—度下学期英语竞赛试题

2013— 2014学年度八年级下学期英语竞赛试题
（满分100分）
I 、单项选择（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
1. I ' m feeling much better nowp you ________ call the doctor.
A. couldn ' t
B. wouldn ' t
C. can ' t
D. needn ' t 2. She ____ in the big city, but now childre n. A. used to live ； is used to living C. used to live ； is used to live
3. Don' t waste water agaiojr we ' H A. look out B. take out C.
she ______ in the small town with
B. used to living ； is used to living
D. used to living ； is used to live
__ it one day.
out of D. get out of 4. Could you please ______ late for class next time?
A. don' t arrive
B. no arrive
C. not arrive
D. not to arrive
5. How long may I ______ these books ？
A.borrow
B.le nd
C.buy
D.keep
6. My host family tried to cook _____ for me whe n I studied in New Zeala nd.
A.differe nt someth ing
B.differe nt anything
C. someth ing differe nt
D.any thi ng differe nt
7. — Do you like talk ing with your frie nds on the teleph one or mobile phone?
— ________ . I enjoy chatti ng on li ne.
A. Neither
B. Either
C. Both
D. None
8. Why don ' t you ________ an English club to practice _________ English?
A. to join ； to speak
B. jo in ； speak ing
C. jo in ； to speak
D. to join ； speak ing
9. The populati on of Chi na_large. About four fifths of the population ____ farmers.
A.is;are
B.are;is
C.are;are
D.is;be
10 . — Where is your father?
—He _________ Australia and he _________ Sydney for two weeks.
A. has been to has been in
B. has gone to has been in
C. has bee n in has bee n to
D. has gone to has bee n to
11.lt'svery important for us to learn by _____ .
A. ourselves
B. itself C .myself D. themselves
12. _____________ Whe n you at a restaura nt , please order just eno ugh food .
A .ate B. will eat C .eat D .have eaten
13. Mary called and asked her husba nd _____ home at once , because she locked
their daughter in the home .
A .to leave B. leave C. go D .to go
14 .To keep healthy , many people ____ every day .
A . take a shower B. take pride C. take a look D. take exercise
15. The teacher speaks very loudly _______ all the students can hear her.
A. so that
B. because
C. since
D. whe n
run her
16. Go dow nstairs , ___ sta nd in line on the playgro und as soon as possible .
A. and B .but C . so D .or
17. --- It 'one of the ______ things in the world to stay with frie nds .
----1 agree . It always makes us relaxed.
A .worst
B .happiest
C .busiest D. hardest
18. The mobile phone has in flue need peopl'life a lot since it ___
A .invents B. i nven ted C. is inven ted D. was inven ted
19 . What a nice paper fish ! Can you show us ___ you make it ?
A .whether
B .how
C .why D. what
20. We are pla nning to have a surprise party ____ her fiftee n birthday .
A . at B. in C. for D .with
II.完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Jenny, form Germany , spent some time traveling in India . While she was there , she stayed with her In dia n frie nd , Leela. However , there was a Ian guage barrier 障碍）for her there . It was very 21 for her to com muni cate in the new en vir onment, which was very differe nt from 22 of her own country .
One day , together with Leela , Jenny went to 23 an orpha nage 孤儿院）.All the childre n there were very young. At first , Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to com muni cate with them . She went over to the children 24 and sat beside them . After some time , one of the children 25 ________ her . She felt a little relaxed and smiled back . Then she went close to the child . She slowly put her are around the child and started 26 ________ a song in German .The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were differe nt from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm节奏）was the same . Jenny sang a little more and the child followed her aga in .Wanting to joi n in the 27 a no ther child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm . Then more childre n joined . They 28 ma ny smiles together .
From the other side of the hall , Leela was smiling and watching them . Noticing Leela ' 29 on her , Jenny had an exciting feeling from her h eart : “ See, don' t have any Ian guage barriers here. We 30 speak and com muni cate! ” At that mome nt , she un dersta nd : We are all simply huma n and we have ability to connect each other .
21 A nice B dan gerous C difficult D easy
22 A these B those C this D that
23 A show B visit C build D improve
24 A slowly B early C hardly D easily
25 A looked at B laughed at C shouted at D smiled
at
26 A si nging B writ ing C say ing D playi ng
27 A club B talk C fun D dance
28 A forgot B remembered C shared D missed
29 A hands B eyes C in flue nee D questio
n
30 A can B must C n eed D should
m.阅读理解（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
A
It can be dangerous to travel on the ocean. Ships sometimes sink a ling way from
land, Whe n this happe ns, the people have to get into small lifeboats. If ano ther ship
does not come to help them quickly eno ugh. or they do not have any food or water. they may die.
Most people believe that we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do. we will be very ill because of the salt in the water. But a doctor n amed Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive at sea by dinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the ocean, On October 19, 1953. he set out to prove he was right by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat. He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day, Dr Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish . He took small plants from the ocean, which gave him more food.Dr Bombard became hot and quite ill, but after sixty-five days at sea, he was still alive, He traveled 1,700 kilometers from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other.
He had lost 20 kilograms in weight, but he proved that people can survive on sea water and the ani mals and pla nts in the ocea n.
31. Alain Bombard was _______ .
A. an old sailor
B. a doctor
C. a fisherma n
D. a cook
32. He wan ted to prove ____ .
A. sea water was dangerous
B. fish were good for people
C. sailors ofte n died
D. people could drink sea water and not die
33. During his journey, Alain Bombard lived on ______ .
A. sea water
B. food that he cooked
C. sea water, fish and small plants
D. bread and rice
34. Whe n did he land on the other side of the Atla ntic Ocea n?
A. In October, 1954
B. In January. 1954
C. In December. 1953
D. In October. 1953
B
“ Why does the chicken cross the road ? To get to the other side !
That' s an old joke in the west , but it came to my mind again when I saw people cross ing the road at the intersection ofShaa nxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shan ghai . When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to cha nge . Sudde nly one man bega n rush ing to the other side of the road . Soon others followed him at the cross ing and more people did the same . Just like chicke ns , they did n ' t mi nd the honking horn 喇叭声）and kept cross ing the road in a mess . Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai . And at least one third of them were jaywalking乱穿马路）。

Jaywalking is very com mon in Shan ghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the dan ger to themselves .
Traffic laws are to keep people safe . So we should obey them , and have good road -cross ing habits .Whe n some one starts to Jaywalk , we should stop him , and never follow him . That way we can avoid the traffic accidents .
35. The un derl ind word “in tersect ion ” here probably means “__________
A .road B. bridge C. cross ing D .traffic
36. The writer saw people _____ in Shan ghai that day .
A. cross ing the road in a mess
B .waiting for the green light patiently
C. crossing the road with chickens
D . hurt ing each other in the street
37. How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day ?
A .He thinks it ' s OK
B . He thinks it ' s wrong .
C .He has idea of it . D. He doesn 'mention it.
C
There are some easy things you can do to protect the en vir onment and the arth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with a few of your own.
• Pla nt flowers, grass or trees.
• Wheneveryou visit a park or beach, take away what you bring there----keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin .
• Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This saves lot of electricity.
• Turnoff the tap when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not lett ing it run. Also, use a glass cup in stead of a paper cup because this savepaper.
• Keep the doors and wi ndows closed in win ter to keep warm air in.
• Give your old books and magaz ines to a library in stead of throw ing them away.
• Give your old ciohes to poor childre n you know in stead of throw ing them away.
• Use both sides of paper.
• Stop pouri ng 倒）dirty water into the rivers or the lakes n earby.
• Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth.
You don ' t have wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day. If every one makes a con tributi on （贡献）to protect ing the en vir onment, the world will become much more beautiful.
38. From the above, we know that this is ___________ .
A. a sign
B. a notice
C. an advertisement
D. a proposal
39 .The writer tells us ____________ .
A. to throw rubbish into a dustbin
B. to pour dirty water into the river
C. to save water by letting it run while we are brushing our teeth
D. that we can ' t do all thesgsthntil Earth Day
40. We can __________ to save paper.
A. use a paper cup
B. use both sides of paper
C. give old books to a library
D. pick up waste paper at school
41. Which of the following is WRONG according to the writer?
A. Turn off the lights when you leave the room.
B. Close the doors in wi nter.
C. Use a paper cup whe n you brush your teeth.
D. Give your old clothes to the poor childre n.
42. The main idea of this passage is how to ________ .
A. save money
B. save water and electricity
C. make better use of old things
D. protect the earth
D
On my class trip to a museum, someth ing happe ned. I was late leav ing the bus. Then, I dropped my glasses while running to catch up with the class. Most of the class got in the first elevator. When I raised my head. I saw Fredrick all alone in the other elevator. He was holding the door open for me, but I did not expect him to do that. I didn ' t want to stand next to him. but I had to catch up with the class. So I jumped into the elevator.
Suddenly, the elevator stopped between two floors! I couldn ' t believe it! The elevator
trapped us together for about one hour. After a while. we started talk in g. I lear ned that Fredrick ' s father was very strict. He punished Fredrick for anykrtess than perfect.
I felt different about Fredrick after being stuck in the elevator with him, We had lunch together that day, and we now spend more time together at school. He is my new friend.
阅读短文，根据其内容补全句子，每题不超过三个词。

43. The boy lost ______ while running to catch his classmates.
44. They were trapped together for ________ .
45. The boy learned that Fredrick had a _____ father.
IV.短文填空，用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。

(每个单词限用一次，每空只填一个单词。

(共10小题，10分)
ask, tha nk , happy , remember, kindn ess , good , drive , he , sixth .poor
I took the bus to school every day whe n I was in primary school. Alvin , our bus
(46) ____ , picked us up every morni ng. We were all from (47) ____ families . My
pare nts could hardly support the family with (48) ______ C hildre n .
Once a month , Alvin stopped at the local bus stop. Then some one came out and
(49) ______ each of us if we wan ted an ice cream or a drink . Alvin paid for it . A t
the end of the school year,he took us to(50) ____________ home for dancing.The
(51) _____ that he showed was amaz ing . We did n get t reats like that too ofte n so
what he did for us was (52) ___ remembered.
Twenty years later , I called him and (53) _____ him for all he did for us . I told
him that he probably couldn ' t remember me , bu(54sure him !And I could hear the smile in his voice whe n he said he was happy that I called.
He is the reas on why I do my(55) ____ to show kindn ess to every one I meet . He
has had a big in flue nee on my life . And I am very pleased that I was able to tell him .
V.补全练习。

(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
(A).补全对话。

Mike: Our club is too small. We need to find a way to get more members.
Sally: I don ' t a§6)e. ( .Why do you want more members?
Mike: (57) _____ Other people always talk about how small our chub is.
Sally: So what?(58) ______ we' re all good friendsln those big clubs, people don ' t know each other very well.
Mike: That' not the way I see it. ( 59) __________ They don ' c t mplain about that
sort of thing.
Sally: Maybe we should take a vote to decide what to do .
Mike: That ' s fa60) _______________
Sally: Sure. Everybody liste n up …
(B)补全短文.
阅读下面的短文，根据其内容在空格处填入适当的词，
Yesterday I was watching TV at home when I suddenly remembered that(61) was my father's birthday the n ext day.
I put my coat(62) ______ quickly,a nd the n I ran outside to catch a bus .I went into a
music shop,(63) ______ I could n't remember which CD my dad wan ted,so I did n't
buy any thi ng.Fin ally,I decided (64) _____ go to the bookshop and bought him a
book about raci ng cars.
I went home and told my mum about the present.She looked at me strangely (65) some time and said,"But your father's birthday is n ext mon th!"
VI. 句型转换(每小题2分，共10分)
66. Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world.(改为同义句)
Qomolangma is ______ __________________ ____________________ i n the
world.
67. Ann has already finished his homework,改为否定句)
Ann ________ ________ his homework ___________ .
68. Mr white has been in China since 2,000.(改为过去时)
Mr white ________ to China ________ 2,000.
69. Mr Scott was successful in study in g Chin ese history^ 改为同义句)
Mr Scott ___________ __________ _________ Chinese history.
70. The mi nute she saw me , she turned pal& 改为同义句) she saw meshe turned pale.
VII. IQ(智力测试)(共10小题；每小题1分，计10分)
71. Add a letter to the front of the capital so that the senten ces make sen se.
Eg. Grass is GREEN.
We ______ ASH to keep ourselves _________ LEAN.
72. Remove one letter from the word in capital letters to make a new word.The
meaning of the a word is given in the clue .
Eg . AUNT an in sect ani
FLAN we use it to keep cool _________
SEAL. the ocea n _____
73. I have no arms but point right ;I have no feel but I must run.And I must sta nd on
duty both day and night. If I stop,all will complain. what am I ？ ___________
74. Find the letter which will end the first word and start the second.
Example peac(h) ome
car( )iver pla( )ice
75. Which one comes next?
A IS c D L
76. What comes once in a year, twice in a week and n ever in a day?
77. There is one letter in the crosswords. Please fill the crosswords with the four words.
date, fire, half, hard
78. What would be the next group of letters in this series? __________
aaaa ... bdzb ... cgac ... djzd ... ????
A.enae
B.ekze
C. elxe
D.emae
E.eize
79. Which one of the followi ng five is least like the other four? _______
Cat - Lio n - Dog - Turtle - Elepha nt
80. What would be the n ext picture in this series? Choose one of the followi ng five:。