初三上册英语竞赛试卷

1、你能告诉我十年前我们家乡是什么样吗？

_____________________________________________________

2、—It's my turn to give a report. I feel so nervous.

—Just _____. I bet you're the best.

A.give it up B.go away C.take it easy D.have no idea

3、________ invention of the zippers has brought a great change to the world.

A.A B.An C.The D./

4、China has the largest population, ________ 1.3billion.

A．of

B．to

C．with

5、Excuse me.May I use your computer ?

__________. It’s broken .

A．Sure B．Yes,here you are

C．With pleasure D．I’m afraid not

6、The ever-growing space explorations mean that more astronauts ______.

A.require B.was required C.required D.are required

7、When I am feeling blue, I prefer________orange________ myself up.

A．to wear; than cheer

B．to wear; to cheer

C．wearing; to cheering

D．wearing; than cheer

8、The jacket is ________．

A．a black B．black

C．an black   D．the black

9、There is_____ that learning English well is very important for teenagers.

A. doubt B. no doubt C. necessary D. true

10、Mona Lisa ______ by Leonardo da Vinci.

A.paints B.painted C.was painted D.were painted

11、We had fun ________ apples on the farm with the farmers last week.

A. to pick   B. picking

C. pick   D. picked

12、--May I swim in the lake, mum? --No, you_______. Look! Here is a notice “No Swimming!”

A. mightn’t   B. mustn’t

C. needn’t D. may not

13、—A famous singer is going to hold a concert here in July.

—Really? ________ exciting news!

A. How   B. What an

C. What   D. How an

14、You can’t go out with your friends ________ you have finished your book report.

A．while

B．because

C．although

D．unless

15、This photo ________ twenty years ago.

A．took

B．was taken

C．is taken

D．has taken

16、—Thank you for reporting something unusual to the police.

— __________.

A.With pleasure B.Better not C.Of course not D.It's my pleasure

17、---How amazing the noodle is！

---Yes,it is   ,and breaks the Guinness World Record as the longest hand made noodle.

A.1,704-meter-long B.1,704-meters-long

C.1,704 meter long   D.1,704 meters long

18、The boy was _______ clever that he can work out the problem in _______ a short time.

A.so; so B.such; so C.so; such D.such; such

19、We cannot _______ people who are disabled.

A.Play tricks of B.laugh on C.make fun at D.make jokes about

20、—How often do you hear from your pen pal?

—Once a month.

A.look forward to  B.get a letter from C.look for

21、I would rather_________the chance than_________her.

A、not to take, to hurt

B、not take, hurt

C、not taking, hurting

22、 情景交际根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。

A: Welcome back to “The Problem Line”. I'm Becky. Our topic today is problems with parents. Okay, it's time for another call. 【1】

B: Hello. My name's Victor.

A: Hi, Victor. Welcome to “The Problem Line”.【2】

B: Well, I'm having problems with my mom. Every time we talk about something, we argue.

A: 【3】 It's impolite.

B: I know. But she orders me around all the time. I can't even decide what to wear on weekends.

A: 【4】

B: I tried, but she never listens to me. She thinks I should listen to her because I'm her child.

A: I think you should ask your teacher for help. Perhaps she will listen to your teacher.

B: 【5】 Thank you.

A. What's your problem?

B. Well, why not talk with her?

C. She talks to me about many things.

D. You shouldn't argue with your mom.

E. What are you not allowed to do?

F. OK, I'll have a try.

G. Hello, who's calling?

A. What's your problem?

B. Well, why not talk with her?

C. She talks to me about many things.

D. You shouldn't argue with your mom.

E. What are you not allowed to do?

F. OK, I'll have a try.

G. Hello, who's calling?

23、根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。

A: You must be really excited about leaving for America tomorrow, Li Ping?

B: Yeah. But I am a bit nervous.

A: 【1】       

B: Because I don’t know many of the customs and manners in the USA.

A: 【2】 I can help you.   

B: Great! What rules do they have in America?

A: Well, it’s important to be on time when you’re invited for dinner. Americans expect their guests to be on time.  

B: 【3】

A: Sure! As a guest, you should take some presents, such as a bottle of wine, a box of chocolate, or flowers for the hostess.

B: 【4】   

A: After the meal, don’t stay for too long, but don’t leave at once either. Or you seem to have come only for the meal.

B: 【5】   

A: When your friends seem to be getting tired and running out of things, it’s time to leave. The next day, call or write a thank-you note to say how much you enjoyed the evening.

B: Thank you very much.

24、An excerpt (节选) from The Card

Edward Henry Machin first saw daylight on the 27th of May, 1867, in Brougham Street in Bursley, the oldest of the Five Towns. Brougham Street goes down a hill to the canal (运河).The rent (租金) for one of these houses was not high — only about twenty-two pence (便士) a week.

Edward Henry’s mother (his father was dead) lived by making and washing clothes for fine ladies. She did not often laugh. She was a woman of few words, and saved time every day by calling her son Denry, instead of Edward Henry.

Denry did not work hard at school, and boys who were lazy and not very clever usually just found jobs in the potbanks. Luckily, at the age of twelve, he won a place at the best school in Bursley. It happened like this. On the second day of the examination, Denry arrived a little early. As he walked around the examination room, he came to the teacher’s desk, where he saw a list of names with marks for the first day of the examination. The highest possible mark was 30, but next to his name he saw the number 7. The numbers were written in pencil, and the pencil was on the desk. He picked it up, looked around the empty room, and at the door, and them wrote a 2 in front of the 7. Of course, this was not honest, but how many truly honest schoolboys are there? Denry was no worse than most of them.

【1】What was Edward Henry’s mother like?

A.Patient.   B. Dishonest.

C. Hard-working. D. Kind.

【2】What was the mark Edward Henry got in the end?

A. 30. B. 7   C. 2 D. 27

25、① Many people believe that toys are mainly made for kids. When we grow up, we should put away such childish things.

②But now many grown-ups are getting them out again.

③ According to data from the market research firm NPD Group, toys bought by people over the age of 12 account for 23 percent of the European market. Among them, adults are still the main force. In 2019, Beijing’s Toy Show attracted tens of thousands of visitors, including many grown-ups.

④But why are adults interested in these seemingly “childish” things?

⑤Toys can “bring back happy childhood memories”, noted website SWNS Digital. Many adults are under a lot of pressure at home and at work. Items that they were familiar with in childhood can remind them of easier times.

⑥Rob Willner, 25, is one such person who finds solace in items from the past. At his home in London, he keeps two boxes of loose childhood Lego tucked away under a bed, as well as various large “sentimental” models on shelves in his house.

⑦When he comes home after a hard day, he often plays with the toys. “It reminds me of the playful side of life, but also helps me to keep perspective. Lego isn’t great, but it’s fun, and helps you to think about what’s really important,” he told The Telegraph.

⑧ There is another reason for the rise in popularity of toys among adults. This pastime offers pressure-free creativity. Even hobbies such as baking and painting can be shadowed by the worry that the results will fail to please other people. Dressing up a doll or playing with a model train set doesn’t come with a lot of pressure to please others.

⑨ It seems that adults are no longer taking their childhood freedom for granted. After all, just as UK artist David Hockney said, “Play is serious.”

【1】Why are toys popular among adults according to website SWNS Digital?

A．They don’t want to grow up at all.

B．Playing helps develop and improve social sill.

C．They want to get along well with their kids.

D．Toys can bring back positive memories.

【2】How does Rob Willner benefit from playing with toys after work?

A．It makes him more creative at work.

B．It helps him realize important things in life.

C．It makes him think more about the past.

D．It helps him connect with other people.

【3】What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?

A．The rising pressure to please others that adults face.

B．How playing with toys can increase creativity at work.

C．Another reason why adults love to play with toys.

D．The reason why young people don’t cook nowadays.

【4】The best title for the passage may be ________.

A．Remaining a Kid at Heart

B．Let’s Put Away Childish Toys

C．How to Go Back to Childhood

D．Adults Are Under Lots of Pressure

26、阅读理解（共2小题）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner — a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed （包装的）lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.

Often parents know what their children want. Cath, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they hate school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”

However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, “My daughters have always had school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make of them.”

But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy (起泡的) drinks were offered and I think there were lot of chips.”

Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries for the children instead.

So Janie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country.

And it seems that the changes have begun.

Anna, a pupil, told us, “we used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There’s salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”

【1】How many meals do most children in the UK have at school?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

【2】____ would like the children to have the school meals.

A．Cath

B．Susan

C．Kaz

D．Jamie

【3】Jamie thought ______ were healthy food

A．stews and curries

B．burgers and pizzas

C．chips and fizzy drinks

D．sandwiches and coke

【4】The last two paragraphs (段落) show that________.

A．There’s a salad restaurant in every school

B．salad is the only healthy food for students

C．schools have begun to cook healthier food

D．the government doesn’t care about school dinners

【5】What is the best title for this text?

A．Healthy Food

B．Unhealthy Food

C．Packed Lunches

D．School Dinners

27、   Whether you play e-sports (电子竞技)or not ,  you might  have heard of iG , a Chinese e-sports club . On the night of November 3 , iG beat a European’s e-sports club and won the 2018 League of Legends (LOL)(英雄联盟) World Cup on Korea . It was the first time in the events eight-year history that a Chinese club won.

The victory showed how e-sports has progressed in China in recent years. A growing number of e-sports clubs have been set up in China in the last 10 years or so, and more young gamers are working as e-sports players. However, becoming a professional（专业的）e-sports player is not all about having fun or playing games.

An e-sports player should have some abilities .They must be patient enough .They must also act very quickly. Professional players can have 400 actions within one minute. The players can’t play this well all the time. The age of Professional players is from 17 to 25. After 25, they become slower.

E-sports players have to work hard every day. “We start to practice right after we get up in the morning and usually last until midnight,” said Huang Fuquan, a player from iG. “There is at least 12 hours of work every day.”

Many players practice so much that their body may easily get hurt . They also face lots of pressure. Some e-sports clubs have doctors and psychologists to help their players.

The road to being a professional player is not smooth. So if you want to turn your love for gaming into a full-time job, ask yourself this first： Are you really prepared？ Because you need to make a lot more efforts than others .

【1】When was the first LOL world cup held?

A.In 2011 B.In 2015 C.In 2018.

【2】Which of the following is Not  mentioned as the ability that the player should have ?

A.High patience, B.Quick actions. C.Smart brains

【3】According to the passage, which is NOT TRUE below?

A.There are more and more e sports clubs in China.

B.To be a professional e-sport player needs to be really prepared

C.The best age of a professional player is after 25.

【4】What's the meaning of the underlined word "psychologist"?

A.教练 B.心理医生 C.营养师

【5】What's the main idea of the whole passage?

A.A Chinese e sports club iG won the 2018 LOL World Cup in Korea.

B.To be e-sports players is not easy and they pay a lot more than others.

C.More young gamers should work as professional e-sports players.

28、   Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team l【1】 an important game, when a friend borrows your favorite thing and then breaks it, you may get angry.

Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone, but sometimes you hide your anger in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.

In fact, it’s not good to hide your anger, and it’s normal for you to get angry sometimes. As soon as you find your problems, you may try to r【2】. When you get angry, you can talk about it with an a【3】, such as parents, teachers, etc. After doing this, you’ll find those bad feelings can start to go a【4】. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: count from 1 to 100, give someone a hug, go for a bike ride, think about g【5】 things, etc.

Remember that when you are angry, how you act can make everything better or worse. Don’t let your anger control you.

29、Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）

I’m a member of my school’s debate team. ______ , we had a debate about an important topic. For a long time, there has been a ban (禁令) on using smartphones during class. The school’s administration (行政) was thinking about changing the rules.______, they had different opinions over this issue. So they asked the debate team for help.

The debate team was divided into two sides. I was on the side for changing the rules. The other side was for ______ the ban. We were given a week to prepare our arguments.

Our side made several good points. First, students can use their smartphones for ______. Students can do research, look up new words in the dictionaries, and use a calculator with their phones.

Also, changing the rules world teach students self-discipline (自律). If any students use their phone in class for other purpose, it should be ______. Students can easily learn why following rules are important.

Finally, changing the rules would make the teachers’ job ______. They wouldn’t have to collect and return phones every day. They also wouldn’t need to wait for students to take out and put away various school supplies. Everything they need is on their phones.

Our side convinced some of the teachers to change their minds. A week later, the administration voted to change the rules.

【1】A.Luckily B.Actually C.Recently D.Suddenly

【2】A.Therefore B.However C.What’s more D.In other words

【3】A.cancelling B.introducing C.removing D.continuing

【4】A.communication B.education C.entertainment D.emergency

【5】A.picked up B.turned on C.taken away D.called back

【6】A.easier B.safer C.more popular D.more independent