湖南省桂阳县2016-2017学年八年级英语下学期知识竞赛试题

2016年八年级下册英语知识竞赛一.单项选择(20分)( )1. There are about six ________ students in our school.A. thousandB. thousandsC. thousands ofD. thousand of ( )2. ---I don’t like to eat junk food. It’s bad for my health.--- _____ do I .A. SoB. NeitherC. AlsoD. Either( )3. ---- _____ has Michael been playing baseball ?---- Since he was five years old.A. How oftenB. How farC. How longD. How soon( )4. ---- Mum, may I go out and play basketball ?---- Well, if you ____ your homework, you can.A. finishingB. finishedC. have finishedD. will finish ( )5. His father _____ for two years.A. leftB. has leftC. is leavingD. has been away( )6. It ____ the workers and engineers about five years to build that bridge.A. tookB. spentC. costD. paid( )7. Joe doesn’t like doing exercise, ____ in winter.A.such asB. soC. especiallyD. beside( ) 8. How ________the result is! We can’t believe it.A.amazingB.interestedC.difficultD.annoyed( )9. ______ weather it is today! Let’s go to play soccer!A. How a goodB. What a goodC. How goodD. What good( )10. You may go to the 24-hour shop _____ you wantA. wheneverB. whereverC. howeverD. whatever( )11. --- You don’t love violin music , do you ?--- ______. But I like piano music.A. Yes, I doB. No, I don’tC. Yes. I don’tD. No, I do ( )12. ________ of the students took part in the sports meeting.A. Three fiveB. Three fifthC. Third fifthsD. Three fifths( )13. Have you ever seen him ________?A. agoB. two days agoC. beforeD. just now( )14. M r. Jack ________ China for several years.A. has been toB. has come toC. has been inD. has gone to ( )15. Hurry up! The play __________ for ten minutes .A. has begun Ｂ. had begun Ｃ. has been on Ｄ. Began( ) 16. I have never read book that I can’t put it down .A. such an excellentB. a such excellentC. such excellent aD. so an excellent( ) 17. My headteacher saw her up some rubbish while he by .A. pick; was passingB. picking; was passingC. was picking; was passingD. picking; passed( ) 18. “How long will you this book?” said the librarian.A. borrowB. buyC. keepD. have( ) 19. --- Could you please help me the exercise books to the class? - --- No problem.A. take outB. give outC.work outD. put out( )20. I'm new here. Could you please tell me ________?A. what is the building used forB. when does the first classbeginC. where is the dining hallD. how many classes our schoolhas二、完形填空（10分）Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.Shelived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake 1 hertwo daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, butstill, they lived a 2 life and sometim es they even didn’t haveenough money to buy food.The swan was sad to see that. She said to 3 , “I’ll give oneof my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with themoney selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’shouse and 4 a golden feather on the table without sayinganything .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather.The woman was very happy 5 their life was much better than before.But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her6 .”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. Weshould take all her feathers when she comes next time.”“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 7 the swan. Shehelps us a lot !”But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as8 , the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, thegolden feathers 9 chicken feathers.Then ,the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to help you,but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Neverbe greedy!” With these 10 , the swan flew away.( )1. A. for B. with C.without D. on( )2. A. hard B. good C. happy D. easy( )3. A. her B. herself C. them D. myself( )4. A. gave B. brought C. returned D. left( )5. A. because B. while C. after D. unless( )6. A. sons B. husband C. daughters D. sister( )7. A. hurt B. save C. protect D. refuse( )8. A. general B. usual C. normal D. common( )9. A. heard of B. looked for C.changed into D. came from( )10. A. letters B. words C. thoughts D. Sentences三.阅读理解（40分）(A)John and Bobby joined a company at the same time . They both worked very hard . After several years , Bobby became the manager , but John thought it was unfair , so he gave his resignation （辞职信）to the boss .When the boss found out the reason why John wanted to leave , he said , “I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave . ”John agreed . The boss asked him to find out if anyone was selling watermelons at the market . John went and soon returned . He said he had found a man selling watermelons . The boss asked him how much they were . John shook his head and went back to the market . When he returned , he told the boss they were $ 1.2 per kg .Then the boss asked Bobby to find a watermelon seller at the market . Bobby went , returned and said , “Only one person is selling watermelons . $ 1.2 per kg , 340 melons in all , and each melon weighs about 2 kg . They are fresh . ”John realized the difference between himself and Bobby . He decided not to leave but to learn from Bobby.1. John and Bobby were _______ .A. friendsB. workmatesC. classmatesD. brothers2. Who became the manager after several years ?A. JohnB. JonnyC. BobbyD. No one3. The boss asked John to ________ .A. give up his workB. work for BobbyC. find out if there were watermelons at the marketD. go to the market to find out if anyone was selling watermelons4. Which of the following is TRUE ?A. Bobby thought it was unfair for John to give up his work .B. Both John and Bobby worked very hard .C. Bobby became the manager because the boss liked him .D. John left the company at last .5. What’s the difference between John and Bobby ?A. John is foolish , but Bobby is clever .B. Bobby knows that market better than John .C. Bobby is clever knows how to work better .D. John is lazy , he doesn’t like working .B The Biggest TreeDo you know the biggest tree in the world? Its name is " General Sherman". General Sherman is growing on the slopes(斜坡) of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. General Sherman is about 11 miters across and about 35 meters round, this will give you an idea of General Sherman's size. General Sherman is also very tall. It is over 80 meters high. It began as a tiny seed(小种籽) many years ago. Imagine!(设想) It has been growing since about 2000 BC. It has been growing for almost 4,000 years and it still growing! General Sherman is as old as the Pyramids.(金字塔) It may live for another 2000 years. What will the world be like in 4000 AD(公元)?6. The name of the biggest tree in the world is______.A. the Great WallB. General ShermanC. the Great PyramidD. an orange tree7. The biggest tree in the world is growing on the slopes of the Rocky Mountain in _______.A. the United StatesB. ChinaC. JapanD. France8. It's over _______meters high.A. 11B. 35C. 80D. 259.It has been growing for almost ______ years.A. 400B. 4,000C. 40,000D. 2,00010.It's as old as _______.A. a littleB. the Rocky MountainC. the Tai MountainD. the Pyramids(C)Beijing is the capital of China and can be easily reached by train , plane or bus . There are two main train stations in Beijing . One is in the center and can be reached by subway ; the other is in the southwest of Beijing and can easily be reached by bus .The city itself has good transportation . The total length of the subway in the city is about 200 km . It’s convenient（方便的） . Passengers can buy tickets from vending machines （自动售票机）at entrances （入口） to the subway .The roads in the city are excellent . The traffic runs quite well except during rush hours（高峰期） in the morning and evening when people drive to and from work .Some buses in Beijing have a box near the driver . You can put moneyinto the box when you get on the bus . Payment on these buses is usually one yuan no matter （无论）how far you go . Other buses have a conductor （售票员）. His or her job is to collect money from passengers . On these buses , the price is usually based on（依据） how far you travel .根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。