江苏省南京市秦淮一中2025-2026学年八年级上学期12月月考英语试卷

八年级英语 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 一、听力 (A)听对话回答问题。(听两遍) 1. What does the man like best? A. B. C. 2. What is the weather like during the Eskimos’ summer? A. B. C. 3. What animal are the two speakers talking about? A. B. C. 4. Where should people go according to the man? A. B. C. 5. Who put out the fire? A. Teachers. B. Firemen. C. Volunteers. 6. Where do the cranes mostly live? A. In North- east China. B. In West China. C. In South China. 7. What is the most important in a disaster according to the woman? A. Save money first. B. Call the police at once. C. Keep safe and help others. 8. What can people do according to the man? A Don’t waste anything. B. Don’t buy a car or a bike. C. Recycle waste and plant trees. 9. Who was the baby zebra running after? A. Its dad. B. Its mum. C. A dog. 10. How do sunny days make the man feel? A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Lazy. (B)听对话和短文回答问题。(听两遍) 听对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. What were the woman and her brother doing when the storm started? A. They were taking photos. B. They were having a picnic. C. They were looking for a cave. 12. Why did they run away from the high ground? A. Because they saw a wild animal. B. Because the paths were damaged. C. Because of the thunder and lightning. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。 Lost in the mountains How to prevent What to do ·Follow the marked paths. ·Tell parents/ friends about your plan. ·Bring ________ and use a direction-finding app. ·Hike with others. · ________ and don’t run around. ·Find a safe place to stay. ·Call for help with your phone (if there is). ·Stay ________ ; make noise to attract attention. ·Use natural signs to find a way out. 13. A. a map B. some food C. some water 14. A. Stay calm B. Keep going C. Shout and cry 15. A. in a tree B. where you are C. at a new place 二、单项选择 1. ________ sure that there are no mistakes in your paper, or you cannot get A. A. Make B. To make C. Making D. Makes 2. I think all drivers should be careful enough to ________ car accidents when driving. A. prefer B. provide C. prevent D. protect 3. —Excuse me, any tickets for Friday? —Sorry, we have got ________ left. A. none B. nothing C. something D. everything 4. Linda lost her keys yesterday, which made her ________ outside to wait for her mother till 8 o’ clock at night. A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay 5. — ________ we get older, we need to do something to help our parents. — I couldn’t agree more. A. By B. As C. So D. But 6. According to the weather forecast, the temperature will drop ________ zero next week. You had better put on thicker clothes. A. beyond B. below C. above D. under 7. To form a noun, which word has a different suffix from the others? A. ill B. kind C. dark D. express 8. There are ________ Asian tigers in the wild, because there is ________ living space for them to live. A. fewer; less B. smaller; less C. fewer; fewer D. smaller; fewer 9. Which of the following sentences has the same structure as “The weather is pleasant in autumn.”? A. Autumn leaves turn brown. B. Farmers work to harvest crops. C. Trees and flowers forget to grow. D. Bees and butterflies hide from April showers. 10. —I will have an important meeting this weekend, so I can’t go hiking with you. —________! I thought we could have a nice time together. A. Good news B. You’re welcome C. What a pity D. I am glad to hear that 三、完形填空 Our Science class was always full of things to do, but this project was different. When I was 13, my Science teacher, Mr. Thompson, gave us a ____11____ project. “Watch one tree for a month and write about it,” he said. There were several trees behind our building, and right away, I noticed the sad-looking maple tree. Its branches were mostly bare with only one red leaf ____12____ a little in the cool autumn wind. It seemed to be holding onto life. Every single afternoon, I ____13____ set up my painting stand and got my drawing book ready. I really wanted to draw all the small changes of that leaf. Day by day, I saw its ____14____ red colour slowly become lighter. The sides of the leaf started to curl, showing that it was dying. On the twelfth day, a big rainstorm hit the city. Worried, I ran to check on “my” tree. I was so ____15____ when I saw the leaf was gone. I almost gave up on the project. But just as I was about to leave, I saw ____16____ truly great. Three tiny buds (芽) had grown where the old leaf used to be. They were small and weak, but they still brought ____17____. Mr. Donovan, the kind park gardener, saw my surprised look. “Leaves don’t really die. ____18____, they fall to feed the earth, and new life may rise when spring comes,” he said softly and put an acorn in my hand. His words helped me get through the long, cold winter. I spent the rest of the season writing down all the interesting things about the tree. I saw its rough bark (树皮) give a home to many insects. I noticed ____19____ squirrels run around, hiding nuts under the tree. When spring came, I saw a beautiful sight. New leaves grew on the maple tree and from the acorn I planted. This experience taught me an important lesson. Years later, when I ____20____ the national science competition, I thought of the tree. It made me realize that true strength lies in rising after every fall, just like the maple tree. 11. A. modern B. special C. difficult D. public 12. A. flying B. shaking C. shining D. falling 13. A. easily B. simply C. carefully D. slowly 14. A. pale B. bright C. soft D. pretty 15. A. sad B. afraid C. excited D. angry 16. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 17. A. care B. hope C. effort D. peace 18. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Instead 19. A. how B. whose C. what D. where 20. A. held B. faced C. received D. failed 四、阅读理解 A Looking out of my window, In October’s golden light I see a beauty unsurpassed, A truly lovely sight. Leaves are saying soft goodbyes, As they come floating down, To make a nature’s carpet, Of yellow, red and △ . Mountain tops, now turned to white, Forewarn of winter chills, White trees, like golden rivers, Wind their way up through the hills. Throughout our world’s creation, You will never find it thus, Kaleidoscopes (万花筒) of colour, In nature’s hand, the artist’s brush. 21. Which of the following words is the most suitable for △ ? A. green B. brown C. wind D. town 22. In the poem, the underlined part “the artist’s brush” has the closest meaning to ________? A. a tool for cleaning rooms B. the way plants grow and die C. the way nature creates beauty D. a tool to make colourful paints 23. What is the poem mainly about? A. The sadness of missing summer days. B. The way of protecting beautiful nature. C The beauty of changing views in autumn. D. The way of forming mountains and rivers. B I put on the clothes and practised walking like a girl. “What do you think, Jim?” “Very good, Huck. Nobody will know you’re a boy! Be careful!” I took the boat and rowed to the town. Very soon I met a woman. She told me that her husband was looking for a runaway slave. “They’re going to Jackson’s island tonight to catch him,” she said. This wasn’t good news for Jim. I hurried back to the cave. “Jim! They know you’re here. They’re coming to get you tonight. We must leave now!” We put all our things on the boat and set off down the river for Cairo, where the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers met. We never went to Cairo. We ran into a thick fog on the river one night and couldn’t see a yard in front of us. The next day it cleared, but there was no sight of a town that looked like Cairo. “Maybe we missed it in the fog,” Jim said. We went on boating along the river. We had a few adventures on the way, but nobody caught us. Our life on the boat was very pleasant and I was enjoying myself. During the day we made a camp under the trees and slept. As soon as it got dark, we set off again. We could make a small fire to cook fish on our boat. After dinner, we swam in the moonlight and lay on our backs, looking at the stars. How I wished life would go on like this! However, something happened one morning and our life changed... —Adapted from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 24. Why did Huck dress up like a girl? A. Because he wanted to talk to some women. B. Because he thought girls’ clothes were more beautiful. C. Because he didn’t want others to know who he was. D. Because there were only girls’ clothes to wear. 25. What made them miss the town of Cairo? A. The thick fog. B. The trees. C. The Mississippi. D. The boat. 26. If there was another paragraph to follow, what would it probably talk about? A. The place Huck and Jim wanted to go. B. Something unpleasant that happened to them. C. Someone they made friends and had fun with. D. The reason why they had adventures on the river. C From red apples and yellow lemons to blueberries and green melons, fruit comes in many different colours. Why do different kinds of fruit have so many colours? According to Lu Wei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, fruit colours in fact come from their different pigments (色素), such as red or yellow carotenoid (类胡萝卜素) and blue or purple anthocyanin (花青素). These pigments appear in different amounts, depending on the fruit’s environment. This causes the fruit to turn a certain colour. To find out how the environment affects fruit colours, Chinese scientists studied more than 280 different fruit colours, including white, red, blue, purple and black. They found that red fruit always grows in cool places. Instead of just growing in one place, you can find it growing in many places around the world. Blue and purple fruit mostly grows in warm places. It grows a lot in just one specific area. The scientists also found that the closer the fruit is to the equator (赤道), the darker its colour will be. Animals have also had an impact on the evolution (进化) of fruit colours. Animals eat fruit and then drop the seeds in other places later. This helps the fruit spread and grow in different places. To attract animals, some fruit develops colours that are easy for animals to see. However, animals see colours differently. Fruit needs to develop colours that are suited to animals’ visual abilities. For example, birds can see red more easily than humans can. Therefore, there tends to be more red fruit in areas where birds live. The lemurs of Madagascar are red-green colour-blind. Many yellow fruit can be found in their habitats, as they can easily see this colour. 27. Why do different kinds of fruit have different colours? A. Because they grow in different countries. B. Because they have different amounts of pigments. C. Because they need different kinds of anthocyanin. D. Because they contain different kinds of carotenoid. 28. You are more likely to find blue and purple fruit in ________ places. A. cool B. warm C. high D. low 29. Some fruit develops colours to ________. A. take in more sunlight B. make animals go away C. attract animals to eat them D. protect themselves from danger 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. Red fruit often grows in warm places. B. Birds can see red more easily than humans can. C. Fruit of light colours tends to grow close to the equator. D. Chinese scientists studied five fruit colours in the study. D Saturn (土星) is famous for the beautiful rings around it. Now, it’s getting attention for being even more amazing. Scientists have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing the planet’s total to 274. A moon is any naturally formed object that moves around a planet. Moons come in different shapes and sizes. Scientists discovered the moons with a powerful telescope (望远镜), which is used to study stars and planets in great detail. Scientists took many photos of areas in space and piled them on top of each other to make the moons appear bright enough to discover. Most of Saturn’s new moons are small objects, just one or two miles wide—quite different to Earth’s Moon, which is a 2,159-mile-wide ball. These space rocks are in unusual orbits (轨道) too. They go around Saturn in the opposite direction to its own movement. At between 6.5 million and 18 million miles away from the ringed planet, the newly discovered moons are also further away than Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan. Why does Saturn have so many moons while Earth only has one? According to scientists, several billion years ago, the giant planet’s gravity attracted some rocks and ice. Over time, some of them crashed against each other, breaking into smaller pieces or coming together to create many small moons. The new moons were first discovered in 2023 by a team of scientists led by Edward Ashton, and were recently confirmed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Saturn now is the planet with the most moons—Jupiter is not far behind with 95. However, Dr Ashton believes this might be the limit for moon discovery. “I don’t think Jupiter will ever catch up,” he said. “With present technology, I don’t think we can do better than what has already been done,” he added. 31. What do we know about the new discovery? A. Newly found moons look the same. B. Scientists found new moons by accident. C. Saturn’s rings attract many scientists. D. 128 new moons were found around Saturn. 32. What does “the ringed planet” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Earth. B. Saturn. C. Moon. D. Titan. 33. What led to the large number of Saturn’s moons? A. The size of the planet. B. The weights of the moons. C. The orbit of the planet. D. The crashes of the moons. 34. What can we learn from Dr Ashton’s words in the last paragraph? A. Jupiter will soon catch up with Saturn. B. Saturn’s new moons might support life. C. The IAU presented a medal to his team. D. He is satisfied with their moon discovery. 35. How does the writer organize the passage? A. By telling a story about Saturn’s moons discovery. B. By listing numbers and making comparisons (对比). C. By asking questions and giving answers all the way. D By quoting authority (权威) quotes from many scientists. 五、阅读还原 从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项。 Minor Cold (小寒) is the 23rd one of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, and lasts for 15 days. ____36____ Every year around this time, a cold air mass moves from Siberia towards the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. It brings dry and frigid air to most parts of northern China, making the temperature drop sharply. Despite (尽管) the cold, yang, a positive and active force in the Chinese yin-yang theory, continues to grow. ____37____ What is more, magpies (喜鹊) in the north start to build their nests. The behaviour is caused by the increasing influence of yang. Followed by the Chinese New Year, Minor Cold gives rise to the old folk saying, “____38____” Following Minor Cold, the Chinese New Year atmosphere grows within families across the whole country. ____39____ In northern China, the time following Minor Cold is one for ice skating. ____40____ It is the perfect time to enjoy the ice. A. Minor Cold is also the busiest time for doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. B. Prepare for the New Year during Minor Cold and Major Cold. C. It marks the start of the coldest period of the year. D. Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes are three recommended foods for Minor Cold. E. During Minor Cold, wild geese begin their northward movement, showing the growth of yang. F. At this time, ice rinks (溜冰场) in places like Beijing’s Beihai Park are open. G. People start writing Spring Festival couplets, cleaning their houses, and buying fireworks and lanterns. 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (请将答案写在答题卷上) 六、短文填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The world is warming quickly. The last decade (2010—2019) was the ____41____ (hot) ever recorded, according to Climate Change Service. In 2019, the sea ice cap in the Arctic ____42____ (drop) to 1.6 million square miles, down from 2.44 million square miles in 2010. Of course, the Arctic ice isn’t ____43____ only thing that is lessening. Without sea ice, there will be no sea ice ecosystem. ____44____ (lose) that ecosystem means losing polar bears. Polar bears need sea ice ____45____ (raise) their babies and find their food. Without it, they will be hungry and their number ____46____ (be) smaller. It was reported that in 2015 they were getting ____47____ (create) to stay alive. They managed ____48____ (trap) some dolphins that swam into their homes (also because of the lack of ice). They didn’t eat the dolphins before, but since there was little food, they ate some of the dolphins, and then ____49____ (careful) stored the rest in snow to eat later. Some other problems may also greatly reduce their chance of ____50____ (live). Though polar bears can swim, they can’t go far for long. Their babies have even less ability to swim far. 七、阅读填空 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在表格空格里填入最恰当的内容。 Have you ever seen capybara (水豚)? They were thought to be a kind of pig in the past, but now we know that they are the largest rodents (啮齿动物) on earth. Guess what? They are new stars on social media now! Seeing them in the wild, you might be surprised at first because they are similar to giant guinea pigs, which are in fact one of their closest relatives. Capybaras’ bodies are covered in reddish-brown fur. When swimming around, thanks to their small eyes, noses and hairless ears which are high on their heads, they’ re able to see the above-water things around them. That’s why they can protect themselves from danger easily. A capybara weighs around 50 kilograms and it can grow to 1.5meters in length. Female capybaras are usually a little heavier than the males. Most of them can be found in South America and like to stay in comfortable places with lots of water. Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, is a perfect place for them to live. Capybaras usually eat grass. But they sometimes eat their own poop because it is helpful for them to get all the things they need. Capybaras are good swimmers and love to play with water. They usually live in groups of 10 to 20 (and up to 100 during the dry season). They also like chatting with each other very much. They express themselves by making different kinds of sounds, including purring, barking, whistling, cackling and grunting. Each sound has an important meaning, from warning the group of danger to sending signals of leaving. It’s like a capybara language. With good personalities, capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media. They get along with almost all the other animals and share their homes with birds and turtles, just like a big animal family living together peacefully. They are calm and don’t really care about what goes on around them. Other animals can do whatever they feel like if they don’t hurt the capybaras. But if capybaras realize a risk, they may attack others to protect themselves. Social media’ s new stars— Capybaras Introduction People used to think capybaras were a kind of pig, but now we are ____51____ that they are the largest rodents on earth. Looks Capybaras look ____52____ giant guinea pigs which are their closest relatives. Covered with reddish-brown fur, the male capybaras are not usually as ____53____ as the female ones. Living area Most of them live in comfortable and ____54____ places such as Pantanal in South America. Food They ____55____ mainly on grass, while eating their own poop is sometimes helpful. Abilities Capybaras are good at ____56____ and enjoy playing with water. They make different kinds of sounds and chat in their own ____57____ . They may attack others when they are in ____58____ . 9. Why do capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media? (List two reasons within 15 words) ________________59________________ 八、 首字母填空 What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice in the b____60____. There would be no bugs or flies in your room. But in fact, this could cause really s____61____ problems. The bad news is that the n____62____ of insects is getting smaller and smaller these years. Scientists say it’s m ____63____ because of the use of pesticides (农药). They are harmful to the places that insects live in. What would happen if there were no insects l____64____ in our world? It’s almost impossible to predict (预测), but the r____65____ would be terrible. We need insects to pollinate crops. They also break down dead plants and animals and t____66____ them into new useful things. We need them to keep the soil healthy. W____67____ insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. They would go hungry and die. What we need to do first is to let more people understand the i____68____ of the natural world. The best place to start is with our children. We should g____69____ them to have environmental awareness at an early age. 九、书面表达 70. 人和动物共同生活在这个美丽的地球，互相影响，互相依存。某英文报正在举办以“Saving wild animals”为主题的征文活动，请根据以下问题提示，写一篇英语短文投稿。 提示：1. What danger do wild animals face? (at least 2 points) 2. Why do we have to protect wild animals? (at least 2 points) 3. As students, what action can we take to protect wild animals? (at least 3 points) 要求： （1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯； （2）必须包括提示中所有信息，并适当发挥； （3）词数：100词左右（开头不计入总词数）； （4）不得使用真实姓名、校名、地名等。 Saving wild animals Humans live together with wild animals on the earth, but many of them are in danger. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 八年级英语 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 一、听力 (A)听对话回答问题。(听两遍) 1. What does the man like best? A. B. C. 2. What is the weather like during the Eskimos’ summer? A. B. C. 3. What animal are the two speakers talking about? A. B. C. 4. Where should people go according to the man? A. B. C. 5. Who put out the fire? A. Teachers. B. Firemen. C. Volunteers. 6. Where do the cranes mostly live? A. In North- east China. B. In West China. C. In South China. 7. What is the most important in a disaster according to the woman? A. Save money first. B. Call the police at once. C. Keep safe and help others. 8. What can people do according to the man? A. Don’t waste anything. B. Don’t buy a car or a bike. C. Recycle waste and plant trees. 9. Who was the baby zebra running after? A. Its dad. B. Its mum. C. A dog. 10. How do sunny days make the man feel? A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Lazy. (B)听对话和短文回答问题。(听两遍) 听对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. What were the woman and her brother doing when the storm started? A. They were taking photos. B. They were having a picnic. C. They were looking for a cave. 12. Why did they run away from the high ground? A. Because they saw a wild animal. B. Because the paths were damaged. C. Because of the thunder and lightning. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。 Lost in the mountains How to prevent What to do ·Follow the marked paths ·Tell parents/ friends about your plan. ·Bring ________ and use a direction-finding app. ·Hike with others. · ________ and don’t run around. ·Find a safe place to stay. ·Call for help with your phone (if there is). ·Stay ________ ; make noise to attract attention. ·Use natural signs to find a way out. 13. A. a map B. some food C. some water 14. A. Stay calm B. Keep going C. Shout and cry 15. A. in a tree B. where you are C. at a new place 二、单项选择 【1题答案】 【答案】A 【2题答案】 【答案】C 【3题答案】 【答案】A 【4题答案】 【答案】D 【5题答案】 【答案】B 【6题答案】 【答案】B 【7题答案】 【答案】D 【8题答案】 【答案】A 【9题答案】 【答案】A 【10题答案】 【答案】C 三、完形填空 【11~20题答案】 【答案】11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. D 四、阅读理解 A 【21~23题答案】 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. C B 【24~26题答案】 【答案】24. C 25. A 26. B C 【27~30题答案】 【答案】27. B 28. B 29. C 30. B D 【31~35题答案】 【答案】31. D 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. B 五、阅读还原 【36~40题答案】 【答案】36. C 37. E 38. B 39. G 40. F 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (请将答案写在答题卷上) 六、短文填空 【41~50题答案】 【答案】41. hottest 42. dropped 43. the 44. Losing 45. to raise 46. will be 47. creative 48. to trap 49. carefully 50. living 七、阅读填空 【51~59题答案】 【答案】51. aware 52. like 53. heavy 54. wet 55. feed 56. swimming 57. language 58. danger 59. They have good personalities and get along with almost all the other animals. 八、 【60~69题答案】 【答案】60. beginning##eginning 61. serious##erious 62. number##umber 63. mainly##ainly 64. left##eft 65. result##esult 66. turn##urn 67. Without##ithout 68. importance##mportance 69. guide##uide 九、书面表达 【70题答案】 【答案】例文 Saving wild animals Humans live together with wild animals on the earth, but many of them are in danger. Many wild animals don’t have enough places to live. People keep taking their living places to make more space for farms and buildings. This will lead to less and less food and space for wildlife. Moreover, wild animals face serious problems in the wild. People hunt wild animals for their fur, bones or other parts of their body. We protect wild animals not only because wild animals are our friends but also because wild animals help keep a balance between humans and nature. If there are no wild animals, there will be no humans. Therefore, we must take action to save wild animals. First, we shouldn’t buy fur coats any more. Second, we can write to the government and give some advice. Last but not least, we should call on everybody to know the importance of wildlife. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $