八年级英语竞赛试卷及答案

2013-2014学年度第一学期八年级英语知识竞赛试卷

满分：100分

一、单项选择（15分）

1、I was bad at English last term, I will try my best to learn it ______.

A. from then on

B. from last term

C. from on

D. from now on

2.—I think that China will win the World Cup one day.

—I_______. The Chinese team is becoming stronger and stronger.

A. agree

B. disagree

C. don’t agree

D. think

3. I will have many different _______.

A. kinds of goldfish es

B. kind of goldfish es

C. kind of goldfish

D. kinds of goldfish

4. Every day he makes me_______ early and __________ in the morning.

A. to get up; run

B.get up; to run

C. to get up; to run

D. get up; run

5．What_____ you____ when your mother came back?

A. are; doing

B. were ; doing

C. did; do

6 This road is very crowded. You can find cars and buses_____.

A. everywhere

B. anywhere

C. nowhere

7. “If you aren’t here on time tomorrow.” Mr Black said to Jenny, “ I’ll write your parents about this .”

Mr Black told Jenny that _______.

A. he will write to her parents about this if she isn’t here on time tomorrow.

B. he would write to her parents about this if she wasn’t here on time the next day.

C. he would write to her parents about that if she wasn’t there on time the next day.

D. he was going to write to her parents about that if she wasn’t th ere on time the next day.

8. I _____ for you the whole morning, Where have you been?

A. waited

B. have waited

C. have been waitting

D. have been waiting

9. Can you ___ this difficulty?

A. get up

B. get into

C. get over

D. get to

10. When he heard the sad news, his face ___ white.

A. grew

B. became

C. got

D. turned

11. He prefers ___ to school on foot rather than ___ the bus.

A. to go; to take

B. going; taking

C. to go; take

D. go; take

12. “Remember_______ your homework on time, Li Ming”, his mother said.

A. to finish

B. to finishing

C. finishing

D. have to finish

13. Be polite ____ others!

A. to

B. at

C. about

14．----Would you mind turning down the music? ----_______.

A. Yes, I would

B. No, of course

C. No, not at all

15．The citizens complained ____ the police __ the noise from the neighbourhood.

A. to ,about

B. about, to

C. to, for

D. of , to

二、完形填空（15分）

(A)

In 1955, Ray Kroc 16.____ a small restaurant in California. It 17.____ next to the road, so customers(顾客) could drive up to the restaurant and drive away 18.____ .It was owned by the McDonald brothers, Dick and “Mac” . The McDonald brothers had developed a new idea: “drive-in” restaurant, where people can order food 19.____ their cars. The restaurant also 20.____ on the number of choices on the menu, so the cooks could make the food very

21.____ .The restaurant specialized（精通）in 22.____ hamburgers, French fries, and chocolate shakes. Ray Kroc recognized（认识到）the potential（潜能）of the McDonald brothers’ restaurant, and he bought the rights to their idea. Mr. Kroc wanted to 23.____ his own restaurant, and he wanted to use the brothers’ family 24.____ . The brothers agreed, and the McDonald’s restaurant chain25.____ .

16. A. opened B. visited C. saw D. had

17. A. builds B. built C. was built D. building

18. A. easily B. slowly C. often D. difficult

19. A. out B. from C. in D. inside

20. A. added B. cut C. added up D. cut down

21. A. slowly B. easily C. quickly D. satisfiedly

22. A. make B. making C. to make D. made

23. A. have B. own C. open D.run

24. A.house B. money C.right

25. A. was born B. came into being（形成）C.appeared（出现）D. opened

(B)

The school party will be held on Sep. 30th. Many students like to go to the (26)________. But before the party, the school principal has made many rules for it: the students cannot (27)_________jeans to the party; the students cannot (28)__________ friends from other schools; the students cannot run or (29)__________ at the party. What will happen if they do? They will be asked to leave(30)____ they will not be let in.

( ) 26. A. school B. party C. gym D. meeting

( ) 27. A. put on B. in C. wear D. take off

( ) 28. A. bring B. take C. make D. let

( ) 29. A. sit B. sing C. dance D. shout

( ) 30 .A. or B. and C. but D. so

三、阅读理解：(30分)

(A)

The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the moon, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn’t give any light at all. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the star s. But actually(实际上) the star s