安徽省安庆市第四中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷

八年级英语

一、单项填空*共14分

1. The teacher________ us that we should finish our homework on time.

A. followed B. happened C. forgot D. reminded

2. All of the children were happy on Children’s Day, ________when they saw the presents.

A. especially B. hardly C. mainly D. usually

3. He didn’t leave the office ________ he finished all the work.

A. until B. after C. so D. because

4. —I think Eric is a really nice person.

—Yes, he is. He always ________ others and is ready to help them.

A. looks at B. laughs at C. reaches for D. cares about

5. It’s difficult to ________ that he could finish the work in such a short time.

A. imagine B. realize C. reach D. understand

6. The young man said he was a doctor. ________, he is a teacher.

A. At first B. For example C. In fact D. By accident

7. ________ precious fresh water is! That’s why we call it “liquid gold”.

A. What B. What a C. How a D. How

8. —________should we do with the ingredients?

—Wash them and then cut them into pieces.

A. Which B. How C. What D. When

9. The last but not ________ important thing is to enjoy the process of learning.

A. least B. more C. most D. many

10. To improve his basketball skills, Wang Feng keeps on ________ playing basketball every day.

A. practice B. practices C. practicing D. to practice

11. —The more trees, the better the air.

—That’s true. Also, they can slow down ________ change.

A. population B. climate C. character D. appearance

12. —The paper cutting is pretty lively. Who made it?

—It must be Amy. Nobody in our class________ her is able to do it.

A except B. besides C. without D. against

13. —You should stop________ a rest after reading for such a long time.

—I can’t wait________ the end of the story.

A. having; to know B. having; know

C. to have; to know D. to have; knowing

14. DeepSeek is a new AI technology in 2025. People can________ get wonderful advice by sharing their worries with it.

A. easily B. hardly C. especially D. quietly

二、完形填空 *共10分

A couple lived at the top of a hill for more than 40 years. They had a ____15____ life and mostly lived on bread and vegetables. But they were thankful for what they had.

Once a week, the couple would sit in front of the fireplace and ____16____ a piece of apple pie. Eating the pie was the only luxury (奢侈的享受) for them, ____17____ they mostly spent these best times sharing stories, joking and having a good laugh.

The husband only ate the flaky crust of the pie while the wife only loved the warm filling (馅). So they ____18____ and ate the pie happily.

One winter, the man fell seriously ill. The wife sat by his side as he said something to her. Taking her ____19____ , the man said there was a lie that he had kept from her all the time.

The woman held her breath to ____20____ to her husband. Then her husband smiled and said that he ____21____ liked the crust of pies.

The woman was ____22____ at first and she asked why he ate the crust all the time. The husband said it gave him great ____23____ to give her what she liked.

Hearing this, the woman smiled. She told her husband that they were truly a pair. All those ____24____ that they were together, she also tried to make him happy by choosing the filling while in fact, she preferred the crust.

15. A. rich B. fascinating C. private D. simple

16. A. require B. share C. produce D. boil

17. A. but B. though C. and D. until

18. A. threw B. cooked C. divided D. opened

19. A. hands B. head C. feet D. eyes

20. A. talk B. walk C. listen D. turn

21. A. never B. always C. usually D. sometimes

22. A. disappointed B. angry C. nervous D. surprised

23. A. luck B. joy C. regret D. doubt

24. A. years B. relatives C. places D. chances

三、补全对话 *共15分

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

A: Do you know we will have Labour Education (劳动教育) in middle schools in China?

B: Of course, I know. ____25____

A: What do you think of it?

B: It’s important for children to have Labour Education. ____26____ And they seldom teach us how to do housework and other life skills.

A: That’s true. ____27____ Some of my classmates even don’t know how to wash their clothes or clean their rooms.

B: That’s too bad. ____28____

A: Sounds great! What clubs will there be?

B: Such as the Cooking Club and the Gardening Club.

A: Wow! I can’t wait to join them. ____29____

B: Yeah, I am looking forward to them too.

A. So Labour Education is not useful to us.

B. Life skills are more important than grades (成绩).

C. We often hear about it on TV these days.

D. But our parents only care about our grades.

E. There will be many interesting lessons in our school.

F. Luckily, our school is going to have some clubs for Labour Education.

G. I am sure we can learn some new life skills in the clubs.

四、阅读理解 *共52分

A

Honeybees are great dancers, but they don’t just do it for fun. Scientists have long known that honeybees move their bodies. It is their way of sharing information.

When a bee starts dancing, it steps forward. At the same time, it moves side to side. It keeps doing this while it