1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 湖南省长沙市长郡教育集团 2014-2015 学年八年级英语下学期知识竞赛试题 I. 单项选择 (每小题 1 分 ,共 20 分 ) 1. We ve got into trouble and don t know _ to do next . Hopefully someone will come to help us. A. how B. what C. whether D. when 2. It s me a lot of time to find out what I really want to do in the future. A. paying
2、 B. spending C. taking D. using 3. When he , I ll tell him the news. But I don t know when he . A. comes; will come B. will come; comes C. comes; comes D. will come; will come 4. Usually, we don t know how important something is we lose it. A. or B. until C. as soon as D. if 5. -How does Jack usuall
3、y go to work? -He _ drive a car, but now he _ there to lose weight. A. used to; is used to walk B. was used to; is used to walking C. was used to; is used to walk D. used to; is used to walking 6. At times, parents find _ difficult to talk with their teenage children. A. them B. this C. that D. it 7
4、. -Will you go to Linda s birthday party this weekend? -If you don t go, _ I. A. so do B. neither do C. neither will D. so will 8. _ children there are in a family, _ their life will be. A. The less; the better B. The fewer; the better C. Fewer; better D. Less; better 9. Mr Read went out of the offi
5、ce, _ his book on the desk. A. with B. left C. and D. put 10.- Did Jack marry last year? - Yes. He _ a teacher. A. married with B. got married to C. marry D. got married with 11. _ wonderful weather it is today! I m sure we ll enjoy ourselves on the school trip. A . What a B. How a C. How D. What 12
6、. There were _ much work that John couldn t get home early. A. such B. such a C. so D. so a 13. Unit Six is _ most difficult lesson, but it isn t _ most difficult one in this book. A. a; a B. the; the C. a; the D. the; a 14. My parents _ TV from 9:00 to 10:00 last night. A. watched B. were watching
7、C. are watching D. watch 15. You can ask him again if you like, but it won t make any _ he ll still say no. A. progress B. difference C. mistake D. decision 16. -Could you please tell me how to improve my spoken English? - Certainly， I _. A. can B. could C. must D. can t =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 17. -How is
8、 the medicine for your mother? - It _. My mother is much better now. A. works B. acts C. makes D. succeeds 18. Jimmy is a kind boy. He found many old bikes, fixed them up and _ the bikes to the children in the poor villages. A. give out B. hand out C. give away D. put up 19. When I was walking past
9、his room yesterday evening, I heard him _ piano. A. playing B. to play the C. play D. playing the 20. The _ dishes lay on the floor and no one was in the room. A. breaking B. broken C. break D. broke II. 完形填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） A 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Tony and his friends found a stran
10、ge old box and a treasure (财 宝 ) map. They thought these 21 be from Stickybeard, a famous Spanish pirate (海盗 ) who 22 a lot of treasure in a secret place. They were very 23 and started to look for the treasure. They 24 the map and found another small box. In the box, they found a few candies, the le
11、tter 25 and another map. The new map led them to a big tree where they found 26 box with some candies, a new map, and a big letter O. They went on and found other 27 boxes with the letters V and E. However, on the last map they found this was a puzzle (谜 ). They spend a long time arguing about the m
12、eaning of the puzzle. 28 , Alex, one of Tonys friends, found the answer, “The puzzle wants us to put the letters we have collected beside father and mother. Father and mother are our parents.” He added, “ 29 the answer to the puzzle is love your parents.” The great treasure Stickybeard left them was
13、 a great piece of 30 love your parents. From then on, Tony and his friends loved their parents more than ever. ( ) 21. A. might B. can t C. should D. will ( ) 22. A. made B. took C. got D. hid ( ) 23. A. excited B. tired C. sad D. relaxing ( ) 24. A. found B. read C. drew D. brought ( ) 25. A. M B.
14、P C. L D. S ( ) 26. A. other B. the other C. another D. others ( ) 27. A. two B. three C. four D. five ( ) 28. A. Also B. Still C. Before D. Later ( ) 29. A. If B. So C. Or D. And ( ) 30. A. advice B. paper C. gold D. news B 阅读下面短 文 , 根据上下文或首字母填空。 An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden
15、. He took care of his f 31 all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥 ) them. One day a young man went by the garden. He looked 32 the beautiful flowers, imagining(想象 ) how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. He was very surpris
16、ed about this and asked, “You cant see these flowers. 33 are you busy taking care of them every day?” The old man smiled and said “I can tell you four reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, though I can t see these flowers, I can touch them. T 34 , I c
17、an smell the sweetness of them. As for the last one, that s you. ” “Me? But you dont know me,” said the young man. “Yeah, its true that I dont know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = knows. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.” The blind mans wor
18、k opened our eyes and pleased our hearts, w hich also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven, who became 35 in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldnt hear his wonderful music, but his music has encourage d(鼓励 ) millions of people to face their difficu
19、lties bravely. Isnt it one kind of happiness? III. 阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 40 分） 第一节 阅读短文，从题后的四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A Dear Disney, Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical. We got to the front of the line at
20、 Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldnt take her ice-cream on the ride. We were so excited that we all forgot ice-cream was not allowed on the ride. Gloria broke into tears and we all had no idea what to do. Then Murphy, one of the staff ( 员工 ) members, came over. S
21、he bent down and told Gloria that she would hold the ice-cream for her and give it to her when she finished the ride. Gloria said, “Promise?” Then she gave Murphy her ice-cream, and she completely enjoyed the ride. Sure enough, as we walked out the exit, there was Glorias new friend with “her” ice-cream. Now you and I both know what happened, because we know that an ice-cream won t l
