八年级英语竞赛试题

笔试部分（80分）

一、单项选择：（每小题1分，共15分）

（  ）1、Beijing is _____ the north of China. Shanghai is ______ the south of Beijing.

A. in, on      B. on, to     C. in, to    D. on, on

（  ）2、Don’t eat that meat. It smells _________.

A. dirty     B. bad      C. delicious    D. badly

（  ）3、The car ________ my father 210,000 yuan.

A. paid for     B. cost    C. spent     D. took

（  ）4、My father _______ listen pop music, but now he ________ listening rock music.

A. used to,  used to     B. used to , be used to 

 C. used to, is used to      D. be used to, be used to

（  ）5. ---You look _____. What’s wrong?

 ---I didn’t have anything for breakfast this morning.

A. worried    B. excited   C. pale   D. surprised

（  ）6. Tomorrow is New Year. Please __________ everyone else in our class.
A. say hello to  B. give a message to  C. give my thanks to   D. give my best wishes to

（  ）7.----May I go home now? ------No, you _______. You _______ stay here.
A. needn't ; have to B. needn't ; must C. mustn't ; have to D. mustn't ; has to

（  ）8. How long _______ to get from Washington to New York by plane?

A. is it   B. does it need    C. does it take   D. it wants
（  ）9.----Would you have dinner with us tonight?

----_______. Where shall we go?

A. Sorry, I can’t.     B. I’d love to, but I have to look after my granny.

C. That sounds great.    D. Help yourselves to some vegetables.

（  ）10. When you come to my hometown, you’ll see many green trees on ______ sides of the street.

A. every    B. each    C. both    D. all

（  ）11. Jane has few friends here, ______?

A. does Jane     B. doesn’t  Jane   C. doesn’t  she     D. does she

（  ）12. Don’t hurry. There is still ______ time left.

A. little    B. few   C. a little   D. less

（  ）13. I have ______ three-day holiday, but I have no _____ place to go.

A. the other, other   B. the other, the others   C. another, other   D. another , others

（  ）14. The doctor told Li Yong it was _______, just a cold.

A. nothing serious    B. serious nothing 

  C. something serious     D. serious something

（  ）15. Although the old lady lives _______, he doesn’t feel ______.

A. lonely, alone   B. alone, alone   C. lonely, lonely   D. alone, lonely

II．阅读理解（每小题1分，共15分）

阅读下列图表或短文并填写正确的词或选择最佳答案

（A）

Suppose your pen friend in England wants to know something about Chinese coins.You write to tell him about the coins and draw a sketch(草图) for him。

Now please fill in each blank of the passage with a correct number:

  There are __16__ kinds of coins in use in China , They are 1-fen coins, 2-fen coins ,5-fen coins, 1-jiao coins, 5-jiao coins and 1-yuan coins. One jiao is equal to __17___ fen ,and one yuan is equal to __18__ jiao or __19__ fen. The total face value for the coins is __20__ fen.

16.________   17.________   18.________   19.________   20.________

(B)

A School Report

（  ）21. This is a      .

A. studying plan of Edward Scott   B. teaching plan of Ivy

C. school report of Edward Scott    D. working plan of M.L. Martin

（  ）22. Which subject is Not mentioned(提到)in the form?

A. Chinese      B. Music     C. Maths      D. Geography

（  ）23. Edward’s best subject is      .

A. science       B. English   C. French     D. history

（  ）24. Edward is not so good at      .

A. science and geography                B. history and French

C. music and English                    D. maths and history

（  ）25. According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Edward doesn’t do well in science B. Edward can’t sing songs well.

C. Edward studies two languages at school.

        D. Edward likes pop songs so much

(C)

Doctors may now be able to stop many heart attacks. An important new study reports that  doctors have a new drug（药）. This drug is called TPA. It may be better than any other hear drug.

Many doctors now use a drug called streptokinase. But this drug sometimes causes（引起problems for patients. It can even cause bleeding（出血）in the brain（脑）.Some doctors do not  use streptokinase. Streptokinase can save about 1/3 of the people with heart attack. But TPA will  save about 2/3 .

One reason TPA can help more people is because of time. This new drug is easier and faster to  use. It will give doctors more time in hospitals. Then they can study the problem well. People with heart problems can also keep some TPA at home. When a heart attack starts, they can take some PA right away. Then they will have time to get to the hospital. This is important because about 860,000 people in the United States die before they get to the hospital.

There is another reason why TPA is good news for people with heart attacks. According to the study, it is much safer. It does not cause other problems like streptokinase does. TPA works only  on the heart . It does not have an effect（结果）on the blood or cause bleeding.

Doctors plan to do more studies about TPA. They need to test this new drug on many more  people with heart attacks. But in a few years, many doctors and hospitals will probably start  using this exciting new drug.

（  ）26. The best title of this passage is ______.

  A. Heart Attacks                             B. A New Drug for Heart Attacks

  C. The Cause of Heart Attacks      D. A Drug Called streptokinase

（  ）27. The new drug is ______.

  A. the same as streptokinase          B. better than streptokinase

  C. called streptokinase              D. bad for people with heart attacks

（  ）28. The study says that TPA_____.

  A. is safer and faster than the old drug.                   B. is very dangerous

  C. is slower and harder to use than the old drug     D. causes many problems

（  ）29. This new drug may mean______.

  A. more people will die from heart attacks

  B. the same number of people will die from heart attacks

  C. fewer people will die from heart attacks

  D. no one will die from heart attacks

（  ）30. Which of the following is right?

  A. Streptokinase is the new drug for heart attacks.

  B. TPA can save fewer people with heart attacks than streptoinase.

  C. People who take TPA at home before they go to hospital must be very careful.

  D. Probably TPA will be widely used in America in the following years.

III.完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）

  A generation gap(代沟) has become a serious problem. I read a __31__ about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed themselves after quarrels(吵架) with __32__. I think this is because they don’t often have a talk with each other. Parents now __33__more time in the office, __34__ they don’t have much time to stay with their children. As time passes, they both feel that they don’t have the __35__ topics(话题) to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more with your __36__, get to know them and __37__ them. And for children, show your __38__ to your parents. They are the people who love you. So __39__ them your thoughts. In this way, you __40__ have a better understanding of each other.

（  ）31. A. message   B. call     C. report   D. letter

（  ）32. A. friends   B. teachers   C. classmates   D. parents

（  ）33. A. spend    B. stay    C. work   D. have

（  ）34. A. because   B. if    C. but    D. so

（  ）35. A. interesting    B. same   C. true   D. good

（  ）36. A. business   B. children   C. work   D. office

（  ）37. A. get on with    B. look after    C. understand   D. love

（  ）38. A. interest    B. secret    C. trouble   D. feelings

（  ）39.A. tell   B. ask    C. answer   D. say

（  ）40. A. can     B. should    C. must    D. would

IV..动词填空（每小题1分，共15分）

用所给动词的适当形式填空

41. _______ TV too much is bad for our health.  (watch)

42. At last they decided _____ at home instead of going to school.  (stay)

43. Your words made every one of us _______  even angrier.   (get)

44. Yesterday the farmers were busy _______ apples. (pick)

45. When I got to the entrance of the hall, I saw some young kids _______ there. (smoke)    

用方框中所给动词的适当形式填空，完成下面的短文。

It was a cold morning. There __46__ few people in the street. A young man __47__ on Harry’s taxi while he __48__ a newspaper.

   “To the station, hurry up!” the young man shouted.

   Harry __49___ his best, but he couldn’t drive fast in the busy street.

   “Be quick, or I ___50___ the train!”

   “I’m sorry, I can’t, sir. I don’t want to die here!” Harry turned back and saw the man’s face.

   “Oh dear!” Harry said to himself. “He __51___ a woman when he robbed her. His picture is in the newspaper.” He __52___ an idea. He ___53____ on driving when the lights were red. A policeman ____54__ him and, of course, he easily ___55___ the young man.

46________  47._______  48.________  49.________  50.________

51._______  52._______  53.________   54.________  55.________

V.句式转换 按要求转换下列句式（每小题1分，共5分）

56.We are different from them. (同义句)

They are not _______ _______ ______ us.   

57.It is twenty minutes from school to my home.(划线提问)

______ ______ is it from school to my home?

58.They work hard all day long.(感叹句)

_____ _____ they work all day long!

59.My friends did nothing to help me.(反意问句)

My friends did nothing to help me, _______ ______.

60.What does he do?  I don’t know. (连成宾语从句)

I don’t know _____ _____ _____.

VI．翻译 根据所给的汉语及单词，翻译下列句子。（每小题1分，共5分）

61.我喜欢徒步旅行胜于搭火车旅行。（travel）

_________________________________________________

62.这不是我的帽子，一定是别人的。(must)

___________________________________________

63.我今天有许多事要做。（have）

___________________________________________

64.他们常在公共塲所高声谈笑。(loudly)

___________________________________________

65.姚明是世界上最优秀的篮球运动员之一。（best)

___________________________________________

VII．智力测试（每小题1分，共5分）

66.What is always going but never gets anywhere? _________.

67.How many triangles(三角形) can you find in the figure?_________.

68.The little boy ran until he was blue in the face. What does the Chinese for “blue in the face” here mean? ___________________

从A、B、C、D中选出一个最佳答案。

69.What letter is the most useful to a deaf(聋的) woman?

A. The letter B, because it looks like an ear.  B. The letter D, because it’s the first letter of “deaf”

C. The letter C, because it is from “coat”.  D. The letter A, because it makes “her” into “hear”.

70.What number is behind the following numbers?  99, 96, 91 ,84, ______.

A. 78    B. 75    C. 71    D. 69

VIII.书面表达  （10分）

没有了动植物，人类也不能生存。请你以Animals and plants ------our Friends为题，写一篇60-80词左右的短文，简要说明动植物在我们生活中的意义。

参考答案

I．1—15   CBBCC   DCCCC   DCCAD

II. 16—20   6, 10, 10, 100, 168

   21---25   CABDC

  26---30   BBACD

III. 31---40   CDADB  BCDAA

IV. 41---45   Watching,  to stay,  get,  picking,  smoking

   46---50   were,  got,  was reading,  did,  will miss, 

51---55   killed,  had,   went,  stopped,  caught

V. 56---60   the same as,  How far,  How hard,  did they,  what he does

VI. 61. I like traveling on foot better than traveling by train.

62. This is not my hat. It must be somebody else’s.

63. I have lots of things to do today.

64. They often talk and laugh loudly in public places.

65. Yao Ming is one of the best basketball players in the world.

VII. 66.  clock   67. 13个三角形     68. 精疲力尽     69. D     70. 75

VIII．书面表达（略）