1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 湖南省武冈三中 2012-2013 学年八年级英语下学期竞赛试题 . 单项填空 (共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） ( )1. There will be_pollution and _ people in the future. A.fewer,less B.less,less C.more,more D.fewer,fewer ( )2. At that time Tom was_one-year-old baby. A.a B.an C.the D./ ( )3. Read the story and_the answer_the que
2、stion. A.find,of B.find,to C.find out,of D.find out,to ( )4. _a warm spring morning,they arrived in london. A.on B.in C.at D.by ( )5. There are more than _ teachers in our school. A.two hundreds B.two hundred C.two hundreds D.two hundred of ( )6. Wheres Lily? We are all here her. A.beside B.about C.
3、except D.with ( )7. Im interested in animals,so I every Saturday working in an animal hospital. A.pay B.get C.take D.spend ( )8. Lily is _ taller of the twins. A.a B.an C.the D./ ( )9. Father gave me several pens,but I like_of them.A.none B.both C.any D.neither ( )10. Our geography teacher told us t
4、hat the earth _around the sun. A.go B.goes C.went D.going ( )11. _do you call that in English? A.How B.What C.Who D.which ( )12. Susans parents have bought a large house w ith a swimming pool.It be very expensive. A.must B.can C.mustnt D.cant ( )13. Little Tom has_friends,so he often plays alone. A.
5、more B.a little C.many D.few ( )14. -I called you yesterday evening,but there was no answer. -Oh,I am sorry I dinner at my friends house. A.have B.had C.was having D.have had ( )15. Please_the light.Its too dark.A.turn off B.open C.dont turn on D.turn on .完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） Plants are ver
6、y important living things.Life could not go on if there were no plants.This is 16 plants can make food from air,water and sunlight 日光 .Animals and men 17 make food from air,water and sunlight.Animals get their food by eating plants and animals, 18 .Therefore(因此 ),animals and men need plants in order
7、 to 19 .This is the reason why we find that there are so many plants around us. If you look carefully at the plants around,you 20 find that there are many kinds of plants. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Some plants are large 21 others are small.Most plants are green. Some plants have many small leaves.Others have
8、 only 22 large leaves.There are many kinds of leaves.Leaves are of 23 shapes(形状 ) and colours. Leaves are also different in other ways.Some leaves have short leaf stalks(叶茎 )while others have long leaf stalks.Still others have 24 stalks at all.The edges(边 )of leaves are also different. Some leaves h
9、ave smooth(光滑的 )edges.Some have wave(波状的 )edges 25 the teeth of saw(锯 ). ( )16. A.why B.because C.how D.that ( )17. A.dont B.not C.cannot D.can ( )18. A.too B.either C.also D.already ( )19. A.eat B.live C.have D.get ( )20. A.are going to B.may C.certainly D.will ( )21. A.when B.yet C.and D.while ( )
10、22. A.a little B.a few C.little D.few ( )23. A.much B.different C.same D.the same ( )24. A.not B.none C.neither D.no ( )25. A.like B.as C.as if D.seem . 阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 30 分） A The students were having their chemistry（化学） class.Miss Li was telling the children what water was like.After that,she asked
11、 her students,“Whats water?” No one spoke for a few minutes.Miss Li asked again, “Why dont you answer my question ？ Didnt I tell you what water is like？ ” Just then a boy put up his hand and said,“Miss Li,you told us that water has no colour and no smell.But where to find such kind of water？ The wat
12、er in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.”Most of the children agreed with him. “Im sorry,children.”said the teacher,“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier.Thats a big problem.” ( )26. The students were having their class. A.English B.Chinese C.chemistry D.maths ( )2
13、7. Miss Li was telling the children what was like. A.water B.air C.earth D.weather ( )28. A boy said,“The water in the river behind my house is always .” A.white B.black C.clean D.clear ( )29. Most of the children the boy. A.agreed with B.wrote to C.heard from D.sent for =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = ( )30. The
14、water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting . A.more and more B.less and less C.cleaner and cleaner D.dirtier and dirtier B Wang was born into a rich family in America,but he was not a spoiled child.His parents made him practice violin for hours every day and he also learned Karate
15、 (空手道 )!To make pocket money零用钱 ,Wang had to deliver (发送 ) newspapers. At five or six every morning,Wang was already up.Even on cold winter days,he rode his bike to deliver newspapers to every home! “When I went outside,other people were not up yet,”he said. The best moment of his day,he said,was af
16、ter he got home,tired and hungry,and ate sweet pies his mum had made. ( )31. The under lined word “ spoiled” means . A.富有的 B.娇惯的 C.勤快的 D.聪明的 ( )32. Why did Wang deliver newspapers? A.Because he liked this job. B.Because he wanted to make pocket money. C.Because he was very poor. D.Because his parent
17、s told him to do so. ( )33. We can tell from the story that . A.Wangs parents dont love him. B.Wang can play the violin very well. C.Wang can make a lot of money by delivering newspapers. D.Wang got up very early every day. C One of this summers hottest books is “That Guy Was Cool.” Sounds like a gr
18、eat book for kids, doesnt it? But parents and teachers want to read this one,too.It can teach them something about the language of todays k ids. So lots of people,young and old,went to see the books writer,a 19 -year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday.She was in Beijing to sign 给 ? 签名 books for h
19、er fans. “Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near t o us and goes to our hearts 内心 ,”said a Junior 2 student in Beijing. “When I read it,I laughed and I cried.” Like the “Meteor 流星 Garden” TV series 连续剧 ,“That Guy Was Cool”tells an unusual story of love between two students.The girl is sweet,but shes ju
20、st aver age（ 一般的 ） .The boy is good-looking and has everything,but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young.They become close and help each other to be happy.In the end,they fall in love. “The girl in the book is like me.Shes simple 天真的 and moody 忧郁的 ,”said Guiyeoni. Guiyeo
21、nis book doesnt only use words.It also uses things like emotions 情感 .Emotions are small icons 图标 ,like smiling faces,and they are used to show emotions.Kids know what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones. Guiyeoni said she wrote this way because of her young readers. “Writing with pictures is vivid（生动） and can say a lot of things,”she said. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Guiyeoni beg
