English Contest Examination in Grade Eight八年级英语竞赛试题（满分100分）I. FAQ快速问答。（30分）Cell wall细胞壁1 Is this a plant cell（植物细胞）or an animal cell（动物细胞）？And why?2 How can you make 10 out of three 11s?3 What letter is a question?4 Which letter can you drink when youre thirsty?5 Which letter can make your eyes get some information?6 Why did the Chinese person make himself like a cucumber when an English interviewer（面试官）asked a Chinese person to make a self-show on the stage? 7 Why did the Chinese person take out of an antique（古董）when a foreigner said to him that he wanted to meet China very much?8 When do you become an adult in China?9 Why did you see your right hand when you touched your head with own left hand?10 Whats the meaning of this gesture?11 Who is Successs mother?12 When your brake is broken, youd better _ your bike.A. jump out of B. continue to ride13 When or where do you see your shadow? _A. In the daytime. B. At night. C. In the sunshine.14. There is a tradition in China that some children usually knock their heads to their elders on New Years eve. Whats the same meaning with the underlined part? _A. Kowtow. B. Fell down.15. How many teeth do an adult have? A. 2832 B. 1623II. Fill in the blanks with correct words according to given words in the brackets. 根据所给单词把其正确形式填写在空格内。（10分）1 I need some _ (bread) for breakfast. 2 Is _ (they) in your bag?3 _ (who) can you give a prize?4 You can find somebody to help _ (you) when youre in trouble.5 _ (no) can control yourself if youre flexible.6 There _ (be) no space to sit down on the bus.7 Where _ (do) you study last year?8 How big _(an) blue ship is!9 Has the banana smoothie _ (make)?10 Although there are lots of work to do, _ (but) you cant stop until you finish them. III. Finish a crossword puzzle with some correct letters. 用正确的字母完成字谜。（10分）graderdxadvicesiussssielectsastrickuedentIV. Match the programs and the relative passages.配对阅读。 将每段短文的字母序号填写在相应小题后的横线上。（10分）Many people like to put stickers（贴纸）or posters（海报）on the rear window of their car, which can show the unique personality（独特个性）of the car owner and start a new trend known as “rear window culture.” ABAn omega male then is the last man. This often-unemployed（失业）, romantically challenged loser can show up as a perpetual adolescent（永远长不大的孩子）, or a charmless misanthrope（惹人厌的人）, or a happy couch potato（极为懒惰的人）. He can be sweet, bitter, nostalgic（忧愁的）, or cynical（愤世的）, but he cannot figure out（理解）how to be a man. A third wheel is a person or thing that serves no useful purpose, or an unwanted third party accompanying（陪伴）two people on a date（约会）. Such a person is as unuseful（无用的）as a third wheel on a bicycle. CDont imagine you have more fans just because your number is biggersome of them might be “zombie fans”（僵尸粉丝）, or fake（虚假的）followers. D Do you remember a typical sentence of Zhao Benshans lines in 2008 Spring Festival Gala? He said, Im not fire life, I am a gray product（水货）. E1. There is an interesting way to show own thoughts on a busy highway._2. Generally speaking, we dont like somebody without any economic foundation（经济基础）._3. Micro bloggers: have you ever compared the number of fans on your Sina Weibo（新浪微博）or Tencent micro blog（腾讯微博）with those of your friends?_4. Many lovers are embarrassed（尴尬）by a kind of man._5. There are many goods sold in the black market. These goods may be good, may be bad._V. Fast Reading.快速阅读。（10分）The kingfishers portrayal（翠鸟图）, was taken by Sam Kay a 12-year-old photographer. Sam submitted a series of works to the royal photographic society（皇家摄影学会） , the picture is one of whom.Beijing time on October 29, news, although the British child Sam Kay was only 12 years old, he was a marvelous photographer. With the wonderful picture, Kay got the affirmations（认可）of the insiders（业内人士）, becoming the youngest member in the royal photographic society. In South Africa, the talented photographer took a series of wild animals photos. At the first sight, these photos were like from an old bird.( )1. Whats the photographers name? A. Sam Kay. B. Kingfisher. C. Kay Sam. D. Royal.( )2. How old is he? A. 12. B. 13. C. 14. D. 15.( )3. Where is he from? A. UK. B. US C. PRC D. German.( )4. Why did he enter into the royal photographic society? A. Because his works were very charming in his field. B. Because h