1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 福建省永春县汤城中学 2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期竞赛考试试题 （ A）单项选择：从 A、 B、 C 三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（ 15 分） 1. Doing morning exercises is _our health. A. good to B. good at C. good for 2. The song sounds beautiful. Who sang it? Song Zhuying! She is famous_ a singer. A. as B. for C. of 3. Hi, Jane, tell you
2、 a piece of good news. My parents and I to America tomorrow. Wow, have a good trip! A. will go B. go C. am going 4. Please tell Michael to call me back when he _ home tomorrow. No problem. A. will come back B. comes back C. coming back 5. Must I return the book to the library right now ? No, you_. A
3、. mustn t B. can t C. don t have to 6. Listening, speaking , reading and writing _ important English learning . A. is, for B. are, to C. is, with 7. I have a backache. The doctor advised me_ in bed for two days. A. rest B. resting C. to rest 8. I have lots of fun _ stamps. I think it s very interest
4、ing. A. collects B. to collect C. collecting 9. My father often smokes. I must ask him_ up _. A. to give, smoking B. giving, to smoke C. giving, smoking 10. _ do you need to make a scrapbook? I need_. A. Which else, a scissors B. What else, a pair of scissors C. Who else, =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = scissor 11
5、. Im not good at English. Im a little afraid. . I can help you. A. Dont worry B. Youd better not C. Of course 12. We will have a basketball game. Would you like to cheer us on? _. A. I am very busy. B. No, I wouldn t. C. Sure, I d love to. 13. Do you mind not parking your car here? _. A. Sorry, I wo
6、n t do it again. B. I don t mind. C. Of course. 14. I m sorry for breaking your pencil-box. _. I have another one. A. Not at all. B. Never mind. C. That s right. 15. What hobbies did you use to have? . A. I like running. B. I used to enjoy running. C. I use to prefer running. （ B） 完型填空：从 A、 B、 C 三个选
7、项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（ 10 分） Yesterday evening, when I went to town 16 my mother, we met a strange old man. It was raining 17 and we had no umbrella. We were trying to 18 a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give 19 for only a pound. He had forgotten hi
8、s wallet, he said he needed taxi to go back home. My mother didnt believe what he had said at first, and 20 him a lot of questions. But she finally believed the man and gave him the pound. She was happy to 21 a good umbrella for so little. But the old man didnt get into a taxi. We walked 22 him and
9、found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass of 23 with the pound. After he drank it, he 24 his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he 25 it again. 16. A. in B. near C. with 17. A. hard B. big C. heavy 18. A. get out of B. get in
10、to C. get up 19. A. it us B. it to us C. us it 20. A. showed B. asked C. lent 21. A. have B. buy C. see 22. A. with B. for C. after 23. A. orange B. tea C. Whiskey =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 24. A. put on B. took off C. put up 25. A. lost B. dropped C. sold （ C）口语运用：根据对话内容，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（ 10 分） A： Hi, Mik
11、e! What are you going to do this weekend? B： 26 A： Who is going to play basketball with you? B： Sam. A： 27 B： We are going to the Childrens Palace. A： Oh, I think you are going to be a basketball player when you grow up. B： 28 What about you? A： I want to be a computer engineer. B： 29 A： Id love to,
12、 but I have to go shopping with my parents. 30 B： OK. 第 二 部分 阅读理解：（ 45 分） (A) The world is not hungry， but it is thirsty It seems strange that nearly 3 4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of（短缺）water Why？ Because about 97 of water on the earth is sea water which we cant dr
13、ink or use for watering plants directly（直接地） Man can only drink and use the 3 of the water that comes from rivers and lakes And we cant even use all of that， because some of it has been polluted（污染） Now more water is needed The problem is： Can we avoid（避免） a serious water shortage later on？ Firstly，
14、 we should all learn how to save water Secondly，we should find out the ways to reuse it Scientists have always been making study in this field Today， in most large cities， water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers But it can be used again Even if（即使） every large city reused its wate
15、r， still there would not be enough What could people turn to next？ The sea seems to have the best answer There is a lot of water in the sea All A. Where are you going to play basketball? B. Another time ,OK? C. Would you like to go and play basketball with us? D. Im going to play basketball. E. I th
16、ink so. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = that needs to be done is to get the salt（盐） out of the sea water This is expensive， but its already in use in many parts of the world Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way to do it So you see， if we can find a way out，well be in no danger of drying up 根据短文内容判断正 （ A） 误
17、（ B） 。（ 10 分） 31. The world is thirsty because about 97 of water on the earth cant be drunk or used for watering plants directly 32. 97 of the earth is covered with water 33. Man can only drink and use about 25 of water on the earth 34. To avoid the serious water shortage， its the most important to
18、try to find a cheaper way to get the salt out of the sea water 35. The name of the passage should be“How to Save Water” (B）（ C）两篇：根据短文，从每小题 A、 B、 C 中选出一个最佳答案。（ 20 分） (B) Henry Ford was the first person to build cars Those cars were cheap， strong and fast He would sell millions of them because he cou
19、ld make them in large numbers at a time， that is， he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind Fords father hoped that he would become a farmer， but the young man didnt like the idea and he went to Detroit and worked there as a mechanic（机械师） By the age of 29， in 1892， he had built his first ca
20、r Five years after Ford started his great motorcar factory in 1903， he made the famous“ModelT” This car turned out to be so popular that it stayed unchanged for twenty years Since Fords time， making cars in large numbers has helped to sell the cars cheaply More and more people can buy cars for their
21、 everyday use 36. Fords cars were cheap because _ A. nobody wanted to buy them B. he could make a large number of cars at a time C. his cars were not strong enough 37. The famous“Model T”was built in _ =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = A. 1892 B. 1903 C. 1908 38. Henry Ford was born in _ A. 1873 B. 1863 C. 1883 39. Which of the following is RIGHT？ A. The first person to make cars is Henry Ford B. Henry Fords father was foolish C. Henry Fords motorcar factory was built in 1908 40. Which of the following is WRONG？ A. Fords father didnt want his son to be a mechanic B. Ford decided to be a farmer at first C.
