初二英语竞赛试卷.doc

2015年文星中学八年级英语竞赛试题
时量：60分钟 总分：100分
一）、单项填空　(共20小题， 20分）
1. I’m interested in animals, so I every Saturday working in an animal hospital.
A. pay     B. get     C. take     D. spend
2. We often have sports after class, and I like to play  basketball.
A. a      B. an      C. the       D.  /
3. Father gave me several pens, but I like ___ of them.
A. none     B. both      C. any     D. neither
4. You don’t need ___ it right now if you are busy.
A. to finish B. finish C. finishing D. finished
5. Dale is studying in ______ university and he wants to be ______ engineer.
A. a; a                      B. a; an   C. an; a        D. an; an
6. 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         B. leaves C. is leaving          D. left
8. —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. as well
9. This film is as _____ as that one.
A interested     B. more interesting C interesting   D. more interested
10. 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! There are two people ______ for us outside.   
A. wait    B. waiting C. to wait      D. to waiting
12. Mr. Wang will come back from Guangzhou ______.
A. for two days                  B. in three hours 
C. during a week                D. three hours ago
13. 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 ______ things.
A. more; more    B. fewer; more     C. more; fewer     D. fewer; fewer
15. Please be quiet! I’m reading some short stories ______ Lu Xun.
A. by         B. over  C. in          D. at
16. Tony is wearing a hat ______ mine, Tom also ______ wearing such a hat.
A. like; like   B. likes; like   C. likes; likes    D. like; likes
17. Liu Xi’s father kept on ______ although he was tired.
A. to sleep    B. sleeping C. to work        D. working
18. I am sorry that I ______ able to phone you yesterday.
A. am           B. am not C. was             D. was no
19. Miss Li, a tall woman ______ dark curly hair, teaches us Chinese.
A. about         B. in C. with                 D. for
20. —______ does Linda watch English movies?
— Once a week.
A. How often    B. How many C. How far           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 when it reads books and   4   with us. However, Engkey’s voice (声音) is not its own. An English teacher controls (控制) it.   5   the help of a special camera (摄像头) in the body of Engkey, the English teacher can   6   us and help us learn better.My robot teacher doesn’t 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   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         B. man C. robot                D. computer
(  )2. A. math              B. English C. art              D. music
(  )3. A. send             B. practice C. share                D. move
(  )4. A. disagrees         B. talks C. fights           D. eats
(  )5. A. With              B. Under  C. From                 D. For
(  )6. A. invite             B. hear    C. see                    D. believe
(  )7. A. because           B. or  C. though         D. so
(  )8. A. already          B. even   C. just                  D. never
(  )9. A. popular        B. possible C. meaningless    D. dangerous
(  )10. A. him                B. it            C. her                D. them
(B)
Edward is a 14-year-old boy. He comes from the 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 didn’t like it and thought it was too slow and   13  .
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. Edward couldn’t 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,” Edward said. “I hope more people can understand and love it. Everyone who is learning Beijing Opera should try hard and   20    give up (放弃)!”
Maybe one day we will see a foreign young man standing on the stage (舞台) as a great Beijing Opera singer.
(  )11. A. for             B. to         C. with                  D. about
(  )12. A. something    B. anything C. everything           D. nothing
(  )13. A. easy             B. difficult C. boring                 D. interesting
(  )14. A. working       B. studying     C. playing           D. living
(  )15. A. music         B. English C. math              D. history
(  )16. A. teach          B. visit C. tell                    D. answer
(  )17. A. so             B. if C. and                   D. but
(  )18. A. sounded       B. stayed C. became             D. seemed
(  )19. A. teacher        B. singer  C. doctor           D. violinist
(  )20. A. often           B. usually C. always            D. never
三）、阅读理解（每小题2分，共20分）
A
The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question？Didn’t 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 house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.
“I’m sorry, children.” said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a big problem.”
1. The students were having their class.
   A. English         B. Chinese       C. chemistry      D. math
2. Miss Li was telling the children what was like.
   A. water           B. air           C. earth           D. weather
3. A boy said, “The water in the river behind my house is always .”
   A. white           B. black         C. clean           D. clear
4. Most of the children the boy.
   A. agreed with           B. wrote to C. heard from               D. sent for
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 quiet 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 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. David 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. David’s house was___ _ that many visitors came to see it.
         A. so small    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 curiosity
C to let visitors come in and look around D to get some money out of the visitors
(  )8. The notice made the visitors .
A. more interested in his house B. lost interest in his house
C angry at the unfair price D. feel happy about the price
(  )9. After Mr. David put up the notice ,      .
A. the visitors didn’t come any more
B. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house
C. more and more visitors came for a visit
D. 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 guide
C. he made enough money and wanted to buy a new 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, such as New York and Chicago.In 1907 a director (导演) made a movie in Chicago. The weather was so terrible that he couldn’t 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 south of California was the best place for making movies. Later, his company (公司) made a studio (电影制片厂) in Hollywood. Soon almost all important American studios were in Hollywood, Los Angeles.The next thirty years were Hollywood’s greatest years. Quite a lot of movies were made, most by a few large studios. 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.
根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。
11. What is the meaning of the word “Hollywood” to many people?
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12. What was Hollywood in 1870?
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13. Why did the director take a trip to the south of California?
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14. What did the director’s company make in Hollywood?
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15. Did many famous and fantastic movie stars live in Hollywood?
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四）．翻译语篇（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 National Women’s Team and his father played basketball very well, too. 2. When he was only 9 years old, his parents started teaching him to play basketball.
In 1997, the big man started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager. He played on their team for 5 years in the CBA. In his final year, he won a championship.
3. At the age of 22, Yao Ming joined the NBA. He played for the Houston Rockets and became an NBA player. When Yao Ming played in NBA, he worked very hard. 4. 他花了大量的时间练习打篮球。And he also got on very well with the other players. Now many people still like watching his game and love him very much. 5. 他是世界上最受欢迎的篮球运动员之一。
In his free time, he likes to help others. He often gives away some money to help people. If you want to learn more about him, you can read his book. A life in Two Worlds. It was written by Yao.
五）．综合填词，注意所填词的适当形式(10分)
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever 1 he was in school. He even always made trouble with his 2 .. When he went into college, he 3 change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. 4 he was full of new ideas. After he left college, Jobs worked 5 a video game designer for several months. Then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give 6 some new ideas and give a change in his life.
　　Jobs lived 7 a farm in California for 8 year after he returned from India. In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name“9 ”just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was so great a success 10 Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
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