初二英語競賽試卷

1、2015年文星中學(xué)八年級英語競賽試題時量：60分鐘 總分：100分一）、單項填空(共20小題， 20分）1. Im interested in animals, so I every Saturday working in an animal hospital.A. pay     B. get     C. take     D. spend2. We often have sports after class, and I like to play  basketball.A. a 

2、;     B. an      C. the       D.  /3. Father gave me several pens, but I like _ of them.A. none     B. both      C. any     D. neither4. You dont need _ it right now if y

3、ou are busy. A. to finish B. finish C. finishing D. finished5. Dale is studying in _ university and he wants to be _ engineer.A. a; a                      B. a; an   C. an; a  

4、60;    D. an; an6. His parents make her  at home at night.    A. stay        B. stays  C. to stay        D staying /7. Our son is going to study medicine when he _ school.A. leave   

5、60;     B. leaves C. is leaving          D. left8. I don't know much about computer.I don't know, _. Let's go and ask for help.A. also      B. either     C. too      D.

6、 as well9. This film is as _ as that one.A interested     B. more interesting C interesting   D. more interested10. Of all the boys, John does his homework _. A. more careful B. the most careful  C. more carefully D. the most carefully 11. Dale, come on!

7、There are two people _ for us outside.    A. wait    B. waiting C. to wait      D. to waiting12. Mr. Wang will come back from Guangzhou _.A. for two days                  B. in three hours  C. during

8、a week                D. three hours ago13. There _ a book sale in our school next month.A. will be      B. will have C. was        D. has 14. To save money, we have to ask _ people to do _

9、things. A. more; more    B. fewer; more     C. more; fewer     D. fewer; fewer15. Please be quiet! Im reading some short stories _ Lu Xun.A. by         B. over  C. in         

10、 D. at16. Tony is wearing a hat _ mine, Tom also _ wearing such a hat.A. like; like   B. likes; like   C. likes; likes    D. like; likes17. Liu Xis father kept on _ although he was tired.A. to sleep    B. sleeping C. to work      

11、  D. working18. I am sorry that I _ able to phone you yesterday.A. am           B. am not C. was             D. was no19. Miss Li, a tall woman _ dark curly hair, teaches us Chinese.A. about 

12、;        B. in C. with                 D. for 20. _ does Linda watch English movies? Once a week.A. How often    B. How many C. How far          

13、 D. How long  二）.完形填空(30分)(A)I am a boy in South Korea. My English name is Tony. Recently (最近), a   1   named Engkey became my new teacher.  Engkey teaches us    2  . It looks like a human. It can   3   around our classroom w

14、hen it reads books and   4   with us. However, Engkeys voice (聲音) is not its own. An English teacher controls (控制) it.   5   the help of a special camera (攝像頭) in the body of Engkey, the English teacher can   6   us and help us learn better

15、.My robot teacher doesnt need to have a rest   7   it never feels tired or gets ill like humans. Also it   8   gets angry with us. I like talking with it, because I think it is very interesting. Everyone in my class likes Engkey. Now it is very   9&#

16、160;  in my class. Most students in my class are more interested in English and spend more time on   10   after Engkey became our English teacher. Now most of them get better grades. I believe there will be more robot teachers in my school.(  )1. A. woman   &#

17、160;     B. man C. robot                D. computer(  )2. A. math              B. English C. art              D. music (  )3. A. s

18、end             B. practice C. share                D. move(  )4. A. disagrees         B. talks C. fights         &

19、#160; D. eats(  )5. A. With              B. Under  C. From                 D. For(  )6. A. invite         

20、;    B. hear    C. see                    D. believe (  )7. A. because           B. or  C. though         D. so(

21、60; )8. A. already          B. even   C. just                  D. never (  )9. A. popular        B. possible C. meaningless    D.

22、dangerous (  )10. A. him                B. it            C. her                D. them (B)Edward is a 14-year-old boy. He comes from th

23、e UK, but he lives in Beijing   11   his parents. Before Edward came to China, he knew  12   about Beijing Opera . Like most teens, Edward liked pop music. When he first listened to Beijing Opera, he didnt like it and thought it was too slow and   13 

24、; . One week later after that, Edward started   14   in a middle school in Beijing. He had music lessons twice a week. He started to learn Beijing Opera in the   15   class. His school asked some great Beijing Opera singers to   16   them.

25、Edward couldnt understand (理解) it well,   17  it sounded much more interesting than before and he    18   interested in it. Now Edward loves Beijing Opera very much. “I really love Beijing Opera and I want to be a(n)   19  when I grow up,” Edwar

26、d said. “I hope more people can understand and love it. Everyone who is learning Beijing Opera should try hard and   20    give up (放棄)!” Maybe one day we will see a foreign young man standing on the stage (舞臺) as a great Beijing Opera singer. (  )11. A. for   

27、0;         B. to         C. with                  D. about(  )12. A. something    B. anything C. everything           D. nothing(  )13.

28、 A. easy             B. difficult C. boring                 D. interesting(  )14. A. working       B. studying     C. pl

29、aying           D. living(  )15. A. music         B. English C. math              D. history(  )16. A. teach          B. visit C. tell   

30、60;                D. answer (  )17. A. so             B. if C. and                   D. but (  )18. A. s

31、ounded       B. stayed C. became             D. seemed (  )19. A. teacher        B. singer  C. doctor           D. violinist (  )20. A. often   &

32、#160;       B. usually C. always            D. never 三）、閱讀理解（每小題2分，共20分）AThe students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “Whats water?”

33、 No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why dont you answer my question？Didnt I tell you what water is like？” Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my hou

34、se is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.“Im sorry, children.” said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. Thats a big problem.”1. The students were having their class.   A. English         B.

35、Chinese       C. chemistry      D. math 2. Miss Li was telling the children what was like.    A. water           B. air           C. ea

36、rth           D. weather 3. A boy said, “The water in the river behind my house is always .”    A. white           B. black         C. clean 

37、0;         D. clear 4. Most of the children the boy.    A. agreed with          B. wrote to C. heard from              D. sent for

38、 5. The water in the river has color and smell because it is getting .    A. more and more  B. less and less C. cleaner and cleaner  D. dirtier and dirtier  (B)When Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a qui

39、et life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the

40、house. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. the notice said，“if you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心),come in and look around. price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. D

41、avid had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide”, he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.(  )6. Mr. Davids house was_ _ that many visitors came to see it.         A. so small

42、    B. so quiet  C. so interesting D. so clean(  )7. Mr. David put a notice on the window in order  .A. to drive the visitors away B. to satisfy the visitors curiosityC to let visitors come in and look around D to get some money out of the visitors(  )8. The notice

43、 made the visitors .A. more interested in his house B. lost interest in his houseC angry at the unfair price D. feel happy about the price(  )9. After Mr. David put up the notice ,      .A. the visitors didnt come any moreB. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his hous

44、eC. more and more visitors came for a visitD. no visitor would pay the money for a visit(  )10.At last he had to sell his house and move away because       .A. he did not like it at all B. he could not work as a guideC. he made enough money and wanted to buy a new

45、expensive house D. he could not live a quiet life in it(C)To many people, the word “Hollywood” has two meanings . Hollywood is a place in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hollywood is also the home of American movies.Hollywood was just farmland in 1870. Early American movies were made in other places,

46、such as New York and Chicago.In 1907 a director (導(dǎo)演) made a movie in Chicago. The weather was so terrible that he couldnt finish the movie. He had to find a warmer place. He decided to take a trip to the south of California and found it was sunny all the year round there. The director thought the so

47、uth of California was the best place for making movies. Later, his company (公司) made a studio (電影制片廠) in Hollywood. Soon almost all important American studios were in Hollywood, Los Angeles.The next thirty years were Hollywoods greatest years. Quite a lot of movies were made, most by a few large stu

48、dios. Directors, actors, and writers worked for these studios. Hollywood, the place in Los Angeles, also reached its high point in these years. Many famous and fantastic movie stars, like Bette Davis and Clark Gable, lived in Hollywood.根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容簡要回答下列問題。11. What is the meaning of the word “Hollywood” t

49、o many people?_12. What was Hollywood in 1870?_13. Why did the director take a trip to the south of California?_14. What did the directors company make in Hollywood?_15. Did many famous and fantastic movie stars live in Hollywood?_四）翻譯語篇（10分）Yao Ming is a professional basketball player. 1.He is famous as a basketball player. He was born on September twelfth,1980. His parents were both basketball players. His mother was the captain of the Chinese N