2013-2014学年度第一学期八年级英语知识竞赛试卷满分：100分一、单项选择（15分）1、I was bad at English last term, I will try my best to learn it ______.A. from then onB. from last termC. from onD. from now on2.—I think that China will win the World Cup one day.—I_______. The Chinese team is becoming stronger and stronger.A. agreeB. disagreeC. don’t agreeD. think3. I will have many different _______.A. kinds of goldfish esB. kind of goldfish esC. kind of goldfishD. kinds of goldfish4. Every day he makes me_______ early and __________ in the morning.A. to get up; runB.get up; to runC. to get up; to runD. get up; run5．What_____ you____ when your mother came back?A. are; doingB. were ; doingC. did; do6 This road is very crowded. You can find cars and buses_____.A. everywhereB. anywhereC. nowhere7. “If you aren’t here on time tomorrow.” Mr Black said to Jenny, “ I’ll write your parents about this .”Mr Black told Jenny that _______.A. he will write to her parents about this if she isn’t here on time tomorrow.B. he would write to her parents about this if she wasn’t here on time the next day.C. he would write to her parents about that if she wasn’t there on time the next day.D. he was going to write to her parents about that if she wasn’t th ere on time the next day.8. I _____ for you the whole morning, Where have you been?A. waitedB. have waitedC. have been waittingD. have been waiting9. Can you ___ this difficulty?A. get upB. get intoC. get overD. get to10. When he heard the sad news, his face ___ white.A. grewB. becameC. gotD. turned11. He prefers ___ to school on foot rather than ___ the bus.A. to go; to takeB. going; takingC. to go; takeD. go; take12. “Remember_______ your homework on time, Li Ming”, his mother said.A. to finishB. to finishingC. finishingD. have to finish13. Be polite ____ others!A. toB. atC. about14．----Would you mind turning down the music? ----_______.A. Yes, I wouldB. No, of courseC. No, not at all15．The citizens complained ____ the police __ the noise from the neighbourhood.A. to ,aboutB. about, toC. to, forD. of , to二、完形填空（15分）(A)In 1955, Ray Kroc 16.____ a small restaurant in California. It 17.____ next to the road, so customers(顾客) could drive up to the restaurant and drive away 18.____ .It was owned by the McDonald brothers, Dick and “Mac” . The McDonald brothers had developed a new idea: “drive-in” restaurant, where people can order food 19.____ their cars. The restaurant also 20.____ on the number of choices on the menu, so the cooks could make the food very21.____ .The restaurant specialized（精通）in 22.____ hamburgers, French fries, and chocolate shakes. Ray Kroc recognized（认识到）the potential（潜能）of the McDonald brothers’ restaurant, and he bought the rights to their idea. Mr. Kroc wanted to 23.____ his own restaurant, and he wanted to use the brothers’ family 24.____ . The brothers agreed, and the McDonald’s restaurant chain25.____ .16. A. opened B. visited C. saw D. had17. A. builds B. built C. was built D. building18. A. easily B. slowly C. often D. difficult19. A. out B. from C. in D. inside20. A. added B. cut C. added up D. cut down21. A. slowly B. easily C. quickly D. satisfiedly22. A. make B. making C. to make D. made23. A. have B. own C. open D.run24. A.house B. money C.right 25. A. was born B. came into being（形成）C.appeared（出现）D. opened(B)The school party will be held on Sep. 30th. Many students like to go to the (26)________. But before the party, the school principal has made many rules for it: the students cannot (27)_________jeans to the party; the students cannot (28)__________ friends from other schools; the students cannot run or (29)__________ at the party. What will happen if they do? They will be asked to leave(30)____ they will not be let in.( ) 26. A. school B. party C. gym D. meeting( ) 27. A. put on B. in C. wear D. take off( ) 28. A. bring B. take C. make D. let( ) 29. A. sit B. sing C. dance D. shout( ) 30 .A. or B. and C. but D. so三、阅读理解：(30分)(A)The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the moon, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn’t give any light at all. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the star s. But actually(实际上) the star sare much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they’re much farther away from u s.31. ____moves round________.A. The earth; the moonB. The moon; the earthC. The moon; the star sD. The sun; the earth32. Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because_________.A. it is much bigger than the sunB. it comes out only at nightC. it is much nearer to the earth than the sunD. it doesn’t give a strong light33. The sun_______________.A. is very bright, and it gives a very strong lightB. isn’t bright, but it gives a very strong lightC. is very big, but it doesn’t give any light at allD. is very round, but it can’t move round34. The stars______________.A. look much bigger than the moonB. look much bigger than the sunC. are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moonD. are much farther away from u s than the moon35. Which is the nearest to us, the moon, the sun or the star?A. the moonB. the sunC. the starD. the earth(B)Danny was just tired about the way things were going . His mum came to school and talked on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking.“Somebody’s got to stop that boy!”she was shouting.“Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny.”Mrs Green ,Danny’s teacher ,was concerned(关注) a lot.“I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,”she said.“He’s never said anything about this to me!”Mrs Green looked at Danny.“How long had this been going on?”she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew is he said a word about this; he would have trouble at school.Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.36.We learn from the reading that____.A. Danny was not a good studentB. Danny’s mother talked too much about the school.C. Danny’s teacher knew something about Danny’s problem beforeD. Danny wanted to get away from Rick37.When Danny’s mother came for M rs Green ,the matter was now ____ to Mrs Green.A. seriousB. commonC. untrueD. similar38. Danny now ____.A. was tired of the school and his friendsB. had no friends at allC. was not sure what he would do with the problemD. made some new friends in the neighborhood39. Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs Green because ____.A. she had known itB. the other boys would tell herC. he didn’t want to be in troubleD. his mother didn’t want him to say it40. The word “gang”in the reading mean s____A. a place for boys to play gamesB. a group of young peopleC. a school bus for children to and from schoolD. the teacher’s office（C）My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. It’s name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.One Saturday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still there. Ja ck be came very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack could stand it no longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.41 From the story, we know that Jack is ________.A Dick’s good friendB a large police dogC a young man42 Where does Dick walk with his dog every Saturday afternoon?A In his roomB In the streetC In the park43 Ja ck be came very worried one afternoon because ______.A he couldn’t be taken out for a walk at the usual time.B a young man came to visit Dick that afternoon.C Dick walked around his room several times.44 What does the word “stand” mean in the passage?A 站立B理解C忍受D 站住45 Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?A Try to take the man laugh.B Like the young man very much.C Ask the young man to leave. D.Give the man’s hat back to him.四、单词拼写（根据所给汉语，结合句子意思，在空格处填上一个单词。