She is around 40 y___27___ old and she l____28___ in the zoo w__29___ her daughters, sons and other orangutans. She e____30___ vegetables and fruit, and she r__31__ in the hot sun most days. The orangutans are very p_____32_____ in the zoo and visitors from around the world come to see them. They are endangered（绝种）b_____33___ their forests （森林）are disappearing（消失）. Also they don’t have b34 very often: only one baby every 6-7 years. Orangutans s_____35____ in nests(窝) and build a new one every evening . They can live 45-50 years.
26______________________
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C）根据短文内容判断正（T）或错（F）(10分)
Many people go to church on Sund ay, but others don’t. Many sleep late on Sunday morning, but others don’t. Some people work on Sunday, but most don’t. However, almost everyone reads the Sunday paper.
Often the paper is waiting outside the door when the family get up. The newspaper boy has delivered it.
The Sunday paper is usually very thick. It has many advertisements and many different sections. The grown-ups in the family like the front page, the editorial （社论）page and the world news section. Many men also read the sports pages and the financial pages.
Most men don’t read the women’s pages, b ut. the mother of the family usually does. The women’s pages have news about parties and marriages, and advice about food, health, and clothes. Most Sunday papers have comics, which children enjoy. Older people read the death notice, which tell people who have died during the week.
There is something for everyone in the Sunday paper.
（）36. On Sunday, most people go to church, and the others read the Sunday paper.
（）37. There are more advertisements in the Sunday paper, so it is very thick.
（）38. Men are only interested in the sports and the financial pages.
（）39. You can get some advice about food, health, clothes and enjoy some comics in the women s pages.
（）40. Businessmen often buy space in the newspaper for advertisements D）阅读文章补全句子. (10分)
Qian Zhongshu was one of the most well-known Chinese writers to the western world. Born(出生)on November 21, 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he grew up with his uncle, who didn’t have a son.
Qian liked reading books and had a surprising memory（记忆力）. He only needed to read something once before learning it by heart. He showed his good memory at an early age. When he was a small boy, his uncle often took
him to tea houses. He liked reading story books in the tea houses. When they returned home, he could repeat（重复）the stories to his cousins.
Qian went to Tsinghua University in 1929. although he failed his math test, he entered（进入）the university because he was so good at Chinese and English. In Tsinghua University he met his wife Yang Jiang, who is one year younger than him and a famous writer, too. They married（结婚）in 1935. Two years later, their daughter Qian Yuan was born.
Qian died of illness on December 19, 1998. he left many works to the world. His most famous novel（小说）, Fortress Besieged（围城）, came out in 1947. It has been translated into（已经被翻译成）more than six foreign languages.
41. Qian had a good memory. He could remember something ______ reading it once.
42. Maybe Qian Zhongshu was not good at______ , but he did well in ______ and ______when he was a student.
43. Qian Zh ongshu’s wife was born in______. She and her husband are
both_______.
44. Qian Zhongshu died in _______ at the age of _______.
45. Qian Zhongshu was famous for his _______ Fortress Besieged . It came out _______ years after his daughter was born.
Ⅳ.写作技能（30分）
A) 补全对话（10分）
A: Hi !Wang Yu. Nice to meet you here.
B:Hi! Zhang Qing, Nice to meet you too.
(46)________________________________?
A: Next vacation? Oh, I’m going to Kunming.
B: (47)_______________________________?
A: It’s always warm and sunny. You know, people call it the spring city.
B: (48) ____________________________?
A: Yes, I want to go there by plane. It’s far away from here.
B: That sounds great. (49)__________________________?
A: Maybe for a week.
B: (50)______________________________.
A：Thank you.
B) 翻译句子（10分）
Mary said “I want to make friends ,but I do not know how. 51 I don’t have any friends in my class. Help me, please.”Many people think that everyone knows how to make friends ,but a lot of people don’t. 52 The best way to think about making friends is to decide what kinds of friends you want to make . I asked a group of 13-year-old boys and girls to write a list of what they liked about their friends .They said that good friends :
a) show an interest in what people do
b) always smile
c) laugh at people s jokes
d) are kind
e) 53 help others with work, or help them do other things
f) 54 invite people to do something
g) 55 are good at playing games or doing activities
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C) 作文（10分）
以How to make fruit salad 为题写一篇说明文。50字以上。
提示语：apple ,pear ,watermelon ,honey, yogurt, peel, put, pour, mix..