外研版英语八年级上学期第二次竞赛试题
I.词汇运用(20分)
A. 根据句子意思及所给的中文提示完成单词。每空只能填一词。 1) Mary often helps me (改正) the mistakes. 2) Liaocheng has a _________（人口） of three million . 3) I can’t (理解) what you said. 4) What’s the (主要的) problem?
5) Linda often makes a (交谈) in English with her friend. B．根据句子意思和首字母提示完成单词 6) Beautiful Liaocheng is my home t . 7) My English teacher often gives me some a about learning English . 8) We should speak English as much as p __ . 9) Listening to the radio is good for your p .
10) I a you to buy an English dictionary , because it’s very useful . II. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空 (每题2分, 共20分) 1) It’s a good idea_____(check) your vocabulary notebook 2) I (write ) a letter to my friend yesterday . 3) He is good at (draw ).
4)Please remember ( lock ) the door when you leave . 5) Table tennis is_______ (popular) than volleyball in China. 6) He often practices (speak) English every morning . 7) Which is (heavy) , this box or that one ? 8) _______ (run) is more boring than playing tennis. 9) Some boys enjoy _____(listen) to music. 10) Why not ____(go) shopping with me?
Ⅲ.完形填空(10分)
What is the best way to study?This is a very important question.Some Chinese students often__1__very hard__2__long hours.This is a__3__habit(习惯),but it is not a better way to study.A good student must__4__enough sleep,enough food and enough rest.Every__5__you__6__to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song.When you__7__to your studies,you??ll find yourself__8__than before and you??ll learn more.
Perhaps we can__9__that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine.We mean that like Chinese medicine,the effects(效果)of your study__10__slowly but surely.Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.
1.A.play B.study C.sleep D.think 2.A.at B.in C.for D.with 3.A.best B.better C.good D.bad
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4.A.have B.do 5.A.month B.week 6.A.want B.hope 7.A.begin B.return 8.A.stronger B.weaker 9.A.say B.guess 10.A.return B.come Ⅳ.阅读理解(30分)
C.want C.hour C.need C.go C.strong C.talk C.give D.make D.day D.wish D.are D.weak D.know D.get
(A)
The 30th Olympic Games was held from July 27th to August 12th in 2012 in London,United Kingdom.London has hosted the modern Olympic Games three times in the history of Olympic Games.
The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway was put into operation at the end of June,2011.The journey takes about five hours.The train can reach speeds of up to 300 kilometers an hour.The passenger volume(容量)is expected to reach 160 million a year,marking a great step in China’s Railway development.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup,an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from June 13th to July 13th in 2014.This will be the second time the country has hosted the competition,the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup.Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy,France and Germany.It will be the
first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
1.The 30th Olympic Games was held in______.
A. Paris B. London C. Beijing D. France 2.How many times did London host the modern Olympic Games?
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
3.The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway was put into operation at the end of______,2011.
A.June B. July C.August D. September 4.The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in______.
A.Brazil B. Mexico C. Italy D. France 5.Brazil hosted the competition for the first time in______.
A.2014 B.2011 C.1978 D.1950
(B)
Many children go to the zoo on October 4 to see elephants, monkeys and tigers because that day is World Animal Day.
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Now,more children like animals and want to make friends with them.In the zoo,they learn about animal life.They don’t need to go out to show their love of animals.They have pets(宠物)at home.
Mark is a middle school student. He has a black cat. He gives it milk to drink and meat to eat.The cat is his true friend.Jane is also a middle school student.She has two tortoises. They are as big as her hand.Every day, she changes(换)the water for them. She likes to watch them. 6.October 4 is______.
A.World Water Day B.World Air Day C.World Animal Day D.World Children Day 7.Lots of kids like to go to the zoo because they want to______.
A.show their love of animals B.learn how to look after animals C.learn about animal life D.play games in the zoo 8.Mark’s pet may be a______. A. cat B.dog C. tortoise D.fish 9.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.More and more children like to make friends with animals these days. B.Mark’s pet likes to drink milk.
C.Jane likes to look after her pets and watch them.
D.Children must go to the zoo to show their love of animals. 10.How big are Jane’s pets?
A.I don’t know. B.As big as her hand. C.Medium size. D.Very small.
(C)
Franz Schubert was a famous musician in the world. But he lived a very hard life and often suffered(遭受)from being hungry. One day he was very hungry and went to a small restaurant, hoping he might meet some friends there. He looked around but found nobody he could borrow any money from. Then his eyes fell on a paper on one of the tables. In it was a little poem(诗歌).He read the poem. Then he wrote a piece of music for the poem and took his work to the owner of the restaurant. He only
received a piece of beef and potato for it. Thirty years after his death, this manuscript(手稿)by Schubert was worth 40,000 francs. It was his famous Berceuse(《摇篮曲》).
11.Schubert went to the restaurant to______.
A.write a poem for his Berceuse
B.have his dinner together with his friend
C.see if he could find some friends who could lend him some money for a meal D.write a piece of music for the owner of the restaurant 12.We know the owner of the restaurant______from this passage.
A.was also a musician B. was very kind
C.hated Schubert very much D. didn’t understand music
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very much
13.The passage didn’t tell us______.
A.how old he was when Schubert died B.how poor Schubert was
C.why Schubert wrote a piece of music for the little poem D.whether Franz Schubert mastered the poem
14.What’s the Chinese meaning of “famous musician”?______.
A.刻苦的音乐家 B.勤劳的指挥家 C.著名的指挥家 D.著名的音乐家 15.The best title for this passage is______.
A.Musician and Hunger B.Franz Schubert and His Berceuse C.Franz Schubert Died D.A Great Musician 第Ⅱ卷(共20分)
Ⅴ.任务型阅读(10分)
Everyone knows London is an important city in England.London was once the biggest city in the world, but now there are many cities which are much bigger than it.①伦敦现在大约有700万人口。It is an old city.Many tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and hear the famous clock, Big Ben.
Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic(交通)and
pollution. Over one million people use the London underground(地铁)every day,but there are still too many cars in the streets. The air__②__(not be)clean,but it is cleaner than it__②__(be)100 years ago.
Perhaps the best things about London are the parks. There are five parks in the centre of the city.But for the children, their favorite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world. They can buy good toys there.
1.将句①翻译成英语。
London has a ________ of about 7,000,000 now. 2.用②处所给词的适当形式填空。
The air________(not be)clean,but it is cleaner than it________(be)100 years ago. 3.How many parks are there in the centre of London?
____________________________________________________________________ 4.根据短文内容判断正误(T/F)。
( )①London is the biggest city now. ( )②Big Ben is not a man,but a clock. 5.Hamleys is a name of______.
A.a child B.a park C.a toy D.a shop
Ⅵ.短文填空(10分)
根据短文内容及首字母提示完成短文,使短文完整、通顺。
J.K.Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter books. She always loved writing and
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finished her f__1__story,Rabbit,when she was six years old! She got the idea for Harry Potter in 1990 o__2__a train. The train was going from Manchester to London. That day the j__3__took a very long time, so she started writing her first Harry Potter story. Then she moved to Portugal. She t__4__English there. Later, she went to Scotland. She completed much of the first book while she was s__5__in a café（咖啡店） in Edinburgh.
1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______
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山东省聊城市广平中学2019秋英语八年级上学期第二次竞赛试题(无答案)
