不问收获，但问耕耘，把最好的资料送给最好的自己！2021新目标人教版八年级英语竞赛试题姓名：XXX时间：20XX年X月X日班级：_ 姓名:_座号：_密封 线内 不 准 答 卷20XX/学校八年级英语知识竞赛试卷（考试时间：90分钟， 满分：100分）一.单项选择，从四个选项中选择最佳的一个选项。（每题1分，共20分）（ ）1.Three hours_ not a long time. We can wait till they come. A. were B. areC. wasD. is () 2. The teacher comes in. The students stop _ . A. talkB. to talk C. talkingD. to talking () 3.The Greens often _ dinner at six oclock. A. is eatingB. are eating C. eat D. eats () 4. Wei Hua with her sisters often _ to the zoo on Sunday. A. go B. goes C. is goingD. are going () 5. _ a cold winter morning, I meet one of my friends. A. In B. OnC. At D. with () 6. He tries _ English and he practises _ Engish every day. A. to learn; speak B. learning; speaking C. to learn; speakingD. learning; to speak () 7._ to get good grades. A. Study hardB. Studying hardC. To study hardD.Studied hard () 8. Its very kind _ him _ help me. A. for; to B. of; toC. to; forD. of; for () 9. Can you give some _ on his illness？ A. adviceB. advices C. adviseD. suggestion () 10. Is there _ todays newspaper? A. something important on B. something important inC. important something on D. anything important in () 11.Mary is going _ December, and shes staying _three weeks. A. on; forB. in; forC.at; inD. in; on () 12.Is he thinking _ a long vacation. A. take B. of takeC. about takingD. to take () 13. We _ the date when we are leaving . A. decide on B. depend on C. look onD. put on () 14. Traveling by ship is _ than taking a bus. A. a lot of funB. much funC.a lot more funD. a lot much fun () 15.There _ a large number of books in our school library. _ number of the books is 100000. A. has; A B. have;TheC. are; AD. are; The () 16. He does better _ English than me. A. inB. at C. forD. on () 17. Tom spent the _ day _ with his grandpa. A. all; fishingB. all; to fish C. whole; fishingD. whole; to fish () 18. The room with four windows _ our classroom. A. areB. isC. do D.not () 19. I dont want this jacket. Please show me _. A. others B. the other C.another D. the others() 20. Of the two toys, the child chose _.A. the one most expensive B. the least expensive C. the less expensive D. most expensive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 familyB. taught music and drawingC. 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 fathers wish. () 23. In l854. when Florence worked in front hospital, _.A. she received no money at allB. she got a large sum of moneyC. 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 “Home“ in “Nightingale Home for Nurses“ 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 evergreens and hung upside down 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 ti