迎春杯14-15学年八年级(鲍翌华)

安庆市2014-2015学年度第一学期英语能力竞赛试题

八年级（上）（满分100分）

Ⅰ.单项填空 （满分15分，每题1分）

( ) 1. Lucy’s family arrived ______ Shanghai ______ a rainy morning.

A. at; on B. at; in C. in; on D. in; in

( ) 2.—Hi, Tom, why do you look so tired? —Because I ______ last night to finish my homework.

A. stayed up B. made up C. wake up D. looked up

( )3.Tian'anmen Square is one of ______ squares in the world.

A. large B. larger C. largest D. the largest

( )4. --- Do you like volleyball or basketball?

--- I like basketball better. I think volleyball is ________ basketball.

A. more exciting than B. less excited than

C. as exciting as D. not so exciting as

( )5. -- Why do you like living in the countryside? -- Because there’s _____ noise and ____ cars there.

A. less, less B. fewer, less C. less, fewer D. fewer, fewer

( )6. --- Mother’s birthday is coming, I’ll make a card for her. Please keep it secret.

--- ________.I won’t tell anybody about this.

A. No, I don’t. B. Yes, I do C. OK, I will D. OK, I won’t

( )7. ---_____weather! It’s raining. ---Bad luck. We have to stay at home all day.

A. What a bad B. How bad C. How a bad D. What bad

（ ）8. -----_______is it from here to the Golden Street? -----About half an hour’s walk.

A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How much

（ ）9. I saw her ____a story book in the room at 7:00 last night.

A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading

（ ）10. It ____them half an hour _____ the difficult problem yesterday.

A. takes; to work out B. spent; working

C. took; to work out D. spent; on working at

（ ）11. Mike never has lunch at home on school days, _________?

A. has he B. hasn’t he C. does he D. doesn’t he

（ ）12.—Today Mrs. Wang looks_______. —Yes. She is looking _________at her son.

A. happy; happily B. happily; happy

C. happy; happy D. happily; happily

( )13. There _______ an English party in our class next week.

A. is going to have B. is going to be C. will have D. will going to be

( )14.—How can I get along well with others, Dad?

—Try to smile to others, dear. That will make ___ much ______ .

A. them; easier B. them; easy C. it; easy D. it; easier

( )15.—Must I finish my homework now? —.You can do it later.

A. can't B. needn't C. mustn't D. shouldn't

Ⅱ.完型填空。（每小题1.5 分，共15分）

A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks on the of the cabbages . They are eggs of a kind of insect. They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have ”

Betty didn’t think she could do it and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To surprise, the insects have eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off what we have to do today till . And you must ”

( ) 16. A. son B. mother C. daughter D. sister

( ) 17. A. trees B. leaves C. grass D. top

( ) 18. A. see B. look at C. find D. look for

( ) 19. A. better B. worse C. thinner D. newer

( ) 20. A. at most B. at last C. at the moment D. at once

( ) 21. A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. needn’t D. can’t

( ) 22. A. my B. our C. her D. their

( ) 23. A. cry B. shout C. run D. work

( ) 24. A. yesterday B. today C. tomorrow D. later

( ) 25. A. but B. when C. and D. before

Ⅲ. 阅读理解(共40分)

(A) 选词填空。根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整，并

Life is not easy, so I'd like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I (26)______ too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed (27)______ me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech competition. My mother (28)______ me to take part init. (29)______ a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to (30)______.” Then mother and I talked about many

(31)______ topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my (32)______ to remember all the speech and practiced it (33)______ than 100 times. With my mother's great love, I did well in the competition. I could (34)______ believe my ears when I heard that I had won the first (35)______ . I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. They all said congratulations to me.

(B)根据对话内容完成短文，每空一词。（每空1.5分，共15分）

This is an interview to a teenager.

Interviewer: Thanks for coming in for the interview, Susan.

Susan: That’s ok.

Interviewer: ok, how often do you exercise?

Susan: Every day.

Interviewer: How often do you eat vegetables and fruit?

Susan: I eat vegetables and fruit every day.

Interviewer: All right! So how many hours do you sleep every night?

Susan: Nine. I need lots of sleep.

Interviewer: How often do you drink milk?

Susan: Never. I can’t stand milk. It’s terrible.

Interviewer: What about junk food?

Susan: Yeah, I love it. I guess I eat once or twice a week.

Interviewer: Well, thank you very much.

Susan: You’re welcome.

every day, and her eating are pretty good. She eats fruit and

every day. Of food, but she to eat only once a week. She thinks

milk is . And she nine hours every night. So you see, she looks . Good food and

exercise her to study better.

(C)根据短文内容，选择正确答案。（每小题2分，共10分）

( )46. Guardians of the Galaxy is a(n) ______.

A. comedy B. cartoon C. action movie D. Scary movie

( )47. You can buy a pair of women’s shoes for 50 yuan on ______ at Mr Brown’s Shoe Store.

A. Thursday B. Sunday C. Monday D. Friday

( )48. If you want to be a school bus driver, please call ______.

A. 785-2436 B. 786-6485. C. 785-7361 D. 785-4365

( )49. If Mr. Li, Mrs. Li and their five-year-old son go to see Guardians of the Galaxy, they need to

pay ______.

A.$18 B.$27 C.$22 D. $9

( )50. Who may get the job as a school bus driver?

A. A person who is over 50 years old.

B. A person who has been a driver for only one year.

C. A person who has driven for four years, but doesn’t like children. D. A person who is thirty-five years old and knows the city well.

IV.综合知识运用(共30分)

(A)单词拼写（每题1分，满分10分）

58.（work）hard and you can learn it well.

(B) 句型转换,根据要求改写下列句子，每空一词。 (每空1分，共10分）

61. He didn’t do his homework. He watched TV instead. (合并句子)

He watched TV ___________ ___________ doing his homework.

62. Sandy doesn’t draw as well as Amy. (改为同义句)

Amy ___________ ___________ than Sandy.

63. The bridge is very wide.（改为感叹句）

___________ ___________ the bridge is!

（对划线部分提问）

___________ Lucy___________?

65. You’d better play computer games now.（改为否定句）

You’d better___________ ___________ computers now.

(C)根据中文意思和英文，填入所缺单词。 （10分）

66.汤姆的妈妈很生气因为他已经玩了三个小时的电脑游戏。

Tom’s mother was _______ _______ him because he kept playing computer for three hours. 67.现在我可以步行去上班，而不必开车了。

Now I can walk to work _______ _______ going by bike.

68.不要担心你的猫。

Don’t be _______ ______ your cat.

69.你最好要你的父亲戒酒。

You’d better ask your father to _______ _______ smoking.

70.我姐姐明天将动身去上海。

My sister is