八年级下册英语竞赛试卷及答案

1、-密-封-线-_姓 名_ 班 级_ 考 号_ 八年级英语竞赛试卷i、单项选择（每题1分，共15分）( ) 1. ted _ while he _ his bicycle and hurt himself. a. fell, was riding b. had fallen, rode c. fell, were riding d. had fallen, was riding( ) 2. a few months later, john did better _ drawing than any other student in his class. a. on b. for c. at d.

2、 in( ) 3. tv programs and computers can _ our eyes to the outside world. a. look up b. turn up c. catch up d. open up( )4. mary said she _ to school the next friday. a. didnt go b. wouldnt go c. isnt go d. wont go( ) 5. mom, my shoes are _. could you buy me a new pair? -sure. a. out of style b. the

3、same c. in style d. very popular( )6. my mother told me _ anymore when it was late. a. didnt write b. not write c. dont write d. not to write ( )7. could you _ my little cat while i am away? a. care for b. sell out c. look for d. talk with( ) 8. the doorbell rang, and mother _ the door a. stopped op

4、en b. stopped opening c. stopped to open d. stopped opened( ) 9. will people live to be 300 years old? _. a. no, they aren't b. no, they won't c. no, they don't d. no, they can't( )10. i argued with my mother this morning. -_ a. thats nothing! b. great! c. you should say sorry to her

5、. d. lets play soccer.( )11. what _ to your grandfather the day before yesterday? a. was happened b. happened c. happening d. happen( )12. what do you think of his speech? -oh, wonderful. but his voice sounded really _ when he first started speaking. a. aloud b. worry c. nervous d. quiet( )13. my en

6、glish teacher said i was hard-working. -really? you are _. a. luckily b. lucked c. lucky d. luck( )14. i cant go shopping with you today. my mother is ill. -_. a. youre welcome b. dont worry c. thats a good idea d. im sorry to hear that( )15. i argued with my mother this morning. -_ a. thats nothing

7、! b. great! c. you should say sorry to her. d. lets play soccer.ii、完形填空（16-25题每题1分，26-35题每题2分，共30分）i remember that day clearly. we were _16_ in the classroom. the teacher was giving us the results of a chinese exam. i had done badly. i felt so _17_ that i wouldnt talk to anyone. at lunchtime, i stay

8、ed in the classroom alone. suddenly, i heard a _18_. it was vanilla, my good friend. “whats wrong?” she asked. i looked at her for a while, but said _19_. i knew vanilla had got a good mark in the exam. i thought she was _20_ me. she asked me again, “is it because of the exam? do you want me to tell

9、 you the right _21_?” i looked away from her. vanilla went out. i didnt know _22_ to do. i looked for my paper here and there, but couldnt find it.in the afternoon, vanilla came up to me and _23_ me my paper back. i looked at it and got a big _24_. on the paper were the right answers next to every o

10、ne of my _25_.( ) 16. a. singing b. sitting c. dancing d. playing( ) 17. a. happy b. sad c. funny d. excited( )18. a. voice b. sound c. noise d. cry( ) 19. a. everything b. something c. anything d. nothing( ) 20. a. knocking at b. shouting at c. laughing at d. pointing at( )21. a. answers b. exams c

11、. results d. notes( )22. a. that b. who c. which d. what( ) 23. a. gave b. turned c. carried d. moved( ) 24. a. pain b. interest c. surprise d. fun( )25. a. mistakes b. mistake c. careless d. wrong (b)阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。（注意：每个单词只能用一次。其中有两个多余选项。）class, ask, get, listen, card, healthy, he

12、ar, would, love, soap, should, gooddear mom,how is eveything going? i am sorry to _26_ that you hurt youself last week. i really hope you and dad are in good _27_.i had a talk with my teacher yesterday. she _28_ me about my homework habits. i told her that idid my homework while watching _29_ operas

13、. she said i _30_ find a quiet place to study, like the library. i also told her that i _31_ nervous when i stood up to answer questions in _32_. she told me that i needed plenty of speaking practice. i decided to read more english books and magazines and study with my friends who are _33_ at englis

14、h. i hope i can get a surprise on my next report _34_.well, thats all the news i have for now. send my _35_ to you.love, alan 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. iii、阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）aevery friday, mary goes to work in a bank. she knows all her customers(顾客) very well because they are her classmat

15、es. in fact, mary and her classmates are all about 10 years old.marys bank is in a school in chicago, amnerica. it is open for 30 minutes a week. during the math lesson on friday morning, mary opens the bank. the idea for a school bank came from the math teacher. “we want to give the children a chan

16、ce to learn about money,” said the teacher. “we are teaching them to look after their pocket money carefully.”the next plan for the school bank is a credit card. “many people in america dont use credit cards very well,” said the teacher. “our bank will help the students learn how to use credit cards

17、.”students will be able to buy school meals and books with the credit cards. one student said that the bank made school interesting. mary said that they learned something very useful.根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。( )36. mary knows all her customers well because _. a. they visit the bank every day b. they are all he

18、r teachers c. they are all her classmates d. they are all her friends( )37. their school bank opens _. a. when school is over b. when the students are on holiday c. only on sunday d. during a math lesson( )38. _ thought of the idea of opening a school bank. a. marys math teacher b. marys classmates

19、c. the headmaster d. the chicago bank( )39. the next plan for the school bank is a credit card because _. a. credit cards are very important b. many americans dont know how to use credit cards well c. credit cards are very useful d. money will become useless( )40. which of the following is not true?

20、 a. the students like the school bank very much. b. the school bank makes school interesting. c. the students learned something useful in the school bank. d. the school bank teaches the students how to make money.bname: li hongschool: no. 2 middle schoolgrade: 8term ends: may 18chineseher reading is

21、 very good, and she can remember many texts.mathshe is a little weak in this, but she has tried her best to catch up with others.englishshe is the best in her class. keep it up.physicsshe can work out many difficulties.historyshe is not good at this, but she has done better than before.geographyshe

22、knows the names of many places in the world.musicshe doesnt like pop songs, though she sings very well.remarks(评语)li hong is able to do a lot better. more work is needed next term.class teacher:wang lin headmaster: liu jun根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。 ( )41. this table(表格) is about _. a. li hongs studying plan b.

23、li hongs school report c. wang lins teaching plan d. liu juns working plan ( )42. _ is not mentioned(提及) in the table. a. biology b. chinese c. math d. history ( )43. which subject does li hong do best in? a. music. b. geography. c. physics. d. english ( )44. li hong is not so good at _. a. music an

24、d english b. history and chinese c. math and history d. geography and math( )45. according to the table, li hong _ next term. a. will like pop songs b. will be able to do better c. wont do well in history d. neednt study englishcpeople live all over world. they live on land that is low. they live on

25、 land that is high. some live near the oceans. others live far from the oceans. earth has many different kinds of lands. in some places, the land is flat(平坦的). flat lands are called plains(平原). some parts of earth have hills. hills are higher than the land around them. but hills are lower than mount

26、ains. did you ever try to ride your bicycle up a hill? some parts of earth touch oceans. these parts are called coasts. some lands have water all around them. these lands are called islands. earth has many different bodies of water, too. you know about the oceans. there are very large bodies of wate

27、r. the water in the oceans is salty. there are also smaller bodies of water called lakes. lakes have land all around them. rivers carry water from the land. they are long bodies of running water. the water in rivers is not salty. most lakes do not have salty water, either. ( )46. people live on _ la

28、nds. a. high and saltyb. low and highc. low and saltyd. salty and flat ( )47. hills are higher than _ and lower than _. a. mountains/the landb. mountains/lakes c. the land/mountainsd. lakes/islands ( )48. some lands with water around them are called _. a. hillsb. mountainsc. flatsd. islands ( )49. w

29、hats the meaning of the word “coast”? a. 海岛b. 海岸c. 海洋d. 海滩 ( )50. according to(根据) the passage, which sentence is true? a. the water in rivers and lakes is salty. b. the water in oceans and all lakes is salty. c. the water in oceans and some lakes is salty. d. the water in oceans and of lakes is sal

30、ty.iv、补全对话（每题2分，共10分）根据下面的对话情景，在空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。a: you look worried. 51_?b: miss gao told us to write a letter to our pen friends, 52_.a: cant you write a letter?b: 53_. but she told us to write in english. im weak in english. 54_?a: you can read the passage on page 15 of our book. its a le

31、tter from an english girl. read it again and again until you understand it.b: but i dont know how to use some english words.a: 55_. you can look them up in an english-chinese dictionary.b: you are right. thank you very much.v、书面表达。（15分）每个人都有成长的烦恼。假如你是某报社teens hotline的编辑杨浩，下面是三个学生的烦恼倾诉，请你给其中一位写一封不少于50个单词的e-mail，告诉他（她）你的想法、建议与期望。nameproblemsjoemy english is poor. my teacher said i was lazy. in fact, i really hope to improve my english.sami argued with my pare