初中英语竞赛试题
(答题时间90分钟，共120分) 一( 单项选择:(每题1分，共15分)
1. The little kid ________ to bed twenty minutes ago, but now he's running
around the kitchen.
A. put B. has put C. was put D. was putting 2. — Is there anything you want me to get on the bus?
— Sure. _________ take the suitcase? A. Do you mind B. How about
C. Had you better to D. Why don't you
3. I've _________ all the photos in the drawer but I still can't find the one you
need.
A. opened up B. given away C. handed out D. looked through
4. ―You ________ borrow my notes provided you take care of them.‖ I told my
friend.
A. could B. should C. must D. can 5. — I'm afraid I’ve broken the chair.
—_________, I can easily get it fixed.
A. No way B. Excuse me C. Never mind D. Go ahead 6. Everyone in our village likes Harry because he always talks to others
_________.
A. friendly B. lovely C. politely D. slowly 7. -- Excuse me, where are we going to have our class meeting?
--I’m not sure. Ask our monitor, please. He ________ know. A. can B. may C. need D. shall 8. The committee has anticipated the problems that _______ in the road
construction project.
A. arise B. will arise C. arose D. have arisen 1
9. –He’s already back to Australia, _______? --________. He is on a visit to Shanghai. A. isn’t he; No B. hasn’t he; Yes C. isn’t he; Yes D. hasn’t he; No
10. ________ beautiful day it is! Let’s go and have a picnic in the park.
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a 11. His father likes going hiking. _________.
A. So does his mother B. So is his mother C. So his mother is
D. So his mother does
12. --________ will the supper be ready? I’m very hungry. --In a minute.
A. How soon B. How long C. How much D. How often 13. Excuse me, but may I ask you_________?
A. what business you're in B. what business are you in C. in what business are you D. are you in what business 14. The little elephant is afraid to go home alone. He always walks _______ his
mother.
A. besides B. beside C. below D. under 15. The girl ______ I just talked with is Ben’s sister.
A. whom B. which C. she D. that 二( 完形填空:(每题1分，共15分)
I was cute, active, happy…until that day when I was 15 months old. I had a bad
fall.I_16_on a glass rabbit and it cut my eye badly enough to blind it. The doctor
said that if the eye was taken out, my face would become out of _17_,so my
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scarred, blind and grey eye lived on with me.
People often asked uncomfortable questions about my eye or_18_played jokes on me. When the kids played games, I was always the ―_19_guy.‖I _20_
imagining that everyone looked down on me.
Yet every time Mom noticed I was unhappy, she would say to me, ―Hold your
head up high and face the world.‖It helped me move on in life. As a child ,I thought Mom meant, ―Be careful or you will fall down or knock into something _21_you are not looking .‖As a teenager, I always looked down to
hide my shame, but I found that people _22_me when sometimes I held my head up high.
In high school I was even made monitor, but _23_I still felt like a freak. All I really wanted was to look like _24_.When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she _25_look at me with loving eyes and say, ―Hold your head up high and face the world .Let them see the _26_that is inside.‖That is _27_Mom taught me pride.
Mon’s love and encouragement gave me the confidence to remove my own doubt._28_I was able to look people in the eye. I learned not only to appreciate(欣赏)myself but to have deep love for others.
―Hold your head up high‖ has been _29_many times in my home. Each of my
children has felt its _30_.The gift she gave me lives on in my children. 16.A. moved B. tried C. appeared D. landed
17.A.place B. order C. shape D. sight 18.A.still B. even C. almost D. hardly 19.A.bad B. good C. kind D. rude
20.A.dressed up B. stood up C. grew up D. brought up 21.A.though B. but C. because D. so 22.helped B. liked C. enjoyed D. hated 23.indoors B. outdoors C. inside D. outside
24.A.someone B. everyone C. someone else D. everyone else 3
25.A.would B. should C. could D. might 26.A.beauty B. heart C. mind D. love 27.A.then B. why C. where D. how
28.A.Normally B. Immediately C. Finally D. Suddenly 29.A.shouted B. heard C. broadcast D. discussed 30.A.power B. promise C. energy D. secret 三( 阅读理解:(每题2分，共40) A
A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of ―office boy‖ at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. ―You have passed the test,‖ he said. ―Give me your e-mail address and I’ll
send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.‖ The man replied,
―But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.‖ ―I’m sorry,‖ said the HR
初中英语竞赛试题
