八年级英语竞赛试卷卷I：选择题（50分）.选择题（共10小题，每小题1分）1.When did you get your first pair of skates? _.A. For 6 years.B. Since I was 7 years old.C. When I was 7 years old.D. Since 6 years ago.2. Why are you so _, Tom? The news is too _. I dont know why this often happens.A. surprising; surprisingB. surprising; surprisedC. surprised; surprisingD. surprised; surprised3. These days the police _ always looking for him everywhere. Do you know where he is ?A. is B. areC. wasD. were4.Theres no _ for me to sleep in the house.A. placesB. roomC. a bedD. beds5.The students were reading _ the teacher came into the classroom.A. whileB. whereC. whenD. what6. If it _ rain tomorrow, theyll go to the park.A. doesntB. wontC. dont D. isnt7The young man is _carry that heavy bag. A. strong enough to B. enough strong to C. not strong enoughD. strong enough8.You _to describe her, I have met her several times.A. needntB. dont needC. have to needD. no need9. How long have you _ from school? For about 10 years.A. leaveB. leftC. been awayD. been left10.There is a white house standing on the hillside all _.A. alongB. aloneC. alonelyD. lonelyII.完形填空（每小题2分，共20分） A generation gap(代沟) has become a serious problem. I read a _17_ about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed themselves after quarrels(吵架) with _19_. I think this is because they dont often have a talk with each other. Parents now _21_more time in the office, _22_ they dont have much time to stay with their children. As time passes, they both feel that they dont have the _23_ topics(话题) to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more with your _24_, get to know them and _25_ them. And for children, show your _27_ to your parents. They are the people who love you. So _28_ them your thoughts. In this way, you _29_ have a better understanding of each other.（ ）11. A. message B. call C. report D. letter（ ）12. A. friends B. teachers C. classmates D. parents（ ）13 A. spend B. stay C. work D. have（ ）14. A. because B. if C. but D. so （ ）15. A. interesting B. same C. true D. good（ ）16. A. business B. children C. work D. office（ ）17. A. get on with B. look after C. understand D. love（ ）18. A. interest B. secret C. trouble D. feelings（ ）19.A. tell B. ask C. answer D. say（ ）20. A. can B. should C. must D. would、阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分）阅读下面的调查报告表，用判断句子的正误的方式，表明调查结果。（正确的写T， 错误的写F） AMy younger brother is not clever. He cant answer questions right. My parents are worried about him. One day, I took him to a zoo. Then I asked him three questions. The first question was “What did you see in the zoo?”,the second question was “Who often give you money?”and the third was “What did you have for your breakfast?”. He couldnt answer any of them. Then I told him again and again, the first answer is “elephants and bears”, the second answer is “my father and my brother”and the third answer is “bread and milk”. Then he retold(复述)the questions and answers. At last I asked the three questions again. He could give the right answers:1. elephants and bears, 2.my father and brother, 3.bread and milk. I was very happy.When we got home, I told my parents that my brother could answer my questions correctly（正确地）. Then I began to ask him, “What did you see in the zoo?”“Bread and milk.”“Who often give you money?”“Elephants and bears.”“What did you have for breakfast?”Cried I angrily.“My father and brother”, he answered.21.His parents are worried about his brother because _.A. he is not cleverB. he is not cleverer than I C. he is too clever D. he is short22.They saw _ in the zoo.A. tigers and bears B. tigers and elephantsC. bears and elephants D. tigers and pandas23His brother often gets money from _.A. his father and mother B. his mother and himC. his father and him D. his father and my sister24.From the story, we can know _.A. his brother is easy to teach B. his brother is not easy to teachC. his father can teach the younger brother to answer questionsD. his mother can teach the younger brother25.From this story, we can guess that when his parents heard the answers, they were _.A. happy B. surprised C. disappointed(失望) D. shy(害羞)BLong long ago people made fires（火） from lightning（闪电）. But they had to keep the fires burning（燃烧）, for they couldnt start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone (石头) together could make a spark（火花）. The spark could fire dry leaves（树叶）. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a