初中八年级上册英语竞赛试题.doc

最新初中八年级上册英语竞赛试题满分120分，考试时间9()分钟I•单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( )1. He'd like tea _________ m ilk in it.A.andB.hasC.withD.of( )2. We'll go shopping if it ________ tomorrow・A.don^t rainB.won^t rainC.isn't rainingD.doesn^t rain( )3.1 can't .work out the physics problem.Can you tell us _________ ?A.how to doB.what to do itC.how to do itD.what should to do( )4.. 一-There ___ a soccer match ____ January 10lh.Shall we go to watch it?…Sure.Lefs go!A.will have;onB.will be;onC.is going to have;onD.is going to be;in ( )5.John knows how to cut the cost of the project.rm sure he can do the work with money and __________ people.A.less;less B・ fewer;more C.more;fewer D.less;fewer( )6. -一Don't talk in the class, please. -一________ •A. OK, I didn't.B. Sorry, I won'tC. Good, I will.D. Yes, I did.( )7.——Mum, I dorTt like drinking milk.——For your health, dear, you _______ •A. mustB. have toC. needD. could( )&■一I don't know how to be successful.-一 ______ you work hard,nothing is impossible.A.As soon asB.As long asC.As many asD.As much as( )9. Dad will give me _______ t o eat ______ my fourteenth birthday.A. different something, onB. something different, onC. something different, inD. different something, in( )10.It rains so _______ that people can ___________ g o hiking in the mountains.A. hardly, hardlyB. hard, hardC. hard, hardlyD. hardly, hard( )11.1 always__ my brother at chess. But 1 don't do so _____ as him in basketball.A. win, goodB. beat, goodC. win, wellD. beat, well( )12. ________ c an work out the problems because ________ of the problems is easy.A.None;no oneB.No one;eachC.No one;noneD.Each;none( )13.Tom hasn^t got any hobbies __ ___ you call sleeping a hobby.A.when B .because C.before D.unless()14.…Isn't Jack back yet?…No,but I think he _______ in half an hour.A.returnedB.has returnedC.will returnD.returns( )15.…Shall we go skating now?-一Sorry. It's not the right ______ . Fm too tired.A. wayB. weatherC.placeD. momentII.完型填空(共20小题；每小题1・5分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

AWater is the 16 of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but 17 quite true. The human body can go without 18 for a long time. We've got many examples for this. Yet two 19 three days without water can usually make people 20 . Man can't live 21 water. A lot of people don't understand how 22 water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, 23 in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65”％to 75%. That is to say about two thirds of our body is 24 water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. 25 we don't drink some water., we won't have enough water. And if we don't have enough water, we'll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.( )16 A.important B.most important C.more important D.different( )17. A.ifs B.its C.it D.is( )18. A.food B.water C.drink k( )19. A.so B.and C.but D.or( )20. A.to die B.die C.to died D.died( )21. A.have B.with C.without D.in( )22. A.many B.much C.little D.few( )23. A.even B.ever C.about D.hardly( )24. A.like B.drink C.almost D.lose( )25. A.If B.For C.Since D. Because During the break(课i可),Ken was playing on his phone. Some —26—were standing around him and talking. "It _27_that people now carf t live without mobile phones. What will the mobile phone be like in the future?^One of them suddenly_28_广I think it will be as _29_as paper. A nd we can charge(充电)it by putting it in the sun： Any said firs匸Kelly ______________ 30_with Andy. She said,“ Yes, it is possible. In the future, people may leave the Earth and live on other _31—. It will be very far, —32—we can still talk on the phone._33_do you think, Miller?5'" Well, I don't know. Maybe it will be able to do _34_ everything?" Miller answered. “NO matter what it will be like, it will become)31.A. planets B. stations C. countries D. schools35 "( )26.A. scientists B. classmates C. teachers D. parents( )27.A. seems B. touches C. promises D. expects( )28.A. cared B. thought C・ asked D. shouted( )29.A. white B. thin c. big D. tall( )30.A. helped B. talked C. played D. agreed()32A so B. if C. but D. though( )33.A. What B. Why C. When D. Where( )34.A. ever B. hardly C. already D. almost( )35.A .good and good B. well and well C. better and better D. best and bestIII.阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)A.Two strangers were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the man was a teacher, the other was a farme匚They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, "Lets do something to pass the lime." "What do you want to do?” the teacher as^ked. n We can ask each other riddles/' the farmer said. H You start.H H Let's make the rules first/ the teacher said. "And to make the game more interesting, lets play it for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, .we have to pay a dollar/1 The farmer thought about this for a while, then he said, "Thafs not fail•(公平).You are a teacher, an educated man. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer.11 "That's true/* the teacher said. "What do you think we should do?H the farmer said, "If you don't know the answer to a riddle, you pay me 100 dollars. If I don f t know the answer to a riddle, Til pay you 50 dollars/1The teacher thought for a while, then he said, "OK. That's fair. Who'll go first?”H I will,n the farmer said. n Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?H The teacher thought and thought, H What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies?11 Then he said, H That is a good one. I don f t know the answe匚"He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said，"Tell me the answer. What is it?”n I don't kn ow, either.” The farmer said, and gave him 50 dollars.( )36.At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .A.the farmer didn't like the teacherB.the teacher didn't like the farmerC.the farmer like to tell jokesD.they dicin' know each other( )37.What does the word^riddle^mean in the story?A.Something to win moneyB.Something to help to make rulesC.A difficult questions to find the answer toD.A kind of game in doing business( )38.Why did the teacher agree to give more money if he lost?A.He made much more money than the farmerB.He thought he knew more than the farmerC.He was interested in making riddlesD.He was better at playing riddle games( )39.The farmer ________ .A.didn't enjoy himself on his long journeyB.didn't want to pay even one dollarC・ spent all his money on the planet ticketD. won fifty dollars by playing the riddle game()40.Which of the following is NOT true?A.The two men made rules for their riddle game.B.The farmer was more clever than the teacher.C.The two men made their riddle game more interesting by playing it for money.D.The teacher knew the answer to this riddle.BThe Royal Hotel is the closest to the sea , so it is very popular.But it is expensive , so it is not the most crowded.lt has the biggest swimming pool , but most of the guests go swimming in the sea.The Pro me nade Hotel has the most popular restaurant in town.The food is the best and the waiters .give the friendliest service.lt has the smallest swimming pool , so the swimming pool is the most crowded.The Super Hotel is in the city r so it is the busiest hotel.Its guests are the richest and therooms and swimming pool are the most comfortable.This hotel is the most expensive one in the country.There are some other hotels around , such as Lucy'sHotel , but they are just for guests to have sleep , and they are cheap.( )41. Why do most of guests in Royal Hotel go swimming in the sea?A • Because it is the closest to the sea.B • Because its swimming pool is small.C • Because the water of the swimming pool is not clean.D • Because the swimming poo l is crowded・()42.Which Hotel is the most expensive?A . The Royal Hotel.B . The Promenade Hotel.C . The Super Hotel.D Lucy's Hotel.()43.Which statement is NOT true?A • The Royal Hotel has the smallest swimming pool.B • The Promenade Hotel has the s mallest swimming pool.C • The Super Hotel is the busiest hotel in the city.D • The waiters of the Promenade Hotel give the friendliest service.cPeople began to make robots about several hundred years ago. In the past, some of the early ones looked like animals or humans. However, they couldn't talk and were pretty dumb. They worked like clocks and did the same things over and over again.Now modem robots dorf t always look like people・ Some are like big machines; othersare nothing but long arms attached to boxy bodies. However, modern robots are smart. Some can solve problems on their own. Their brains are computers and their eyes are sensors. Motors helpthem move.In the future, robots will learn from their mistakes more than they do now. They will be smarter. ITs possible that we will have robot judges, robot household workers, and robot factory workers. Robots will help people to do more things.( )44.Whafs the possible meaning of dumb?A. Talking like people.B. Clever.C. Unintelligent (迟钝).D. Cute.( )45.Most robots can learn from their mistakes and be smarter ________ .A. in the pastB.nowC. in the futureD. all the time()46.Which of the following is NOT true about modern robots?A.Some robots can solve problems on their own.B.Some robots are like big machines.C.Modern robots are smart.D.Some robots，brains are sensors・( )47.What can't robots do in the future according to the passage?A.They can help people do housework.B.They can work as judges.C.They can work in the factory.D.They can have brains as people.e DWe each have a memory. That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do it again and again. Many of the great men of the world hav .e got surprising memories.A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day.In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, andthey are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises-( )4& Some people can easily learn many things by heart because _____________ •A. they always sleep wellB. they often eat good footC.they read a lot of booksD. they have very good memories( )49. Everybody learns his mother language ________ •A. at the age of sixB. when he is a small childC. after he goes to schoolD. when he can read and write( )50. Before a child can speak, he must ________ .A. read and writeB. make sentencesC・ hear and remember the sounds D. think hard( )5l.In school the pupils can^t learn a foreign language easily because _____ .A. they have no good memoriesB. they have no good teachersC. they don't like itD. they arc busy with other subjects( )52. Your memory will become better and better _____ •A.if you have a lot of good foodB.if you do more and more exercisesC.if you do morning exercises every dayD.if you get up early阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题。