浙江省平阳县昆阳镇第二中学八年级英语上学期竞赛选拔试题 外研版.doc

浙江省平阳县昆阳镇第二中学2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期竞赛选拔试题一、单项选择题（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）( )1. what do you usually have for _breakfast, peter? a fried egg, three pieces of bread and a glass of milk.a .an b. a c./ d. the ( )2. why are you waiting in line ? i have missed my _. a. place b. order c. turn d. time ( )3- have you got any books on english grammar? i want to borrow_. -yes, here you are. but you must return it by friday.a. one b. it c. some d. that ( )4. how are you today, francis? much , but my doctor says ill still have to rest for another few days. a. wel1 b. good c. better d. best( )5listen! some one is playing the piano. wow! _ beautiful music! i like it very much.a. what b. how c. what d. how( )6.whywasitsonoisyinyourroomyesterdayevening?thechildren_theparty.a.had b.have c.are having d.werehaving( )7.we are entering the hospital._ your cigarette now.sorry, ill do it right now.a. give out b. put out c. look out d. take out( )8. he speaks _english _french. instead, he speaks german.a. either; or b. not only; but also c. both; and d. neither; nor( )9. its raining heavily again. will it last long? _ . we are getting into the rainy season now.a. of course notb. thats impossible c. im afraid so d. im afraid not( ) 10. this picture probably means “_”. a. no smokingb. keep quiet. c. no music. d. no food.二、阅读理解（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）dear liz， my stay in thailand has certainly been the experience of my life life is busy and excitingbangkok is just like any other big city with a population of 10 million and heavy trafficim very lucky because my host family is in a nice quiet area outside the citythere are mr. and mrs. phairat, their son sanan, who is 18, the daughter chinda, who is 16, and grandpa and grandma i go to an international school with sanan and chindathe school teaches about 70 percent in english，and 30 percent in thai. ive learned some spoken language，but thai writing is very difficultthe cooking lesson is my favouriteim learning all about thai food and culture people dont use chopsticks here，but spoons and forkswhen i come back，im going to cook you a real thai meal last weekend we visited some templeswe also drove to pattaya beach near bangkoki thought it was great，but sanan and chinda say that next month theyre taking me to phuket island，where the beaches are even more beautifulthe month after next，were going to travel to mrphairats hometown in the north of thailandthe phairats own land there，and they have two elephantsim going to ride those elephants and even wash themsanan and chinda say its really fun im amazed by everything in this country，especially by the elephantselephants are an important pan of thai culture and way of lifethey have been a traditional symbol(象征)of thailand for many years in times of war and peacein the seventh century，a thai king trained 20，000 elephants for battleill tell you all about my thai boxing(拳击)lessons next time i writelove,mandy( )11how many family members are there in mandys host family?a. 4 b. 5 c 6 d 7 ( )12 mandy writes in her email that the_ lesson is her favouritea. thai speaking b. boxing c. thai writing d. cooking( )13next month，mandy is going to visit_a .pattaya beach b .phuket island c. phairats hometown d. bangkok( )14from the e-mail we know that mandy is_ when she stays in thailand.a .bored b. quiet c. excited d. proud( )15what is the possible subject of the e-mail? a. study trip in thai land b. food culture in thailand c. elephant riding in thailand d. international schools in thailand三、词汇运用（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）阅读短文，在空白处填入合适的单词并使用其适当形式，每空一词。a taxi driver taught me a million dollar lesson. the cost of the taxi ride was only $ 12.i went to the city to v_ (16 ) an important customer. after the visit, i went to the airport q _(17) . a very clean taxi stopped next to me. i g_(18) in and the driver started the car. next, he told me that the newspaper next to me was for my use. he then showed me some tapes and asked m _ (19)what kind of music i wanted.i c_(20) not believe it! so i asked the driver, “i feel you like your job so much. you must have a story to tell”“yes,” he answered. “i worked in a big company before. but i got tired of my job. i decided to find my place in life, so that i could feel great of d_ ( 21) my best.”“i knew i would never be a great person, but i love driving. so i became a taxi d_(22). i like to give people the b _(23) time. i feel great a_(24) i have done the whole days work and done it well. i enjoy my job.”“one thing i know for sure, to be good in my job, i just need to meet the expectations(期望) of my passengers. but, to be great in my job, i have to exceed（超越）passengers expectations！i like to hear my passengers say h_(25) great the driver is. ”四、智力测试. 按要求完成下列各题。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）（ ）26. find the letter which will end the first word and start the second. example peac(h) omepar( )ite fa( )ice （ ）27. his talk was nothing but milk and water. “milk and water”, here means ? a.毫无意义 b.丰富多彩 c.血浓于水 d.例行公事（ ）28. make a five-letter word from these letters:n, i, g, t, l, u, e, h, d, oa. snake b. hello c. enough d. danger （ ）29. xia jun is ten years old this year. his father is thirty-nine years old. when his father is just two times as old as he, how old will xia jun be?a. nineteen. b. twenty-nin