初三英语竞赛试题

初三英语竞赛试题一、从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

(15分)1. My family_________ very small. Just only three people.A. areB. isC. beD. there is2. --Tom went to a wonderful party last Sunday.--His class had a good time,______ ?A. hadn't heB. didn't heC. hadn't theyD. didn't they3. --Today is April Fool's Day. Are you_____ me?--Oh, believe it or not ,but it's true.A. playingB. foolishC. kiddingD. fool4. --It's very cold today.--But it's__________ than it was yesterday.A. less coldB. less colderC. not less colderD. not less cold5. His _____English is___________.A. spoken; excellentB. speak; excellentC. spoken; very excellentD. speak; very excellent6. --____________ ?--Not too well ,I'm afraid.A. How do you doB. How is your schoolC. How are things getting onD. What are you7. --Please don't make a noise.-- _____ . I'll be as quiet as mouse.A. Yes, I doB. No, I don'tC. Yes, I willD. No, I won't8. Your skirt needs_____ . You need______ it.A. washing ;to washB. to wash; washingC. washing; washingD. to wash; to wash9.--Did your sister pass the exam?--She failed, so she is in low spirits,--I'm sorry for her.--______.A. I would think soB. The pleasure is mineC. Thank youD. You're welcome10. She _____ terrible at this time yesterday.A. feelsB. feltC. is feelingD. was feeling11. He said nothing at the meeting because he wanted to let the sleeping lie.A. dogsB. catsC. tigersD. pigs12. ______ weather it is!A. What brokenB. What a brokenC. How breakingD. How broken13. If you don’t go , ______.A. Nor will IB. So will IC. Neither do ID. So do I14. He learned a lot when he lived in the country for a holiday.A. got to know a lotB. did muchC. received a lotD. knows a lot15. He stands first in his class. It means_____.A. He stands up firstB. He’s the best stud ent in his classC. He’s the tallest in his classD. He sits in the front of his classroom.二、阅读理解(20分)ATanya Ferguson lives in Sydney. On September 23, shewoke up to a strong wind blowing through her window. Shethen saw that the room was completely orange.“I could not believe my eyes,” she told BBC news.She thought there was a bush fire. But when she wentoutside, the whole city was covered in a film of orange dust.“It was like being in the outback (内陆), but it wasright here in the city,” she said.On that day, a big dust storm swept through Sydney. It covered the city in orange dust for about eight hours, and people can’t see landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge.The storm influenced the transportation system. Flights were put off. Roads were busy in the difficult conditions. Children and the elderly were told to stay indoors until the dust had cleared. Later strong winds blew it out to sea and up the coast. No one was hurt in the storm, though health officials and emergency services answered hundreds of calls from people with breathing(呼吸)difficulties.Dust storms are common in the Australian outback, where the land is poor. But the storms hardly reach the coastal areas. Officials said it was the worst dust storm of the past 70 years. Experts said that dry conditions in the outback and strong winds caused the sandstorm.“Ten very dry years over inland southern Australia and very strong winds have co-operated to produce the storm,” said Nigel Tapper, an environmental scientist at Monash University, Australia.16. Tanya Ferguson lives _____________.A. in the Australian outbackB. in the Australian cityC. next to the Sydney Opera HouseD. near Harbor Bridge17. We learned that the dust storm________.A. didn’t land on the coastal areas of AustraliaB. lasted about eight hoursC. made most of the buildings better seenD. left children and the elderly outdoors safely18. Health officials and emergency services are busy ____________.A. looking after the people with breathing(呼吸)difficultiesB. dealing with the traffic accidentsC. answering hundreds of callsD. taking the old people to hospital19. The article tells us that ________.A. a bush fire may have brought the orange dustB. dust storms never happens in the Australian outbackC. it was the second worst dust storm in Australia in the past 70 yearsD. it has been dry for ten years in the southern Australian outback.20. The writer may feel ___________ when meeting such a storm that morning.A. anxiousB. happyC. embarrassedD. frustratedBThe teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was about to hand out the final exam papers. "I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test,“he said. "And because I know you are all able to understand this material, I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test."A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the remaining (余下的) students and said, "Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last chance. "Two more students decided to go. Seven students stayed. The teacher then handed out the papers. There were only three sentences which were typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have received an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.I never had a teacher who gave a test like that, but I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at most.The same is true for students in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures. They have learned life's lessons, whether from formal education or from events in their lives, and have become better people. Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you realize that you have some limits( 局限). However, there is nothing you can't do or leant to be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma (珠穆朗玛峰) said, "We do not conquer the mountain, but ourselves. "21. Why did some students leave the classroom?A .Because they were happy with the mark the teacher would give them.B. Because they were allowed to take another easier exam later on.C. Because they knew the teacher didn't like them to take the test.D. Because they thought the exam was too easy to be worth a try.22. Why did the teacher give the remaining students an A?A. Because they answered all the questions in the exam correctly.B. Because they had been promised an A by the teacher before.C. Because they were confident in what they had learned.D. Because they had been working hard for each exam.23. What does the underlined word "conquer" mean in the passage?A. 发现B. 控制C. 探索D. 征服24. By the age of ________, most of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed.A. 6 years oldB. 8 years oldC. 18 years oldD. 80 years old25. What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage?A. He wants us to know what our limits are.B. He wants us to learn to believe in ourselves.C. He wants us to receive formal education.D. He wants us to learn from B students.三、完形填空(15分)AAmerican people have the habit of saying thank you whenever something kind is done for them or something polite is said to them, no matter how easy or casual(偶然) the thing is. This habit is 26 by people of many 27 countries. You should say "Thank you" when someone 28 you the salt on the table, or when someone 29 aside to let you 30 in a narrow corridor (走廊), or when someone 31 ahead of you keeps the door open32 you, when someone says your work is well 33 or says you have boughta nice thing, or says your city is very beautiful. "Thank you" is 34 not only between strangers or new acquaintance (熟人), 35 between friends and colleagues, parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. Parents often tell 36 children that they should say "Thank you" in answer to a 37 word or act when they are only four 38 five years old. Perhaps that's 39 almost everyone has 40 this habit.26. A. put B. given C. decided D. shared27. A. others B. another C. other D. else28. A. puts B. passes C. carries D. borrows29. A. steps B. takes C. makes D. runs30. A. pass B. jump C. sing D. dance31. A. to walk B. walks C. walk D. walking32. A. to B. with C. for D. on33. A. made B. done C. built D. doing34. A. tell B. said C. to say D. told35. A. but also B. and C. or D. however36. A. his B. theirs C. their's D. their37. A. kind B. good C. happy D. rude38. A. but B. and C. or D. so39. A. why B. because C. when D. reason40. A. learned B. put C. given D. got四．在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（20分）Connect to the worldOver the past 20 years, the Internet has greatly influenced ourworld and c_____（41）our lives. The Internet makes it muche________(42) for people to search for information. For example,when we write a history report, we don’t have to go to the library.We can find i_______(43) about world leaders and historical events on different websites. Everything we want to know can be found at the click of a button.The Internet helps us to stay connected to family, friends and the world around us. Not long ago, we wrote letters by h_____(44) and waited weeks for a reply. Today, when we use QQ, we send and r ______(45) messages across thousands of miles in a few seconds.The Internet gives us a way to express our opinions in p______(46). We share interesting ideas with other people on QQ, Baidu Tieba, blogs or forums(论坛). If we dislike the food at school, we can discuss it in the school’s forum or in the Tieba of our own class.A________ (47)the Internet has made our world better in many ways, in some ways it can be a bad influence. There is a lot of false information on the Internet. It is important not to believe a_______(48) we read on the Internet.In addition, many teenagers choose to keep in touch with each other online instead of meeting face-to-face. People w________(49) that this harms their social communication skills.Some teenagers spend too much time playing Internet games. They may lose focus on their studies.There are millions of interesting sites to visit and so many wonderful things to do online. How could we live without the Internet nowadays? But remember to use the Internet p_______ (50)and wisely. Try to let the Internet be your good servant, not your bad master!五、句型转换(10分)51. He got up so early that he caught the first bus.He got up so early as not to the first bus.52. Neither the beasts nor the birds liked the bat.sides refused to have the bat as their friends.53. He didn't answer the question.He didn't ____ the question .54. The boss hired a young worker called John Hill.The boss hired a young worker John Hill.55. The film started half an hour ago.The film has _ ___for half an hour.六、智力题(10%)61.There are two bookshelves A and B. There are 450 books on them. If wetake 25 books from A to B, the numbers of the books are the same. Doyou know how many books there are on bookshelf A and bookshelf B originally?A.250;200B.225;215C. 200;250D. 215;22562. What, by losing one eye, has nothing left but a nose?A. noseB. noiseC. eyeD. ear63. If post is 1234, “top” will be _____.A. 231B. 421C. 314D. 12464. How can you make 7 out of three 6s?65. Mr. Black has five daughters and each daughter has a brother. How manychildren does Mr. Black have?七、作文“安全你我他，幸福千万家”，关爱生命，确保平安，让我们的生活更加幸福安康。