Unit 1 Past and present 学情评估卷-2025-2026学年译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Past and present 学情评估卷

(时间：90分钟  满分：120分)

I. 单项选择 (共10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 分)

从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

1. (    )It was _______ honour for Tu Youyou to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in her _______.

A. a; eighty  B. an; eighties  C. /; eighty  D. an; eightieth

2. (    )— Lucy hasn’t come back from the library _______.

—I know. I have _______ called her.

A. already; yet   B. yet; yet

C. already; already   D. yet; already

3. (    )My hometown has changed a lot _______ the underground was put to use.

A. unless  B. since  C. if  D. when

4. (    )People have built more and more tall buildings here _______ the years. But at the same time, the city has become more _______.

A. on; empty   B. to; creative

C. over; crowded   D. since; famous

5. (    )—Why do you prefer traveling by high-speed train to taking a coach?

—Because it’s not only much more _______, but also much _______.

A. expensive; more comfortable  B. crowded; safer

C. convenient; faster   D. expensive; more special

6. (    )—How did your family go on a trip to Beijing last summer holiday?

—_______. It was fast, comfortable and suitable for long-distance travel.

A. Took a coach   B. By bike

C. By car   D. By high-speed train

7. (    )In the past few years, China _____ great progress in science and technology.

A. make  B. makes  C. made  D. has made

8. (    )—What do you think of the smart parking system?

— Fantastic! It _______ us a lot of time _______ a parking space before

the system was built.

A. used to take; to find  B. is used to taking; finding

C. used to take; finding  D. is used to take; to find

9. (    )—Why do we spend so much time on reading in class?

— Because the ability to read and understand is _______ all learning. It helps you learn every subject better.

A. at the heart of   B. on the way to

C. at the cost of   D. at the speed of

10. (    )[谚语] —I have spent three nights preparing for the exam.

—It is bad for your health. As a saying goes, “_______.”

A. You are never too old to learn

B. Actions speak louder than words

C. You can’t burn the candle at both ends

D. Every dog has its day

II. 完形填空（共15 小题；每小题1 分，满分15 分）

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

Have you ever been to Saihanba? It is a very big forest 11 in Chengde, Hebei. In Mongolian, its name 12 the “beautiful highland”. Just as its name suggests, endless forests and grasslands are dotted with clear lakes.

Saihanba 13 to be a royal (皇家的)hunting ground. During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi liked Saihanba so much that he made 14 there a royal activity.

In 1860, 15 a shortage (缺少)of money, the land was open to all people. In the following years, cutting down trees and wildfir esquickly 16 the forests and grasslands. By the 1950s, Saihanba had become poorl and 17 animals or plants. The plans to rebuild a national 18 in Saihanba started in the 1960s. In 1961, a group of six scientists travelled to Saihanba and studied the possibility of 19 trees there. They 20 found one tree standing alone in the large land , which greatly encouraged them. From then on, they decided to 21 Saihanba into a new national forest.

In the past 63 years, after overcoming (克服)the difficulties of planting trees in a very cold place, great 22 have taken place in Saihanba. The poor land has 23 a large and beautiful forest. Chinese people have created a tr uewonder in Saihanba over the past half-century.

Today, Saihanba has been 24 as the “Emerald (绿宝石)of North China”. It is very important 25 Beijing’s water and air quality. It is also a natura l protection that can prevent sandstorms.

11. (    )A. setting  B. lying  C. stepping  D. leading

12. (    )A. keeps  B. realizes  C. means  D. replies

13. (    )A. failed  B. tried  C. used  D. agreed

14. (    )A. climbing  B. fishing  C. jogging  D. hunting

15. (    )A. instead of  B. according to  C. thanks to  D. because of

16. (    )A. lost  B. cut  C. destroyed  D. left

17. (    )A. with  B. to  C. by  D. without

18. (    )A. museum  B. forest  C. wetland  D. park

19. (    )A. making  B. building  C. keeping  D. growing

20. (    )A. finally  B. recently  C. mainly  D. nearly

21. (    )A. carry  B. come  C. put  D. turn

22. (    )A. memories  B. changes  C. times  D. conditions

23. (    )A. found  B. kept  C. become  D. made

24. (    )A. lonely  B. active  C. perfect  D. famous

25. (    )A. for  B. at  C. with  D. about

III. 阅读（共两节，满分40 分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15 小题；每小题2 分，满分30 分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A [宿迁中考] 多模态语篇

The following form is a simulated(模拟的)high-speed train schedule from Suqian to six cities.