八年级英语阅读竞赛试题

1、1八年级英语阅读竞赛试题（总分 100 分）Passage 1 阅读短文，选择最佳答案（ 10 分）The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world.The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dis

2、hon this day is dumplings.Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck.It makes the house ready for good luck.The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bringthem a bright future

3、. People wear red, too. They decorate （装饰 ） their homes with pieces of red paper. Kidsget a lot of “ hongbao ”I.t is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hongbao. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So do n t sa

4、y any bad words or do anythingthat will bring unhappiness to other people.For instance, you d better not say any bad words like“ death ” . DonPeople think that it means your luck is running out.Also, don btorrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the SpringFest

5、ival.1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from friends.D. They give each other hong bao.2. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?A. Because they enjoy bein

6、g clean.B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.3. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?A. Returning money before the

7、Spring Festival.B. Saying words that have to do with death.C. Wearing red clothes.D.Decorating houses with red paper.4. The underlined phrase “ running out ” probably means “ _ ”.A. 跑出去 B. 打碎 C. 耗尽 D. 离开5._ We can tell from the story that the Spring Festivalis _.t brea2A. a time of harvest and funB.

8、 celebrated for one whole monthC. only celebrated in ChinaD. a time for families to get togetherPassage 2 根据短文内容，回答问题（10 分）Americans love sports they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. Butthis hobby sometimes has serious results at least to the players. For examp

9、le, when people play tennis,sometimes they hurt their elbow （肘部） and in this way they develop“ tennis elbow” . Also it iseasy to hurt a knee in a football game.These injuries （损伤） happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyb

10、all, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Herdoctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation （手术） or she might not be able to play again. Shefelt very sad and di dnt know what to do.Then Simmons learned about“ video operation ”. With the help of this new science inmedicine, doctors can now

11、 repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobsmuch faster. Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. Thedoctors told her the operation could help.For this operation, her doctor didn t have to open her knee. Inste

12、ad he put a very smallcamera lens（镜头）in side her kn ee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. Ashe worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, thedoctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

13、Simmons started walking five d ays after her operation. “My knee hurt a lot the first few days, ” she said.“But I felt better very quickly.” Now, six months after her opeSimmons can do everything she did before her injury.“It feels like a new knee,“I can even play volleyball again.”6. Do Americans l

14、ove sports?7. What sport is Simmons interested in?8. What did the doctor put inside Simmons knee?9. What problem may people have when they play sports?10. What he advantage （优点）of the new scienee?Passage 3 任务型阅读（ 10 分）1）Now more and more_ in the world are getting_ , which troubles3them a lot. In the

15、 past 25 years, the number of the people with obesity （ 肥胖症 ） in Europe has doubled（增加加一倍）.Experts say that it has a lot to do with our eating habits. Our eating habits are very important forgood health and a strong body. Most of us like eat ing sweets and ice cream better tha n meat and rice. Sweet

16、sand ice cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they maytake away our appetite （食欲）.It s important for us to have meals at the same time every day. When we feel worried or excited, we maynot want to eat. A long time ago, in England, 2）some judges

17、（ 法官）often decided whether a man was tellingthe truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow （ 吞）the bread, it meant that he was nttelli ng the truth. A man who is worry ing someth ing has difficulty in swallow ing anything dry, because heloses his appetite.11. 在 1）句的空白处填入适当的词使句意

18、完整、上下文通顺：_12. Whe n are Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us?13. 将 2）句译成中文：_14. 在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子：Most people prefer sweets and ice cream to meat and rice.15. 找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子Passage 4 完形填空（20 分）The SeaWhat do you know about the sea? Some people ofte n see it, 1the others dont.The sea looks 2

19、on a fine sunny day. Milli ons of people hope to take their 3 by the sea. They can swim in it, orlie on the beaches in the sun. They 4 themselves there. But it can be very rough whe n there is a strongwind. What other things do weknow about it?Of course, the sea is very large. Look ing at a 5 of the

20、 world, you can see it is much bigger tha n land.There are a lot of 6 in the sea. Some of them are big and the others are 7 .Did you swim in the sea? If you answer “Yes,you may know that the water is salty. Rivers carry 8 fromthe land to the sea. Some places of the sea are more salty than other plac

21、es. Do you know the Dead Sea?Fish 9 live in it. And people can easily swim in it. Nobody is afraid to 10 in the water.Notes: （ 1） rough 粗野的 （2） island 岛屿16.A. andB. soC. butD. or17.A. usefulB. beautifulC. terribleD. weak18.A. classesB. sportsC. meeti ngsD. holidays19.A. enjoyB. likeC. stopD. beg in2

22、0.A. bookB. mapC. n ewspaperD. picture421. A.roads22. A.small23. A.sugar24. A.canB. shopsB.youngB. butterB. mustC. housesC. littleC. saltC. cantD. islandsD.goodD. oilD. must ntPsaaage 5 根据首字母提示完成短文（20 分）Four Seas onsTherere four seas ons in a year. Theyre spri ng, summer, autu mn and win ter.Spring

23、is the b_ (26) seas on in a year. It lasts from February to April. Thed_ (27) get l on ger, the ni ghts get shorter and the weather gets warmer. Everyth ingbegi ns to g_ (28). Grass and trees begi n to turn gree n. Flowers beg in to come out.Children begin to f_ (29) kites outdoors.Summer comes afte

24、r spri ng. It is the h_ (30) seas on in a year. It lasts fromMay to July. People try to find a cool place the n. They always go s _(31) in pools,lakes and rivers.Autu mn is the harvest seas on .It gets cool. F_ (32) begi n to get in rice andcorn. They are busy from August to October. They are so hap

25、py to have a good harvest. Thecoldest seas on of the year is win ter. Its from about November to Janu ary. The days are shortand the nights are long. It s_(33) sometimes and that makes childrenhappy. They m_ (34) a sno wma n and dance round it. They go skati ng as well. Theyn eed to wear w_(35) clothes of course.Passage 6 用方框中所给词的正确形式填空(30 分)how, much, safe, tha nk, play , be, invent , no, so , in terest, must , a