人教版八年级上学期英语元旦竞赛

2015年八年级英语元旦竞赛试题

一、单项填空（共20小题，计20分）

1. You are coughing! You should take some . Amachine B medicne C butter D lettuce

2. —Is she going to be actor?

—Yes. She is taking lessons on weekends now.

A. a; actor

B. an; actor

C. an; acting

D. a; action

3. Jane, I’d love to go to your house, but I’m not ________. I must practice the piano.

A. available

B. talented

C. healthy

D. outgoing

4. Today is Thursday and _______ is Saturday.

A. yesterday

B. the day before yesterday

C. tomorrow

D. the day after tomorrow

5. I am going to ______ a hobby like painting or taking photos.

A. make up

B. take up

C. get up

D. dress up

6. is ready now. Let’s go.

A. Everything

B. Something

C. Anything

D. Nothing

7. —Jenny is quiet and Ann is quiet, too.

—You mean of them are quiet, right?

A. all

B. both

C. either

D. neither

8. Speak aloud, please! I can hear you.

A. usually

B. almost

C. hardly

D. nearly

9. Li lei often talks ________ but does _______, so everyone says he is a good boy.

A. less; more

B. few; much

C. more; little

D. little; many

10. He didn’t go to school yesterday he was ill.

A. although

B. if

C. because

D. but

11. The song sounds great. The singer really sings.

A. quickly

B. seriously

C. comfortably

D. beautifully

12. Will Mr. White be back from London two days? —Yes, he will.

A. for

B. in

C. after

D. on

13. __________ important news! Thanks for telling me.

A. What an

B. What a

C. What

D. How

14. —Why are you walking so quickly, Edward?

—There a talent show in ten minutes.

A. will have

B. will be

C. is going to have

D. are going to be

15. It’s time for CCTV news. —Let’s the TV and watch it.

A. turn on

B. get on

C. try on

D. put on

16.The final exam is coming. I try my best to study for it.

A. must

B. might

C. need

D. would

17. We planted trees last year.

A. hundreds of

B. hundred of

C. five hundreds

D. five hundred of

18.My family has two dogs. One is white, is black.

A. other

B. another

C. the other

D. others

19. —are the shoes? —Fifty dollars!

A. How many

B. How much

C. How often

D. How long

20.—Did you enjoy the food there?

—. Everything tasted really good.

A. That’s all right

B. It’s great

C. Of course

D. You’re welcome

二、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）

A

My name is Gina. I like comedies very much. But my parents don’t like them. They like documentaries. T hey don’t think comedies are interesting, and I think documentaries are boring. So I never go to the movies with my parents. I often go to the movies with my good friends.

John is my friend. Tom Hanks is his favorite actor. He collects the pictures, reports, and movie VCDs of him. But I love Harrison Ford best. He’s old but attractive (吸引人的). My cousin Ann also loves Harrison Ford. Ann and I have many things in common. For example, we both like comedies. And we also like thrillers, though they’re so scary.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。

21. Gina’s parents like comedies.

22. Gina never goes to the movies with her good friends.

23. Ann and Gina have lots of things in common.

24. John can’t stand Tom Hanks.

25. Both Ann and Gina love Harrison Ford.