人教版八年级下学期英语竞赛试题

人教版八年级下学期英语竞赛试题一. 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. What do you think he will _________ ten yearsA. be inB. be atC. be forD. be after22. Could you ____________ yourself when you were five years oldA. wearB. put onC. dressD. be in23. ---I’m sorry. I really _________ my homework at home.--- That’s all right, but don’t ___________ to bring it to school tomorrow.A. left; forgetB. leave; forgetC. forgot; forgetD. forget; forget24. The prediction that computers will be used at home has _____________.A. come overB. come trueC. come outD. come along25. None of the shoes in the shop fit me well. They are ________ too big ________ too small.A. both; andB. not only; but alsoC. neither; norD. either; or26. Don’t get off the bus __________ it has stopped.A. untilB. ifC. tooD. for27. --- I hear you have got a ticket ________ the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics.--- Yes. I got it _________ my uncleA. of; fromB. to; byC. to; fromD. for; to28. Did the old man ever feel __________when he lived ___________ on the farmA. alone; lonelyB. lonely; lonelyC. alone; aloneD. lonely; alone29. Liu Xiang won the gold medal __________ the 2008 Olympics.A. inB. atC. onD. of30. My flight to Hong Kong will ________ from Beijing International Airport.A. take offB. set offC. put offD. seeoff31. --- Hi, Tom. Is your brother as active as you --- No, he’s a quiet boy.He is ____________.A. less outgoing than meB. not so calm as IC. more active than ID. as outgoing as I32. --- Do you often hear ________ your family --- Yes. I got a letter from myfather just a few days ago.A. ofB. forC. aboutD. from33. --- May I speak to Mr. Read --- Sorry, he _________ Beijing, but he __________in 3 days.A. has been in; will come backB. has been to; won’t be backC. has gone to; will come backD. has gone to; won’t come back34. I don’t know if it _________ tomorrow. I’ll stay at home if it __________.A. snows; will snowB. will snow; will snowC. snows; snowsD. will snow; snows35. Lily and Lucy are too tired to walk, but they have to walk ________ two hoursbefore they reach their home.A. anotherB. otherC. the otherD. more二. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Butterflies are common all over the world but the ones in hot countries are usuallybigger and more brightly colored than those in cooler countries, and there are 36different kinds. Usually the male（雄性）butterfly is more brightly colored than the female（雌性）. The females have bigger and 37 bodies 38 they carry the eggs. The gay（艳丽的）colors of the male 39 to attract （吸引）the female and the dark colors of the female make them 40 to be caught by 41 before they have 42 their eggs.Some butterflies have bright colors on 43 wings（翅膀）which show when they fly, but when they stop in a tree or leaf, they 44 their wings. On their wings there are green and brown marks（记号） which look like the tree or leaves. They are difficult to see. The best example of this is the Dead Leaf Butterfly. Whenits wings are 45 , it really looks like a dead leaf. There are even marks that 46 like the holes in a dead leaf. When a bird is running 47 a butterfly, and it closes its wings, it seems to have 48 completely（完全地）.Many butterflies have round marks in their wings that look like 49 . when they are resting, and their wings are folded（合拢）, these 40 be seen. Whena bird sees one, and begins to attack it, the butterfly opens its wings. The bird thinks that it sees two eyes staring（瞪）at it, and, frightened, it flies away.( ) 36. A. fewer B. less C. more D. most( ) 37. A. lighter B. healthier C. smaller D. heavier( ) 38. A. so B. because C. because of D. than( ) 39. A. help B. ant C. decide D. make( ) 40. A. easy B. different C. difficult D. important( ) 41. A. friends B. neighbors C. partners D. enemies( ) 42. A. lied B. lay C. lain D. laid( ) 43. A. its B. them C. their D. theirs( ) 44. A. open B. stop C. close D. show( ) 45. A. open B. closed C. closing D. opened( ) 46. A. looks B. look C. looked D. looking( ) 47. A. after B. for C. up D. out of( ) 48. A. died B. danced C. disappeared D. sung( ) 49. A. eyes B. noses C. ears D. arms( ) 50. A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t三. 阅读理解（共15小题；第51-55题每小题1分，第56-65题每小题2分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，并做短文后面的题目，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。

（A）Do you believe there are aliens Well, make a phone call and you will know. A group of Americans can help. They make a device（装置）”talk” to aliens. If you want to talk to an alien, you only need to visit Talk To Aliens. com. Call 0 and say, “Hello aliens, this is Earth calling. Can you hear me” You can say anything you want.But now, they only take phone calls from people in the US. The call is dollars every minute. After the hotline began in February, Talk To Aliens. com has got hundreds of calls. There is one call every three minutes. They are also trying to send people’s e-mails, photos and videos into space.51. If you live in America and you want to know whether there are any aliens, ___________________.A. you can make a phone callB. you can go to America for helpC. you can ask any scientist for helpD. you can talk to aliens52. Talk To Aliens. com is a place where ________________________.A. you can get some knowledge about aliensB. you can talk to aliensC. the aliens liveD. you can make a setoff device to talk to aliens53. What does the underlined word refer to（指）A. The aliens.B. The people who want to talk to aliens.C. The Americans.D. The group of scientists who can help you.54. Which is NOT rightA. Only American people can call 0.B. People from any country can call 0.C. If you call the hotline for two minutes, you should pay dollars.D. Every three minutes there is someone calling 055. From this article we know ________________.A. there is only one call after the hotline began in FebruaryB. there are some aliens in the worldC. some Americans are trying to send information about humans into spaceD. if you pay dollars for a minute, you can talk to aliens(B)“How are you” is a nice question, it’s a friendly way hat people in the USA greet each other. But “How are you”is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks “How are you”hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree”the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re wrong …….”But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says “I’ve to go now.”often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse:“Someone’s at the door.”“Something is burning in the stove.” The excuses（借口） might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.56. When a person in America asks “How are you”he or she wants to hear “________________”A. How are youB. Hello.C. I don’t know.D. Fine.57. When a person disagree with someone, it is polite to say “_____________”A. You are wrong, I disagreeB. I’m not sure.C. I’m sure I disagree.D. No, I disagree.58. A polite way to finish a talk is to say “__________________”A. You have to go now.B. I want to hang up.C. I have to go now.D. I don’t want to talk any more.59. When a person says “I have to go now. Someone ‘s at the door.”, the person may be ____________.A. giving an excuseB. hurting someone’s feelingC. illD. asking youa question60. The rule of the game of language is probably “_________________”.A. Always say what you meanB. Don’t disagree with peopleC. Never say exactly what you are thinkingD. Be polite.（C）A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAhhhhhhh!”to his surprise, he heard the voice repeating （重复）, somewhere in the mountain, “AAhhhhhh!”then the boy shouted, “Who are you”he received the answer, “Who are you” He got angry at the answer, so he shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen.” And then he shouted to the mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained（解释）,”People call this ‘Echo’, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection（反映）of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”61. At first the boy cried because _______________.A. he hurt himself and felt badB. he wanted to give himself a surpriseC. he felt it was so quiet in the mountainD. he hoped his father would help him62. When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought _______________.A. it was foolish to hear others’ voiceB. someone else in the mountain liked his voiceC. there were many other people in the mountainD. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain63. The father shouted to the mountain to ____________.A. find out who was repeating his voiceB. have fun with other people in the mountainC. show more examples to his son before giving him the answerD. let his son know whose voice was louder64. The word “Echo” means ________________.A. life itselfB. repeating voiceC. love in the worldD. everything in life65. From the story, we know ____________.A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at allB. the father has his own way to teach his sonC. it is not polite to repeat others’ voiceD. the boy and his father were rather tired四. 任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题1 分，满分5 分）从A、B、C、D、E五个选项中选出适当的句子，是上下文流畅。