八年级上学期英语竞赛试题Class: _____ Name: ______ Marks : ______ (满分100 分)一.单项选择(15分)( ) 1. His uncle is _____ artist from ___ European country, ___ famous artist is in Paris.A. a; the; theB. an; a; theC. the; / ;aD. an; / ; the( ) 2. The cha nee will be give n to only stude nts , so __ of you should try hard to catch it.A. .a little ; all B .a few ; noneC .a few ; all D. little ;none( ) 3. Danny is ___ t han Alice because h e ofte n eats a lot of hamburgers andice cream.A much healthy B. more healthier C .healthier D less healthy( ) 4. We must do everything we can ____ our earth cleaner and safer.A. madeB. to mak ingC. makeD. to make( ) 5. —Tom and I can ' t finish the project by_. Can you help us?—Of course.A. myselfB. ourselvesC. itselfD. themselves( ) 6.__Sorry I ___ my exercise book at home.__ Don 'tforget _____ it here tomorrow , please.A. forgot; to takeB. forgot; to bringC. left ; to takeD. left ;to bring( ) 7. Jenny walked to school this morning _____ her broken bicycle.A. becauseB. whyC. whe nD. because of( ) 8 .---Excuse me ,Sir. But smoking is not allowed (允许)here .---Sorry , I didn 'tsaw the sign」'll _______ my cigarette (香烟)at once .A. put offB. put outC. put up D .put away( ) 9. I ' ll give the key to Li Ming when he ____ back home.A. is comingB. will comeC. cameD. comes( )10 ——I don 'tknow if Jim __ here in such cold weather .——Me n either .But if he _ , every one will be happy .A. comes; will comeB. will come ; will comeC. comes ; comesD. will come ;comes( )11. ---Do I have to sell my old computer ? It almost stops work ing .——You _ do so , it only needs ___ . Something has gone wrong with it .A. must n't; to repairB. can't; repairi ngC. n eed n't; repairi ngD. may not ; to repair ( )12.——Where's your brother now ？——He ___ to the library .He _____ h ere just now.A. is going ; has leftB. has gone ; has leftC. is going ;left D .has gone ; left( )13.-- Is there ___ in today ' newspaper?---Yes .Premier Li went to see ____ Stay -home children ” on December 25 th .A. special somethi ng ; hun dred ofB. special any thi ng; hun dreds ofC. someth ing special hun dred ofD. anything special ; hun dreds of( )14. —What about these two coats, Madam— ____ of them fits me, could you show me ______ one ?A. Neither; ano therB. Either ; ano therC. Neither; otherD. Either ; else( )15. Thank you for _____ let me _________ swim ming today .A. agree ing; goB. agree to ; to goC. agree ing to ; goD. agree to ;go二.完形填空(10分)When I was a teenager, my family was poor. What I ate, wore and used was always the _16 in my class. I felt 17 about my life and didn ' t study hard. I even wanted? to my life.That day, I went to my mother ' fsctory to see her for the 19 time. Most of the workersthere were men. In the back of the workshop (车间)I 20 a pair of tennis rackets and somecucumber (黄瓜)slices. I asked a woman worker about them and she told me, “ Your mother often plays 21 with me. She wants to keep slim. And she uses the 22 to make her look youn ger.I couldn ' t 23 a word. How optimistic (乐观的)my mother was! 24 life was difficult, she never thought of giving up. I sat for a while and then went back to 25 . I studiedharder and went to college two years later.( )16. A. best B. highest C. shortest D. worst( )17. A. sorry B.happy C. surprised D. frie ndly( )18. A. enjoy B. end C. make D. live( )19. A. every B. most C. last D. some( )20. A. bought B. found C. brought D. played( )21. A. tennis B. pin g-p ong C. basketball D. soccer( )22. A. soap B. milk C. cucumber D. honey( )23. A. write B. read C. say D. liste n( )24. A. Because B. If C. And D. Although( )25. A. school B. factory C. college D. workshop‘阅读理解（20分）三.On May 14, a TV program called “ A Bite of China 舌尖上的中国》）was shown on CCTV 1 at 10:30 pm. It introduces （介绍） all kinds of delicious food and cooking ways. It also shows the life of the Chin ese and Chin ese culture.Chen Xiaoqing is director （导演）of the documentary. He is a famous food writer in China, too. He said, “ We are trying to tell people aboutdae （真正的）Chin a. It is about food but not's also abourtathges （变化）in China.Liu Wen, director of CCTV 9, thi nks it culture.“ Thefood stories make me remember my hometown, my mom s cooking and my childhood, ” said-2ear-old Wang Xin, one of the audiences （观众）who love the program.The program also makes people spe nd more money buying food. Sina reports that the show has encouraged （鼓励）the audiences to care more about food problems.根据短文内容，选择正确答案。