山东省烟台市莱州市2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

2025—2026学年度第一学期期中学业水平检测

初三英语试题

注意事项：

1. 本试卷共8页，满分90分，考试用时100分钟。

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第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The following form is a high-speed train schedule（时刻表）from Laizhou to four cities.

Train Number	Route (路线)	Departure (出发) time	Arrival time	Platform (站台)	Marker (标识) Color
G1084	Laizhou→ Beijing South	08:40	12:42	2	Blue
G5472	Laizhou→Jinan	11:24	12:51	1	Orange
G2090	Laizhou→ Chengdu East	09:44	21:55	2	Green
G2654	Laizhou→Shenyang	12:34	20:21	3	Brown

 

1. Which platform should you wait at if you go to Shenyang?

A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.

2. What marker color should you follow if your train number is G1084?

A. Brown. B. Blue. C. Green. D. Orange.

3. How long does it take from Laizhou to Chengdu East by G2090 train?

A. 306 minutes. B. 87 minutes. C. 507 minutes. D. 731 minutes.

B

Do you like going into the forest? If you go into the forest with friends, you’d better stay with them. If you get lost, maybe the following will help you.

Sit down and stay where you are Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.

There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle (吹哨) three times. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal (信号) given three times is a call for help. When people hear you, they will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.

If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches (树枝). Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.

When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away. Break off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily.

4. If you get lost in the forest, you should ________.

A. try to find your friends as soon as possible B. stay in one place and give signals

C. walk around the forest D. telephone your friends

5. When you hear two shouts or whistles, you know that ________.

A someone is afraid of an animal B. people will come to help you

C. someone has nothing to do D. someone needs help

6. Why do you need to pick off small branches and drop them when looking for water?

A. To make a path for others to follow. B. To make a bed with them.

C. To build a little house with them. D. To help you find your way back easily.

7. The main idea of the passage is ________.

A. how to travel in the forest B. how to spend the night in the forest

C. what you should do if you are lost in the forest D. how to help others in the forest

C

Some days later, my grandaunt Miss Betsey sent me to a new school. It was very different from the last one. My last school was very poor and the teachers were so strict. But here, the headmaster Dr. Strong was an excellent teacher and an intelligent man. He enjoyed teaching and never punished anyone. I felt so excited and happy about everything here that I fell in love with the new school immediately. Soon I made many new friends.

Mr. Wickfield was the lawyer (律师) of my grandaunt’s and I lived in his house. His daughter Agnes was like a sister and treated me very well. She often helped me with my studies and also helped her father with everything. I had lived a happy life with them for years.

At the age of seventeen, I finished my studies. I was young with education and confidence. My grandaunt wished me to be a lawyer and gave me enough money. So I decided to go to London. I thought my future would be better there.

—From David Copper field

8. Who was the headmaster at the new school?

A. Miss Betsey. B. Dr. Strong. C. Mr. Wickfield. D. Agnes.

9. What does the underlined word “immediately” mean?

A. At least. B. At most. C. Right away. D. At last.

10. What was Agnes like in the passage?

A. Kind. B. Funny. C. Strict. D. Honest.

11. What can we know about the writer?

A His last school was better than the new one.

B. His grandaunt would like him to be a teacher.

C. His sister gave him lots of money.

D. He decided to go to London for his better future.

D

Different kinds of music change our feelings. Some make us want to sing along. Others make us want to dance. Lullabies (摇篮曲) make babies and young kids feel calm (冷静的)—so calm that they fall asleep quickly!

Though lullabies come from different places, these songs have a lot in common. They usually have short, easy words and simple tunes (曲调). The songs are slow, and people sing them in a soft voice with a calm beat.

Over the years, scientists have studied lullabies to find out more about their calming powers (力量). Research has shown that lullabies can slow a baby’s heart, which is a sign of relaxation. Babies who hear lullabies fall asleep