英语综合能力竞赛八年级初赛试题

八年级英语竞赛试题 请同学将所有单选题答案写在题号前 一、单选（每小题1分，共15分） 1. --______ does your father do morning exercises? —Hardly ever. A. How B. How often C. When D. What time 2. _____is important for us _______sports every day A. It; do B. That; to do C. This; to do D. It; to do 3. --- _____________ ? –- I have a sore back. A. What’s the wrong B. What’s matter C. What’s trouble D. What’s wrong 4. Mr. Green ______for America the day after tomorrow. A. left B. leaves C. is leaving D. are going to leave 5. I’m hungry. Would you please give me ______to eat? A. delicious something B. something delicious C. anything delicious D. nothing delicious 6. Tom goes to school ________every day. A. by a bus B. by his bike C. by buses D. on foot 7. It _____ my daughter half an hour _______ her homework last night. A. takes, to finish B. took, finish C. took, to finish D. took, finished 8. --- Would you like to play football with us? ---____________. A. Yes, I can B. Yes, please C. Yes, I’d like to D. Yes, I’d like班级______________ 姓名____________________ 考号_________________9. Her dress is _________than ________.A. more beautiful, mineB. more beautiful, myC. the most beautiful, ID. beautiful, me10. It’s ______ colder today than it was yesterday.A. veryB. moreC. muchD. little11. --- Let’s make a banana milk shake.---_________________.A. That’s a good ideaB. You’re welcomeC. Thank youD. No, we don’t12. Put the ingredients（原料）in the container（容器）and _________,please.A. mix up itB. mix it upC. mix up themD. mix them up13.The classroom is _______small _______hold (容纳) so many students.A. enough, toB. so, thatC. too, toD. very, to14.There_______ a wonderful football match between Spain and Italy next week.A. will haveB. is going to haveC. is going to beD. is15. – Could you please sweep the floor?--________. I’m busy with my homework.A. Yes, sureB. Why notC. Sorry, you can’tD. Sorry, I can’t IV、完型填空（每小题2分，共20分）根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

My name is Jack. My best friend John lives in my neighborhood．We often play together after school. My grandparents live near my house, too. So it’s 16 for us to get together on some important festivals.In my neighborhood, there is a small playground. John and I often gothere to 17. John 18 and he is on the school football team. Sometimes a few friends come to 19 us. Sometimes, just we two practice passing the ball. There is a 20called ―Good Neighbor‖ in my neighborhood. It sells all kinds of foods, drinks, school things and the things that we need in our everyday life. The things in the supermarket are 21 . So people living here like to 22 there. Sometimes I go with my mother. Sometimes I ask 23 to buy my favorite food for me.I usually 24 with the housework at home. I wash the dishes after meals and clean the rooms. I always wash my own clothes. All my 25 say that I am a good boy at home.What about your neighbors and neighborhood? Can you tell me? ( )16. A. hard B. easy Csurprising D. wrong ( )17. A. go skating B. play hockey C.go shopping D. play football ( )18. A. is good at B. hates C. is away from D. loses ( )19. A. meet B. watch C. join D. stop ( )20. A. restaurant B. coffee shop C. supermarket D. bookstore ( )21. A. expensive B. cheap C. old D. dirty ( )22. A. shop B. stay C. travel D. exercise ( )23. A. you B. them C. him D. her ( )24. A. help B. play C. learn D. walk ( )25. A. teachers B. neighbors C. students D. pen-pals 三、阅读（每小题3分，计45分）ASchool in China: Then and NowIn ancient China, only boys went to school. They had to study hard to get good grades. They stayed in their classrooms most of the time and had to learn almost everything by heart. They worked hard for the examinations called Kejuby Chinese. Only those who had passed these very strict examinations could win their chance to work for the government and to be famous. This would bring great honor（荣誉）to all their family members. Girls, however, learned to look after the house. They helped their mothers cook for the whole family. The society would never expect a girl with much wisdom（智慧）and knowledge.Today, almost all children in China go to school. They start school at age six or seven and receive education for five full days every week. They study in the classroom, carry out “hands-on” activities in the laboratory, read and search for information in the library, and enjoy different kinds of sports and fresh air on the playground. Many city schools help their children to form different clubs so that they can enjoy a better and more meaningful school life after class. Even country schools are providing better and better learning environment to their children. City children take six weeks of vacation during the summer. They also have four weeks off in the winter. Children in the countryside（乡村）may take time off from school once or twice a year besides normal vacations to help with the harvests when farm work is really busy.26. This text tells us mainly about .A. the present（现在）and past of China’s school educationB. the schools in the city and those in the countrysideC. the differences between Chinese schoolboys and girlsD. school vacations in China, yesterday and today27. Did girls have their chance to go to school in the ancient times?A. Yes, they did.B. No, they didn’t.C. Some did, some didn’t.D. The rich did, the poor didn’t.28. What did students study for in the old days?A. For Keju examinations.B. For their parents.C. For their teachers.D. For the government.29. Why do many schools form different clubs for children?A. Because more parents will send their children to them.B. Because these schools want to show off to the public.C. These schools do not want their students to leave for better ones.D. They want to provide better environment for student development.30. Who may take their days off more often?A. Children in large cities.B. Children in the countryside.C. Both city and country children.D. The information is not provided.BO ne morning Jane made some sandwiches for her husband’s lunch. As there was a little meat left, she gave it to Henry, their little dog, and Henry ate it quickly. During the morning the dog got ill. He wouldn’t stop shaking (摇晃；摇动) his head, and he couldn’t stand straight. Jane thought the meat must have gone bad. She began to worry her husband’s health. So she called him at once. “Jim, I hope you haven’t eaten any of those sandwiches,” said Jane. “I gave Henry the last piece of meat, and he got ill now. If you’ve eaten those sandwiches, go to the doctor as soon as you can and take some medicine.” At noon Jim returned home. He said he had taken some medicine but that made him very uneasy (不舒服的). The next morning Jim was fine. Henry seemed quite all right, too. At eight o’clock the milkman came with the milk. He asked Jane, “How is your dog this morning?” “Well, he seems all right now, but …” said Jane. “Yesterday morning he and I had an accident,” said the milkman. “He jumped at me, and I dropped a bottle of milk on his head.” 31. Jane made sandwiches for . A. Jim B. herself C. the family D. Henry 32. When did Henry fall ill? A. At breakfast time. B. At lunch time. C. Late in the morning. D. After he ate a little meat. 33. Why did Jane ring her husband up? A. Because she was quite sure that Jim had been ill. B. Because Jim had called earlier and asked her for some help. C. Because she thought the meat in the sandwiches might make him ill.. D. Because Jim might need her to send for a doctor to bring some medicine over. 34. Henry got ill because . A. he had got a good beating B. he had been hit by a bottle of milk C. he had eaten some bad meat D.he had had some sandwiches for breakfast 35. Which is the right order of what happened to Jim and Henry that morning? ① Jim came back home, feeling uneasy. ② Jim received a phone call from his wife. ③ Henry became ill. ④ Jim went to the doctor and took some medicine.⑤ The milkman dropped a bottle of milk on Henry’s he ad.班级______________ 姓名____________________ 考号_________________A.②⑤③①④B.③②④①⑤C.⑤③②④①D.⑤②①③④CA small town in England is the capital of long life, but no one knows why. There are only a few thousand people living in Pershore, but there are four people — all women over 100 years of age. Many of them are in their eighties and nineties.Blanche Dufty is 103. She lives with her son, Jack, who is 74. “I only drink boiled tap water. That’s the secret. And I’ve never eaten any fish. I can’t stand the smell.” Her sister, Kate, was 105 when she died. Mrs. Dufty has l ived in Pershore all her life. She has been living alone for sixty years since her husband died. She worked on a farm until she was 73.Daisy Witts is 101, but she looks like 60. “I have no secret, I just live in the way I always have.”There are a lot of ideas about why there are so many old people in one place. Marshall Wilson is a doctor there. He said, “Most of the old people here are very well. This is because Pershore is a nice place to live in without the stress(压力) of city life. And most people have a healthy diet. This is a big area for vegetable farming, and people eat lots of vegetables.”Lyn Westcott agreed that the reason why people live so long is the easy life in Pershore. He is 73. He grows vegetables and plays golf. He wants to reach 100, an d it is sure he will. “A lot of people live to be a good age in Pershore,” said he. “It’s in our genes(基因)!”36. What’s something special in the town of Pershore?A. The people there only drink boiled tap water.B. The people all do different kinds of farm work.C. All of the people in the town grow vegetables.D. Many people there are able to live a long life.37. Most of Mrs. Dufty’s family members and relatives(亲戚) live long except（除了）_________.A. her sonB. her husbandC. her sisterD. herself38. Although Mrs. Dufty _________, she is still in good health.A. has never eaten fish and once smokedB. worked on a farm until 73C. has been living aloneD. has lived in Pershore all her life39. It seems that both Dr. Wilson and Lyn Westcott agree that the reason whythe people in Pershore live long is _________.A. their hard work on the farmB. the boiled tap waterC. their easy lifeD. their genes40. This passage might most possibly be taken from _________.A. a newspaper or magazineB. a story bookC. a school coursebookD. a medical book四、综合填空（每小题2分，共20分)Many people say dolphins are very intelligent (聪颖的). Theyseem to be able to think, understand, and learn things quickly. But arethey c 41 like humans or more like cats or dogs? Scientists say dolphin intelligence is s 42 to human intelligence in some ways. How?Like humans, every dolphin has a “name”. I 43 is a special whistle (哨声). Scientists think dolphins, like people. “t 44 ”to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. And, like humans, dolphins use a system (系统) of sounds and body language to c 45 . But understanding their conversations is not easy for humans. No one “speaks dolphin” yet, but some scientists are trying to learn.Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups, and they often come to play games from different groups and have f 46 , just like people. In fact, playing t 47 is something only intelligent animals do.Dolphins and humans b 48 make plans to get something they want. In the seas of southern Brazil, dolphins use an interesting way to get food. When fish are n 49 a boat, dolphins signal (发信号) to the fishermen to put their nets (网) in the water. And the men can catch a lot of fish. What is the advantage for the dolphins? Why do they h 50 the men? The dolphins can get some of the fish.41. c 42. s 43. I 44 t 45. c46. f 47. t 48. b 49. n 50. h单选I、1~5 BDDCB 6~10 DCCAC 11~15 ADCCD完形：IV. 16---20 BDACC 21---25 BADAB阅读26—30. ABADB 31—35 ADCBC 36—40. DBCCA 46—50. ADBBC综合填空41. clever 42. similar 43. It 44 talk 85. communicate46. fun 47. together 48. both 49. near 50. help。