湖北省省直辖县级行政单位仙桃市第二中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期11月期中英语试题

仙桃二中2025年秋季学期期中质量监测 八年级英语试卷 笔试部分（90分） 一、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，填入空白处。 “It’s almost the Spring Festival. Can we go to Hainan for the holiday, Dad?” “Not this time,” Dad answered with a ____1____. “We’re going to your mum’s hometown.” Soon the day of our family trip ____2____. We got up very early in the morning to catch the train. The train ____3____ took more than five hours, and then we ____4____ to a bus to get to my grandparents’ village in the afternoon. At the end of the road, I saw Grandpa and my little cousin ____5____ in the cold wind waiting for us. We walked quickly to ____6____ them. Grandpa helped us pull the heavy luggage into the house. “Ah, home again!” said Mum with a smile on ____7____ face. Grandma, my aunt, and my uncle were ____8____ cooking dinner in the kitchen. They were very happy to see us. After a little while, my parents went to the kitchen to ____9____. “Could you bring Wenwen her favourite snacks?” Grandma asked Grandpa. I ____10____ the snacks with my cousin and told Grandpa about school. He was happy to hear I was doing ____11____ at school. When dinner was ready, I asked, “Can I help?” “You can ____12____ the table,” Dad said. We then enjoyed all the delicious food. “Mm, the ____13____ taste of home!” said Mum. During the dinner, my uncle told us some ____14____ and we had a good laugh. Several days later when we were ____15____, Grandma held my hands and asked us, “Will you come home more often?” Mum nodded, with tears in her eyes. 1. A. cry B. smile C. shout D. sigh 2. A. ended B. came C. left D. passed 3. A. journey B. station C. ticket D. driver 4. A. rode B. drove C. changed D. return 5. A. sitting B. lying C. standing D. running 6. A. greet B. thank C. watch D. follow 7. A. his B. my C. our D. her 8. A. hard B. easy C. busy D. slow 9. A. cook B. rest C. help D. eat 10 A. shared B. bought C. made D. sold 11. A. badly B. well C. little D. much 12. A. set B. clean C. clear D. move 13. A. strange B. familiar C. different D. foreign 14. A. stories B. lies C. jokes D. truths 15. A. arriving B. sleeping C. leaving D. working 二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读以下三篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最 佳选项。 A The Longmen Grottoes (石窟), Luoyang The Longmen Grottoes lie 12.5 kilometers south of Luoyang City in Henan Province. It is one of China’s four famous ancient grottoes. There are more than 2,300 grottoes in the Longmen Grottoes, mainly created between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Scenic Spot Level: AAAAA Best Sightseeing Season: April to early November Open Hours: 8:00-18:00 (February 1 to March 31, October 8 to October 31) 8:00-18:30 (April 1 to October 7) 8:00-17:00 (November 1 to January 31) Ticket Price: 90 yuan per person Free Tickets: ①Children under twelve years old and children below 1.4 meters in height; ②People aged 60 or above with papers. Half Price: ①Children between the ages of 13 and 17; ②Full-time university students with an ID card and a student ID card; ③Teachers with a teacher qualification certificate (教师资格证) and an ID card. Website: https://www.lmsk.cn/index.asp Notes: ·English tour guide services will be provided at the scenic spot. You can find more information like price and service time on the official website. ·The scenic spot usually stops selling tickets at 17:30. If there is any change, please check the official website. ·The Peony (牡丹) Cultural Festival of Luoyang, China, is held every year from around April 5 to May 5. 16. Where is the Longmen Grottoes? A. B. C. D. 17. When is a proper time to visit the Longmen Grottoes? A. At 6:30 pm in March. B. At 7:30 pm in July. C. At 8:30 am in October. D. At 7:30 am in December. 18. How much should Mr. Green, a 40-year-old man, pay if he visits the Longmen Grottoes with his 14-year-old daughter? A. 45 yuan. B. 90 yuan. C. 135 yuan. D. 180 yuan. 19. What can you do if you go to Luoyang on April 30th? A. I can visit the Longmen Grottoes for free. B. I can have English tour guide services for free. C. I can send the photos I took to the official website. D. I can enjoy the Peony Cultural Festival of Luoyang, China. 20. Where can you find the passage? A. In a storybook. B. In a travel guide. C. In a movie poster. D. In a science magazine. B Nick was a proud (自负的) boy. He thought that he was the best at everything he did. Whenever he lost, he would always find excuses. One Friday, Randy and Jack came to the playground to play badminton. Jack was much better at badminton than Randy. After about half an hour, Randy said to Jack, “Oh, I need to take a rest. I have to say that you are really good at this game.” Their classmate Nick heard this. He laughed out loud and said, “Randy, that’s because you are really bad at the sport. I am the best of the three of us.” Then, he asked Jack if he would like to play with him. Jack said, “OK.” Then, the two began to play. As a tall boy, Nick showed great skill at playing badminton. It was not easy for Jack to win, but still, he won the game. To Jack’s surprise, Nick said, “I can win if I have a racket as good as yours.” However, Jack didn’t think so. He said, “Let’s swap rackets to play again.” Unluckily for Nick, he still lost the game. This time round, Nick had no excuses. He lowered his head and planned to leave. However, Jack went over to him, saying, “Do not be sad. You are a skilled player too.” Hearing this, Nick’s face turned red and he became lost in thought. 21. Which sentence in Paragraph 2 shows that Nick was proud? A. Oh, I need to take a rest. B. Randy, that’s because you are really bad at the sport. C. I am the best of the three of us. D. Then, he asked Jack if he would like to play with him. 22. What was Nick’s excuse for losing the first game? A. His racket was not as good as Jack’s. B. He wasn’t as tall as Jack. C. The badminton was not good. D. He was too tired to play well. 23. What does the underlined word “swap” mean? A. Pull. B. Exchange. C. Choose. D. Clean. 24. What’s the right order of the sentences according to the text? a. Jack played badminton with Randy in the playground. b. Nick swapped rackets with Jack. c Nick lost the game and wanted to leave. d. Nick wanted to play badminton with Jack. A. a→d→b→c B. a→b→d→c C. a→c→d→b D. a→d→c→b 25. What did Nick learn from this experience? A. Better late than never. B. There is no such thing as a free lunch. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. There is always someone better than you. C ①The way we use our time can be put into three “bottles”. They are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle. This idea helps us see how we spend our everyday hours. ②Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle. We do important things like making money for living, doing housework to keep our home nice and paying bills for our daily needs. ③Then, we fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things we choose to do for family members or other people. For example, picking up litter in the park and chatting with the elderly at a nursing home. ④But we often forget about the third bottle—the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle we fill with things that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty (空的) at the end of the day? Because we’re busy with necessary and voluntary tasks, time goes by fast, and before we know it, it’s time for bed. ⑤This is why we should try to fill our Happiness Bottle every day. I fill mine by going to dance classes. They always make me feel good. I made friends while dancing. ⑥The big problem for us is to make sure we don’t let a day go by without filling this important bottle. We need to plan for it. ⑦Think about how you spend your time. Are you doing enough things to be happy? Or are the other tasks taking up all your time? At the end of the day, try your best to fill your Happiness Bottle. 26. What does the “Necessary Tasks Bottle” refer to according to the passage? A. A bottle used to hold important things. B. The time spent on activities like making money. C. The time for doing things we enjoy. D. The time for helping others. 27. What does the underlined word “Voluntary” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Done willingly by choice. B. Dangerous. C. Necessary. D. Difficult. 28. How does the writer fill her Happiness Bottle? A. B. C. D. 29. What’s the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. 30. What’s the writer’s main purpose of writing the passage? A. To describe what the Happiness Bottle is like. B. To introduce ways to fill the Happiness Bottle. C. To share the experience of filling the Happiness Bottle. D. To tell people to spend time filling the Happiness Bottle. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读短文，从下面所列选项中，选出最佳选项填入对应空白处，使短文通顺，连贯。（选项中有一项多余） It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. ___31___. Get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with other people. Go to a park beach, club, party or any other places that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends there. It’s easier to make friends when you have similar interests. Don’t be afraid to show people what you’re good at. ___32___. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you. Then, people will pay more attention to you and like to talk with you. ___33___. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”. Listening to others shows you are understanding and caring. People will want to share more with you. ___34___. You just listen. Be friendly to a lot of people. Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect and admire, not just with those who are easy to meet. ___35___. That way they’ll find it easier to talk to you. Eye contact is a good way of communication between each other. A. Be a good listener B. Talk about things you like and do best C. The easiest way to make friends is to go out D. It is easy to make friends when you are inside E. Give other people chances to express themselves F. Look people in the eyes when you talk to them 三、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词，每词仅用一次。 ivory listen weigh eat small they Africa up but reach Elephants are one of the biggest mammals (哺乳动物) in the world. There are two kinds of elephants—the ___36___ elephants and the Indian elephants. The main difference between them is that the Indian one has much ___37___ ears. What do you think the African elephants use to cool during the summer? You guess it—___38___ bigger ears. The funny thing about the ears of the elephants is that they have very weak hearing. Because of this, they use their feet to ___39___. They listen through the vibrations (震动) that they feel on the ground. One elephant has two ___40___. They can be as long as 2 metres. An adult elephant ___41___ 3 to 4 metres in height—many times taller than a baby one. And an adult African elephant ___42___ about 7,250 kg. Do you know that the elephant is one of the animals with the thickest skins in the world? It can be 2.5 to 4 cm. Like pandas, the elephants spend 15 to 18 hours a day ___43___ 250 to 300 kilos of food. Elephants can live ___44___ to 70 years. Elephants are good at swimming. So they enjoy playing in the river. And because of their small eyes, their eyesight (视力) is very poor. ___45___ don’t be upset. At least the elephant has the biggest brain in the land animal world. An adult elephant’s brain can weigh 4 to 5 kilos. 四、读写结合（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题两分，满分10分） Many parents want to let their kids live a happy life when they’re still young. Others may think children can’t finish the housework as fast as possible. I think they are wrong. There are several reasons for kids to do chores. Chores help improve life skills. Kids are young now, but when they grow up, they need to do washing, cooking and cleaning. They can’t learn them at school. Learning these skills at home is important. Chores help kids learn to be independent. Cleaning their rooms or washing their clothes can make them less dependent on others. They will think they can take care of themselves. Chores help teach them to respect (尊重) others. They can’t realize what their parents do around the house until they move away from home. They may realize the hardness of keeping their rooms tidy by doing housework themselves, so they can respect their parents’ work at home. Chores help improve planning skills. It feels like there are a lot of things to do in a day. How to spend time on them? Chores can help kids build good habits early. They learn to plan their time in a right way. It is also an important skill for them in the future. 1-2题，补全句子；3-5题，回答问题。 46. It can help improve __________ and planning skills by doing chores. （不超过5词） 47. Kids can realize the hardness of __________ by doing housework themselves. （不超过5词） 48. What does the underlined word “They” refer to（指代）? ____________________（不超过5词） 49. How many reasons are given for kids to do chores according to the passage? ____________________（不超过5词） 50. What do you think of doing chores? Why? ____________________（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）（不超过20词） 第二节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分） 51. 每个人的生活都离不开朋友，有些人认为朋友应该相似，有的则认为朋友应该不同。你认为朋友应该相似还是不同呢？校刊英语专栏正在以“Making friends who are similar to me or different from me?”为题开展征文活动，请你根据写作要求，结合自身实际，从以下两种观点中任选其一，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你对该问题的看法，向专栏投稿。 Making friends who are similar to me Making friends who are different from me understand each other have a more interesting and colourful life do something together learn something new 写作要求： 1. 文中须包括所给内容提示，可适当发挥； 2. 文中不得出现考生的真实姓名和学校名称； 3. 词数80左右(开头已给出，不计入总词数) Making friends who are similar to me or different from me? Some people think that friends should be similar, but other people think that friends should be different. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 仙桃二中2025年秋季学期期中质量监测 八年级英语试卷 笔试部分（90分） 一、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，填入空白处。 【1~15题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. C 二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读以下三篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最 佳选项。 A 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. B B 【21~25题答案】 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. D C 【26~30题答案】 【答案】26. B 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. D 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. C 32. B 33. A 34. E 35. F 三、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. African 37. smaller 38. their 39. listen 40. ivories 41. reaches 42. weighs 43. eating 44. up 45. But 四、读写结合（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题两分，满分10分） 【46~50题答案】 【答案】46. life skills 47 keeping rooms tidy 48. Kids. 49. Three./3. 50. I think doing chores is important because it helps kids learn life skills and be independent. 第二节 书面表达（共1题，满分15分） 【51题答案】 【答案】例文 Making friends who are similar to me or different from me? Some people think that friends should be similar, but other people think that friends should be different. As for me, I want to make friends with people who are different from me. First, it can make my life more interesting and colourful. Second, I hope to learn something new from my friends. For example, my friends can play tennis well, and they can teach me to play tennis. What’s more, I think being kind is the most important when making friends. In short, I think friends who are different from me can bring me more fun and make me learn something new. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $