2012学年八年级竞赛试卷

2012学年第一学期八年级英语竞赛试卷一、完型填空(60%)A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s1 ,she said she would go. This2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher3 his mother and he felt ashamed of her4 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that5 nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to6 why or how she got the scar.At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still 8 and hid himself from everyone, 9 a conversation between his mother and 10 .The teacher asked 11 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”The mother answered, “12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13 afraid to go in because the fire was 14 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 15 , a fireman came in and saved both of us.”She touched the 16 side of her face. “This scar will be 17 ,but to this day, I have never 18 what I did.”At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and 19 a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the 20 of the day.1 A. enjoyment B. disappointment C. surprise D. excitement2. A. would B. could C. should D. must3. A. noticed B. greeted C. accepted D. met4 . A. look B. appearance C. clothes D. smile5. A. included B. passed C. covered D. decorated6. A. talk about B. think about C. care about D. hear about7. A. impressed B. surprised C. excited D. comforted8. A. surprised B. sad C. happy D. embarrassed(尴尬)9. A. listening to B. looking at C. hearing D. watching10. A. understanding B. the parents C. the teacher D. his classmates11. A. carefully B. seriously C. nervously D. anxiously（焦急的）12. A. As B. When C. Since D. While13. A. so B. much C. quite D. too14. A. out of control B. under control C. in control D. over control15. A. surely B. hopefully C. luckily D. unluckily16. A left B. crying C. wiped D. burned17. A. ugly B. lasting (持久的) C. serious D. frightening18. A. forgot B. recognized C. considered D. regretted19. A. felt B. realized C. enjoyed D. told20. A. others B. other C. rest D. followingBWe know that trees are useful in our everyday life. They 21us many things，such as wood，oxygen，rubber，medicines and many other things. They can 22tell us a lot about our climate. The following are the reasons.If you 23 a tree，you can see that it has many rings. Most trees grow one new ring 24 year. Because of this reason，we know 25 a tree is. A tree over a hundred years old means that it has more than a hundred 26. When the climate is dry or very cold，the trees do not grow very much and their rings are usually 27. When it is wet and warm，the rings are much thicker. If the rings are suddenly very thin or suddenly very thick，this means that the 28 changed suddenly. If we look at the rings on this tree，we can learn about the 29for a hundred years. We can see 30our climate is changing today.21. A. tell B. ask C. give D. get22. A. not B. too C. to D. also23. A. cut across B. climb up C. walk past D. look at24. A. every B. many C. the first D. from25. A. how big B. how long C. how old D. how much26. A. trees B. leaves C. people D. rings27. A. big B. thick C. small D. thin28. A. climate B. trees C. rings D. animal29. A. people B. things C. climate D. life30. A. how B. why C. when D. while二、阅读理解(32%)AOur village carpenter, John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill in the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job.My wife said to me, quietly, "That's his ninth cup of tea today." But she said, in a loud voice, "It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?""I'll decide about that when I see the bill," I said.John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:One dining table 10 November 1989Cost of wood &17.00Paint 1.50Work, 8 hours(&1 an hour) 8.00Total(合计) &36.50When I was looking at the bill, John said. "Let's been a fine day, hasn't it? Quite sunny. "Yes," I said, 'I’m glad it's only the 10th of November.""Me, too." Said John. “You wait--- it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month.""Yes, colder-and more expensive! Dining tables will be &20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John?"John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him."If it isn't too much trouble, John," I said, "Please add it up again, You can forget the date-."I paid him & 26,5 and he was happy to got it.31. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?A. Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully.B. Because it was really a fine day.C. Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.D. Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was it be.32. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be &20 more expensive on November 30th?A. Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather.B. Because paint would be more expensive.C. Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.D. Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table.33. The writer thought John would ask for-if he made a dining table on the last day of November.A. & 20.00B. & 46.50C. &56.50D.& 26.5034. When the writer gave him the money, John was happy becauseA. he got what he should get for his work.B. he got much more money for his work.C. he got the money easily.D. he didn't have to add up the costs again35. From the story we know that______A John made a mistake in the bill.B John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work.C John had written out the bill before the writer got home.D John still wanted to get &36.50 for his work in the end.BAny mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value. The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer ---Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue（发行）stamps.Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy thedesign for the stamps. He accidentally printed the words “Post Office” instead of “Post Paid” on the several hundred stamps.Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two Penny Blues. Because of the Two Penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as ＄16 ,800 for it.36.Over a century ago, Mauritius ________.A. was an independent countryB. belonged to IndiaC. was one of the British coloniesD. was a small island in the Pacific Ocean37. The mistake on the stamps was made ________.A .in Mauritius B. at Mauritius Government House C. in a post office D. in London38. Stamp collectors have paid ＄16,800 for ________.A. fourteen One Penny Orange-RedsB. twelve Two Penny BluesC. one One Penny Orange-RedD. one Two Penny BlueCDear Joy,Thank you for agreeing to water our plants for us while we are away. Here is what you need to do.1. The vegetable in the garden need to be watered every day unless it rains. There is a large area of bare soil, but this needs to be watered, too. Betty planted some corn there. Please pick any vegetables that are ripe and use them. It’s a shame for them to go to waste.2. The garden at the front of the house only needs to be watered every two or three days. The plants there are quite strong and will survive a few days without water. The roses are starting to bloom. If you look after them, they should be all right for a week or more. They will last a bit longer if you put a little sugar in the water. That’s some advice my grandmother gave me a long time ago.3. There are a few plants in the pots on the porch, and these need to be watered well every day. I’v e left a couple of pots out in the sun, and these also need lots of water. You can pick any strawberries that are ripe and eat them. You’ll find they are delicious.4. You don’t need to do anything for the lemon tree. If you see any ripe lemons, just pick them and take them home. You can use them in cooking for to make lemonadeThanks again for helping out. We’ll see you in two weeks. You’ve got our telephone number, so please call us if there are any problems or if you need to ask any questions. We’ll send you a post-card.39. Lee wrote these instructions to Joy because Lee_______.A. would not grow plants wellB. gave Joy the gardenC. sold the house to JoyD. was going on holiday40. What does NOT need watering every day?A. The roomB. The lemon treeC. The strawberriesD. The vegetables41. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Joy will send Lee a postcard.B. Lee will come home in three weeks.C. Lee likes to grow his own vegetables.D. Lee’s house is not very big. 42.How should Joy deal with the lemon tree? A. Cut it downB. Water it every two daysC. Pick ripe lemons, and take them home.D. Take good care of it. 43. What does “ripe fruit” mean? A. The fruit is ready to eat. B. The fruit is hard and bitter. C. The fruit is rotten.D. The fruit is starting to grow.DAnewreportintocomputer software usage says many people may be throwing awaytheirmoney.For the report, over 400 students and teachers from the University of Wollongongwereinterviewed and asked about what computer software they most oftenused and what functions they used on each software.It found that the most popular software was a web-browser, used for surfing the internet, with 78% using Microsoft Internet Explorer followed by 13% for Firefox. “This was the biggest difference from our last report in 2000” said Billy Bragg, the report writer. “Software used over the internet such as browsers and e-mail have moved ahead of what was formerly the most popular one, word processors such as Microsoft Word used for typing documents.”The report also tried to measure how deeply each application was used. According to Bragg, “Most software has a large number of functions for the user, allowi ng them to do many different things, but we found that very few people ever use more than around 20% of them.”The report said that people were spending large amounts of money on advanced software when much simpler and cheaper ones were available. Bragg noted that for more specialized software, such as databases and web design software, the percentage of functions used was much higher. “Yes, it’s a little unusual really. We found that the more widely used the software is, the fewer functions people use on it” said Bragg. He suggested this was because the more general software was used by people with different levels of computer experience and also for a wider set of tasks. More specialized software was usually used for a narrower set of tasks and by people with a higher level of computer skill.44. Billy Bragg writes this report mainly __________.A. to discover how software use has changed over timeB. to learn what activities people use computers forC. to find out if software is too expensiveD. to learn what software people use and how they use them.45. What has had the biggest effect on peoples’ computer usage habits over the past 6 years?A. Better web-browsers.B. Cheaper computers.C. The growth of the internet.D. Better education.46. Using the information from the graph and passage decide which of the following software application is most commonly used.A. Dreamweaver.B. Photoshop.C. Oracle Database.D. Atlas.ti.People like to talk about “first”. They like to remember their first love or __47__first car. But not all firsts are happy __48___. Few people enjoy the firsts that __49___ bad.One of history’s bad but important firsts was the first car50 . Cars were still young __51___it happened. It___52__place in New York in May 1896. A man from Massachusetts was ___53___the city in his new car. At that time, bicycle__54____were still trying to get used to the new set of wheels on the road. No one was sure who was at fault（过错）. Any way, a bike and the car collided（相撞）. The man on the bike was___55___. The driver of the car had to stay in prison and wait for the hospital report __56___ the bike rider. It was ___57___that the bike rider was not killed.Three years__58__, another car accident took place. It was again in New York City. A man __59__Henry Bliss got off a street car. He was hit by a___60___car. Again no one was sure just how it happened or who was at fault. The___61___ of the car was put in prison. Poor Mr. Bliss became the first person to___62____in a car accident.2012学年第一学期八年级英语竞赛答题卷(100分)一、完型填空（60%）A1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.11. 12. 13. 14. 15.16. 17. 18. 19. 20.B21. 22. 23. 24. 25.26. 27. 28. 29. 30.二、阅读理解（32%）A31. 32. 33. 34. 35.B36. 37. 38.C39. 40. 41. 42. 43.D44. 45. 46.三、选词填空（8%）47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61.。