湖北省孝感市孝昌县2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中英语试题

2025—2026学年度上学期初中期中学情调研

八年级英语试卷

（考试时间：100分钟   试卷满分：90分）

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笔试部分（90分）

一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Emma is a senior high school student. She often wonders why she has ___1___ real friends than the students in her class. She is hard-working and friendly. She thinks about it for many days but still doesn’t know the ___2___.

When she ___3___ to have a painting party, she invited some classmates. First, she invited Grace. Grace was ___4___ to come. “Grace, could you please bring your paintbrush (画笔) ___5___ you come to my party? You paint better than ___6___,” Emma said. Grace agreed. Then she invited Bob. “Bob, could you please bring a big ___7___ for fruits to the party? You can always ___8___ the most delicious fruit salad,” Emma said. Bob smiled and went back home.

Emma also invited Lily and David. She asked Lily to ___9___ some art books from her classmates, and David to bring some stickers(贴纸). She even ___10___ Cindy she wanted to have the party in her living room!

The party day came and it was great. They all had a ___11___ time at the party. They thanked Grace for her beautiful ___12___ , Bob for the fruit salad, Lily for the art books, and David for the stickers. And ___13___, they thanked Cindy for offering (提供) her living room!

At last, they thanked Emma for inviting ___14___ to the party. Now do you know ___15___ Emma has fewer real friends than others?

1. A. fewer B. more C. worse D. less

2. A. reason B. result C. information D. advice

3. A. agreed B. decided C. learned D. forgot

4. A. angry B. nervous C. happy D. sorry

5. A. if B. when C. though D. because

6. A. other B. the other C. others D. another

7. A. bowl B. cup C. bottle D. basket

8. A. make B. eat C. smell D. find

9. A. read B. borrow C. write D. make

10. A. reminded B. told C. taught D. warned

11. A. bad B. strange C. wonderful D. common

12. A. picture B. song C. gift D. game

13. A. at first B. of course C. in fact D. as usual

14. A. me B. him C. her D. them

15 A. why B. who C. what D. where

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）

阅读三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个与短文内容相符的最佳选项。

A

Welcome to the Summer Palace

Opening Hours: Apr.1—Oct. 31: 6:30—18:00; Inside gardens: 8:30—17:00 Nov.1—Mar. 31; 7:00—17:00; Inside gardens: 9:00—16:00

Ticket Price: Adult: age 18+    ¥30 Child: age 6—18    ¥15 ·Free for children under 120 cm (3.9 feet), or below 6 years old. ·The elderly over 60 enjoy half price. Ticket prices of Dehe Garden, the Tower of Buddhist Incense, Wenchang Hall, Suzhou Street

and Danning Hall are not included.

Online Booking: 1. The tickets are sold 7 days in advance (提前). 2. Your passport or ID information is required (需要), and one person can book only one ticket per day. 3. One adult can only book one child ticket. For more information, you can visit: https://www.travelchinaguide.com/summer-palace-tickets-booking.htm

 

16. On National Day, visitors can enter the Summer Palace at ________.

A. 6:00 a.m. B. 5:00 a.m. C. 9:00 a.m. D. any time

17. How much will a 70-year-old lady pay at least to visit the Summer Palace?

A. ¥15. B. ¥30. C. ¥45. D. None.

18. How many places of ticket prices are not included?

A. Two B. Three. C. Five. D. Six.

19. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. One adult can only book one child ticket.

B. One should pay extra money to visit Danning Hall.

C. A passport or ID information is needed when booking tickets online.

D. You can visit the inside gardens at 18:00 on May 10th.

20. Where is the passage probably taken from?

A A storybook. B. A news report. C. A science fiction novel. D. A travel guide.

B

Do you have true friends? Do you want to know better between you and your friends? There are three different kinds of friends “pest friends”, “guest friends” and “best friends”.

The first kind of friends is simply acquaintances and all you usually know about them is their names. You may meet this kind of friends at school or at work, but you don’t miss them when they’re not around. When this kind of friends do something bad, you don’t tell them. That is why they are called “pest friends”.

The second kind of friends “guest friends” could also be called “social partners”. They are closer than