八年级英语知识竞赛试卷
班级：________ 姓名:________ 成绩：________
（考试时间：60分钟， 满分：100分） 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共50分）
一、 单项选择（共20小题，计20分）
从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳答案。 ( )1.The meat is ___ dear and eating ____ meat is bad for your health . A .very much , many B. too many , many too C much too , too much D. a lot , much too ( )2. There are many trees on ______ side of the street. A. all B. both C. every D. each ( )3.I remembered the day when World War II finished . I was eight or nine at the time ,and we heard it ___ when were at the table . A .on the internet B. on the radio C. by VCD D. by computer ( )4. ——It’s so hot in the room . _____ ——Not at all . I’d be happy to . A. Isn’t it very cold today ? B .Are you feeling ill today ? C. Would you mind opening the window ? D. Have you bought the kite to me ? ( )5. Nobody told us _____ A. what to do it B .how to do C .where to do D. when to do it ( )6.——Which of the two English dictionaries will you buy ? ——I’ll buy ___ of them ,so I can give one to my friend , Helen . A .either B .neither C. all D .both ( )7 ____ from Beijing to Paris . A. How long way it is B. What a long way is it C .How long way is it D .What a way it is ( )8. Luckily ,
Mr Johnson saw ______ .A .what was happened B. what is happened C .what was happening D .what is to happen ( )9.If there were no exams , we should have ____ at school . A. the happier time B. a more happier time C. much happiest time D. a much happier time ( )10. My father will come back at 10 o’clock ______of June 15. A. in the night B. by the night C. on the night D. at night( )11. Two of them are here, but where are ______ students? A. the other B. other C. others D. another( )12. ---I hope you can help me with my English this evening. ---________. A. Sorry, I’m afraid not B. Yes, I’m busy C. I hope so D. Certainly not ( )13. We won’t leave until Mr Li _______ back. A. come B. came C. comes D. will come ( )14.---Must we come back before five? ---No. you ______. You may come back before six if you like. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. can’t D. may not ( )15. Why don’t men do _______ housework? A. a bit B. a few C. a little of D. a bit of ( ) 16. How did you make him______? A. stop talking B. to stop talking C. stops talking D. stopped to talk ( ) 17. ---Do you have ______ watch? ---Yes, I have ______. A. one, it B. it, one C. a, one D. a, it ( ) 18. ______ fine weather it is today! A. What a B. How C. How a D. What ( ) 19. ---Which do you prefer, oranges or apples? ---_______. I ’d like bananas. A. Yes, both B. Neither, thank you C. No, thanks D. I’m glad you like it ( ) 20. ---______ is it from our school
to Lupu Bridge? ---About half an hour’s bus ride. A. How long B. How often C. How far D. How much
二．阅读下列短文，并做每篇短文后的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出回答所提问题或完成句子的最佳答案。(共15小题，计30分)
（A）
Born in a rich family, Florence. Nightingale took 1essons in music and drawing and read great books when she was young. As a child. she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. So she decided to be a nurse, but her father was strongly against her decision.
She went to learn nursing in Germany and Franco. When she returned to England. she started a nursing home for woman. During the Crimean War in l854, Florence went to the front hospital. She used her own money to buy beds, clothes and food for the wounded (受伤的) soldier. Her only pay was the smiles from the lips (嘴唇 ) of dying soldiers. After she returned to England. she was praised (赞扬 ) for her work by Queen Victoria. But she said that her work had just begun. She raised (筹款 ) money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health.
( ) 2 l. When she was a child, Florence______.
A. was born in a poor family B. taught music and drawing C. loved to help those sick people
( ) 22. What made Florence decide to be a nurse?
A. She read great books. B. Her own wish to help the sick. C. Her father's wish.
( ) 23. In l854. when Florence worked in front hospital, ______.
A. she received no money at all B. she got a large sum of money C. the working conditions (环境 ) were very good ( ) 24. Why was Florence praised by Queen Victoria? A. She did a lot of work during the Crimean War. B. She wrote a book on public health.
C. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.
( ) 25. The word \means_______
A. family B. house C. school (B)
In the old days in Europe, people believed that trees were embodiment(化身) of powerful beings. In the sixteen century, German families began to bring green trees into their homes during the Christmas seasons. By the seventeenth century, they cut the
tops of in a living-room corner. And then they decorated them with fruits, candies, cookies and candles.
The first Christmas trees in America were set up by German immigrants(移民) in the 1820s. Now at Christmas time decorated trees stand in about two=thirds of American homes. The modern American tree is usually covered with colored balls and strings of colored lights.
( ) 26. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. how people in the past enjoyed Christmas B.when people began to enjoy Christmas
C. Christmas trees D. Christmas history
( ) 27. When and where were Christmas trees first used in the world?
A. In the sixteenth century in Germany B. In the seventeenth century in Germany
C.In the eighteenth century in America D.In the nineteenth century in America
( ) 28. What does the underlined word “evergreens” mean? A.圣诞树 B.落叶树 C.常青树 D.杨树
( ) 29. People in the old days used Christmas trees during Christmas seasons because_______.
A. they liked to use it to decorate the house