英语阅读竞赛

雪峰中学八年级英语阅读能力竞赛

出卷人：八年级英语备课组2012/6/7

一、完形填空（20分）

（A）

An old woman opens her window and looks out._1_fine day! But _2_a man in the front garden. The old woman __3__him and says, “He‟s eating grass. Why?” She goes __4__into the garden and says to him, “Are you __5__hungry?”The man says, “Y es, I am. I‟m a poor man .I have nothing __6__ my breakfast , and I‟m hungry now .”

The old woman says to him, “Come to __7__back door of my house.” The man is happy and then goes __8__ her. She__9__the back d oor and says to the poor man, “Look, the grass is __10__here behind the house.”

( )1. A.What B.How C.What a D.How a

( )2. A.has B.there is C. have D.there are

( )3. A.looks at B.look like C.looks after D.looks

( )4. A.up B.down C.in D.out

( )5. A.little B.very C.many D.lot

( )6. A.for B.about C.to D.of

( )7. A.a B.an C.the D./

( )8. A.with B.and C.on D.over

( )9. A.closes B.opens C.turns on D.turn off

( )10. A.long B.longer C.longest D.the longest

(B)

The__1__in England is very different from our Chinese food. For example, they eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat __2__ every day. They have bread __3__breakfast and usually for one other meal. They eat bread with butter, __4__cheese or jam(果酱).Cheese and butter are made from __5__. They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink the milk cold or __6__, and they put it in their tea. They put sugar in their __7__, too. They are the world‟s biggest tea __8__. They don‟t eat much rice. And they like meat or fish with __9__ and other vegetables. They serve（开饭，上菜）all these together. After the main meal the always have __10__ sweet. They call this dessert （甜点）.They don‟t have dumplings in England.

( )1. A. apples B. tea C.food D.first

( )2. A. it B.them C.one D.they

( )3. A. to B. with C.on D.for

( )4. A. maybe B. be C.may D.may be

( )5. k B.cow C.meat D.bread

( )6. A.hot B.many C.much D.bread

( )7. k B.tea C.coffee D.meat

( )8. A.makers B.buyers C.drinkers D.sellers

( )9. A.tomatoes B.bananas C.pears D.potatoes

( )10.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing

二，左栏是5位读者的需要，右栏是8个书名，请为每位读者推荐一本合适的书，并将答案的字母编号填写在题前的括号内。（10分）

( ) 1.Today people write to, even A. <> talk to others on the computer.

Nancy wants to learn more about it. B. <>

( ) 2.Mary is good mother.She believes

eating the right food is important.

She likes to help her children grow C. <> better by eating the right food.

( ) 3.Kevin often sits at his desk, D. <> studying all night, but he still gets

poor grades. He hopes to do better E. <>

in the tests.

( ) 4.Bob‟s sister wants him to F. <> mo ve to New Y ork. But he isn‟t

sure if that is a good idea. G. <<101 Q.&A. about America>>

He needs to know more about

the country. H. <>

( ) 5.Amy is worried that

there are too many used bags.

She doesn‟t know what to do with them.

三、阅读理解。（60分）

（A）

Tom likes playing football. He never does his homework after school, so he isn‟t good at his lessons. His parents don‟t know about it. Y esterday afternoon Miss King gave the school reports to the class. She said,“Ask your parents to sign(签名) on them and bring them back to me tomorrow.”

Tom never wants his parents to sign on his report. He was late for class this morning. Miss King asked, “Why are you late again, Tom? ”

“Bad news and good news, madam. ”

“What‟s the bad news? ”

“Our house was on fire(着火) last night.”

“I‟m so sorry. Are you all right? ”

“Y es, thanks. This is the good news. My family ran out safely. But I forgot to take my report out. ”“Is this the bad news?” asked Miss King.

阅读上面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

（）1.______,so he isn‟t good at his lessons.

A. Tom likes playing football

B. Tom is often late for class

C. om never does his homework

D. Tom never listens to his teachers in class

（）2.Tom isn‟t good at his lessons, so _______.