人教版2017八年级英语竞赛试题与答案

2017学年第一学期八年级英语竞赛试题（2017年12月）

(满分150分，时间：120分钟)

第一部分：知识运用（共两节；满分50分）

第一节：单项填空。（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Hangzhou is _______ most beautiful city, where you can see ________ famous West Lake.

A. a; the

B. a; /

C. the; a

D. /; the

2. When she came back home, she found her little son in the corner of the room.

A. cry

B. cried

C. crying

D. to cry

3. — Jim, when shall we go to the park this weekend?

— I really don’t mind. ______ Saturday ______ Sunday is OK.

A. Both; and

B. Neither; nor

C. Either; or

D. Not; but

4. _____ took his first step into _____ in 1961.

A. Man; space

B. The man; space

C. Man; the space

D. Men; a space

5. The city is _________ it was ten years ago.

A. three times as big as

B. three times so larger than

C. as three times larger than

D. larger three times than

6. Each of the foreigners holds a fork in one hand and a knife in .

A. others

B. the others

C. the other

D. another

7. Don’t worry. ________. I can do it myself.

A. It’s well

B. Help yourself

C. That’s a piece of cake

D. It’s hard

8. Li Lei realized ________ important for him to get up early to do some exercise.

A. it

B. that

C. one

D. this

9. There is wrong with this computer. It works well.

A. something

B. everything

C. anything

D. nothing

10. Tom is table. He is having lunch by himself.

A. from

B. on

C. at

D. for

11. I hope Tim can come to my birthday party. Then we ________ a much happier time.

A. have

B. had

C. will have

D. have had

12. The _______ shoes were very dirty, so I asked them to take them off before they

went into ______ house.

A. boys’; John’s

B. boys’; Johns’

C. boy’s; Johns’

D. boy’s; John’s

13. What a surprise! It’s ______ time that I’ve met the beautiful girl this week.

A. three

B. third

C. the three

D. the third

14. — Driving a car is so difficult for me!

— Come on. The more you practice, the it will be.

A. easy

B. easier

C. easily

D. more easily

15. — A number of volunteers _________ willing to teach in China’s rural areas.

— Yes, the number is getting _________.

A is; bigger and bigger B. are; bigger and bigger

C is; more and more

D are; more and more

16. Every year a lot of tourists travel to the Dongqian Lake, because it’s _______ place.

A. so a beautiful

B. so beautiful

C. so beautiful a

D. a such beautiful

17. When you are in trouble, remember to . Two heads are better than one.

A. make a decision

B. make a choice

C. ask for help

D. give advice

18. — _______ do you call your parents?

— Very often, and each time, five minutes.

A. When

B. How long

C. How many

D. How often

19. — Is Mr Li at home?

— No, he be in. He went to New York yesterday.

A. mustn’t

B. may not

C. needn’t

D. can’t

20. Let’s go to the library after school, ?

A. shall we

B. shan’t we

C. will you

D. won’t you

21. — The box is too heavy to carry. What’s in it?

— Oh, it is books.

A. filled with

B. covered with

C. used for

D. asked for

22. －Peter, the light in your room the whole night. What were you doing?

－Oh, I was busy writing a report.

A. turns on

B. turned on

C. is on

D. was on

23. — It’s too hot. What about having a glass of cold drink?

—.

A. Good idea

B. Me, too

C. That’s right

D. No problem

24. — Would you like to go to the movie with me?

— I’d love to, I’m afraid I have no time.

A. so

B. but

C. and

D. because

25. — The camera doesn’t work. You’d better ask Mr Wang for help.

— I , but he said he couldn’t fix it.

A. was

B. asked

C. will

D. did

26. — Julia, will you please go and move that desk?

— ______

A. How is it?

B. How much?

C. What for?

D. What is it?