人民教育出版英語(yǔ)八上《讀寫(xiě)能力》競(jìng)賽試卷

1、2010-2011學(xué)年八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)讀寫(xiě)能力競(jìng)賽試卷一、從各小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。（每小題1分，共15分）I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag .I coughed uneasily. Finally 1 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile.“Im 2 tomorrow,” he said.“I know.” My 3 was almo

2、st a whisper（低聲）.I was 4 at myself for being so weak ,but I wasnt about to cry .“My 5 is early ,so there is still 6 time to come to the airport,” he said .Seeing the 7 look on my face ,he quickly added, “I promise(答應(yīng)) I wont leave without saying goodbye.”I tried to say 8 ,but didnt . Its always 9 to

3、 keep quiet if youre about to cry . “You promised you wouldnt cry,” he said to me, thinking that I was close to 10 .I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike. 11 I thought he was always right behind me ,holding the seat to keep me from 12 .I was happy with this ,but he knew he couldnt hold

4、me up all my life .He told me that one day he would have to let go.His coughing stopped my thinking .What was left to say? How could I say 13 to the person who taught me everything?The next morning I 14 , looked at my alarm clock ,and realized he had left 15 ago .We never even said goodbye.Goodbye,

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7、填一詞，首字母已給。(每小題1分，共7分)Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books is f_16_. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book. Next, you can read

8、a book a_17_: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again. A_18_ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. Thi

9、s m_19_ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e_20_. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.Some people say that reading is out of d

10、ate. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is n_21_ out of date! Good readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about.

11、Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W_22_ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable？三、閱讀理解（本題有29小題，每小題2分，共58分）(A)Parents are the closest people to you in the world. They love you just because you are you. And they would do anything for you.Like a lot of middle school studen

12、ts, Zhuang Shuxia has a problem. She and her parents dont get on well.“I really want to be my Daddys little girl. But it feels like he just doesnt understand. He talks at me and doesnt listen.” said Zhuang, a Grade 9 student in Hangzhou.Do you and your parents also have problems?Well, why dont you a

13、ll take a walk and have a talk on Monday? Its the International Day of Families. On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems.A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhuangs family: The children,

14、12 to 15 years old, didnt like talking with their parents much. They werent happy at home.  Of course, lots of kids feel that way. But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends. Here are some ways to have a good talk with them: 1.Find a good time to talk, like when yo

15、ure eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV.  2.Tell them something youre interested in, or ask them aboutl their lives when they were young. They love to talk about it. 3.Listen to them carefully, and look them in the eye. 4.Be honest. Your parents will trust you more. And

16、 a trusting family is a happy family.23.  What is Zhuang Shuxias problem?A. Her father thinks she is old enough.B. Her father doesnt like to talk with her.C. She really wants to be a little girl again.D. She and her father dont understand each other well.24. What does the writer sugge

17、st the students do on the International Day of Families?A. They should remember the special day for the families in the world.B. They should take a walk and have a talk with their parents.C. They should do something to celebrate the International Day of Families.D. They should help others to solve t

18、heir family problems.25. In this passage the writer tells the children, 12 to 15 years old,       .A. how to show their thanks to their parentsB. how to make friends with their parentsC. how to feel happier at home in different waysD. how to win their parents trust

19、 by listening to their parents(B)Paragraph 1Scientists have learned a lot about kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus ( 柑橘) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and ot

20、her fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷類(lèi)), rice is also in this kind of food ; (7) butter, or something like butter.Paragraph 2People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of thi

21、ngs. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. I

22、t doesnt matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesnt matter if a person eats dinner at 4 oclock in the afternoon or at eleven oclock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day. Paragraph 3There are two problems, then , in feeding the large number of people

23、on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the worlds population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.26. According to the scientists, which of the following group of food is the healt

24、hiest for your lunch?A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B. potatoes, carrots, rice ,breadC. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes D. beef, pork, fish, milk27. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?A. When people eat their lunch B. What to do with the two problemsC. How

25、to cook food in different ways D. Why people eat different kind of food(C)One of this summers hottest books is “That Guy Was Cool.” Sounds like a great book for kids, doesnt it? But parents and teachers want to read this one, too. It can teach them something about the language of todays kids.So lots

26、 of people, young and old, went to see the books author, 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday. She was in Beijing to sign books for her fans. “Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near to us and goes to our hearts,” said a Junior 2 student in Beijing. “When I read it, I laughed and I cried.”Like

27、the “Meteor Garden” TV series(系列), “That Guy Was Cool” tells an unusual story of love between two students. The girl is sweet, but shes just average（一般的）. The boy is good-looking and has everything, but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young. They become close and help ea

28、ch other to be happy. In the end, they fall in love.“The girl in the book is like me. Shes simple and moody,” said Guiyeoni.Guiyeonis book doesnt only use words. It also uses things like emoticons. Emoticons are small icons, like smiling faces, and they are used to show emotions. Kids know what thes

29、e things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.Guiyeoni said she wrote this way because of her young readers. “Writing with pictures is vivid and can say a lot of things,” she said.Guiyeoni began writing the books story on the Web in 200

30、1 when she was a Senior 2 student. Last year, she put that online story together to make this book. “That Guy Was Cool” has been made into a film, and it will come out in Korea next month.This is Guiyeonis first of four books, and she hopes to keep writing as she goes through college. She also has a

31、 message for young writers. “I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this.”28. Guiyeoni is _.A. a girl who falls in love with her classmate. B. the writer of “Meteor Garden.” C. a young writer D. one of the emotions.29. which of the following may Not be an emotion?A. 8-) B. See yo

32、u. C. J D. L30. The author used emoticons to write the book because .A. she really likes themB. she wants her young readers to be interestedC. pictures can say lots of thingsD. she was only a Senior student when she was writing the story 31. Parents like to read this book because _.A. its interestin

33、g and vividB. of the way the author wrote the storyC. the story goes to their heart. D. its helpful for them to know about their children better.32. Which of the following sayings has the closest meaning to “I think that if they try hard, lots of young people can do this”?A. Seeing is believing.B. T

34、ime flies.C. No news is good news.D. Where there is a will, there is a way. (D)It seems to be strange to you there is a blind spot on the eye. Here is an interesting experiment that can make something disappear, When one eye is open?Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English lett

35、ers L and R on it. L on the left and R on the right. first, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Ther close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, youll see the letter L disappearing. But if you move

36、the card nearer to your lace, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, youll see the letter R disappearing.Why did the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eye. When the image of the letter falls on the blind spot, it wont be seen.

37、That is why either of the letters disappear.33. The word “disappear” in the first paragraph means _.A.消散 B.丟失 C.消失 D.遺失34.You fail to see the letter “L” in the experiment because _A. your eyes are poor B. you move it close to your eyeC. its image falls on the blind spot D. your left eye is not open3

38、5. In which order(順序) should you do the experiment?a. hold the cardb. move the card nearerc. close your right eyed. write two English letterse. look at the letter Rf. make a cardA. f-d-a-b-c-eB. a-c-f-d-e-bC. f-a-d-c-b-eD. f-d-a-c-e-b36. This passage mainly (主要) tells us _.A. there is a blind spot o

39、n the eyeB. an interesting experimentC. where the blind spot isD. how to find the blind spot(E)Ron is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Rons parents said they would give him $ 600 if he didnt watch TV for a year.Rons parents t

40、hought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a news- paper story about a boy who didnt watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron. Ron liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away, and said, “It doesnt bother me not to watch TV. I just want the money.”At first, Rons parents were ve

41、ry happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after some time, he got bored. Every morning, he asked his parents, “What are we doing tonight?” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV just for one evening. Ron al

42、ways said, “No, it would cost me money!”Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $ 600? “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said.37. Ron didnt watch TV for one year because _.

43、A. he wanted the money B. watching TV too much is bad C. he wanted to study harder D. he wanted to learn from the boy38. “It doesnt bother me not to watch TV” means “Its _ to watch TV”. A. waste time B. important for me C. not use D. not important for me39. The best title for the story is _. A. A Fu

44、nny Story B. A Year without TV C. A Good Boy D. Buying a TV Set(F)London has a new magazine .But it is not printed on paper .Everyone who has a television can receive it because it in on TV.If you want to read the magazine, you have to have a decoder(解碼器) . Each page of it is numbered,so you only ha

45、ve to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about .There is a wide choiceeverything is included from cooking to the latest sports news .If you want to read the news ,the first thing you have to do is to turn to the index（索引）page which has an easy-to temember page number ,100 for e

46、xample .The news is on pages 101 to 109 so you push out the numbers and the news appears written across your screen .Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon ,so you press 181 ,and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen .But the weather is terrible so you decide to go shopping and d

47、ial 162 for a list of the weeks best bargains .But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report .It is very simple to use .But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time .Journalists type new mat

48、erial directly onto the screen and whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes .40. Where can you see this new magazine?A. In a bookshop. B. In a library. C. On television. D. In a reading room.41. If you want some information about weather, you should press _.A. 162 B. 189 C. 109 D. 1814

49、2. We can know from the passage that .A. the magazine can be bought at any shopB. most of the postmen in London will lose their jobs some dayC. everyone can read this magazine if they have a televisionD. the readers can get all kinds of information staying at home 43.In the sentence“Each page of it

50、is numbered” ,here “it” means the .A. decoderB. magazineC. subjectD. program44.The passage is mainly about .A. a new magazine that is printed in LondonB. a new way of getting newsC. a popular TV program about magazinesD. a new idea of reading quickly(G)Tom owned a small shop. He worked hard. It was

51、open from seven in the morning until eleven at night and sold many different things. Tom worked hard in his shop but he had a good business and he was happy.Then a supermarket opened across the street. The supermarket was ten times the size of Toms shop. The manager of the supermarket wanted to take

52、 people away from Tom. He found out what Toms prices were and then made his lower than Toms.People quickly stopped buying things from Toms shop. They bought everything from the supermarket instead. Soon Toms business was very bad and he was angry.“Its not fair,” Tom thought, “I must do something to

53、teach that supermarket manager a lesson.”The price of steak in the supermarket was $ 5.00 a pound. Tom put a sign in his window, “Steak- $4.50 a pound.”The next day the price of steak in the supermarket was $4.25 a pound, Tom changed the sign in his window. “Steak-$4.00 a pound.”An hour later, the s

54、ign in the supermarket said, “Steak-$3.75 a pound. Ten minutes later the sign in Toms window said, “Steak-$ 3.50 a pound.” Five minutes later the sign in the supermarket said, “Steak-$ 2.50 a pound.” Twenty seconds later the sign in Toms window said, “Steak-$ 1.00 a pound.” The manager of the superm

55、arket ran cross the street into Toms shop. “This price cutting must stop,” he said, “Steak is costing me $ 4.00 a pound. Im selling it at $ 2.50 a pound. Im losing money every minute!”“Ill stop cutting all my prices,” Tom said, “if you will stop cutting all yours.” The supermarket manager agreed, an

56、d the two men shook () hands.Tom smiled. He had not lost any money on the steak. He didnt sell steak at all.45. Tom worked hard but he was happy because _.A. he liked hard work B. he wanted to make a lot of moneyC. he had a good business.D. his prices were high46.What does “price cutting” mean?A. Making your prices the same as others.B. Making your prices lower than others.C. Making your prices higher than others.D. Losing money every minute.47. according to this passage, if the supermarket manager sold out 100 pounds steak at $ 2.7