八年级英语竞赛试题笔试部分（80分）一、单项选择：（每小题1分，共15分）（）1、Beijing is _____ the north of China. Shanghai is ______ the south of Beijing.A. in, onB. on, toC. in, toD. on, on（）2、Don’t eat that meat. It smells _________.A. dirtyB. badC. deliciousD. badly（）3、The car ________ my father 210,000 yuan.A. paid forB. costC. spentD. took（）4、My father _______ listen pop music, but now he ________ listening rock music.A. used to, used toB. used to , be used toC. used to, is used toD. be used to, be used to（）5. ---You look _____. What’s wrong---I didn’t have anything for breakfast this morning.A. worriedB. excitedC. paleD. surprised（）6. Tomorrow is New Year. Please __________ everyone else in our class.A. say hello toB. give a message toC. give my thanks toD. give my bestwishes to（） I go home now ------No, you _______. You _______ stay here.A. needn't ; have toB. needn't ; mustC. mustn't ; have toD. mustn't ; hasto（）8. How long _______ to get from Washington to New York by planeA. is itB. does it needC. does it takeD. it wants（） you have dinner with us tonight----_______. Where shall we goA. Sorry, I can’t.B. I’d love to, but I have to look after my gr anny.C. That sounds great.D. Help yourselves to some vegetables.（）10. When you come to my hometown, you’ll see many green trees on ______ sides of the street.A. everyB. eachC. bothD. all（）11. Jane has few friends here, ______A. does JaneB. doesn’t JaneC. doesn’t sheD. does she （）12. Don’t hurry. There is still ______ time left.A. littleB. fewC. a littleD. less（）13. I have ______ three-day holiday, but I have no _____ place to go.A. the other, otherB. the other, the othersC. another, otherD. another , others（）14. The doctor told Li Yong it was _______, just a cold.A. nothing seriousB. serious nothingC. something seriousD. serious something（）15. Although the old lady lives _______, he doesn’t feel ______.A. lonely, aloneB. alone, aloneC. lonely, lonelyD. alone, lonely II．阅读理解（每小题1分，共15分）阅读下列图表或短文并填写正确的词或选择最佳答案（A ）S uppose your pen friend in England wants to know something about Chinese write to tell him about the coins and draw a sketch(草图) for him 。

Now please fill in each blank of the passage with a correct number: There are __16__ kinds of coins in use in China , They are 1-fen coins, 2-fen coins ,5-fen coins, 1-jiao coins, 5-jiao coins and 1-yuan coins. One jiao is equal to __17___ fen ,and one yuan is equal to __18__ jiao or __19__ fen. The total face value for the coins is __20__ fen.(B)A School Report21. This is a .A. studying plan of Edward Scott B. teaching plan of IvyC. school report of Edward ScottD. working plan of . Martin（）22. Which subject is Not mentioned(提到)in the formA. ChineseB. MusicC. MathsD. Geography（）23. Edward’s best subject is .A. scienceB. EnglishC. FrenchD. history（）24. Edward is not so good at .A. science and geographyB. history and FrenchC. music and EnglishD. maths and history（）25. According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUEA. Edward doesn’t do well in scienceB. Edward can’t sing songs well.C. Edward studies two languages at school.D. Edward likes pop songs so much(C)Doctors may now be able to stop many heart attacks. An important new study reports that doctors have a new drug（药）. This drug is called TPA. It may be better than any other hear drug.Many doctors now use a drug called streptokinase. But this drug sometimes causes （引起problems for patients. It can even cause bleeding（出血）in the brain（脑）.Some doctors do not use streptokinase. Streptokinase can save about 1/3 of the people with heart attack. But TPA will save about 2/3 .One reason TPA can help more people is because of time. This new drug is easier and faster to use. It will give doctors more time in hospitals. Then they can study the problem well. People with heart problems can also keep some TPA at home. When a heart attack starts, they can take some PA right away. Then they will have time to get to the hospital. This is important because about 860,000 people in the United States die before they get to the hospital.There is another reason why TPA is good news for people with heart attacks. According to the study, it is much safer. It does not cause other problems like streptokinase does. TPA works only on the heart . It does not have an effect（结果）on the blood or cause bleeding.Doctors plan to do more studies about TPA. They need to test this new drug on many more people with heart attacks. But in a few years, many doctors and hospitals will probably start using this exciting new drug.（）26. The best title of this passage is ______.A. Heart AttacksB. A New Drug for Heart AttacksC. The Cause of Heart AttacksD. A Drug Called streptokinase（）27. The new drug is ______.A. the same as streptokinaseB. better than streptokinaseC. called streptokinaseD. bad for people with heart attacks（）28. The study says that TPA_____.A. is safer and faster than the old drug.B. is very dangerousC. is slower and harder to use than the old drugD. causes many problems （）29. This new drug may mean______.A. more people will die from heart attacksB. the same number of people will die from heart attacksC. fewer people will die from heart attacksD. no one will die from heart attacks（）30. Which of the following is rightA. Streptokinase is the new drug for heart attacks.B. TPA can save fewer people with heart attacks than streptoinase.C. People who take TPA at home before they go to hospital must be very careful.D. Probably TPA will be widely used in America in the following years.III.完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）A generation gap(代沟) has become a serious problem. I read a __31__ about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed themselves after quarrels(吵架) with __32__.I think this is because they don’t often have a talk with each other. Parents now __33__more time in the office, __34__ they don’t have much time to stay with their children. As time passes, they both feel that they don’t have the __35__ topics(话题) to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more with your __36__, get to know them and __37__ them. And for children, show your __38__ to your parents. They are the people who love you. So __39__ them your thoughts. In this way, you __40__ have a better understanding of each other.（）31. A. message B. call C. report D. letter（）32. A. friends B. teachers C. classmates D. parents（）33. A. spend B. stay C. work D. have（）34. A. because B. if C. but D. so（）35. A. interesting B. same C. true D. good（）36. A. business B. children C. work D. office（）37. A. get on with B. look after C. understand D. love（）38. A. interest B. secret C. trouble D. feelings（）. tell B. ask C. answer D. say（）40. A. can B. should C. must D. wouldIV..动词填空（每小题1分，共15分）用所给动词的适当形式填空41. _______ TV too much is bad for our health. (watch)42. At last they decided _____ at home instead of going to school. (stay)43. Your words made every one of us _______ even angrier. (get)44. Yesterday the farmers were busy _______ apples. (pick)45. When I got to the entrance of the hall, I saw some young kids _______ there. (smoke)用方框中所给动词的适当形式填空，完成下面的短文。