贵州榕江县民族中学2025-2026学年第一学期半期考试八年级英语试卷

启用前★注意保密 榕江县民族中学2025—2026学年度第一学期半期考试试卷 沪教版八年级英语（上册Units1 to 4） 同学你好！答题前请认真阅读以下内容： 1. 全卷共8页，五个部分，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟，考试形式为闭卷。 2.一律在答题卡相应位置作答，在试题卷上答题视为无效。 3. 选择题均为单项选择，多选不得分。 第一部分 听力 (共五节，30小题；每小题1分，满分30 分〉 第一节 听对话，选择与对话内容相符的图片。(读一遍）（1-6题） 1. A B C 2. =2 A B C 3 . A B C 4. A B C 5. A B C 6. A B C 第二节　听句子，选择与句子匹配的最佳应答。(读一遍) 7. A. Yes, I can. B. This is Jenny speaking. C. I'm here. 8. A. It's serious. B. In the street. C. At 9:20 a.m. 9. A. You are right. B. Say sorry to them. C. Don't worry. 10. A. Hope things work out. B. It's not a big deal. C. That's a good idea. 11. A. I was writing an email. B. He was sweeping the floor. C. She was doing the dishes. 12. A. Before 9:00 p.m. B. Twice a month. C. For about three hours. 第三节　听对话，选择最佳选项完成句子。(读两遍) 13. When was the first edition published? A. In 1728. B.In 1748. C. In 1768. 14. What is the girl wondering about? A. Where to buy new books. B. How to read the books. C. What to do with the old books. 15. What is the town's current population? A. 40,000. B. 50,000. C. 60,000. 16. What is the boy interested in now? A. Space rockets. B. Triceratops(三角龙). C. Sea animals. 17. What can the boy get if he does well in the race? A. A certificate. B. A prize. C. A trophy. 18. What can smart fridges do? A. Cook meals. B. Automatically(自动地) order food. C. Play music. 第四节.听对话对话内容及问题，选择最佳选项。(读两遍) 听下面一段对话，回答第19、20题。 19. What is the "Number Week" project about? A. Drawing pictures. B. Writing stories. C. Using numbers in life. 20. How many students are there in their school currently? A. 1,500. B. 1,800. C. 2,000. 听下面一段对话，回答第21、22题。 21. What's the advantage of hybrid rice? A. It tastes better. B. It can produce more. C. It grows faster. 22. Why do people admire Yuan Long ping? A. He is very rich. B. He is very kind. C. He made great contributions to agriculture. 听下面一段对话，回答第23、24题。 23. What is the boy going to do? A. Read an encyclopedia. B. Write a report on encyclopedias. C. Buy an encyclopedia. 24. Where can the boy get encyclopedias? A. Only from the bookstore. B. Only online. C. Online or from the library. 第五节 听下面一段独白，根据独白内容，完成图表所缺信息，每空仅填一词，独白读三遍。 提示: character n. 字符; gum n. 松香; wax n. 蜡 Bi Sheng Material of characters 25. ______ How to produce Step 1 Cut the clay into small pieces and shape them into characters. Step 2 Spread out a mixture of pine gum, wax and paper ash on a 26. ______. Step 3 27. ______ the plate to melt the mixture and press the clay characters onto it. Step 4 Let the mixture 28. ______. Advantages Printing became faster and 29. ______. Modern use In modern 30. ______ 第2部分 完形 第一节（31-35共5小题；每小题1分，共5分）阅读下面短文，从短文前的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个多余选项。 A. experts B. traffic C. smoothly D. take... for example E. data F. order Smart technology is changing the way we live. Nowadays, more devices are connected to the internet. (31) Smartwatches . Athletes can use them to measure their speed and heart rate, and then send all the (32) to their trainer. Smart will change our cities in the future and traffic will flow more (33) thanks to smart city technology. Our homes will be full of smart devices too. For example, when we run out of eggs or milk, our fridge will automatically (34) more. One day, we may even take“smart pilis” to help check our health, and this will help doctors provide the right treatment . However, some (35) warn that smart technology can easily go wrong and this could lead to serious problems. 第二节 （36-45)题共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面一篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 Mr. Clarke works in a middle school. He likes reading and often 36 some books from the library. He listens to the radio every morning and reads 37 after supper. So he knows much and teaches well. His students worship (崇拜) him very much. Mike, Mr. Clarke’s little son, is only nine. He 38 likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Clarke always thinks he’s too young to understand him and chooses 39 ones to answer. Of course, the boy is not satisfied with (对……满意) it. One day, Mike read 40 about the electric lights and was 41 it. When his father told him to do some housework, he went on thinking of it. He asked him a few questions, and his father answered all. Then his father said, “Fathers always know 42 than sons!” “The boy thought for a while and said, I don’t think so.” His father asked, “Oh? Why?” Mike didn’t answer and asked 43 , “ 44 invented the electric lights?” “Thomas Edison,” answered Mr. Clarke. “Why didn’t his 45 invent them, then?” Looking at his son, Mr. Clarke didn’t know what to answer! 36 . A. finds B. sells C. borrows 37. A. CD B. music C.. newspapers 38. A. also B. never C. even 39. A. the easiest B. the most difficult C. more difficult 40. A. everything B. nothing C. something 41. A. worried about B. interested in C. afraid of 42. A. more B. most C. less 43. A. carefully B. instead C. quickly 44. A. Who B. Where C. When 45. A. teacher B. father C. son 第三部分阅读 （共三节，共50分） 第1节 （46-57题，共12小题；每小题2.5分，满分30分） Yuan Longping（A） Yuan Longping (1930-2021)was a Chinese agricultural scientist. He was born in Beijing. Yuan spent his whole life developing different kinds of hybrid rice. These new types of plants can produce much more rice than traditional ones. Yuan's work has helped feed people in China and many other parts of the world. Farmers in a lot of countries now grow his hybrid rice. Yuan won many awards for his research. He received the Medal of the Republic, one of China's highest honours, in 2019.People call him the “Father of Hybrid Rice” 46. What was Yuan Longping's nationality? A. American. B. Japanese. C. Chinese. 47. What is the main achievement of Yuan Longping? A. He invented a new kind of computer. B. He developed high-yield hybrid rice. C. He discovered a new planet. 48. Why is Yuan Longping called the "Father of Hybrid Rice"? A. Because he was the oldest rice farmer. B. Because he was the first person to eat rice. C. Because he created and developed hybrid rice. 49. Which award is mentioned in the passage that Yuan Longping received? A. The Nobel Prize. B. The Medal of the Republic. C. The Presidential Medal of Freedom. B A young man went to an expert on gems (宝石) and wanted to learn from him. The expert shook his head. He worried that the young men wouldn’t have the patience to learn. In his opinion, they were always in a hurry.   The young man asked the expert many times to let him have a try. Finally the expert said, “Be here tomorrow.” The next morning the expert put a jade (翡翠) stone in the man’s hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went on his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The man sat and waited excitedly. The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the man’s hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth, and fifth day the expert repeated the action.   On the sixth day the young man still had to hold the jade stone, but he could no longer stand the silence. “Sir,” he asked “when am I going to learn something?” “ ▲ ,” the expert replied.   Several more days went by. The man became more and more impatient. However, when the expert placed a stone in his hand one morning, the young man shouted without looking at it, “This is not the same jade stone!” “You have begun to learn,” the expert said with a smile. 50. Why did the expert ask the man to hold a stone for days? A. It was the most valuable gem he had. B. He was too busy to teach the man. C. It was a way of learning. 51. Which of the following can be put in the ▲ ? A. You will learn B. You should go home C. It is all that I could give you 52. How did the young man’s feeling change? A. excited → unhappy → surprised. B. worried → nervous → unhappy. C. excited → nervous → worried. 53. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. A real expert on gems. B. The importance of patience. C. Some good learning habits. C Host: Our guest today is Dr Li, a technology expert. Dr Li has studied how the internet will further change our lives in the future. Dr Li: That's right. The internet has brought big changes to everyday life. For example, e-leaming and mobile payment have changed the way we study and shop. In the future, even more things will be connected to the internet, so life will continue to change. Host: Can you give us some examples? Dr Li: Take health for example. We'll probably wear small devices all the time, and they'll check our health and warn us about health problems.With this information, doctors can provide better treatment. Host: Interesting! Will the internet help improve the environment? DrLi: Yes! As more things become connected to the internet, our cities will become smart cities. Smart cities will be more eco-friendly than cities today. One of the most important changes will come in energy use. Different devices will communicate and share data with each other. This will help them save energy. For example, smart rubbish bins will automatically tell the smart city network when they are full. This data will allow the rubbish collection company to plan better collection routes . Host: Will smart cities improve our lives in other ways? Dr Li: 20 I think the biggest change will be in transport. Our roads will be much safer in the future, and traffic will flow more smoothly. There will be fewer accidents because cars will drive themselves, and they will share data with the smart city network. With this data, traffic lights can change the timing according to the number of cars on the road. Host:2 That's amazing. And will this really be possible? Dr Li: Yes, it will. We've already started doing some of these things! 54. What is the main topic of Dr. Li's research? A. How the internet will change future life. B. The history of the internet. C. The benefits of e-learning. 55. According to Dr. Li, what will future health devices do? A. Check health and give warnings. B. Replace doctors completely. C. Produce medicine. 56. How will smart cities help the environment? A. By using less water. B. By stopping all pollution. C. By sharing data to save energy. 57. What is the main purpose of the "smart rubbish bins" example? A. To compare different collection companies. B. To explain how data can improve efficiency. C. To describe a new type of rubbish. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 以下是一篇短文，请阅读全文，并从下列六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文意思完整、 连贯， 选项中有一项多余。 Last month we asked our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about exercise, use of the Internet and watching TV. 58 We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day. 59 Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week. And twenty percent do not exercise at all. We all know that many students often go online, but we were surprised that ninety percent of them use the Internet every day. The other ten percent use it at least three or four times a week. Most students use it for fun and not for homework. 60 Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week. And eighty-five percent watch TV every day! Although many students like to watch sports, game shows are the most popular. It is good to relax by using the Internet or watching game shows, but we think the best way to relax is through exercise. 61 Exercise such as playing sports is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together. And remember, “Old habits die hard.” 62 A. So start exercising before it’s too late! B. Many students like playing online games. C. Forty-five percent exercise four to six times a week. D. It is healthy for the mind and the body. E. Here are the results. F. The answers to our questions about watching television were also interesting. 第三节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）(63至66题每题答案不超过3个单词，67题需用完整句子回答。) The old man and the king A long time ago, there was a king in India. The king's favourite game was chess. One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king challenged him to a game. "You can have any prize if you win the game," the king promised the old man. The old man thought for a moment and said slowly, “If I win the game, I'd like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third... I'd like you to double the amount for each of the rest of the squares." The king was very surprised. "Is that all?" he asked. "Wouldn't you like gold or silver instead?" “No, just rice," the old man replied without hesitation. "How many grains of rice will this be?" the king wondered, "There are 64 squares on the chessboard, so there will be one, two, four, eight,20 sixteen, ... Perhaps a bag of rice is enough." After thinking about it for a moment, the king agreed. The king and the old man played the game for a long time. Finally, the old man won, so the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. The king's men put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. After a few squares, the king realized the problem-even with all the rice in the country, he would still not have enough rice to put on the chessboard! 63. The king’s favourite game was __________. 64. The old man wanted rice instead of __________. 65. The amount of rice doubled for each __________. 66. The king thought a __________ of rice would be enough at first. 67. Why did the king realize that he didn’t have enough rice for all the squares? 第四部分 语言运用（共两节，满分25分） 第一节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 68.恐龙体型各异：有些像鸡一样小，而另一些则有十头大象那么大。 Dinosaurs came in different sizes . Some were as as chickens, and others were as as ten elephants. 69. 恐龙突然灭绝。科学家尚未完全确定其灭绝原因。 Dinosaurs suddenly ______ ______. Scientists are not completely sure why. 71.我们可以很容易地把手机连接到互联网。 We can ________ our phones ________ the Internet easily. 71.老师经常警告学生们关于在河里游泳的危险。 Teachers often ________ students ________ the danger of swimming in rivers. 72.毫无疑问，车轮是有史以来最重要的发明之一。 Without doubt, the wheel is one of important inventions of all time. 第二节(每小题1.5分, 共15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important part of Chinese culture. TCM has 73 long history. The 74 (early) medical classic in China, Huangdi’s Classic on Medicine, came out more than 2, 000 years ago. The book is about the relationship between man 75 nature. In Chinese culture, yin and yang 76 (be) the two parts of nature. Nature keeps balanced if yin and yang work well together. The human body needs such a balance, too. TCM helps to do that. Quite specially, for some health problems, a doctor of TCM does not give you medicine. Instead, he may give 77 (your) just a good plan and right ways to eat. For example, it is common to eat on the way to school, at our work desk, or in front of the TV. However, TCM thinks it’s wrong. Here are the correct ways: Sit down to eat. While 78 (eat), turn off the TV and keep away from the work desk. Eat seasonal foods. Do not miss any of the 79 (third) meals. Also, get your body moving often. Just 80 the saying goes, running water never stops. We should do exercise more often. Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine is becoming 81 (popular) than before around the world. A government report says people in 196 82 (country) and areas are now using TCM. 第5部分 写作(共25分) 网络走进了同学们的生活,在带给同学们巨大方便的同时,也存在不利的方面。请以Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet为题,根据提示介绍网络的利弊。 要求：80词左右,可以适当发挥。 Advantages 1.带来方便 2.可以作为学习的工具,学习英语 3.读新闻与收发邮件等 Disadvantages 1. 沉迷于聊天与游戏 2. 对视力有害 3.看不良的电影对同学们有害 参考词汇: convenience, trouble, come into one's life, be addicted to(沉迷…) Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet The Internet has come into our life. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 八年级英语（上）半期考试试卷 第 1 页 共 8 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $