八年级英语竞赛初赛试题

八年级英语竞赛初赛试题听力部分（25分）Ⅰ.听辨单词（根据你所听到的句子或者对话，选出你所听到的单词，请注意顺序。

读一遍。

）（5分）1. A. So, go B. go, So C. no, go D. no, So2. A. book, look B. cook, book C. look, book D. look, cook3. A. bear ,pear B. bear ,wear C. pear ,bear D. wear ,pear4. A. fall ,call B. call ,fall C. tall ,fall D. call ,fall5. A. class ,grass B. class ,glass C. glass ,grass D. grass ,classⅡ.句子理解（根据所听到的句子选择意思相近的一个）（5分）6. A. I often ride to school B. I often walk to schoolC. I often drive to schoolD. I often take a bus to school7. A. Please leave me a message at six . B. Please wake me up at six .C. Please call me at six .D. Please pick me up at six .8. A. She is more than forty years old . B. She is less than forty years old .C. She looks younger than she really is .D. She looks older than she really is .9. A. Tom has very weak eyes .B. Tom has very good eyes .C. Tom never wears glasses when reading .D. Tom has to wear glasses when he reads something .10. A. Mary can finish the book in five hours.B. Mary can’t finish the book in five hours.C. Mary has finished reading the book.D. Mary wants to finish reading the book in five hours.Ⅲ. 对话理解(根据所听到的对话内容和所提问题选择准确答案)（5分）( )11. A. Jim’s B. Bob’s C. Tom’s( )12. A. Basketball B. Baseball C. Football( )13. A. Herself B. Her father C. Her mother( )14. A. A CD B. A book C. A radio( )15. A. 15 Yuan B. 20 Yuan C. 30 YuanⅣ. 听短文,选择准确答案(10分)16. What begins now ?A. The Summer holidayB. The Winter holidayC. We don’t knowD. The new term17. Which grade is the writer in ?A. Grade 9B. Grade 8C. Grade 7D. Grade 618. How is the school ?A. Very smallB. Very bigC. Very newD. Very old19. How many students are there in the school ?A. 900B. 800C. 600D. 5020. Do they have classes in one room ?A. No, they don’t.B. I don’t know .C. Yes, they do.D. In different rooms.笔试部分（75分）Ⅰ.选择填空（20分）A）从各题的A、B、C、D中选出一个与划线部分意思相同或相近的选项。

1.Did you catch what Mrs.Hunt said ?A. understandB. findC. listenD. hear2.The old man called out ,”Look out! The bridge will soon fall!”A. Look aroundB. Look atC. Be carefulD.Be quick3.The train will leave very soon .A. quicklyB. after some timeC. sooner or laterD. in no time4.My brother is almost as heavy as our father .A. wellB. nearlyC. easily D . hard5.The boy broke my book under his father’s eyes .A.在他父亲指使下B.在他父亲默许下C.当着他父亲的面D.他父亲置之不理6. Look! There are some on the hill .A. childB. deersC. fruitD. bus7.Look!The wind blew some pieces of paper to the floor .Go and .A. pick it upB. pick up itC. pick up themD. pick them up8.There is interesting in the film ,so is interested in it .A. something ;nobodyB. something ;somebodyC. nothing ;somebodyD. nothing ;nobody9. -- Could I have some coke ,please ?-- Oh ,sorry .There’s ________ left .A. littleB. a littleC. a fewD. few10. Mr. Black has three daughters .One is a nurse , ________ is an engineer ,the ________ isa teacher .A. another ,threeB. another ,otherC. another ,thirdD. other , third11.Let’s wait __________ the rain stops .A. whileB. untilC. afterD. when12.---- ____________ nice garden !---- So it ________ . They sweep it every day .A. What a; isB. How; is C How; does D. What a; does13.The good news _________ us all excited .A .have B. marks C. keep D. feels14. It’s very nice ______ you to get me two tickets ________ the World Cup .A. for; ofB. of; toC. to; forD. of; for15. They all went to the cinema ,_____ I had to watch the door .A. andB. orC. butD. so16. The radio is too noisy .Please _________ .A. turn it downB. turn it onC. turn down itD. turn on it17. ---- ____________ . ---- Lily.A. How old are you?B. What’s your name?C. What row are you in?D. What’s your number?18. ---- _______________ ---- About seven hours.A.How long does it take you to get here?B. When does your holiday begin?C.How do you go home?D. What time do you leave there?19.---- Hello .May I speak to Mike , please ?---- __________ .Please call back later .A. Wait a minuteB. Hold on for a momentC. SpeakingD. Sorry ,he is out20. --- Excuse me .Could you tell me _______ get to the plane ,please ?--- Certainly .Go straight along here .A. how can weB. when can weC. how we canD. when we canⅡ.阅读理解（25分）AJim’s family live on the twenty-second floor of a building . He uses a life ton go up anddown the building every day . And there are many tall buildings around his buildings . One day the two boys are talking about the sun .Jim says ,”I see the sun coming up from the top of that tall building in the morning and goes down behind another tall building in the evening .”But Tom says ,”Oh,no ,you ‘are wrong . The sun comes up from the hills far away every morning . And then goes down behind those tall trees .”( )1.Jim lives __________.A. on the twentieth floor of a buildingB. in one of the small buildingsC.in a building far away from Jim’s homeD. in a house of a city( )2.Tom lives ____________.A. in a house with a beautiful gardenB. in a house next to Tom’s buildingC. outside the cityD. on the hill( )3.The two boys are talking about __________.A. where the sun comes up and goes downB. what the sun isC. where the sun looks likeD. on the hill( )4. The two boys see ______ going up and down every day .A. two sunsB. different sunsC. their own sunD. the same sun( )5. Which of the following is true ?A.The sun comes up from the top of the building in the morning and goes down behind another building in the evening .B.The sun comes up from the hills far away and goes down behind the tress .C.The boys see the sun every morning and the moon in the evening.D.There is only one sun in the sky .BBob and Jim once worked in the same factory .One day Bob lent Jim ten pounds ,but then Jim left his job and went to work in another town without paying back the money.Bob didn’t see Jim for a year .And then he learnt another friend that Jim was in town and staying at a hotel .So he went there to see him late in the evening .From the waiter at the desk downstairs ,he knew which Jim’s room was ,and went up to look for him .When he got the room ,he saw Jim’s shoes near the door .“Well ,he must be in .”he thought ,and knocked at the door .There was no answer .He knocked again . Then he said ,”I know you are in ,Jim ,your shoes are out here .”“I went out in my boots ,”answered a voice from inside the room .( )6. Jim ______ before he went to work in another town .A. had lent Bob ten poundsB. hadn’t borrowed ten pounds from BobC. hadn’t paid pack the ten poundsD. had paid back the ten pounds( )7.One day Bob learned that Jim ________.A. had come back to visit himB. wanted to pay back his ten poundsC. would work with him againD. was staying at a hotel( )8. ________ told Bob which Jim’s room was .A. One of his friendsB. The waiter at the deskC. A workmate of Jim’sD. The manager of the hotel( )9. How did Bob know that Jim was in the room ? Because he _________.A. saw Jim’s shoes near the doorB.heard Jim was talking with somebody insideC.was told that Jim was inD.saw him go into the room( )10. From this passage we know that __________.A.Jim was very clever and honestB. Jim was foolish and dishonestC.Jim was very clever but dishonestD. Jim was foolish but honestCMother’s Day is celebrated in U.S. IT is on the second Sunday in May .It is day tohonour mothers. On that day mother usually receive flowers and cards. On the cards , Children will write” Thank , mom ”,“To the best mother in the world ” and so on.Where does the idea for the holiday come form ?We should thank Miss Anna M. Jarvis .It is she who brought up the idea of having such a day. She lived in West Virginia. Her mother died on May 9, 1905.She had a deep love for her mother. She wrote letters to important persons, suggesting a public holiday to honour all mothers .Her love for her mother moved other people. In 1931 the United states congress agreed that the second Sunday in May be made Mother’s Day.On Mother’s Day, Children give presents to their mothers, or the whole family go for an outing. They try to do whatever is nice for their mothers.Then there is also a Father’s Day in the United states, that is on the third Sunday in June. People try to honour all the fathers as well.11. What day is Mother’s Day in U.S ?12. What do children do on Mother’s Day ?13. When did people begin to celebrate Mother’s Day?14. Who first had the idea to celebrate Mother’s Day?15. What day is Father’s Day?Ⅲ.完形填空（10分）Maine is next to Canada . When Tony’s grandfather was young, ___1___ worked in Canada every summer .Once ,he ___2__ the north of Canada ,near the 3 pole (极).The Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live there. This is what Tony’s grandfather 4 him about the Eskimos.Near the North Pole there are two 5 ：Winter and summer ,The winter nights are very long .For more than two months ,you ___6___ see the sun ,even at noon . The summer days are long .For more than two month ,the sun never ___7____ and there is no night .The Eskimons have warm clothing (衣着) .Their clothers or even hats and shoes are made from the skins (皮) of the ___8___.Trees can’t grow ___9____ the cold weather：The Eskimos have to be built from skins earth stones of snow . When they go hunting ,they live in tents (帐篷) of skin .When they can’t get back , they build 10 of snow .Life is hard for the Eskimos.（）1. A. She B. he C. it D. they（）2. A. lived B. arrived C. visited D. looked（）3. A. North B. South C. West D. East（）4. A. said B. talked C. spoke D. told（）5. A. seasons B. years C. months D. weeks（）6. A. can B. can’t C. must D. shouldn’t（）7. A. rises B. moves C. goes D. sets（）8. A. animals B. fishes C. trees D. birds（）9. A. at B. in C. without D. besides（）10. A. tents B. houses C. places D. clothesⅣ.句式转换（10分）1.Leave me some milk , please.(改为否定句)Please leave me milk.2.Thank you for helping me .Thank you for .3.Dick is the fastest runner in his class.Dick than any other student in his class.4.Sandy never had lunch at school last year , .(反意疑问句)5.It is very cold today.(感叹句)it is today !Ⅴ.完成句子（10分）1.现在我能够收电子邮件了。