初三英语竞赛试题

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I. 单词释义（计10分）在下列各题的选项中选择一个与句子划线部分意思相同或相近的最佳答案
1. You mustn’t give up English. It’s useful and important.
A. fall behind B. keep learning  C. stop learning  D. give away
2. Jim is weak in Chinese. He wants to work hard at it.
A. doing well B. not strong enough  C. not good at D. afraid of
3. He didn’t catch what you said.
A. notice  B. understand  C. hear of  D. take hold of
4. Study hard, or you’ll fail in the English exam.
A. not pass B. drop out C. do well in D. miss in
5. People can't live if there is no water.
   A. with       B. without    C. of       D. about
6. She  was seriously ill last year, and from then on she became blind.
A. after that B. after a while  C. soon after  D. after a long time
7. Please sit down, take your time and tell me all about it.
A. don’t be worried  B. have a rest  C. don’t be afraid D. don’t hurry
8. When you cross the busy street you should be careful.
A. look out B. walk C. look first  D. take care
9. During the Spring Festival many students went back to call on their middle school teachers.
A. ring  B. telephone  C. visit D. send for
10. “What about your hometown?” “Great changes have taken place since 1978.”
A. What’s happened to   B. What’s like  
C. What do you think of   D. How do you like
II. 语法、习语（计40分）从A、B、C、D中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
11. Let us have a good rest, ______?
A. shall we B. will you  C. do we  D. do I
12. “ My mother liked English very much when she was young.” “___.”   A. So was I B. So did mine  C. So my mother was D. So I did
13. Neither Dad nor Mum ____ watching TV.
A. like  B. likes   C. have liked      D. is liking
14. She doesn’t know _____ she should stay at home.
A. what  B. where  C. whether  D. that
15. I have _____ and I can do it _____ all by myself.
A. time enough, good enough  B. time enough, enough well
C. enough time, well enough  D. enough time, enough well
16. Nobody _____ dinner _____ we finished the work yesterday
A. didn’t have, until B. had, until C. hasn’t, before D. has, after
17. Of the two watches, the girl chose ______ one.
A. less expensive   B. the least expensive
C. the less expensive  D .the most expensive
18. Be careful ______ your shirt dirty.
A. to get  B. don’t get C. not to get D. not get
19. We shouldn’t read _____ poor light.
A. in  B. under  C. below  D. among
20. ---- Is there anything wrong _____ your back?   ---- Yes, I have a pain _____ my back..
A. with, in B. in, with C. with, around D. in, at
21. Don’t you think ______ to play with fire?
A. children dangerous   B. dangerous with children
C. it dangerous of children  D. it dangerous for children
22. The radio is too noisy. Please ______.
A. turn it down B. turn it on C. turn off it D. turn down it
23. ____ do you do morning exercises every day for?
A. Why  B. When  C. How  D. What
24. She said ______ was better to find it out.
A. that  B. it   C. this  D .what
25. Of course most businessmen want us to change our cars, TV sets, machines, etc, as _______ as possible.
    A. quickly    B. fast     C. often      D. quick
26. Our teacher doesn't like _____ like that.
A. to be spoken to  B. to speak to  C. speaking to  D. spoken to
27. _______bad weather !
A. What      B. How     C. What a      D. How a
28. They tried their best to stop the sand _______away.
   A. blow       B. to blow    C. blowing       D. blew
29. I ______ a letter from him since he left.
didn't receive   B. haven't got  
C. didn't have     D. haven't heard
30. Would you please give me a piece of paper_______?
A. write B. to write C. to write on  D. writing
31. I remembered_______ the door, but Mum said I didn’t.
A. lock B. locking C. to lock  D. to locking
32. Good news keeps_______ these days.
A. come B. to come C. coming D. came
33. _______ you work, _______ your future will be.
A. The more hardly, the more beautiful  B. Harder, better
C. The more hard, the better   D. The harder, the brighter
34. “Don’t forget to give my best wishes to your family.” “_______.”
A. I don’t  B. I won’t C. I can’t  D. I haven’t
35. Don’t worry. There’s enough food for us to_______ for a week.
A. eat B. use C. keep  D. last
36. Your father is a man with few words, _______?
A. isn’t he B. is he  C. doesn’t he  D. does he
37. We’ll stay at home if it_______ tomorrow. We’d better find out whether it_______.
A. will rain, will rain   B. will rain, rains  
C. rains, will rain   D. rains, rains
38. “What_______ do you want to know?” “I_______ want to know how to use computers.”
A. other, also B. else, too C. also, too D. else, also
39. Jordan is known_______ a famous basketball players, while Michael Jackson is famous_______ his singing.
A. for, as  B. with, by  C. as, for  D. for, with
40. Please make sure_______ the light in the room are turned off before you leave.
A. that   B. if   C. whether  D. how
41. Excuse me, can you tell me the_______, please? I’m going to catch the early bus.
A. time   B. stop  C. station   D. place
42. They ___ us happy on the year 2004 and everything____ well.
A. hope, goes B. make, develops C. wish, goes D. want, keeps
43. The boy was too cold and hungry to go any_______.
A. in  B. forward  C. further D. long                              
44. “How soon will the train arrive at the station?” “_______.”
A. For 2 minutes  B. Every five minutes
C. Quite often   D. In a minute
45. He ‘d better practice more if he wants to improve his listening, ___?
A. wouldn’t he  B. didn’t he C. couldn’t he  D. hadn’t he
46. “Oh, this is Jim’s letter from America.” “_______?” “I’ve just received it.”
A. How is he   B. What does the letter say
C. Why not open it  D. When will he come back
47. Don’t forget _____ your dictionary here tomorrow, ____ you?
A. to bring, will B. to take, will  C. bringing, do  D. taking, do
48. —Is there _____  wrong with me， doctor？ —I'm afraid so．Your heart is beating a bit too slow．
A．something   B．anything    C．everything    D．nothing  
49. In twenty minutes time it will be twenty minutes to ten. What time is it now?
A. 8:40   B. 10:20   C. 9:20  D. 9:40
50. It’s not polite to ask people_______ in western countries.
A. how much money you’ve got B. how old are you  
C. what’s your job    D. are you married
III. 完形填空（10分）通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I spent a week on a hill. The weather was  51  there. The days were warm   52  the nights were cool. It seldom rained and it never 53 . I stayed at a hotel  54  a beautiful garden and a  55  pool. The food at the hotel was nice. All this wasn’t expensive. I paid only fifteen yuan a day. After a big breakfast, I always spent the morning sitting  56  . I met friends  57  lunch time every day. I had fruit, bread and meat. After lunch I usually   58   for a few  59  . Then I read by the pool and had a cool drink. After dinner we sang and danced  60  .
51. A. well  B. bad  C. better   D. fine
52. A. and  B. but  C. or   D. so
53. A. snow  B. snowed C. snows   D. snowing
54. A. has  B. for  C. with   D. of
55. A. dirty  B. fishing  C. cleaning  D. swimming
56. A. in  the sun B. under the sun C. by the sea D. at the seaside
57. A. at   B. in   C. on   D. of
58. A. slept  B. ate  C. sang   D. danced
59. A. minutes  B. days  C. hours   D. months
60. A. happy  B. happier C. sadly   D .happily
VI. 阅读理解（计15分）                                       
Mr Black liked fish very much, and when he had enough, he bought fish for his dinner and took it home. But when his wife saw the fish, she always said to herself. “Good! Now I will invite my friends to lunch and we will eat this fish. They like it very much.” So when Mr Black came home in the evening after his work, the fish was not there, and his wife said,” Oh, your cat ate it! She is a very bad animal!” And she gave Mr Black soup and rice for his dinner.
But one evening when this happened again, Mr Black became very angry. He took the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weighed the cat carefully. Then he turned to his wife and said, “My fish weighed two kilos. This cat weighs two kilos, too. My cat is here, you say, where is my fish?”
61.Mr Black bought fish for ________ when he had enough money.
   A. his wife   B. his wife’s friends   C. the dinner    D. the lunch
62. In the evening after work, Mr. Black found ______.
   A. the fish was gone     B. the fish was not in  
C. his cat ate the fish     D. his wife ate the fish
63. Mr. Black was given(被给) soup and rice for his supper instead of_____.
   A. the dinner   B. the cat         C. the fish     D. his wife
64. But one evening when this happened again, Mr. Black took his cat and his wife to the shop because_____.
    A. he became very angry
B. he didn’t know how much the cat weighed
   C. his cat ate his fish  D. he didn’t believe(相信)what his wife said
65. What do you think of the wife?
    A. She was brave(勇敢).   B. She was generous(慷慨、大方).
C. She was hard-working.  D. She was unkind to her husband.  
Visit Swansea Zoo
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tiger from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets       Opening Time
.Grown-up: $2. 00    9:00 a. m. —4:00 p. m.
Children: Over 12 $1.00   Except Friday
Under 12: Free    10: 00 a. m.— 3:00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean!
Don’t touch, give food or go near the animals.
66. How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage?
A. Four  B. Five  C. Six  D. Seven
67. Now Mrs. Smith is in the zoo with her two sons, one is 14 and the other is 10, how much are the tickets together?
A. $4.00  B. $3.00  C. $2.00  D. $1.00
68. Which of the following is the visiting time?
A. 8:30 a.m. Monday,   B. 9:30a.m. Friday
C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday  D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday
69. From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very ___.
A. tall   B. long   C. strong  D. fat
70. Which of the following we can do in the zoo?
A. Give some food to the fish. B. Touch the monkeys on the heads.
C. Throw things to the bears.  D. Take a nice photo.
V. 短文改错（5分）请对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾（√）；如果有错误（每行只有一个错误），则改正：
More and more people are interested about sports and 71. _________
games in the world today. In our country, the basketball 72. __________
and football are the most favourite. Early in the morning, 73. ________
you can see people doing all kinds of exercises in parks or 74._______
on some opening grounds. But still some people didn’t know75. ______
the importance of sports and games.
VII. 句子排序（10分）从下面方框内选出适当的词用正确的形式完成下列各句，然后将句子重新排成一段语意连贯的短文。
a. They  __________________ to carry the boy to a shop nearby.
b. Tom rang up the boy’s parents and told them about the accident. The parents__________  them very much.
c. On a cold snowing day Tom and Jim were __________ in the street.
d. The people in the shop were also very kind and helped to ______________ after the boy.
e. Suddenly a schoolboy fell off his bike, _____________ in the middle of the road and couldn’t move.
短文排列顺序为：__________________________
VIII. 书面表达（10分）根据所给图画，按要求写一段对话。对话内容及要求如下：购物常用语；至少购买两种物品；对选购物品的颜色、大小或价钱进行比较；询问选购物品的产地；对话至少包含十个句子。