八年级英语竞赛综合及翻译题(有答案).doc

初二英语辅导班资料（词性训练）短文填空
短文填空。根据所给单词完成下列短文，注意使用其正确形式
一．名词
minute, way, word, France, sound, woman, China, speak, classmates, language
(A)
Most people in the USA speak English. There are over 1,500 (1)_____________ spoken throughout the world. You know that every language has its own (2) ______________. If you want to learn a foreign language, you must know what the words are, and you must say them in the right (3) _____________. Words are made up of (4) _______________, and different languages have different words. There are thousands of language sounds. When you speak English, you are using only about 50 percent of it.
Some languages are spoken faster than others. English is spoken more slowly than (5) ____________. (6) ______________ speak faster than men. In America, women speak about 175 words in a (7) ________________, but men speak only about 150 words. How many words can you speak? In general, we (8) ____________ speak more slowly than the native (9) __________. Because it is a foreign language for us. So in our free time, we should do more practice, such as listening, reading, writing, and speaking. We can also do some oral practice with our (10) __________.
(B)

Birthday, newspaper, language, telephone, money, card, cage, present, office, song
John sent his mother expensive (1) ____________ on her birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was. He advertised in the (2) ____________, “ Wanted the best present for the woman who has everything.”
For many days his (3) ____________ didn’t stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. But they didn’t have anything that was only one in the whole world.
One day, a man came to John’s (4)____________.He was carrying a (5) ______________. And in the cage there was a large bird.
“This bird,” the man said, “ can speak ten (6) ___________ and sing any pop (7) ____________.There are no other birds like it in the world.”
“ I’ll buy it, ” John said. “ How much do you want ?”
“ One hundred thousand dollars,” the man said. This was a lot of (8) ____________, but John paid him. Then John sent the bird to hid mother with a birthday (9) __________.
The say after his mother’s (10)____________, he phoned her mother. “Well, mother,” he said, “Is the bird wonderful ?” “ Oh, it was delicious, dear,” his mother replied.

二．冠词
(1) _____________ elephant and (2) _________ monkey live in (3) __________ same forest. They are good friends, but both of them are very proud. The elephant is proud because he is strong and (4) _________ monkey is proud, because he is so quick.
At last they ask the owl to judge which is better, to be strong or to be quick. (5) ________owl asks them to do as he says. He asks them to go to (6)___________ island and bring him some bananas.
The elephant crosses the river, but the monkey can’t because (7) ____________water runs too fast. Though the elephant gets there, (8) __________ bananas are too high to reach. The elephant has to come back. He asks the monkey to get on his back.
As soon as they get there, the monkey quickly climbs up (9) ___________ tree and throws some bananas to the elephant. The elephant catches them with his nose.
Then they come back to the owl and give him the fruit. The owl says (10) __________elephant can’t get bananas by himself and the monkey can’t, either. They can get the bananas only when they help each other.

三．代词
A
Alice was twenty-three years old and (1) __________was a nurse at a big hospital. She was very kind and (2) ____________ of her patients( 病人 ) like (3) ___________ very much.
One day, she went shopping . She saw an old woman (4) ___________ was waiting to cross a busy street. Alice wanted to cross the street, too. So she went over to help the old woman cross the street. When Alice was near (5) ____________, she suddenly laughed and said, “ Mrs. Green!” You were (6) ______________ patient in the hospital last year. (7) ____________ was wrong with (8) ______________ legs last year.
Mrs. Green was very happy to see Alice.
“ I will help (9) ____________ cross the street, Mrs. Green,” said Alice.
“ Oh, thank you vey much, Alice,” Mrs. Green said and stepped forward. “ No, no, Mrs. Green,” Alice said quickly. “ Wait! The light is still red.”
“ Oh, ” Mrs. Green answered when she stepped back. “ I can easily cross the street by (10) __________ when the light is green
B
this, his, each, that, others, they, some, themselves, one, what
Many students got together to visit their old university professor. All of (1) ______________ are very successful. At first, they talked happily. Then their talk turned into complains about stress in work and life. Hearing (2) _______________, the professor went to the kitchen and brought a large pot of coffee and different kinds of cups. The cups were porcelain ( 陶瓷 ), plastic, glass or crystal ( 水晶 ). (3) ____________ were plain-looking. Some were expensive .Some were exquisite(精致). The professor asked (4) ____________ students to choose their own coffee cup and help (5) __________ to the coffee.
When (6) ____________ of them has a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “ Now I find all the good-looking and expensive cups are taken up. The plain and cheap (7) ____________ are left. Of course it is normal for you to choose the best for yourselves. (8) ____________ is the source( 来源 ) of your problems and stress.
In fact, (9) _____________ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you just went for the best cups and looked at (10) ____________ cups.
Life is the coffee while money and position ( 地位 ) is society are cups. They are only tools to hold life. At times, we only know to choose the cup, but fail to enjoy the coffee in the cup. So don’t let the cups drive you.

四，形容词和副词
A
Radios and telephones are very （1） ________________ (popular) in the world today. Millions of people watch TV. Perhaps (2) _____________ many people listen to the radio.
The TV is, of course, (3) ___________ (useful) than the radio. On TV you can see and hear what is happening in the world.
Now the radio is still with us, and the number of listeners is becoming (4) ___________ (large). One reason for this is the invention of the transistor( 半导体 ) radio. A transistor radio is sometimes very (5) __________(small). It is very (6) __________(easily) to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or on your bike when you go to work. It is (7) __________ (good) for blind people. The sight (视力)of many old people is not (8) ____________ (good) enough to watch TV. When people are working , they can’t watch TV, but they can listen to music or news over the radio. What’s more, radios are much (9) ____________ (cheap) than TVs. What an (10) _________ (important) invention for people it is !
B
happy, hard, delicious, wise, important, health, loud, careful, good, useful
There are many things we need to know. But we don’t learn them at school. For example, if we want to use money (1) ____________, we need to shop (2) ____________.We need to know how to compare the prices of the things in different shops. We also need to compare the quality of different brands(品牌).
We need to know how to make (3) _____________ choice when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill. And we need these skills if we want to live (4) _____________ and happy lives.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple or a pear for lunch ? Will I wear a red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies ? Other choices are (5) __________ . For example, will I eat (6) ____________ food for lunch or will I eat unhealthy food because it is (7) _________? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work (8) __________ in the classes I enjoy ?
Making the wrong choices can make us (9) ___________. We have to realize that the choices we make can affect ( 影响 ) the rest of our lives, and they can also affect other people. Next time you choose to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk (10) ___________ at the cinema, think this over: Who else does your choice affect ?
五、数词

Eight to ten, 90 percent, 2007, eight, eight-year-old, half an hour’s, two-day, thousands of, 7 am
Tears came into this mother’s eyes when she talked about waking up her son. Every morning, her (1) ________ boy puts up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging for (2) _________ｍore sleep.
Why is he so sleepy ? Because , like (3) _____________ students “ early birds ” in China, he has to get up before (4) ____________ every morning.
Teenagers usually need (5) _____________ hours’ sleep a night, but in Shanghai, it’s reported that (6) ____________ of the students do not get enough sleep. Studies show that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many become near-sighted as a result.
Now, it’s better than before. From (7) _______________, students mustn’t go to school before (8) ______________and they must do (9) _______________ exercise every day. They also have a (10) ____________ weekend. How wonderful!

六、连词
Do you like eating eggs ? (1) ____________ you have an egg each day, we will be healthier. (2) _________ do you know there is something interesting about eggs in other countries ?
In Romania, women like eggs best. They almost eat eggs every day, (3) ___________ women think eating eggs will help them have more children.
In England, people thing eggs can bring them good luck. (4) _________ on some important holidays, they break the eggs and put them into water. After a long time, (5)___________ the eggs can keep good shapes, they think their life will be happy. (6) __________ they put sugar and other things into the eggs and cook them. (7) ___________ eating them, they always keep the shell ()
In Australia, eggs are the symbol of love. Young people show their love with eggs. (8) ___________ boy loves a girl, he will give the girl some eggs . (9) __________ the girl eats the egg, it shows (10) __________the girl loves the boy, too.
七、动词
A
Now many young people (1) ___________ (like ) the Taiwan hip-pop band Da Mouth. What a special name ! In fact, they (2) _____________ (choose) the name because they (3) ___________ (be) always busy chatting, rapping, singing and eating.
Each of the four members (4) __________ ( have) a talent that may surprise you. Japanese singer Senda Asia (千田爱莎) is a queen of the dance floor. Harry( 怀秋 ), who, (5) __________(have) Taiwanese and Korean roots acts in idol dramas. Taiwanese-Japanese DJ Chun Wua(宗华) is great at mixing music. MC Simon ( ) is a Taiwanese who (6) __________ (grow) up in Canada.
B.
Be, think, sell, like, know, go, plan, work, act, have
We all (1) ____________ that Arnold Schwarzenegger is a famous Hollywood star. He (2) ______________ in many films since he became famous. The films (3) _____________ popular around the world. He is always brave, cool and strong in the films. In some people’s eyes, he is the symbol of America.
But do you know he is also good at drawing ? He (4) ___________ locking himself away after his family (5) ___________ to sleep and (6) __________ on his painting. He never (7) _________ his paintings instead of making them into cards or gifts. When some important holidays are coming, he will give the cards or gifts to his family to show his love. He said, “ I (8) __________ I have maybe more than forty paintings at home, and my wife (9) _____________ half of them in her bedroom.” He added, “ One time I went to a dolphin show and I made a painting with three dolphins jumping through the air.” His paintings are all from the daily life.
He (10) ___________ to hold a painting show soon. What surprise will he bring us ? Let’s wait and see.

2009初二英语翻译题
A组)
1. 明天下午我要看书，不看比赛。

2. 记单词是学英语的一个好方法。

3. 请你帮助我好好找看我的宠物狗，好吗？

4. 露西完成作业后才睡觉。

5. 他二十岁时开始自学英语。

6. 这个房间太小，我住不进去。

7. 他正在过马路时，发生了这起事故。

8. 我认为未来50年里，污染将逐渐减少

9. 我最差的成绩单是来自我的科学老师，这一点我毫不奇怪。

10. 孩子们在春节期间穿上最漂亮的衣服。

B组）
1．制作一个超级三文治需要哪些原料(ingredients)？

2. 很抱歉，我不同意你的观点

3. 他们昨天下午在动物园里玩得很开心

4. 许多人喜欢周末去购物
5. 多数学生每天晚上在家做作业

6. 当你做事疲劳时，你应该听听音乐

7. 他花了两天的时间看这本书

8. 明天我不得不帮妈妈打扫房间

9. 我们想去游泳，不想打篮球

10. 多练习口语是很重要的

C组)
1. 昨天他没有看电影，因为他忙着复习功课了。（because）

2. 自从来到这儿，他已经交了很多朋友。(since)

3. 一看到她母亲，小女孩就停止了哭泣。(as soon as)

4. 这部电影如此有趣，以至于每个人都想再看一遍。( so-----that)

5. 当我走进房间时，我父亲正在看书。(when)

6. 如果明天不下雨，我将去散步。 (if)

7. 除非你真的不理解，否则不要让我重复.(unless除非)

8. 尽管我们不缺钱，但我们还是会努力按时完成这项工作的 (although尽管)

9. 你工作得越快，这项任务就会完成得越早。(the----,the----

10. 我们离开得如此匆忙，以至于忘来往关灯。(such----that)

D组）
翻译文章中画线句子
A lady has a problem with her daughter: My nine-year-old daughter, Maria, is in Grade Four. Every evening we get into homework battles()
(1) Three afternoons a week, she has activities after school and (2)by the time she get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and (3)we argue about whether she should do her homework after school or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do not want to help her, but (4) I’m sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. In fact, most of time, I have other things I need to be doing. (5) It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond their abilities(能力 ). As you can see, I’m really worried about homework and I really don’t know what I should do. Any ideas ?
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翻译参考答案
A组）
1. I’ll read books instead of watching the match tomorrow afternoon
2. Remembering words is a good way to learn English
3. Could you take good care of the pet dog for me, please ?
4. Lucy didn’t go to bed until she finished her homework.
5. When he was in his twenties, he began to teach himself English.
6. The room is too small for me to live in.
7. While he was crossing the street, the accident happened.
8. I think there will be less population in 50 years.
9. I wasn’t surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher.
10. Children dress up in their best clothes during the Spring Festival.
11. Three afternoons a week, she has activities after school and by the time she get home, the homework is the last thing she feels like doing.
B组）
1. What ingredients do we need to make a super sandwich?
2. I’m sorry I can’t agree with you.
3. They had fun in the zoo yesterday afternoon.
4. Many people likes going shopping on weekends.
5. Most students do their homework at home every night.
6. When you are tired of doing something , you should listen to music.
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