1、八年级英语读写能力竞赛试卷一、从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（每小题1分，共15分）I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag .I coughed uneasily. Finally 1 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.“Im 2 tomorrow,” he said.“I know.” My 3 was almost a whispe
2、r（低声）.I was 4 at myself for being so weak ,but I wasnt about to cry .“My 5 is early ,so there is still 6 time to come to the airport,” he said .Seeing the 7 look on my face ,he quickly added, “I promise(答应) I wont leave without saying goodbye.”I tried to say 8 ,but didnt . Its always 9 to keep quiet
3、 if youre about to cry . “You promised you wouldnt cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to 10 .I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 11 I thought he was always right behind me ,holding the seat to keep me from 12 .I was happy with this ,but he knew he couldnt hold me up all m
4、y life .He told me that one day he would have to let go.His coughing stopped my thinking .What was left to say? How could I say 13 to the person who taught me everything?The next morning I 14 , looked at my alarm clock ,and realized he had left 15 ago .We never even said goodbye.Goodbye, Rocky! Alth
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7、每小题1分，共7分)Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books is f_16_. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book. Next, you can read a book a_17
8、_: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again. A_18_ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m_19_ tha
9、t you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e_20_. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of date. This i
10、s not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is n_21_ out of date! Good readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading boo
11、ks is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W_22_ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable？三、阅读理解（本题有29小题，每小题2分，共58分）(A)Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you are you. And they would do anything for you.Like a lot of middle school students, Zhuang
12、Shuxia has a problem. She and her parents dont get on well.“I really want to be my Daddys little girl. But it feels like he just doesnt understand. He talks at me and doesnt listen.” said Zhuang, a Grade 9 student in Hangzhou.Do you and your parents also have problems?Well, why dont you all take a w
13、alk and have a talk on Monday? Its the International Day of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems.A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhuangs family: The children, 12 to 15 ye
14、ars old, didnt like talking with their parents much. They werent happy at home. Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them:1.Find a good time to talk, like when youre eating dinner, goin
15、g out for a walk or watching TV. 2.Tell them something youre interested in, or ask them aboutl their lives when they were young. They love to talk about it.3.Listen to them carefully, and look them in the eye.4.Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And a trusting family is a happy family.23.W
16、hat is Zhuang Shuxias problem?A. Her father thinks she is old enough. B. Her father doesnt like to talk with her.C. She really wants to be a little girl again.D. She and her father dont understand each other well.24.What does the writer suggest the students do on the International Day of Families?A.
17、 They should remember the special day for the families in the world.B. They should take a walk and have a talk with their parents.C. They should do something to celebrate the International Day of Families.D. They should help others to solve their family problems.25.In this passage the writer tells t
18、he children, 12 to 15 years old, .A. how to show their thanks to their parentsB. how to make friends with their parentsC. how to feel happier at home in different waysD. how to win their parents trust by listening to their parents(B)Paragraph 1Scientists have learned a lot about kinds of food people
19、 need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus ( 柑橘) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk;
20、(6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food ; (7) butter, or something like butter.Paragraph 2People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat a
21、t different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesnt matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesnt matter if a perso
22、n eats dinner at 4 oclock in the afternoon or at eleven oclock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day. Paragraph 3There are two problems, then , in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the worlds population so that no one is hungry. The
23、second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.26. According to the scientists, which of the following group of food is the healthiest for your lunch?A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B. potatoes, carrots, rice ,breadC. orange
24、s, bananas, fish, tomatoes D. beef, pork, fish, milk27. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?A. When people eat their lunch B. What to do with the two problemsC. How to cook food in different ways D. Why people eat different kind of food(C)One of this summers hottes
25、t books is “That Guy Was Cool.” Sounds like a great 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 kids.So lots of people, young and old, went to see the books author, 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturd
26、ay. She was in Beijing to sign books for her fans. “Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near to us and goes to our hearts,” said a Junior 2 student in Beijing. “When I read it, I laughed and I cried.”Like the “Meteor Garden” TV series(系列), “That Guy Was Cool” tells an unusual story of love between two st
27、udents. The girl is sweet, but shes just average（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 an
28、d moody,” said Guiyeoni.Guiyeonis book doesnt only use words. It also uses things like emoticons. Emoticons are small icons, 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 mobi
29、le phones.Guiyeoni said she wrote this way because of her young readers. “Writing with pictures is vivid and can say a lot of things,” she said.Guiyeoni began writing the books story on the Web in 2001 when she was a Senior 2 student. Last year, she put that online story together to make this book.
30、“That Guy Was Cool” has been made into a film, and it will come out in Korea next month.This is Guiyeonis first of four books, and she hopes to keep writing as she goes through college. She also has a message for young writers. “I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this.”28. Gu
31、iyeoni is _.A. a girl who falls in love with her classmate. B. the writer of “Meteor Garden.” C. a young writer D. one of the emotions.29. which of the following may Not be an emotion?A. 8-) B. See you. C. J D. L30. The author used emoticons to write the book because .A. she really likes them B. she
32、 wants her young readers to be interestedC. pictures can say lots of thingsD. she was only a Senior student when she was writing the story 31. Parents like to read this book because _.A. its interesting and vivid B. of the way the author wrote the storyC. the story goes to their heart. D. its helpfu
33、l for them to know about their children better.32. Which of the following sayings has the closest meaning to “I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this”?A. Seeing is believing. B. Time flies.C. No news is good news. D. Where there is a will, there is a way. (D)It seems to be st
34、range to you there is a blind spot on the eye. Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear, When one eye is open?Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it. L on the left and R on the right. first, hold the card about 80 cm away and y
35、ou see both the letters. Ther close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, youll see the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your lace, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with you
36、r left eye closed, youll see the letter R disappearing.Why did the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. When the image of the letter falls on the blind spot, it wont be seen. That is why either of the letters disappear.33. The word “disappear” in the first paragraph mean
37、s _.A.消散 B.丢失 C.消失 D.遗失34.You fail to see the letter “L” in the experiment because _A. your eyes are poor B. you move it close to your eyeC. its image falls on the blind spot D. your left eye is not open35. In which order(顺序) should you do the experiment?a. hold the cardb. move the card nearerc. clo
38、se your right eyed. write two English letterse. look at the letter Rf. make a cardA. f-d-a-b-c-e B. a-c-f-d-e-b C. f-a-d-c-b-e D. f-d-a-c-e-b36. This passage mainly (主要) tells us _.A. there is a blind spot on the eye B. an interesting experimentC. where the blind spot is D. how to find the blind spo
39、t(E)Ron is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Rons parents said they would give him $ 600 if he didnt watch TV for a year.Rons parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a news- paper story about a boy who d
40、idnt watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron. Ron liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away, and said, “It doesnt bother me not to watch TV. I just want the money.”At first, Rons parents were very happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played
41、cards with his mother. But after some time, he got bored. Every morning, he asked his parents, “What are we doing tonight?” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV just for one evening. Ron always said, “No, it would cost me money!”Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watchin
42、g his favourite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $ 600? “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said.37. Ron didnt watch TV for one year because _. A. he wanted the money B. watching TV too much is bad C. he wanted to study harder D. he wa
43、nted to learn from the boy38. “It doesnt bother me not to watch TV” means “Its _ to watch TV”. A. waste time B. important for me C. not use D. not important for me39. The best title for the story is _. A. A Funny Story B. A Year without TV C. A Good Boy D. Buying a TV Set(F)London has a new magazine
44、 .But it is not printed on paper .Everyone who has a television can receive it because it in on TV.If you want to read the magazine, you have to have a decoder(解码器) . Each page of it is numbered,so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about .There is a wide choic
45、eeverything is included from cooking to the latest sports news .If you want to read the news ,the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index（索引）page which has an easy-to temember page number ,100 for example .The news is on pages 101 to 109 so you push out the numbers and the news appears wr
46、itten across your screen .Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon ,so you press 181 ,and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen .But the weather is terrible so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the weeks best bargains .But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report .It is very simple to use .But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time .Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in m
