八年级英语竞赛试题
考试时间：100分钟 满分：100分
1．A)单项选择。（每小题1分，共20分）
( )1.—_______ do you help the old man with the housework? —Once a week. A. How soon B. How long C. How often D. How many ( )2.—80% students like soccer, what does “80%” mean? —________.
A. No students B. All students C. Some students D. Most students ( )3. He is in good _______. He’s pretty ________.
A. health, health B. healthy, healthy C. health, healthy D. healthy, health ( )4.You have ______ today.You _______ have a good rest.
A. cold, may B. cool, shouldn’t C. a cold, should D. a cool, can ( )5. In North America, most students go to school ______ the school bus. A. on B. in C. by D. take ( )6 This problem______ that one.
A. are the same as B. is different from C. are different than D. is as easier as ( )7. _______ to school by boat is _______ fun than taking a bus.
A. Go, a lot of B. To go, many more C. Going, a lot more D. Goes, a lot ( )8.—How ______ is the subway station? —About three miles _______.
A. far, far B. away, away C. far, away D. away, for ( ) 9.—Would you like to go for a walk with us? — , but I’m busy.
A. No, I can’t B. yes, I will C. I’d love to D. I like ( )10. Li Wei with his friends _______ work on the farm next week.
A. goes to B. go to C. are going to D. is going to
( )11. It about 15 minutes the theater.
A. take, walk B. takes, to walk C. takes, to walk to D. take, to walk
( )12. The number of students in Class Ten sixty-six, and a large number of them
---Jay Zhou. A. are, likes B. is, likes C. is, like D. are, like ( )13. How about ?
A. go bike riding B. going fish C. going bike riding D. go fishing ( )14. —Supper is ready, Mary. — I .
A. come B. came C. have come D. am coming ( )15 —Which book is a little ? A. much interesting B. much more interesting C. more interesting D. interested B) 从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出与所给句子划线部分意义相同或相近并能代替的那一项。 ( ) 16 You should eat a balanced diet to stay healthy. A.keep
B.live
C.turn
D.get
( ) 17 Her lifestyle is not the same as yours. A.different in B.have differences from C.different from ( ) 18 .Lisa has to help her mum from Monday to Friday. A.at weekends
B.often
C.on weekdays D.hardly
D.difference in
( ) 19 Li Lei leaves for school at around six forty.
A.round B.about C.usually D.sometimes
( ) 20 Show me your photos when you return to school. A.be back
B.go away
C.come back D.went back
II．完形填空。（每小题1分，共１０分）
Sunday,June 1st Fine
Great weather today! It’s 21 . It’s also my 22 birthday. My mother decided to 23 for me, so I wrote some 24 and sent them to my good friends . I also invited a few on the phone. But Kate said she couldn’t come because she 25 visit her aunt, and John said he might(也许) come 26 later.
Ten of my friends came to my home. They 27 me nice presents. I liked them very much. The party began 28 six thirty. My friends sang the song “ 29 birthday to you!” We ate, talked and laughed happily. I feel that I am the happiest girl in the world today. I will 30 forget today. ( ) 21. A.Teacher’s Day B.Children’s Day ( ) 22. A.fifteenth B.fifteen ( ) 23. A.make a cake B.have a party ( ) 25. A.mustn’t B. needn’t ( ) 26. A.a few ( ) 27. A.took ( ) 28.A.for
B.some
C.Mother’s Day C.fifteenths
D.Father’s Day D.the fifteenth
C.sing a song D.buy a bike C.could D.had to. C.a little D.so C.sold D.brought C.in
D.on
( ) 24. A.postcards B.books C.invatations D.letters
B.spent B at
( ) 29. A.Happy B.Good C. Nice D.Great
D.often
( ) 30. A.always B.ever C.never
III．阅读理解。（每小题一分，共10分）
(A)
Is the servant (仆人)clever or foolish?
This is an old story. It was first told long ago. A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town. He was a businessman. He wanted to take things to sell. He also wanted to take some gold to buy some things with. He decided to take ten servants with him. They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on the journey.
He was a kind man. He said to one of his servants, “You are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants. You can not carry a heavy load. You may choose the lightest load to carry.” The servant thanked his master. He pointed to the biggest load. This was bread for them to eat on the journey.
“You are foolish,” said his master. “ That is the biggest and heaviest load.” But the servant lifted up the load carefully and the journey began. They walked for four hours. Then they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. The
servant’s load grew smaller and lighter every day. At the end of the journey, the smallest servant had nothing to carry.
( )31. The rich man wanted to sell things and . A. buy some gold B. buy some gold with the money C. buy some things with the gold D. sell some gold
( )32. Before the journey began, the rich man said something to .
A. a businessman B. one of his servants C. the servants D. some servants ( )33. The weakest servant . A. asked for his master’s advice. B. followed the master’s advice
C. refused （拒绝）to accept（接受） the master’s advice D. took the advice another servant gave him
( 34 It took them . A. less than four hours to finish the journey. B. some days to finish the journey
C. no more than four hours to finish the journey D. only four hours to finish the journey ( )35. The smallest servant was very .
A. clever B. foolish C. honest D. kind
(B)
Now TV programs play an important part in our daily life. We can get a lot of knowledge and a lot of fun from it. Today is Saturday. The following are some TV programs and different channels today. Now read these TV programs and try to find some information for you and your family members. SXTV Channel 7 XATV Channel 4 13:12 Football Match 15：30TV Play SXTV Channel 6 CCTV Channel 1 18:30 Cartoon（卡通） 12:38 Law Today CCTV Channel 1 CCTV Channel 3 19:00 News Report 21:00 The Latest Music 根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
( )36. My grandfather is interested in law. He can watch CCTV Channel 1 noon.
( )37. My father is a football fan. He prefers football matches. He can watch CCTV Channel 1. ( 38. My mother likes watching TV. Plays, she wants to watch XATV Chanel 4 in the
afternoon .
( )39 My sister is only. Six years old. I want to find program. For her. I think she can watch
CCTV channel 6.
( )40 I am a student. I like music, but I am very busy tonight. So I can watch CCTV channel 3
this evening.
IV 任务型阅读（共10分）
Most people like having a picnic. But what does the word mean? Where does it come from? What is a picnic?
For most people a picnic is a meal they eat outside the home, usually in a park, by a river, or even sitting in a car if the weather is cold and wet. At one time, however, (41)people had picnics at home at their own dinner tables.
The word picnic comes from the French words piquer which means “to pick” or “take” and pique-nipue which means “a small coin”. (42)Everyone who came to a picnic brought something to eat. They took or picked small pieces of food from each plate. They had a pique-nique. This kind of meal was popular in Britain, The British used the French words for it but changed the letters to make “picnic”. This is the way we write it today.
(43)In some countries there are big picnics on special days. Lots of people go to parks on these picnics. For most people, however, a picnic is a family party. The family puts some food and drink in a basket, gets in the car and goes off to a nice place in the country or by the sea. 41.将该句子改为否定句。
________________________________________________________________. 42.翻译该句子。
________________________________________________________________. 43.将该句变为一般疑问句。
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V补全对话。在空白处各写一个句子，使对话完整正确。（满分10分） (1)
A: Hi !Wang Yu. Nice to meet you here.
B: Hi! Zhang Qing, Nice to meet you too.(44)________________________________? A: Next vacation? Oh, I’m going to Kunming. B: (45)_______________________________?
A: It’s always warm and sunny. You know, people call it the spring city. B: (46) ____________________________?
A: Yes, I want to go there by plane. It’s far away from here. B: That sounds great. (47)__________________________? A: Maybe for a week.
B: (48)______________________________. A: Thank you.
(2)
A: Good morning ,miss._________________________(49)
B: I’d like to buy a yellow dress .Do you have any yellow dresses ? A: Yes._________________(50) B: I would like Size “S”. A: Here you are.
B: _____________________(51) A: Sure .Is it all right ?
B: Yes. It fits well. I like it very much.________________(52)
A:280yuan.
B: That’s a little expensive. Do you have any others? I want a cheaper one . A: What about this one ? It’s only 120 yuan. B: Ok.__________(53)_Here’s the money. A: Thank you .Good bye, sir. B: Bye!
VI．词汇。（10分）
A）根据句意、首字母提示完成单词。
54. I h_________ ever eat junk food, because it’s unhealthy food. 55. Maria e__________ every day, so she is in good health. 56. I like physic, h , I find it difficult.
57. I can’t go to the movies this Saturday. I have to have my piano l__________. 58. It took me. a w day to finish the homework. B)用所给词的适当形式完成下列句子。 59. Thank you for __________ (invite) me.
60. I’m planning __________ (spend) time in the beautiful countryside. 61. We’re __________ (leave) for Beijing for vacation next week. 62. I have to go (swim) with my classmates next week. 63. He knows (much) English than I. Ⅹ.按要求改写句子。（5分） 64. Lucy has a cold （对画线部分提问） with Lucy!
65. Diana is twenty. And Daphne is twenty.（改为同义句） Diana is old Daphne. 66. The girls get to school by subway. (同义句)
The girls _________ the _________ to school. 67. Can he go to the baseball game?(否定回答) _________, he ___________.
68. Uncle Wang always gets to his factory by car.(对划线部分提问） Uncle Wang always to his factory? VII.根据汉语完成句子。（10分） 69.你准备和谁去。
__________ are you ____________ with? 70.—今天星期几？ —星期一，14号。
—__________ today? —It’s ___________, the 14th.
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