八年级英语竞赛
一、听力（本题共20小题；每题1分，满分20分）
第一部分: 听对话回答问题，每段对话听两遍。
1. What time will the plane arrive in London
A. B. C.
2. What is Billy probably doing now
A. B. C.
3. Which country has Mary been to
A. B. C.
4. Which sign is there
A. B. C.
5. What is Sandy doing
A. She is watching TV. B. She is reading a book. C. She is listening to music.
6. Who was the girl sending the card to
A. To her friend. B. To anybody else. C. To nobody.
7. How many times has Jack been to Hong Kong
A. Twice. B. Many times. C. Never.
8. How will they make their school more beautiful
A. By buying some flowers. B. By doing some cleaning.
C. By planting some trees around their school.
9. Where can the man be
A. At the doctor’s. B. In a library. C. In a bookshop.
10. How long has the man had the camera
A. Three years. B. Six years. C. Eight years.
第二部分，听对话和短文答题。
听一段对话，回答11~12小题。
11. What time of day is it
A. In the early morning. B. In the late morning. C. In the afternoon.
12. What does the man think the woman should eat
A. Some chocolate. B. Some sweets. C. Some fruit.
听第一篇短文，回答13~15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。
Sea Life Centre
What is the centre like 13
What are things like here Enjoyable and educational
How much are the tickets 4 pounds for adults; 2 pounds for children; free for those over 14 .
What are special attractions for kids A quiz and hourly 15 time.
13. A. Amazing B. Relaxing C. Exciting
14. A. sixty B. sixteen C. eighty
15. A. singing B. dancing C. feeding
听第二篇短文，回答第16~20小题。
16. Why did Anna save money at first
A. Because she hoped to buy some toys.
B. Because she wanted to help homeless children.
C. Because she hoped to go to Disneyland one day.
17. When did Anna know about the Road House
A. At the age of four. B. At the age of eight. C. At the age of twelve.
18. How did Anna know about the Road House
A. From a newspaper. B. On the Internet. C. From a TV programme.
19. What didn’t Anna buy in the shop
A. A toy. B. Some socks. C. Some pencils.
20. Who did Anna buy the presents for
A. A homeless child. B. Her good friend. C. Herself.
二、单项选择（本题共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）
在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。
21．Fred comes from ________ European country, but he likes playing ________ Chinese chess.
A．an；the B．a；the C．an；/ D．a；/
22．He ______ in Shanghai, but he ____the village life since he came here two years ago.
A．used to live; has got used to B．used to living; has been used to
C．was used to live; has got used to D．used to live; has been used to
23．All the people went home ________ Mr Wang, for he had to finish his work.
A．expect B．beside C．except D．besides
24．—Where is your father, Jack
—He ________ to New York on business. He ________ the airport at five in the morning.
A．has gone; has left for B．has been; has left to
C．has gone; left for D．has been; left to
25．—________ did your uncle leave his hometown
—Twenty years ago. He has been away ________ the end of 2009.
A．When; since B．How long; since C．When; at D．How long; at
26．The _____ woman _______ Shanghai since her husband ______ in 1990.
A．alone ; has come to ; died B．alone ; has come to; has died
C．lonely ; has been in ; died D．lonely ; has been to ; died
27．—How ________ is it from Nanjing to Chengdu —It’s about two ________ flight.
A．long; hours’ B．far; hour’s C．long; hour’s D．far; hours’
28．There may be ________ in Mount Huang, but the weather is very nice.
A．a little rains B．some rain C．a bit rainy D．a bit of rainy
29．Yesterday my father ________ an invitation to a party this Sunday from his workmate, but he had no time to go so he didn’t ________ it.
A．received; accept B．accepted; receive
C．accepted; accept D．received; receive
30．—He’s just back from work, ________ —________He won’t come back until tomorrow.
A．hasn’t he; Yes, he has B．hasn’t he; No, he hasn’t
C．isn’t he; Yes, he, is D．isn’t he; No, he isn’t
三、完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（本题共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle—aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no_____31_____to get food for his large family.
“You look_____32____. Why don’t you work？” I asked. “ Simply because I cannot get work，sir. ” “If I give you work, what you want ” “As long as I can get bread for my family, sir. ” he____33____.
I decided to find out if he____34_____meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you can _____35____a brick(砖)under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping. “Thank you, sir. I will. ”
I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my___36___. I never thought he would do what he had__37__.
When I came back five hours later, I saw him___38_walking, with the brick under his arm.
I stopped him and gave him__39___pounds. He thanked me and told me that some people had___40___to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He would go and ask___41__for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the___42__. I did.
Several years later, a well—dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he___43__that he was the brick man and had his own business now. “You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most___44___thing I have as it has brought me luck and success. ”
__45__, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness(坚定) in doing even a very little thing.
31. A. place B. money C. plan D. time
32. A. funny B. sick C. serious D. strong
33. A. answered B. asked C. spoke D. told
34. A. certainly B. simply C. really D. usually
35. A. break B. carry C. fix D. hide
36. A. business B. lesson C. programme D. research
37. A. planned B. prepared C. promised（承诺） D. suggested
38. A. also B. already C. even D. still
39. A. four B. five C. six D. seven
40. A. continued B. forgotten C. offered D. refused
41. A. him B. them C. me D. her
42. A. brick B. chance C. job D. bread
43. A. explained B. imagined C. realised D. supposed
44. A. beautiful B. expensive C. important D. interesting
45. A. As a result B. At last C. In a word D. In fact
四．阅读理解（本题共10小题；每题2分，满分20分）
A
Place of interest Water Cube (水立方) West Lake Disneyland Dragon Tower
Location (位置) Beijing Hangzhou Hong Kong Harbin
Phone Number 010-28135589 0571-68345579 00852-28029822 0451-81187899
Price of ticket ￥60 ￥50 ￥300 ￥150
Feature (特色) Special bubbly (气泡状的) design The Broken Bridge Cartoon (卡通) characters Skywalk
46．It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on ________.
A．Dragon Tower B．Water Cube C．West Lake D．Disneyland
47．Two travelers plan to have a bird’s-eye view (俯视) of Harbin, and they need to pay ________ from the information above.
A．￥150 B．￥100 C．￥450 D．￥300
B
A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles (运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail ” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
48. What did the man do for the test
A. He sent e-mails. B. He did the cleaning
C. He sold computers. D. He filled in forms.
49. The man ________after he left Microsoft.
A. went to look for another job B. asked for food from door to door
C. thought of an idea to make monkey D. bought a computer and got an e-mail
C
There was a big tree more than several hundred years old located in the middle of a dry land. There was no other tree but the old one gave shelter and shade to thousands of travellers.
One day, two travellers were travelling from far away. They were walking for several miles on a hot day. They started their journey from early morning and it was almost mid-noon. They could not walk any more. They were completely exhausted! Luckily, they reached the tree. They decided to take a rest under the tree. They slept for some time happily, enjoying the cool wind.
They felt hungry and one of the travelers decided to climb the branches to see if the tree has any fruit. Since it is not a fruit-bearing tree, the traveller became angry because of hunger and shouted at the tree, “Oh, this is just a useless tree and it has nothing to feed us, not even a fruit or even nuts!”
When the other traveller heard his words, he asked him to stay cool, “You can’t be so ungrateful（忘恩负义的）to the tree. Just look back at the condition when you reached here in the hot and dry sun! The tree offered you a cool and comfortable place to rest and sleep with cool wind. If it’s not here when you are very tired, you would have died now! The tree saved you from the hot sun, but what you said makes me feel really sorry for you!” The first traveller realised his mistake and said sorry to the tree.
50．Which of the following about the tree is NOT true
A．It is the only living tree in the dry land.
B．It is a fruit-bearing tree with lots of fruit.
C．It offers people a cool and comfortable place to rest.
D．The tree has grown for several hundred years.
51．The underlined word “exhausted” means that ________.
A．神采奕奕的 B．豁达大度的 C．谦虚谨慎的 D．精疲力竭的
52．The story mainly tells us that ________.
A．the first traveller isn’t a polite man
B．it's cool to rest under a shade in a dry land
C．we should try our best to save and protect every tree
D．we should be thankful to anyone/anything that has helped us
D
As we all know, there is very short of water in lots of areas in Africa. However, there is a magical tree which can help to solve the water problem. It is called the “sacred (神圣的) tree of Africa”—baobab tree (猴面包树).
A baobab tree is huge like an upside-down carrot. It can grow so large that it requires more than 40 people holding hands to circle it. Actually, most baobab trees are not very tall, only about ten meters.
A baobab tree is full of treasures. It is said that if everyone in Africa had a 10-meter-tall baobab tree, it would solve more than 50% of their food problems. In hot Africa, water is the most needed. When the rainy season comes, the baobab tree starts to hold water in its body. The baobab tree is said to be the most water-holding tree. It can hold thousands of kilograms of water in its body. Local people usually cut a hole in the tree with a knife and get clean water from it. The baobab tree leaves are a bit like spinach (菠菜) leaves. True to its Chinese name, the fruit of the baobab tree tastes like bread. But it’s not like bread with cream. It tastes dry. Local people seldom get stomach problems because of eating it.
Baobab trees are not only useful for humans, but for animals in nature! Their fruit can be good food for monkeys, lizards and other African animals. Their leaves can also be eaten to get enough water. The branches of a baobab look like a root, making it a perfect home to birds.
Indeed, baobab trees are the “tree of life” for Africans. The tall, straight baobab trees act like lighthouses. As the African saying goes, “Baobab trees lit up against the dark ‘African Sky’.” They light up not only the night sky, but also our respect for nature.
53. Which of the following sentences is an opinion
A. Many places in Africa are very short of water.
B. Most baobab trees are not very tall, only about ten meters.
C. Baobab trees are useful both for humans and animals in nature!
D. A baobab tree can hold thousands of kilograms of water in its body.
54. What is the structure of the article (① = Paragraph 1 ② = Paragraph 2,...)
A. B. C. D.
55. What is the best title for the article
A. Africans in Need of Water B. The Sacred Tree of Africa
C. A Magic Tree in Danger D. The Most Water-holding Tree
五、信息还原（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
Now people have more money than before, and they want to enjoy life. 56 Listen! Some people are talking about their vacation plans.
“I love sports. I'm going cycling with my family during the vacation. 57 That's really great," said Mrs Lee. Mr Zhao loves nature. He said, “I'm going to walk in the countryside or going hiking in the mountains. 58 " Miss Wang wants to be more beautiful. “I'm planning to go shopping 59 ”Mr Wang is a movie actor. He has just finished his last movie. 60 He said, “I like going sightseeing. I am staying in Canada for a month. A relaxing vacation! I can't wait !”
A.I want to buy lots of beautiful clothes. B. Now he really wants to get some rest. C. Many people can come to buy clothes in my shop. D. We can exercise and enjoy lots of interesting places. E. So people have different ideas about how to enjoy their vacations. F. I hope the beauty of nature can help me to forget all of my problems.
56___________ 57. ____________58 ____________ 59. ____________60 _____________
试卷II (非选择题, 共45分)
六、短文选词填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，从方框里选择合适的单词,并用其适当形式填空
through；use；communicate；over；several；condition；popular；run；with；hard
61 the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives.
To start with, people were not able to travel such a long distance in such a short time in the past. Planes were not very 62 at that time because they 63 to be a very expensive way to travel. Nowadays, we have fast, comfortable vehicles, such as cars and high-speed trains.
Secondly, in the past, people had to work much 64 because they did not have the tools that we have today. Today, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines.
Thirdly, in the past, the living 65 were not as good as they are now. There were no bathrooms or 66 water in many houses, and many people could not buy things like fridges, TV sets or washing machines. Now, most families have 67 of these things.
Lastly, 68 have become much easier than before. In the past, we kept in touch 69 others by writing letters or sending faxes, but now we have many other ways to choose from, such as making a phone call, sending emails or messages and chatting online. Moreover, we can even see the people whom we care making a phone call with 70 mobile phones, and we can see each other while chatting online. The most surprising thing is that we can make a phone call with the astronauts and see them when they are in space. What a magical thing!
Thanks to the technology, especially the Internet, our lives have become much easier and happier than before. I’m sure they will become more wonderful in the future. Don’t you think so
61.___________ 62.___________ 63.___________ 64.___________ 65.___________
66.___________ 67.___________ 68.___________ 69.___________ 70.___________
七、首字母填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
My heart is filled with love. Recently, I'm so thankful for the support from a very dear friend of mine. With his help,I can realize my dream of making a kind act.It can b___71_____ me more power in my life.
We live in a small African city.As you know, many people there live a p__72____ life and it's hard for them to find jobs. I've hoped to o_73__ a soup kitchen for many years. I'd like to help the l_74_ people in need.My friend helps me create a web page c 75 Sunshine.On it,we usually share our kind activities. These days,I'm making hearty food w 76 my friend is handing out hearty clothes.You know there are always so many h___77_people living on the streets, which shocks me a lot.
We want to invite more people to j_78__us. The act of love by giving has touched my heart greatly. Sometimes I feel very t_79__after working hard for a whole day,but I still go on with the love activities. B____80_ of the project, my life becomes so meaningful.I know what I'm doing now can make a difference to some people's life.
71.___________ 72. ___________ 73.___________ 74.___________ 75.___________
76.___________ 77. ___________ 78.___________ 79.___________ 80.___________
八，阅读表达。(每小题2分，共10分）
Rabbit Shiny and tortoise(乌龟) Smily were neighbours. One day they were reading a story about their great grandfathers: Shiny’s and Smily’s great grandfathers decided to have a race. While Shiny’s great grandfather fell asleep during the race, Smily’s great grandfather won the race by slowly walking towards the finishing line.
Smily said, “If your great grandfather didn’t go to sleep, my great granddad might never win. So his win was not a real win.”
The next day there was a notice in the jungle(丛林) newspaper. It said that there would be a race and the winner would win many prizes. The race started from the bear’s house. From there, the runners had to cross the river. But most of the animals could not both run fast and swim fast. So they didn’t know what to do. Shiny and Smily made a plan.
Shiny ran, while Smily was sitting on his back. He and other animals, like the deer, reached the river side at the same time. But they saw the swift(湍急的） water and stood there because they were worried. None of them liked the idea of crossing the river. Smily quickly got into the water and Shiny sat on his back. Smily started swimming. Soon they reached the other side of the river. Shiny got down from Smily’s back and Smily climbed on Shiny’s back again. Shiny ran fast. They reached the finish line first.
“Both of them are the winners.” The president of the jungle said, “Shiny and Smily helped each other during the race and they won. So let’s give them a big hand.”
根据短文回答下列问题，每小题不超过6个单词。
81. Why didn’t Shinly’s great grandfather win the race
82. Where can the animals read the notice about the race
83.What did Shinly and Smily do after reading the notice
84. How did the animals feel when they saw the swift water
85. How could Shiny and Smily win the race
九．写作（计15分）
请根据所给问题提示，以“My hometown---- Funing”为题用英文写一篇短文，向大家介绍你的家乡。内容如下：
1.How has your hometown changed over the years
2.If your relatives and friends come,Where will you take them to visit
3.What will you do for your hometown
注意：1.表达清楚,语法正确，上下文连贯；
2.作文应包括所有相关信息，并作适当发挥；
3.词数100左右。
My hometown---- Funing英语参考答案
一，1-5A C AC B 6-10 CB C AA 11-15 B C C A C 16-20 C B C A A
二，21-25 D D C C A 26-30 C D B A B
三，31-35 B D A C B 36-40 A C D B C 41-45 B A A C D
四，46-50 C D B C B 51-55 D D C B B
五，56-60 E D F A B
六，61.Over 62.popular 63.used 64.harder 65.conditions
running 67.several munications 69.with 70.through
七，71.bring 72.poor 73.open 74.local 75.called
while 77.homeless 78.join 79.tired 80.Because
八，81.Because he fell asleep/was asleep(during the race.)
In the jungle newspaper.
They made a plane.
(They felt) worried.
They helped/By helping each other.
