北京市第二中学分校2025-2026学年八年级上学期开学考试英语试题

北京二中教育集团2025—2026学年度第一学期初二英语综合练习试卷 一、单项填空（共6分，每题0.5分） 从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. My brother studies at a music school. ________ can sing very well. A. She B. He C. It D. They 2. People usually plant trees and flowers ________ spring. A. in B. on C. at D. to 3. —Lucy, ________ I use your textbook? I can’t find mine. —Of course. Here you are. A. must B. should C. need D. can 4. There ________ so many basketball lovers in the school basketball club. They are good at basketball. A. is B. are C. isn’t D. aren’t 5. I ________ eat too much sweet food because it’s bad for my teeth. I don’t like eating too much sweet food. A. always B. often C. never D. usually 6. —________ does Peter get up on weekdays? —At about 6:30. A. What B. How C. When D. Where 7. Ms Gao always helps me work out problems, ______ I like her very much. A. or B. so C. for D. but 8. Lily, please turn off the TV! Your grandma ________ in the room now. A. sleeps B. is sleeping C. will sleep D. slept 9. —What would you like to have for lunch, mutton or chicken? —________ is Okay. Both of them are my favourite. A. Either B. Neither C. All D. Both 10. My mum’s birthday is coming. I ________ a gift for her in the supermarket tomorrow. A. buy B. bought C. will buy D. am buying 11. —Mike, when did you start to learn English? —I ________ to learn English when I was six years old. A. start B. started C. will start D. am starting 12. We all like our English teacher. He always ______ his classes interesting. A. make B. will make C. made D. makes 二、完形填空（共8分，每题1分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A. B. C. D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 I am looking through the articles of the school magazine, thinking about what to ___13___ to match the topics. A story about a boy growing out of loneliness pulls me back to the past. As a kid, I couldn’t help feeling ___14___ in crowds as if they were all eyeing me. Most of the time, I would find a quiet corner, drawing anything that came to my mind, all alone and unnoticed. As my junior high started, I decided to make a ___15___. I brought myself to talk with others but ended up either acting silly or saying things upsetting them. As a result, I closed the door to connecting with anyone at school and kept to myself. I spent hours and hours in drawing to ___16___ my loneliness. Life went on like this until one day, my art teacher told me that one of my drawings was chosen for the School Art Exhibition. I was surprised but meanwhile a secret feeling of ___17___ rose from the bottom of my heart. Somehow, I really wished my drawing would be liked, by at least one person. To my surprise, visitors crowded around my drawing ___18___ at its colors, its design, its creativity and... its everything. The next day, I was greeted by many people with warm smiles. In the classes later on, I started to get engaged. Last week, my math teacher asked a question. I raised my hand and explained confidently. When I heard claps from every corner of the classroom, I ___19___, to others and to myself. Now, I am an illustrator (插画师) of my school magazine and have won a few prizes. I’ve made some close friends. And I am no longer a loner but an outgoing and confident girl. And all these changes seem to grow from the ___20___ days. 13. A. say B. draw C. act D. write 14. A. uneasy B. uncool C. unfair D. unlucky 15. A. plan B. wish C. change D. promise 16. A. fall into B. get back C. show off D. drive away 17. A. anger B. boredom C. enjoyment D. expectation 18. A. guessing B. working C. wondering D. laughing 19. A. smiled B. sang C. cried D. thought 20. A. silly B. lonely C. boring D. surprising 三、阅读理解（共26 分，每题2分） （一）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A 信息匹配。下面的材料介绍了四种益智玩具。请根据各小题中的图片，找出相应的描述，并将对应的序号填在相应的位置上。 Chinese people have already enjoyed math games and toys for thousands of years. Read and choose the right description (描述) for each picture. A This game has some rings. To win, you must take off all the rings in a special order. For example, to take off the ninth ring, you have to take off the third, fifth, and seventh rings first. B This is named after an old Chinese story. Each piece has a character’s name from the story. To win, you have to move the pieces to free a character named “Cao Cao”. C It’s made of six wooden blocks (块). It’s not easy to get the blocks off, and it’s usually easier to unlock than to put back the blocks together. D It has seven pieces of different shapes. You need to use all the pieces to make a shape. They can create shapes of animals, people, or things. 21. ________ 22. ________ 23. ________ （二）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C.D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 B The Blazers and the Engineers had played two close games this season. Each team won one game. Now, the final game was for the championship. There were only seven seconds left in the game. Mason’s team, the Blazers, was winning 31-29. Mason was guarding Edwin, the best player on the Engineers team. The crowd shouted: “4...3.…2…” Edwin stopped, jumped, and shot the ball before the buzzer (终场哨) sounded. The ball went in! The score was now 31-31 “We will play overtime,” said Mason’s teammate Joel. Mason felt bad because he failed to stop Edwin. Edwin smiled at him, making Mason feel even worse. In overtime, both teams were nervous and made mistakes. Edwin scored twice. Now the Engineers were ahead by 4 points. But then Joel made a great three-point shot with 28 seconds left! Then Mason had his big moment. With 11 seconds left, he guessed where Edwin would move. He stole an important pass. Mason ran fast toward the basket, but two defenders (防守球员) came to stop him. He thought about taking the final shot himself—a chance to be a hero. But then he saw Joel, who was standing alone near the basket. Mason passed the ball to Joel. Joel caught the ball,turned,and scored just as the buzzer sounded. The Blazers won! Mason and Joel gave each other a high-five.“Great pass!” Joel said. From that day, Mason learned something important:real winning is more than just the score. 24. Mason felt ________ because he failed to stop Edwin. A. excited B. unhappy C. relaxed D. lonely 25. Before taking the final shot, Mason decided to pass the ball to Joel because ________. A. the coach told him to pass B. Joel asked for the ball loudly C. Mason was too tired to shoot D. no defenders were around Joel 26. What lesson did Mason learn at last? A. Being a good teammate matters more than being a hero. B. Scoring points is the most important part of basketball. C. Winning is only about getting the highest final score. D. Losing a game helps a team become much stronger. C Life has its ups and downs and people sometimes feel anxious (焦虑的). If the feelings of anxiety become too strong, they can make you unwell. Usually, we might see a doctor or take some medicine to feel better. But it would be helpful to have something to use at home that does not involve (涉及) medicine. So, we made a robotic cushion (抱枕) to help manage anxiety. Our team was made up of scientists from several fields. We built a few different robotic cushions, and each one offered a different calming experience, like the feeling of breathing, a heartbeat, and one of them even had colourful lights inside. We asked people to try them out and tell us which they liked the best. Most people liked the cushion that felt like it was breathing. So, we decided to work more on that one. For our final cushion, we made it bigger so it was easier to hug. We made a robotic part that could push air in and out of a balloon inside the cushion, to control the “breathing”. We did this because slow breathing helps people feel calmer. Now, we wanted to see if our cushion really could help with anxiety, so we did a test. The test had to do three things: make people feel anxious, check their anxiety levels, and compare the effect of the cushion to something else. We made people feel anxious by having them do some difficult math problems in front of others. Afterwards, we asked them to score their anxiety levels from one to ten. To see how well the cushion worked, we put people into three groups. Group A used the breathing cushion, Group B tried meditating (冥想), and Group C just sat quietly without anything to help with their anxiety. After 10 minutes, we asked them to score their anxiety levels again. We found that people who hugged the breathing cushion had much less anxiety than those who just sat quietly. And we saw that meditation also helped people reduce their anxiety. Meditation can be difficult because it needs attention and practice, but hugging a cushion is easy! And, you could hug the cushion while doing other things. By doing more research like this, we can find ways to help people who need different ways to feel better. What do you think? Would you like to have a breathing cushion to hug when you’re worried? 27. What is the final cushion like? A. It uses air to make the sound of a heartbeat. B. It has a robotic part to make it “breathe”. C. It comes in all shapes and sizes. D. It has colourful lights inside. 28. What do we know about the test from Paragraphs 5 and 6? A. People in different groups liked different kinds of cushions. B. The researchers had people use the cushion during a meditation. C. The result showed the cushion helped people solve math problems. D. The test compared the effects of hugging the cushion and sitting quietly. 29. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A. To show how to use a robotic cushion. B. To introduce a product that helps with anxiety. C. To warn people about the dangers of being worried. D. To compare ways of helping people feel less anxious. D Have you ever had the following experiences? You are trying to focus on your homework while chatting with your friend online at the same time; or maybe you are attending a lecture while also reading a book that you have brought along…If the answer is YES, well, you are “multitasking”. Multitasking means dealing with more than one task at the same time or switching (转换) between tasks quickly. While it seems like an efficient (效率高的) way to get more things done in less time, studies suggest our brains might not be as good at multitasking as we think. Firstly, multitasking can make us less focused and lower the quality (质量) of our work. When multitasking, our attention gets split (分开，分散). This means we might make more mistakes and not do our jobs very well. For example, studying while chatting online can make it harder to understand or remember what you’re learning; meanwhile, you probably won’t be able to fully enjoy that pleasant conversation either. Besides, we tend to work less efficiently when multitasking. Studies have shown that it takes our brains more time to switch between tasks, which contradicts the belief that multitasking saves time. Experts call it “task switch costs”. We meet “task switch costs” because of the increased mental demand (脑力需求) as our mind jumps from one thing to another. Lastly, multitasking may hurt people’s health, both physically and mentally. For teenagers, their brains are busy forming important neural (神经的) connections. Splitting attention too often might have a serious, long-term, negative influence on how these connections form. Moreover, it could lead to anxiety and a feeling of being constantly behind. However, does it mean we should never ever try multitasking? The good news is, some forms of multitasking are easier to realize than others, and here are some suggestions on how to choose the right tasks for multitasking: Try pairing up complex (difficult thus needs full attention and effort) and automatic (done witho7ut thinking) tasks: For example, you can think about a to-do list (complex) while jogging outdoors (automatic), for the latter doesn’t need much mental power. It’s also a good idea to rank (分等级) tasks based on levels of importance first. Don’t choose very important ones to multitask; instead try those that don’t need so much attention. Save your focused attention for tasks that matter most. Knowing your limits (极限) is also necessary. People are different, so you should know your own mental and physical limits when multitasking. If you find the quality of your work drops or feel too nervous, you probably should stop multitasking. 30 Which of the following is NOT an example of multitasking? A. Preparing a meal while watching an interesting talk show online. B. Attending a meeting while doing online shopping with your phone. C. Reading a book while thinking about what the passage tries to say. D. Driving on the road while listening to soft music on the radio. 31. According to the passage, if you “contradict” something, it means ________. A. you finally find the truth about something after careful research B. you hold the opposite opinion or believe something is wrong C. you have to accept something although you are unwilling to D. you personally dislike something because you are not interested 32. According to the passage, the writer probably agrees that ________. A. multitasking helps the brain form important neural connections B doing difficult and easy tasks at the same time always works well C. important tasks need more attention and should be done first D. it’s important for people to know when to stop multitasking 33. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The misunderstanding about multitasking and the reasons why. B. The meaning of multitasking and how different people should do it. C. The importance of multitasking and how to choose the right tasks. D. The possible disadvantages of multitasking and the right ways to do it. 五、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分） Summer camps started in the US. They are programs for students during the summer months in some countries. Students taking part in summer camps are known as campers. The traditional summer camp usually means sports, game-playing and campfires. Now modern summer camps can offer campers a great many activities. Among them, the international summer camp is quite popular, especially with Chinese campers. First of all, the international summer camp can bring campers unusual life experience. As we all know, the experience in high school plays a very important role in life. The international summer camp is a great way to get the right values for life. Campers will experience the cultural difference— something they can’t get at home from their families. During the international summer camp, students will become more independent and see new things. They can also learn more through talking with students from all over the world. Making friends is another point. The international summer camp mixes Chinese students with students from other countries in the world. No matter whether they live with a local family or live with other students in dormitories (宿舍), they will all share experiences and cultures with persons from different countries and cultural backgrounds, learn cross-culture communication skills by listening to others and expressing themselves, and improve friendship over several weeks. They often stay in touch with each other by email after the program finishes. The most exciting thing in the international summer camp is that Chinese campers can get excellent chances to speak and use English in a real English world. Language is not only knowledge; it is a skill which needs to be improved by using it. 34. Where did summer camps start? __________________________________________________ 35. What can children get from the summer camp but not from their families? __________________________________________________ 36. How do the campers often stay in touch after the program finishes? _________________________________________________ 37. What kind of summer camp you would like to take and why? Please list at least two reasons. ________________________________________________ 阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适合的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。 A one-day trip in Hangzhou Yesterday, I ____38____ (visit) Hangzhou, a city with many beautiful views and ____39____ (place) of interest. It was an amazing experience! First, I went to West Lake. The water was ____40____ (surprising) clear, and there were lots of willow trees around. I took a boat ride ____41____ the lake and it was full of fun. I also saw the beautiful Broken Bridge. It’s famous because of a ____42____ (China) love story. Even though it’s called “The Broken Bridge”, it’s not really broken. Then, I went to the Lingyin Temple. It’s ____43____ (old) than most temples in China. There were tall trees and impressive rock carvings (石刻) around it. For lunch, I tried some local Hangzhou dishes, including the famous West Lake Fish in Vinegar Gravy. It was delicious and the taste was very special. In the afternoon, I walked round Hefang Street. It was ____44____ (crowd) with people. I tried some local drinks, and ____45____ were delicious. As the day ended, I felt grateful for the ____46____ (experience). Hangzhou is not just a city; it’s a poem, a painting and a story. I am really looking forward to ____47____ (take) a trip there again! 北京二中教育集团2025—2026学年度第一学期初二英语综合练习试卷 一、单项填空（共6分，每题0.5分） 从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【1题答案】 【答案】B 【2题答案】 【答案】A 【3题答案】 【答案】D 【4题答案】 【答案】B 【5题答案】 【答案】C 【6题答案】 【答案】C 【7题答案】 【答案】B 【8题答案】 【答案】B 【9题答案】 【答案】A 【10题答案】 【答案】C 【11题答案】 【答案】B 【12题答案】 【答案】D 二、完形填空（共8分，每题1分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A. B. C. D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 【13~20题答案】 【答案】13. B 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. B 三、阅读理解（共26 分，每题2分） （一）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A 【21~23题答案】 【答案】21. D 22. A 23. C （二）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C.D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 B 【24~26题答案】 【答案】24. B 25. D 26. A C 【27~29题答案】 【答案】27. B 28. D 29. B D 【30~33题答案】 【答案】30. C 31. B 32. D 33. D 五、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分） 【34~37题答案】 【答案】34. Summer camps started in the US. 35. They can get the experience of cultural difference that they can’t get at home from their families. 36. By email. 37. 开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案：I would like to take an international science summer camp. First, I am very interested in science and technology, and such a camp can allow me to learn advanced knowledge and do cool experiments. Second, it can also provide chances to make friends with foreign students who have the same hobby, so we can share ideas and improve our English together. 【38~47题答案】 【答案】38. visited 39. places 40. surprisingly 41. on 42. Chinese 43. older 44. crowded 45. they 46. experience 47. taking 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $