八年级英语竞赛试题总分：120分时间：100分钟一、听力理解（每题1分，共25分）Ⅰ. 听句子，选择正确图片。

每个句子读一遍。

（5分）1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________5. ________Ⅱ. 听句子，选择正确答语。

每个句子读两遍。

（5分）( )6. A. Yes, it is. B. No, it isn’t. C. It’s bad.( )7. A. I’m sorry. B. I agree. C. I’ll think about it.( )8. A. A teacher. B. China. C. Swimming.( )9. A. I’d love to. B. I’m sure of that. C. I’m sorry to hear that.( )10. A. English. B. I don’t like it at all.C. That’s right.Ⅲ. 听对话及问题，选择正确答案。

每组对话及问题读两遍。

（5分）( )11. A. To do his homework. B. To wash dishes. C. To play computer games.( )12. A. Table tennis. B. Basketball. C. Football.( )13. A. Sleeping. B. Having breakfast. C. Watching TV.( )14. A. Li Ming. B. Jack. C. Wang Junfeng.( )15. A. A pen. B. A book. C. A ruler.Ⅳ. 听短文，选择正确答案。

短文读两遍。

（5分）( )16. What does Dave do?A. A doctor.B. A teacher.C. A student.( )17. What are the children doing?A. Playing football.B. Learning something about animals.C. Talking to the teacher.( )18. What’s Dave’s father?A. A worker.B. A writer.C. A policeman.( )19. Where is Dave’s house?A. Near the school.B. Next to the zoo.C. Across from the library.( )20. Who like animals?A. Dave.B. Jack.C. Jane.Ⅴ. 听短文，完成表格。

短文读三遍。

（5分）二、单项选择（每题1分，共15分）26. ---How did you learn English?---I ______ on the internet.A. helped myselfB. taught myselfC. enjoyed myselfD. learnt myself27. Why _______ go out for a walk after supper?A. don’ tB. didn’tC. notD. doesn’t28. When the teacher came into the classroom, the students ______ at once.A. stopped to talkB. stopped talkingC. began talkingD. began to talk29. It ______ him nearly two hours to do my homework yesterday.A. spentB. usedC. tookD. cost30. Don’t drink ____ water. There is no washroom on the bus.A. too muchB. much tooC. too manyD. many too31. He ______ his soccer everywhere, but he didn’t find it.A. looked forB. lookedC. looked afterD. looked up32. After hard work, he felt too ______ to walk.A. happyB. tiredC. sadD. excited33. Tomorrow ____ Sunday, I ____ the Great Wall with my brother.A. will be, climbB. is, will climbingC. will, am climbingD. is, am going to climb34. Mr. Green will give us a call _______ a minute.A. afterB. inC. untilD. before35. There is no time _______ the box now.A. OpenB. openingC. opensD. to open36. The foreigners arrived _______ Shanghai _______ night.A. at; atB. in; atC. in; inD. at; in37. Blue whales are the largest and heaviest animals in the world, but they( ) the smallest sea animals.A. feed inB. live inC. feed onD. fed on38. —Zhou Fang, can you finish your homework better with _______ time?—I think I can.A. fewB. fewerC. littleD. less39. The boy is very young, but he knows much _______ about computers.A. knowledgeB. skillsC. inventorsD. future40. —Must we finish the project in a month?—No, you _______.A. mustn’tB. needn’tC. can’tD. don’t三、完形填空（每题1分，共10分）When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over. You don’t want to work, you stay in bed, feeling 41 .What makes you ill? It is germ. Germs are 42 . They are very 43 and you can’t find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. And there would be 44 them on or in a very small thing.Germs are always found in dirty water. When you look at dirty water under the microscope, you will see them 45 it. So your parents will not let you 46 dirty water.Germs are found not only in water. They are 47 found in air and dust(灰尘) . If you cut your finger and if some of the dust goes into the 48 , your finger will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes germs will go into your 49 and you will have pain everywhere. So let’s keep ourselves clean and strong and keep the germs 50 our body.( )41. A. happy B. angry C. terrible D. sad( )42. A. everywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. some where( )43. A. few B. small C. little D. less( )44. A. some B. one C. hundreds of D. much( )45. A. on B. at C. in D. under( )46. A. eat B. wash C. drink D. touch( )47. A. either B. too C. also D. even( )48. A. hole B. hand C. finger D. cave( )49. A. hands B. body C. heart D. head( )50. A. into B. away from C. inside D. out四、阅读理解（A,B篇每题1分，C，D篇每题2分，共30分）（A）People eat different things in different parts of the world.In south China we eat rice every day. Sometimes we eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supper. We usually eat it with fish, meat and vegetable.The Japanese eat rice, too. They also eat a lot of fish. They sometimes eat raw（生的）fish. In Africa, maize（玉米）is the most important food. People there make maize into flour （面粉）.From this flour they make different kinds of bread and cakes.In western（西方的）countries such as Britain, Australia and the U.S.A, the most important food is bread or potatoes. People there usually make their bread from wheat flour. They cook the potatoes in different ways. In England the most popular food is fish and chips. Sometimes people cook this food at home, but usually they buy it at the shop. They eat this food at home, in their work place, in the park or on the road. People call it "take-away" food.( ) 51. What is the passage about?A. FoodB. ClothesC. Ways of lifeD. Health( )52. Who sometimes eat fish when it isn't cooked?A. People in China.B. People in Japan.C. People in Africa.D. People in England( )53. What is the most important food for African people?A. RiceB. FishC. MaizeD. Bread and cakes.( )54. Which of the following countries is called “a western country”?A. A country in Africa.B. Japan.C. Australia.D. China.( )55. Where do people eat “take-away” food ?A. At homeB. On their way to schoolC. Anywhere they like.D. In the park or on the road（B）Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in 2002 in NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center became the first player to come from a foreign team.Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain (队长) of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father played basketball, too.Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in CBA. It’s short for China Basketball Association (联赛). During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores (得分) for the Shanghai Oriental (东方) Sharks in every match.Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in October, 2002. He said it was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve (提高) himself.Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton said，“Yao Ming has the potential (潜力), the capability (能力) of changing the future of basketball.”( )56.The Houston Rockets is the name of a _______ team.A.table tennisB. volleyballC. basketballD. golf( )57.Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were _______.A. football playersB. basketball playersC. the centers of the Chinese National TeamD. the captains of the Chinese National Team( )58.Yao Ming _______ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.A.does wellB. is goodC. was goodD. did well( )59.Yao Ming _______ the Houston Rockets in October, 2002.A. did his best to join B .was well-known inC. became a member (成员) ofD. liked( )60.Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to _______.A .learn from the NBA B. change the future of basketballC. improve himselfD. became the captain of the Houston Rockets(C)Our world is getting smaller and smaller. We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The newest plane can fly at 600 miles an hour. You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris.But hundreds of years ago, it took people a long time to go around the world. Magellan's(麦哲伦) men were the first to make that trip. They went by ship and it took them more than two years. On September 20, 1510,he left Spain(西班牙) with five ships and240men. He was killed in the Philippines（菲律宾）. More than two years later, onDecember 21, 1512 , only one of the five ships with just 31 men returned to Spain. Magellan's trip taught us that the world was round and that people could go around the world.( )61. People can fly around the world in_____.A. just 50 hoursB. less than 50 hoursC. more than 50 hoursD. more than 40 hours( )62. "You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris." means that_____.A. people can have breakfast and supper in TokyoB. people can have breakfast and supper in ParisC. people can have breakfast and supper both in Tokyo and in ParisD. the world is becoming smaller( )63. Magellan's men were the first to make the trip around the world, which tookthem_______ .A. more than two yearsB. two yearsC. less than two yearsD. three years( )64. Magellan was killed in ____________.A. JapanB. ChinaC. the PhilippinesD. Spain( )65. The trip taught people that the world was ___________.A. poorB. richC. strongD. round(D)下面两封是Celia写给她的老师Mr. Scott的信以及Mr. Scott给她的回信。