初二英语竞赛试题

书写工整，注意时间，及时检查，按时交卷。

第Ⅰ卷（共45分）（试卷总分120）一、单项选择。

（每小题1分，共10分）( ) 1. It’s UFO.A. aB. anC. theD./( ) 2. May is my best friend, I’ll _______ her.A. vote atB. vote forC. voted forD. vote in( ) 3. Is there in today’s newspaper?A. something interestingB. interesting somethingC. anything interestingD. interesting anything( ) 4. Betty is ______ at swimming than running.A. goodB. betterC. wellD. best( ) 5. My mother knows a lot Chinese history.A. ofB. aboutC. toD. for( ) 6. Reading English newspapers good for your study.A. areB. isC. haveD. has( ) 7. Don’t watch TV _______, it’s bad for your eyes.A. many tooB. much tooC. too muchD. too many( ) 8. My dog is animal of all.A. cleverB. cleverestC. clevererD. the cleverest( ) 9. goldfish swim around is very interesting.A. WatchesB. WatchC. To watchD. Looking( ) 10. is a good idea the water every week.A. This, changeB. It, changeC. It, to changeD. That, to change二、完形填空。

（每小题1分，共10分）完形填空：One day Mark Twain was invited to _1_ a talk in a small town, He met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said that he had an uncle, his uncle __2__ laughed or smiled. “you bring your uncle to my talk tonight,” said Mark Twain. “I’m sure I can make him laugh.”That evening the young man and his uncle sat __3__ the front. Mark Twaintold several funny stories. __4__ made everyone in the room laugh. Butthe old man never __5__ smiled. Mark Twain told __6__ funny stories, but the old man still kept __7__. Finally, he stopped. He felt very tired and gave up.__8__ later,Mark Twain told a friend of his about __9__ had happened, “Oh”, saidhis friend, “I know that old man. He has been __10__ for years.”( ) 1. A. give B. send C. make D. work( ) 2. A. often B. sometimes C. never D. always( ) 3. A. in B. with C. on D. at( ) 4. A. those B. this C. these D. that( ) 5. A. even B. ever C. still D. yet( ) 6. A. most B. more C. much D. the most( ) 7. A. quietly B. quite C. quiet D. laughing( ) 8. A. these days B. some days C. other days D. those days( ) 9. A. which B. how C. what D. that( ) 10. A. foolish B. deaf(聋) C. blind D. dead四、阅读理解。

（每小题1分，共15 分）AThree friends, Tom, David and John, came to New York for their holiday. They stayed in a very large hotel. Their room was on the 45th floor.In the evening, the three men went to the cinema and came back to the hotel very late.“I’m very sorry,” said the man of the hotel, “but our lifts(电梯) do not work tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to your room, I’ll make beds for you in thehall(大厅).”“No, thanks,” said Tom, “we don’t want to sleep in the hall. We will walk up to the 45th floor. But I know how to make it easier. On the way to our room, I’ll tellyou some jokes. Then you, David, will sing us some songs. Then you, John, will tellus some stories, all right?”So they began to walk upstairs. Tom told them many jokes. David sang them some songs. At last they came to the 34th floor. They were tired and had a rest.“Well,” said Tom. “Now it’s your turn, John. After all these jokes and songs, tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending.”“OK, I’ll tell a sad story,”said John, “It’s not long but very sad. I forgot to bring the key to our room with me. It’s still in the hall.”( ) 41. The three friends came to New York to .A. sing songsB. tell jokesC. spend their holidayD. find work( ) 42. They had to walk up to their room because .A.there was something wrong with the liftsB.the man of the hotel wanted them to do thatC.they wanted to take exerciseD.they came back very late( ) 43. said he knew how to make ot easier for them to walk up to their room.A. The man of the hotelB. TomC. DavidD. John ( ) 44.They felt very sad because .A.they were tiredB.they lost their key in the cinemaC.the man didn’t make beds for themD.they didn’t have the key to the room with them( ) 45. The best title (标题) for this passage is “”.A. A sad storyB. A long journeyC. A large hotelD. A bad liftA. 3338651B. 8947659C. 7026449D. 9796788( ) 47. Mr. Green wants to go hiking with his children. They should meet at the Market Square .A. at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morningB. at 2:00 on October 5thC. at 6:30 on MondayD. on Sunday morning( ) 48. Who can join the Singles’ Club?A. A 23-year-old young man.B. A 28-year-old single man.C. A 50-year-old single lady.D. A A 28-year-old married woman. ( ) 49. Alice wants to practise writing stories in her summer holiday. She may for more information.A.send an e-mail to singleclub@yahoo. comB. join the Hiking ClubC. call KarenD. call Mr. Jones( ) 50. From the four passages, we know they are from .A. story booksB. science magazinesC. newspapersD. text booksLong ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi (阿凡提), He had a good sense of humour. One day he played a joke on the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since (既然) you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you will die today.”Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days earlier than you.”Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go.( ) 1. The story tells us _____________A. How Effendi fooled the kingB. When the king would dieC. Why the Minister diedD. Effendi knew the dates of everyone’s death ( ) 2. The Prime Minister died because _______.A. effendi killed himB. effendi said he would dieC. he was badly illD. he fell to the ground from the horse( ) 3. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?A. In this way the king would know when he would dieB. He wanted to find an excuse to kill EffendiC. H e himself had known the date of Effendi’s deathD. He wanted to know when Effendi would die( ) 4.The king let Effendi go because ____________.A. he hoped to live a long lifeB. he was afraid of EffendiC. h e didn’t believe EffendiD. he knew he would die two days later ( ) 5. Which of the following is not true?A. The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.B. The king was afraid of deathC. Effendi didn’t know when the king would dieD. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.六．任务型阅读（10’）Mr Smiths has two sons. One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning during the holiday, when Mr Smiths is cleaning the car, his younger son came and asks him for some money for sweets.“Sweets are bad for your teeth,” Mr Smiths said, “Take these two oranges, and give one to your brother.”One orange is even bigger than the other, and as the small boy likes oranges very much, he keeps the bigger one and gives his brother the smaller one. When the other boy saw that, he said, “It is selfish(自私的) to take the bigger one for yourself. If father gives me oranges, I will give you the bigger one.”“I know you will,” answered his brother, “That’s why I take the bigger one.”1.When does the story happen?______________________________________________________________.2.What is Mr Smiths doing then(那时)?______________________________________________________________.3.What does the younger boy ask for?______________________________________________________________.4.Does the younger boy get what he wants?______________________________________________________________.5.Who got the bigger orange, the younger boy or his brother?______________________________________________________________.第Ⅱ卷（共75分）五．词汇运用（20’）(A)根据所给汉语提示完成句子1. She likes reading (广告).2. He knows all kinds of (语言).3. They________ (练习) reading English every day.4. The girl has a (微笑的) face.5. Do you like your trip? Is it ________ (令人愉快的)?6.Do you like having ___________(地理) lessons?(B)根据所给单词用正确的形式完成句子7. He has the (less) money in his class.8. Sandy’s _______ ( high ) is 1.60 met res.9. It’s _______ ( danger ) for a young boy to climb the mountains.10. We are ________ ( bore ) to have bad memories.11. Who is __________ (interesting), Sandy, Tom or Kim?12. Do they want to be _______ (sing) when they grow up?(C)用所给动词的正确形式填空13. Betty is good at _______ ( draw ) very much.14. He spent a lot of time ________ ( do ) his homework yesterday.15. If it is fine tomorrow, I ________ ( go ) with you.16. He often helps others and _______ ( do ) a lot of hard work for the club.17. He left the room without ________ ( say ) a word.18. Elsa put the can in a box and _________ ( run ) away.19. Mr Li _________ ( take ) us to a very beautiful country last year.20.We should finish ________ (write) the articles before 7 o’clock.五、根据汉语意思完成句子。