甘肃省庆阳市镇原县2025-2026学年上学期八年级英语期中测试卷

2025-2026学年度八年级第一学期学习评价

英语 (2)

注意事项：

1. 全卷共120分，考试时间90分钟。

2. 答题前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。

Ⅰ、单词辨音 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出画线部分与其他三个单词画线部分读音不同选项。

1. A. believe B. less C. bedroom D. hotel

2. A. rose B. novel C. nod D. probably

3. A. without B. outgoing C. countryside D. loud

4. A. noon B. bathroom C. shoot D. goodness

5. A. except B. expect C. scarf D. cover

Ⅱ、语法与情景对话 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下列各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

6. —Who is ________ kid sitting on your chair, Mike?

—He is my brother Dale, ________ outgoing boy.

A. a; an B. the; a C. the; an D. /; the

7. — Linda, who did you go on vacation with?

— ________ was free, so I went alone.

A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Nobody D. Somebody

8. —Could you please feed the fish?

—Sorry, I ________. Look, it’s time for me to play the piano.

A. couldn’t B. can’t C. mustn’t D. needn’t

9. —Can I ________ your dictionary, Grace?

—Sure, but you can’t ________ it to others.

A. borrow; lend B. lend; borrow C. borrow; borrow D. lend; lend

10. It’s reported that China plans ________ astronauts to the moon before 2030.

A. send B. to send C. sending D. sends

11. My maths teacher seems very ________, but in fact, he is quite funny.

A. disappointed B. outgoing C. serious D. surprised

12. —I think Tony is as ________ as his elder sister.

—Right. But his elder sister is much ________ than him.

A. smart; more hard-working B. smarter; more hard-working

C. smart; hard-working D. smarter; hard-working

13. —My parents always keep asking me about my school day.

—They are doing this just because they ________ you.

A. think of B. care about C. turn around D. look for

14. She ________ the school concert yesterday and really enjoyed the performance.

A. fought B. forgot C. added D. attended

15. —Mike, I can’t get the dictionary in the bookcase. Can you lend me a ________?

—OK. Let me get it for you.

A. hand B. try C. gift D. novel

16. —The Yangtze River is much longer than the Yellow River.

—You’re right. It is ________ river in China.

A. long B. the longer C. the longest D. longer

17. My brother can ________ remember 50 English words a day.

A. easily B. especially C. freshly D. finally

18. The talk was about the ________ of helping others and the happiness of making friends.

A. role B. importance C. connection D. difference

19. My father doesn’t like travelling, and ________ the holidays, he takes care of the garden.

A. from B. along C. between D. during

20. My sister likes to keep her ________ clean and tidy.

A. living room B. bathroom C. bedroom D. kitchen

21. The teacher invited a scientist ________ us a talk on plants.

A. give B. to give C. giving D. gives

22. —How did you like the school art festival?

—________. I enjoyed myself.

A. Sounds boring B. It was fantastic C. My pleasure D. No problem

23. His success ________ his hard work and the support from his family.

A. is connected with B. is careful with C. is good for D. is home to

24. No matter ________ we travel, Mum always takes photos.

A. what B. how C. where D. which

25. When you visit the library, feel free ________ any book that interests you. There are so many great choices.

A. pick B. picking C. to pick D. picked

Ⅲ、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

Nature is interesting. In our world, there are mountains and there are also deserts (沙漠). There are plants and there are animals, too.

Some animals are very ____26____, such as elephants. Some animals are tall, such as horses. Some animals are small, such as ____27____. Some live in the forests. And some live in the ____28____, such as blue whales. Some people keep animals as pets at their homes.

Some animals are very cute and interesting. Monkeys often come to people to ____29____ for food. They like to eat bananas, ____30____, oranges and other fruit. Some animals are lovely, such as pandas. Pandas don’t walk fast, but they can ____31____ trees very well. Elephants can pick up ____32____ babies with their long noses. Some animals are very helpful. They can do lots of things for people. Some dogs can guard (守卫) houses for people. Elephants can help people do some hard ____33____. Even some small birds can sing beautiful songs to ____34____ people happy.

Most animals are ____35____ to people. They are our friends, so we must do our best to protect them.

26. A. big B. small C. long D. short

27. A. cheetahs B. bears C. lions D. ants

28. A. room B. tree C. ocean D. mountain

29. A. work B. tell C. talk D. ask

30. A. rice B. noodles C. apples D. vegetables

31. A. bring B. plant C. climb D. clean

32. A. his B. her C. its D. their

33. A. study B. work C. job D. walk

34. A. make B. take C. help D. show

35. A. healthy B. sorry C. fresh D. friendly