阚疃中学2013-2014学年度第一学期期末八年级英语竞赛用

阚疃中学2013-2014第一学期

八年级英语竞赛试题

（时间：100分钟分值：120分）

一、听力部分（每小题1分，满分20分）

Ⅰ.听句子，选择正确的答语。（句子读一遍）（每小题1分，满分5分）

1. A. They’ll have a great time. B. If you do, you’ll be sorry.

C. If you do, you’ll be late.

2. A. Yes, I will. B. Laura. C. No, I won’t.

3. A. Because they are old. B. Because they have more experience than us.

C. Because they’re teachers.

4. A. I’d like to buy a T-shirt. B. No, you can’t. C. You’re welcome.

5. A. Just so so. B. Not very good. C. Thank you.

Ⅱ.听对话，选择最佳答案。（对话读两遍）（每小题1分，满分5分）

听第一段对话，回答第6~7题。

6. What problem does the boy have?

A. He passed the exam.

B. He didn’t pass the exam.

C. He lost his wallet.

7. What will happen if the boy tells his parents?

A. They’ll be upset.

B. They’ll be angry.

C. They’ll be happy.听第二段对话，回答第8~10小题。

8. Why didn’t the girl want Lily to copy the answers?

A. Because she thought it was wrong.

B. Because she thought it was right.

C. Because she thought it was normal.

9. What does the father think of the matter?

A. Lily is right.

B. His daughter is right.

C. They’re both right.

10. What’s the father’s advice for her daughter?

A. She can call Lily.

B. They can chat online.

C. She can write a letter to Lily.

Ⅲ.听短文，根据所听内容填入所缺的单词。（短文读两遍）（每小题2分，满分10分）

Dear Miss Li,

I’m going to11 a New Year’s par ty in our classroom. But I’m 12 about several things.

First, I don’t know when to have it.Next, I don’t know if we can let students bring 13 to the party. The last one is what will happen if we watch a 14 at the party. You have a lot of experience. I’m looking forward to your advice on 15 these problems.

Yours,

Zhang Li

二、单项选择（每小题1分,共15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

( ) 16. I want to put the book on the shelf. Can you make________ for it?

A. a space

B. some space

C. some rooms

D. a room ( ) 17. Some _______ can make different bird _______.

A. actors; sounds

B. acts; voices

C. acts; sounds

D. actors; voice ( ) 18 --Did Linda have a good time at the party?

--Yes. She enjoyed_______ food very much.

A. itself

B. them

C. herself

D. her

( ) 19. talk I am listening to! It tells us a lot about saving the wild

animals.

A. What an useful

B. What a useful

C. How useful

D. How a useful

( ) 20. ______ did you weigh when you were born?

A. How heavy

B. How much

C. How many

D. What

( ) 21. Ann likes watching action movies, __________ her sister likes

cartoons.

A. and

B. or

C. while

D. otherwise

( ) 22. ---Don’t let the boy__________ in the sun. ---Ok, I __________.

A. to stand; won’t

B. standing; don’t

C. stood; will

D. stand; won’t

( ) 23. Do you write a report ______ an animal _______ danger for the club?

A. about; on

B. on; in

C. to; from

D. in; with

( ) 24. Emei Mountain is an ideal home __________ the monkeys

__________ live.

A. for; for

B. for; to

C. of; for

D. of; to

( ) 25. We must do everything we can our classroom cleaner and

brighter.

A. making

B. to making

C. to make

D. make

( )26,His sisters _________ his brother

A,doesn’t run so fast as B, don’t run so fast as C, doesn’t run so

fastly as

( )27. Did you have fun _______?

A. to camp

B. camped

C. caming

( ) 28. Would you please ________ the children ________with fire?

A. to ask; not to play

B. ask; not to play

C. ask; not play

D. ask; don’t play

( )29. —Is Rick there?

—No, he for Beijing three days ago.

A. left

B. leaves

C. leaving

D. leave

( ) 30. — My birthday is coming next Saturday, and I’d like you to come.

—____! I’ll have a meeting to attend that day. Thank you all the time.

A. Good luck

B. What a pity！

C. Never do it again.

D. Well done.

三、完形填空（每小题1.5分,共30分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she

was walking in the forests, she found two dying birds. She took them home and

put them in a small 31 . She was happy to have two “friends”. She32

them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl happened to leave the

door of the cage open. The larger and the 33 of the two flew out of the cage.

The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly, she felt glad that

she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn’t34 a

sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her

35 killed the bird! Then she noticed 36 bird jumping up and down

37 the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由) . It wanted to fly

into the clear, blue 38 . So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away

highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl 39 as the

bird flew. She didn’t care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be

happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang

the 40 song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to

keep love is to give it wings.

( ) 31. A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag

( ) 32. A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over

( ) 33. A. stronger B. lazier C. weaker D. smaller

( ) 34. A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear

( ) 35. A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish

( ) 36. A. one B. the other C. another D. other

( ) 37. A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind

( ) 38. A. sea B. hill C. forest D. sky

( ) 39. A. watched B. saw C. guided D. escaped（逃脱）

( ) 40. A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest

B

Food is very important. Everyone needs to _41_ well if he or she wants to

have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is 42_.

We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are

_43_ in everything around them. They learn _44_ while they are watching and

listening. When they are getting older, they begin to _45_ story books, science

books…, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask

questions and _46_ to find out the answer.

What is the best _47_ to get knowledge（知识）? If we learn _48 ourselves,

we will get the most knowledge. If we are 49_ getting answers from others and

do not ask why, we never learn well. When we study in the right way, we will

learn more and understand _50_.

41. A. sleep B. read C. drink D. eat

42. A. sports B. exercise C. knowledge D. meat

43. A. interested B. interesting C. weak D. better

44. A. everything B. someone C. nothing D. anything

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45. A. lend B. read C. learn D. write

46. A. try B. have C. think D. wait

47. A. place B. school C. way D. road

48. A. on B. with C. to D. by

49. A. often B. always C. usually D. sometimes

50.A. harder B. much C. better D. well

四、阅读理解（每小题2分,共30分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A

There was once a little deer in the forest. He had beautiful antlers, so he was very happy.

But when he saw his ugly legs, he became very sad. One day, he was standing to look at his beautiful antlers(鹿角) in the river when a tiger came up. The deer ran away. The tiger ran after him. The deer ran as fast as he could. Suddenly he stopped, because his antlers got caught up in the branches（树枝）of a tree. He did his best to get clear of the branches and began to run again. When he stopped at a safe place, he said to himself, “The beautiful antlers almost killed me, but the ugly legs saved my life.”

( ) 51. The deer was not happy sometimes because ________.

A. he did not run fast

B. he did not like the tiger

C. he had ugly legs

D. he had beautiful antlers

( ) 52. When he saw his antlers in the water, the deer was probably(可能)________.

A. sad

B. happy

C. afraid

D. sorry

( ) 53. We can see from the passage that the tiger ________.

A. ran as fast as the deer

B. did not run as fast as the deer

C. did not run after the deer

D. did not want to eat the deer

( ) 54. The deer did what he could do to ________.

A. run after the tiger

B. get clear of the branches

C. see his antlers

D. save his antlers

( ) 55 What saved the deer’s life?

A. The tiger

B. The branches of a tree

C. his ugly legs

D. His beautiful antlers

B

India is the home of tigers. Every year tigers kill many people. The tiger, however, does not always eat men. It likes wild animals better. It is only when the tiger is old or wounded(受伤的) that it eats men. But once it has tasted the flesh of men, it goes on killing men for food. When such kind of things happen, people are afraid. They have to stop working in the fields.

There are many ways to put an end to such dangerous animals. One way is that some men with long guns(枪) ride on elephants while other men drive the tiger towards them.

Another way is for a hunter to sit in a tree near the place where a tiger has eaten somebody. If the tiger comes back for another meal, the hunter will kill it in the hiding place. A goat may be tied(捆；绑) to the tree for the tiger to kill.

The most dangerous way is to hunt a tiger on foot. But the man must be brave and can shoot well or he would be killed by the tiger.

( ) 56. The tiger eats men only __________.

A. When it is old or hurt

B. When it is in the forest

C. When it is caught

D. When it is very young

( ) 57. Once the tiger has tasted the flesh (肉) of men, ____________.

A. it keeps eating men

B. it does not want to eat men any more

C. it becomes afraid of men

D. it stops eating any other wild animals

( ) 58. How many ways of hunting tigers does the passage tell us?

A. None

B. One

C. Two

D. Three

( ) 59. The most dangerous way to hunt a tiger is ______.

A. to sit on an elephant

B. to go after the animal on foot

C. to hide in a tree

D. to tie a goat to a tree

( ) 60.Which of the following statement is not true?

A. Tigers eat many people in India each year.

B. Tigers like eating elephants more than eating other wild animals

C. In order to kill a tiger, sometimes people may tie a goat to a tree.

D. When a dangerous tiger appears(出现) , people are afraid.

C

Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One

of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking

for a while, then the farmer said, “Let’s do something to pass the time.”

“What do you want to do?”the businessman asked.

“We can ask each other riddles,” the farmer said.

“OK.Let’s make rules first,” the businessman said.“If you don’t know the

answer to a riddle, you pay me ＄100. And if I don’t know the answer,I’ll pay

you ＄100.”

“That’s not fair (公平）.You are a businessman with much knowledge. You

know more things than I do. I am just a farmer,” the farmer said.

“That’s true,” the businessman said.“What do you want us to do?”

“If you don’t know the answer to a riddle,you pay me ＄100.And if I

don’t know the answer,I’ll pay you ＄50,” the farmer said.The businessman

thought about this, then he said, “OK.That’s fair.Who will go first?”

“I will,” the farmer said.“Her e is my riddle. What has three legs when it

walks, but only two legs when it flies?”

The businessman thought for a long time and said, “Mm,that’s a good one.

I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.” He gave the farmer ＄100, then he said,

“Tell me the answer.”

“I don’t know,” the farmer said, then he gave the businessman ＄50.

61. The story happened .

A. on a farm

B. in a shop

C. before a long plane journey

D. between two passengers

62. What does the word “riddle” mean in this story?

A. Something to win money.

B. Something to help to make rules.

C. A difficult question to find the answer to.

D. A kind of game in doing business.

63. Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?

A. He made much more money than the farmer.

B. He thought he knew more than the farmer.

C. He was interested in making riddles.

D. He was better at playing riddle games.

64. The farmer .

A. didn’t enjoy himself on his long journey

B. didn’t want to pay even one dollar

C. spent all his money on the plane ticket

D. won fifty dollars by playing the riddle game

65. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The two men made rules for their riddle game.

B. The farmer was more clever than the businessman.

C. The two men made their riddle game more interesting by playing it for

money.

D. The businessman knew the answer to this riddle.

五.根据句意及首字母提示完成单词（每小题1分，满分5分）

66. We had a w dinner at this restaurant.

67. I think I’ll stay at home and watch the v.

68. He is upset because he lost his w . And now he has no money.

69. Many t like to wear jeans at school.

70.Eating too much c is bad for your teeth.

六.根据汉语意思完成句子.（每小题1分，满分5分）

71.如果我有很多钱，我将环游世界。

If I have a lot of money, I’ll.

72.我认为你应该上大学。

I thi nk you should .

73. 多吃蔬菜水果对健康有好处。

your health to eat more vegetables and

fruit.

74.在英语考试中我常犯粗心的错误。

I often in English exam.

75. My friends go home once a week.（对划线部分提问）

_______ _____ do your friends go home?

.

七．Mary邀请Linda参加她这周六的生日聚会，但Linda的妈妈要

照顾生病的奶奶，爸爸要上班。再数学考试即将来临，还有许多作

业要做，在家要帮助父母，因此无法前去参加生日聚会。Linda感

到很抱歉，请你以Linda 的身份给Mary写封信。（15分）

Dear Mary,

Yours,

Linda

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