八年级英语阅读竞赛

八年级英语阅读竞赛试卷

一、完形填空：（每小题1分，共40小题）

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David is a middle school student. He lived in a small 1 for fifteen years. His father, Mr Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2 a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His 3 moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had 4 friends here. At first he often played by 5 .

His neighbour Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David 6 to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they’re good friends.

One afternoon, Cathy told David. “It’ll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I’ll have a birthday party. Will you please come?”

“7 . I’m glad to,”the boy said happily.

David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn’t call her because he didn’t know her telephone 10 . At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked, “What’s the matter, dear?”

“What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?”“Nothing,”the woman said, “I just wish I were 16.”

1. A. town B. city C. village D. country

2. A. open B. opens C. opened D. opening

3. A. home B. house C. building D. family

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

5. A. himself B. him C. his D. he

6. A. enjoy B. enjoys C. like D. likes

7. A. Well B. Oh C. Mm D. Certainly

8. A. prize B. praise C. present D. price

9. A. forgot B. forget C. remember D. remembered

10. A. code（密码） B. number C. place D. address

(2)

Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself 1 . I looked for 2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a 3 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot.

On the day of my speech, I didn’t get nervous or forget 4 I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are 5 at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. 6 are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories

about Spanish history sounded boring.

After giving my speech and showing my pictures I 7 I was going to get a bad grade.

Big projects are very difficult for me to finish. They 8 a lot of time, and I always 9 the day it has to be finished and the grad e I’ll get .

Anyway, I ended up getting an “A－”. The teacher said I 10 all my classmates listen - I was talking very loudly!

1. A. ready B. excited C. interested D. worried

2. A. news B. information C. dictionaries D. papers

3. A. book B. story C. speech D. joke

4. A. who B. where C. when D. what

5. A. good B. bad C. interesting D. glad

6. A. The other B. Another C. Others D. Other

7. A. thought B. though C. taught D. brought

8. A. cost B. spend C. pay D. take

9. A. worry about B. think about C. tell about D. know about

10. A. make B. made C. am making D. has made

(3)

The world 1 many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while 2 are very pleasant to hear. In single day you probably hear 3 sounds. All sounds are different. Some 4 loud, some sounds are high, others are low, some sounds are useful.

5 sound we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting（鸣笛声）of a car warns people of danger.

Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low 6 the land; the very loud sounds can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf.

We know sound travels about one kilometer in three 7 . In a thunder storm you see the lighting first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels 8 than sound.

Next time you see lighting count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder.

Divide this number 9 3. This will tell you 10 kilometers away the thunder storm is.

1. A. full of B. fill with C. is filled of D. is filled with

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

3. A. hundreds of B. hundred of C. hundreds D. hundred

4. A. may B. maybe C. may be D. can

5. A. Of B. With C. Without D. By