八年级英语竞赛试题
笔试部分（80分）
一、单项选择：（每小题1分，共15分）
（）1、Beijing is _____ the north of China. Shanghai is ______ the south of Beijing.
A. in, on
B. on, to
C. in, to
D. on, on
（）2、Don’t eat that meat. It smells _________.
A. dirty
B. bad
C. delicious
D. badly
（）3、The car ________ my father 210,000 yuan.
A. paid for
B. cost
C. spent
D. took
（）4、My father _______ listen pop music, but now he ________ listening rock music.
A. used to, used to
B. used to , be used to
C. used to, is used to
D. be used to, be used to
（）5. ---You look _____. What’s wrong?
---I didn’t have anything for breakfast this morning.
A. worried
B. excited
C. pale
D. surprised
（）6. Tomorrow is New Year. Please __________ everyone else in our class.
A. say hello to
B. give a message to
C. give my thanks to
D. give my best wishes to （）7.----May I go home now? ------No, you _______. You _______ stay here.
A. needn't ; have to
B. needn't ; must
C. mustn't ; have to
D. mustn't ; has to
（）8. How long _______ to get from Washington to New York by plane?
A. is it
B. does it need
C. does it take
D. it wants
（）9.----Would you have dinner with us tonight?
----_______. Where shall we go?
A. Sorry, I can’t.
B. I’d love to, but I have to look after my granny.
C. That sounds great.
D. Help yourselves to some vegetables.
（）10. When you come to my hometown, you’ll see many green trees on ______ sides of the street.
A. every
B. each
C. both
D. all
（）11. Jane has few friends here, ______?
A. does Jane
B. doesn’t Jane
C. doesn’t she
D. does she
（）12. Don’t hurry. There is still ______ time left.
A. little
B. few
C. a little
D. less
（）13. I have ______ three-day holiday, but I have no _____ place to go.
A. the other, other
B. the other, the others
C. another, other
D. another , others （）14. The doctor told Li Yong it was _______, just a cold.
A. nothing serious
B. serious nothing
C. something serious
D. serious something
（）15. Alt hough the old lady lives _______, he doesn’t feel ______.
A. lonely, alone
B. alone, alone
C. lonely, lonely
D. alone, lonely
II．阅读理解（每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下列图表或短文并填写正确的词或选择最佳答案
（A）
S uppose your pen friend in England wants to know something about Chinese coins.You write to tell him about the coins and draw a sketch(草图) for him。
