初三英语竞赛试题及答案.docx

九年级英语竞赛试题及答案
笔试部分（共七大题，90分钟，计100分）
一、 单项选择（共20小题，20分）
（ ）1、He looks much __than before with two months’ hard work .
A. thinner B. thin C . bad D. careful
( ) 2、The news ___good . where did you hear_____?
A. is ,it B. are, them C. is, them D. are, it
( ) 3、Take the __with you so that you won’t lose your way.
A. glass B. watch c. map D. shoes
( )4、It is said that Mr. Brown takes the chair at every meeting. The Chinese for “takes the chair ” in the sentences is _________.
A. 带椅子 B、主持会议 C、让座位 D、就座
( ）5、You can choose ______if you don’t like this one .
A . either B. neither C. another D. other
( )6、—He often has bread for breakfast, _______ he? —Yes, he_____.
A. mustn’t , must B. doesn’t , does C. isn’t ,is D. hasn’t ,has
( )7、In the exam, the____ you are ____ mistakes you’ll make.
A. careful , little B. more careful, less C. careful ,few D. more careful, the fewe
( )8、The machine made so _____noise that the students all put their hands______.
A. many, on their ears B. much, on their mouths C. much , on their heads D. much, on their ears
( )9、Chinese ___by the largest number of people in the world.
A. Speak B. speaking C. is spoken D. speaks
( )10、It’s really nice ___you ___me to work it out.
A. of , help B. for , help C. of , to help D. for , to help
( )11、___the window . What’s happening there?
A. Look off B. Look over C. Look out of D. Look for
( )12、The shop is in a big city, _____ it is sometimes so quiet and looks like somewhere in the country.
A. so B. but C. while D. when
( )13、He hurt himself because he ___careful enough
A. wasn’t B. was C. did D. didn’t
( )14、He ran too fast for ___ to catch up with.
A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody
( )15、___bad weather we are having? We’ve never had ___rainy days.
A. what a , such B. How, so C. what, such D. what , so
( )16、Would you please look after my bird while I am______?
A. free B. out C. full D. not busy.
( )17、—_____I speak to Jill, Mrs. Black?
—Sorry, she’s not in. She ___ be back after five.
A. May, need B. Can, may C. Can, dare D. Must, may
( )18、Don’t leave the classroom until the teacher ___ you.
A. letting B. will let C. lets D. let
( )19、Lily did badly in math and she felt very___.
A. Sorry B. interested C. nice D. pleased
( )20、Tom has grown ____ enough to take care of himself.
A. tall B. old C. young D. short
二、阅读理解（共15小题，30分）

Have you thought about what might have happened if American president Kenndey was saved in 1963? Impossible, you’ll say . Kennedy was killed in Dallas , Texas , on end November,1963, and that’s an end to it.
But what world happen if he came back to life ? That’s what the “stuff books” one made of . In 1988 an American named George Bernall wrote a book of this kind . He made the book like real life . The story was so interesting that it kept readers turning the paper till the and though it had over 800 pages.
In fact we know that John F Kennedy was killed and never came back to life. In this book, he comes back to life, and the story begins from there.
The book set readers thinking , not especially about Kennedy’s killing but about what would happen after.
( )21、what kind of a book is “Promises to keep ”?
A. A kind of study of Kennedy’s killing
B. An American horror novel
C. A life story about Kennedy
D. A story book developed from a true story
( )22、The book “Promises to keep” tells us_____.
A. how to write a “stuffbook” like the one written by John Bernall
B. how to write about history
C. what would happen when Kennedy was brought back to life.
D. How to make up a story about the presidents
( )23、Although the story is____, readers like to read it very much.
A. not interesting B. long C. sad D. not exciting
( )24、 The book not only keeps the readers interested until the end , but make them______.
A. feel terrible B. stop thinking C. laugh at something D. think about something
( )25、The phrase “come back to life ” means_____.
A. never did again B. become alive again C. know one is still living D. live for ever

There are marry kinds of animals that live in the forest, such as mice, rabbits , squirrels and hawks. Animals in the forest depend on one another for food.
Many small forest animals. Such as mice , eat green plants for food, and then they, themselves , and eaten by larger animals . This is called a food chain.
A food chain begins with the sun, The green plants in the forest use the sun’s energy to make food for themselves, This process, or action, is called photosynthesis.
Forest plants produce flowers and seeds that ant eaten by mice and other animals. The mice get their energy from the plants, and the mice become food for a larger animals, such as the hunting hawk.. So, the energy from the sun passes from the plants to the nice to the hawk . A break in any link of this food chain means that some animals may not have enough food to live.
( )26、Photosynthesis takes place when_______.
A. larger animals eat small animals
B. green plants use the sun’s energy to make food
C. forest animals eat the food made by green plants
D. the food chain is broken
( )27、what is the first link in a food chain?
A. The sun B. The earth C. Green plants D. Forest animals
( )28、Animals sometimes can’t find enough food because_____.
A. it’s cloudy B. there is very little food in a forest
C. photosynthesis stops D. there is a break in the food chain
( )29、 what does the food chain show about living things?
A. They depend on each other
B. Small animals eat as much as large animals
C. Plants with flowers are the most important
D. Plants are more than animals
( )30、Which of the living things below fills the missing link in this food chain?
Sun’s energy ---?-----squirrels------hawks
A. rabbits B. mice C. green plants D. wolves

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. His parents were Augustine and Mary Washington. George grew up on a farm in Virginia. George didn’t go to school. His father taught him at home. George’s favorite subject was math .George learned to be a surveyor of land when he grew up . He joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution. He cater became the first President of the united states. George Washington is called the “Father of the USA” Americans celebrate his birthday on president’s Day in February. His picture is on the one dollar bill.
31、why is George Washington called the “ Father of the USA”?______________________________________
(32、what subject did George like to study best?________________________________________
33、where was George Washington born?__________________
34、when is Washington’s birthday celebrated?_________________________
35、what did George learn to be ?______________________
三、完形填空：（10小题，20分）
根据首字提示，填出空内所缺单词
William Stafford a f______(36)American poet, was often visited by people. He was o____(37) asked. “when did you d____(38) to become a poet?”
Stafford answered that the question was w_______(39).“E____(40) is born a poet.”He said “a person discovering the way words sound and w____(41), caring and deligloting in words. I j____(42) kept on doing w____(43) everyone starts out doing . The real question is why olsd o___(44) people s ______(45)?”
四、句式转换：（5小题，5分）
按要求转换下列句型，每空限填一词。
46、The English problem is too difficult for him to work out.(改为复合句)。
The English problem is ___ difficult he can’t work it out.
47、The surfers both won first price in the city surfing competition(改为否定句)
____ __ the surfers won first price in the city surfing competition.
48、I think the fastest way to travel is by plane.（改为特殊疑问句）
___do you think___ the fastest way to travel?
49、Mrs. Zhang showed us a picture of the feathered dinosaur(改被动语态)。
We ____ _____ a picture of the feathered dinosaur by Mrs zhang.
50、Bob had no teacher, but he becarne Chinese well at his young age.(改为同义句)。
Bob_____ _____ Chinese when he was young.
五、动词填空：（5小题5分）
51、He found the word_______(write) wrong as soon as he turned to the page.
52、I’ll write to you after I ______(arrive) there.
53、He _______(make) _______(do) the exercises again as he didn’t do them carefully enough.
54、Harris began______ (work) when he saw the boss ______(come).
55、Robert _____________(not finish) _________(do) his lessons until his father returned home.
六、智力测试（共5小题，计5分）
56、What’s the smallest bridge in the world?
57、where mene you when lights ment out?
58、The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters . can you figure out how?
59、If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
60、what has fingers but can’t type?
七、写作：（15分）
根据中文意思和英文提示词语，并结合自己的想象，写出意思连贯，符合逻辑的英语短文，所出的英文提示词语必须全都用上。中文提示不必逐字翻译。
上星期五下午，王敏放学后乘公共汽车回家，在车上她发现司机在学英语，司机对王敏说了些什么？此事对你有何启示？为2008年北京奥运会你打算做些什么？
Afternoon, go home , bus , in the bus , find , surprised weak , English , when , work hard , Beijing Olympic Games , I think , modern

答案：
一、1-20小题：
A A C B C B D D C C
C B A D C B B C A B
二、21-30小题：
D C B D B B A D A C
31、Because he was the first President of the USA
32. Maths
33. Virginia
34. In February
35. A surveyor
三、36. famous 37. once 38. decide 39. wrong
40. Everybody/Evenyone 41.work
42.just 43. what 44.other 45.stop
四、46. so, that 47. Neither, of 48. what, is
49. were, shown/showed 50. taught, himself
五、51. writlen 52. arrive 53.was made, to do
54. working/to work 55. didn’t finish, doing
六、71. The bridge of a nose 72. In the dark
73. C and Y 74. Two 75. Gloves
七、（略）

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