2017-2018学校八年级英语知识竞赛试卷（考试时间：90分钟， 满分：100分）一．.单项选择，从四个选项中选择最佳的一个选项。

（每题1分，共20分） （ ）1.Three hours______ not a long time. We can wait till they come.A. wereB. areC. wasD. is( ) 2. The teacher comes in. The students stop ________ . A. talk B. to talk C. talking D. to talking ( ) 3. The Greens often ______ dinner at six o’clock. A. is eating B. are eating C. eat D. eats( ) 4. Wei Hua with her sisters often ______ to the zoo on Sunday. A. go B. goes C. is going D. are going ( ) 5. _____ a cold winter morning, I meet one of my friends. A. In B. On C. At D. with( ) 6. He tries ________ English and he practises ______ Engish every day. A. to learn; speak B. learning; speakingC. to learn; speakingD. learning; to speak( ) 7.________ to get good grades.A. Study hardB. Studying hardC. To study hardD.Studied hard ( ) 8. It’s very kind ______ him _______ help me. A. for; to B. of; to C. to; for D. of; for ( ) 9. Can you give some _______ on his illness ？A. adviceB. advicesC. adviseD. suggestion ( ) 10. Is there ________ today’s newspaper?A. something important onB. something important inC. important something onD. anything important in( ) 11.Mary is going ________ December, and she’s staying _______three weeks. A. on; for B. in; for C.at; in D. in; on ( ) 12.Is he thinking _________ a long vacation.A. takeB. of takeC. about takingD. to take班级：________ 姓名:________ 座号：________A. decide onB. depend onC. look onD. put on( ) 14. Traveling by ship is ______ than taking a bus.A. a lot of funB. much funC.a lot more funD. a lot much fun( ) 15.There _______ a large number of books in our school library. ______ number of the books is 100000.A. has; AB. have;TheC. are; AD. are; The( ) 16. He does better _______ English than me.A. inB. atC. forD. on( ) 17. Tom spent the _____ day ______ with his grandpa.A. all; fishingB. all; to fishC. whole; fishingD. whole; to fish( ) 18. The room with four windows _______ our classroom.A. areB. isC. doD.not( ) 19. I don’t want this jacket. Please show me ________.A. othersB. the otherC.anotherD. the others( ) 20. Of the two toys, the child chose _____________.A. the one most expensiveB. the least expensiveC. the less expensiveD. most expensive二．阅读下列短文，并做每篇短文后的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出回答所提问题或完成句子的最佳答案。

(共15小题，计30分)（A）Born in a rich family, Florence. Nightingale took 1essons in music and drawing and read great books when she was young. As a child. she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. So she decided to be a nurse, but her father was strongly against her decision.She went to learn nursing in Germany and Franco. When she returned to England. she started a nursing home for woman. During the Crimean War in l854, Florence went to the front hospital. She used her own money to buy beds, clothes and food for the wounded (受伤的) soldier. Her only pay was the smiles from the lips (嘴唇) of dying soldiers. After she returned to England. she was praised (赞扬) for her work by Queen Victoria. But she said that her work had just begun. She raised (筹款) money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health.( ) 2 l. When she was a child, Florence______.A. was born in a poor familyB. taught music and drawingC. loved to help those sick people( ) 22. What made Florence decide to be a nurse?A. She read great books.B. Her own wish to help the sick.C. Her father's wish. ( ) 23. In l854. when Florence worked in front hospital, ______.A. she received no money at allB. she got a large sum of moneyC. the working conditions (环境) were very good( ) 24. Why was Florence praised by Queen Victoria?A. She did a lot of work during the Crimean War.B. She wrote a book on public health.C. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.( ) 25. The word "Home" in "Nightingale Home for Nurses" means_______A. familyB. houseC. school(B)In the old days in Europe, people believed that trees were embodiment(化身) of powerful beings. In the sixteen century, German families began to bring green trees into their homes during the Christmas seasons. By the seventeenth century, they cut the tops of evergreens and hung upside down in a living-room corner. And then they decorated them with fruits, candies, cookies and candles.The first Christmas trees in America were set up by German immigrants(移民) in the 1820s. Now at Christmas time decorated trees stand in about two thirds of American homes. The modern American tree is usually covered with colored balls and strings of colored lights.( ) 26. The passage is mainly about ______.A. how people in the past enjoyed ChristmasB.when people began to enjoy ChristmasC. Christmas treesD. Christmas history( ) 27. When and where were Christmas trees first used in the world?A.In the sixteenth century in GermanyB. In the seventeenth century in GermanyC.In the eighteenth century in AmericaD.In the nineteenth century in America ( ) 28. What does the underlined word “evergreens” mean?A.圣诞树B.落叶树C.常青树D.杨树( ) 29. People in the old days used Christmas trees during Christmas seasons because_______.A.they liked to use it to decorate the houseB.they thought green trees were powerfulC.they wanted to put little presents on the treesD.they wanted to have a party around the trees( )30. Which of the following is true according to this passage?A.People now decorate the Christmas trees with the same things as they did in the olddays.B.We may call a Christmas tree “evergreens” now.C.Christmas trees have power.D.Germans people brought the custom of using Christmas to America.(C)One day an American went to a small town in South America for his holidays. Few people went there because it was far away front the cities. He fell all and wanted very much to see a doctor.The American wanted to find out a fine doctor there. A man told him, “That’s very easy. If there is a patient that a doctor can’t cure(治愈)，the doctor has to put a balloon(气球) over his clinic(诊所).The American thought, “The less balloons are, the better the doctor is.” He began to look for the best doctor along the street. First he found a clinic. There were 20 balloons. After a few minutes he found another one, which had 30 balloons. He thought neither doctor was fine.At last he found the third clinic that was very new, and only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in. “Wait a minute,” said the doctor. “I’m too busy, you know. I have to put some balloons,” The American looked at the new clinic and asked, “When did you open yours?” The doctor answered, “It was only yesterday!” The American was very much surprised and said to himself, “Where can’t I find the best doctor?”( )31. _______ went to the small town for their holidays.A. Many peopleB. Some peopleC. Most peopleD. A lot of people( )32. The American wanted to see a doctor because ______.A. he didn’t feel wellB. he was very happyC. he was very tiredD. he was a doctor, too( )33. It was ______ to find a fine doctor in the town.A. easyB. not hardC. dangerousD. difficult( )34. If the three doctors opened their clinics at the same time, which one do you think is the best?A. The first oneB. The second oneC. The third oneD. I’m not sure( )35. The third clinic was ______.A. a new oneB. an old oneC. the bestD. the worst第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共50分）三、单词拼写（本大题共10分，每小题1分）（A）根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。