辽宁省沈阳市铁西区第一二七中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期开学考试英语试题

英语第一周限时作业

（满分：100分）

一、阅读理解（分二节，共20小题；每小题3分，满分60分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，然后根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。

A

Strange Plants and Animals

Can a tree laugh?

When it comes to laughing, this tree is really funny. This is because the fruit of this tree has a hole in it. If the wind blows, this amazing tree will “laugh”. When people first hear it laughing, they are usually quite surprised and begin to laugh along with the tree. It grows in the middle of Africa.

Can a fossil be alive?

Look at this plant. It grows in the southwest of Africa. Like most plants, it has roots. But it has only two leaves and a stem (茎). Its two leaves continue to grow for its whole life. Does it look old? Not really. Actually, this plant can live as long as fifteen hundred years, so people call it a “living fossil”.

Can a fish fly?

A fish can fly? Most people don’t think so. But look at this fish. It looks like a bird with its large wings (翅膀). It can jump and fly out of the water, and flap (拍打) its wings up to 70 times a second to stay away from dangerous animals. You can see a flying fish all over the world.

Can’t birds fly?

Of course, birds can fly except Kiwis. Kiwis are birds, but they can’t fly. Kiwis can be as big as chickens. Like all birds, they lay eggs-big eggs. People call them Kiwis because they made the sound: kee-wee. Kiwis live in New Zealand and are the national bird of the country.

1. What can we see in the middle of Africa?

A. A plant that can sing. B. A plant that can dance.

C. A tree that can laugh. D. A tree that can live a long life.

2. The flying fish will fly out of the water when ________.

A. it wants to breathe B. it meets dangerous animals

C. the water is too dirty D. it is hungry

3. We cannot learn ________ from the passage.

A. the reason why the tree can laugh B. what the living fossil looks like

C. how fast a flying fish can flap its wings D. the reason why Kiwis cannot fly

4. We can find this passage from an encyclopaedia of ________.

A. Nature B. Science C. Culture D. History

B

 

The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His family lived not far from the River Severn, England.

Darwin’s father was a well-known doctor and the son of a still greater doctor and scientist. Darwin’s father hoped that his son would also become a doctor.

As a boy, Darwin liked to go for walks in the fields and forests. He watched nature, and compared what he saw with everything he had read in science books. He also liked collecting very much. He collected many things, birds, eggs, stones and leaves. His father did not like that, and Darwin was not studying very well at school.

At the age of sixteen, Darwin was sent to Edinburgh University to study in order that he could become a doctor. But he was interested in the history of nature.

Then he was sent to study in Cambridge University. There he studied until 1831.

Some time later he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip to South America and needed a scientist. His professor advised him to go. He said the trip would be just for Darwin. So when the ship left England in December 1831, Darwin was on it. His research lasted almost five years. The Beagle studied the waters in the sea near South America. It also visited New Zealand, Australia and islands in the Pacific. Darwin saw many new plants and animals. He collected all kinds of plants.

In 1842 Darwin went to live in Kent where he continued his studies of changes in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change.

By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species” (《物种起源》). It made a great hit in the world of science. He was opposed by the church and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.

5. Charles Darwin had many hobbies except that________.

A. he liked to go for walks in the forests B. he liked watching nature

C. he preferred collecting coins and stamps D. he was fond of the history of nature

6. When did Darwin leave England for a trip to South America?

A. In 1831. B. In 1832. C. In 1842. D. In 1859.

7. The underlined word “opposed” means “________”.

A. 接受 B. 开除 C. 反对 D. 尊重

8. What can we learn from Charles Darwin?

A. Don’t care what parents say to us.

B. The trip can bring us wealth.

C. We should ask teachers for help when meeting problems.

D. Keep doing what we like and work hard, and we’ll succeed.

C

Have you ever seen chipmunks (花栗鼠)? They look very much like squirrels (松鼠), but they spend much of their time on the ground. People name this animal chipmunk because they make the special chip-chip sound. There are as many as 25 kinds of chipmunks, and most live in North America. A wild chipmunk can live for 2 to 5 years.

Chipmunks are very small, and they enjoy living alone. When they are two months old, they leave their mothers to live by themselves. They build their own homes and start collecting food there all by themselves. They do not like living or making friends with other chipmunks much.

Unlike other hibernating (冬眠的) animals, chipmunks do not live on body fats during winters. They collect and keep food during summers and eat it during winters. In winter, they don’t sleep all the way through the winter. They are light sleepers and wake up every few days to eat food.

Chipmunks may not be as popular as pet dogs or pet cats, but they can be good ones. They can feed on many things from vegetables and fruits to nuts (坚果) and bird eggs. They sleep at night, so you don’t have to look after them during nighttime. But you have to remember one thing—chipmunks have trust problems, so it takes time for them to become close to you.

9. What can we learn about the chipmunks from the first paragraph?

A. Some of their relatives. B. Their living place.

C. How they live in the wild. D. Their number in the wild.

10. What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A. Where chipmunks keep their food. B. How chipmunks go through winter.

C. What chipmunks eat during winters. D. Why chipmunks are special animals.

11. If you want to have a pet chipmunk, you have to ________.