Unit 1 Past and present 质量测试卷 2025-2026学年译林版英语八年级下册

UNIT 1 Past and present 质量测试卷 第一部分 听力(共四大题,20分) 一、短对话理解(共5小题;每小题1分, 满分5分) 1. ( )How did the man go to Qingdao last year? A. B. C. 2. ( )Which team is Steve on now? A. B. C. 3. ( )What change has taken place in Tom's hometown? A. There are more parks. B. There are more tall buildings. C. There is less traffic. 4. ( )What did the building use to be? A.A restaurant. B.A bookstore. C.A library. 5. ( )How long does it take to get to the city by train now? A.It takes two hours. B.It takes twenty minutes. C.It takes thirty minutes. 二、长对话理解(共5小题;每小题1分, 满分5分) 听下面一段对话,回答第6、7题。 6. ( )Where did Rick's uncle use to live? A.In Suzhou. B.In Hangzhou. C.In Lanzhou. 7. ( )How often did Rick visit his uncle in the past? A.Once a month. B.Three times a year. C.Once a year. 听下面一段对话,回答第8至10题。 8. ( )How is Li Hua going to his hometown? A.By bus. B.By plane. C.By train. 9. ( )How did people in Li Hua's hometown make money five years ago? A.By growing rice. B.By growing vegetables. C.By keeping chickens. 10. ( )When did Li Hua's aunt buy her second car? A.In 2015. B.In 2017. C.In 2019. 三、短文理解(共5小题;每小题1分, 满分5分) 11. ( )How old is Li Jun? A.He is thirty five. B.He is forty five. C.He is fifty five. 12. ( )Why did Li Jun go out to work early? A.Because he didn't want to go to school. B.Because he didn't get good grades. C.Because his family was poor. 13. ( )Which festival did Li Jun spend in his hometown last year? A.The Mid Autumn Festival. B.The Spring Festival. C.The Dragon Boat Festival. 14. ( )How is the road to Li Jun's hometown now? A.It's wide. B.It's narrow. C.It's clean. 15. ( )What is in the centre of the town now? A.A factory. B.A new hospital. C.A new school. 四、信息转换(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分) Starlight Town Past The speaker was born there. He first lived in the 16. _ of the town with his parents. There were shops, restaurants, schools, a 17. _ factory and an old cinema. Now The old cinema has changed into a big 18. _. The post office has become 19. _ than the old one. Most shops have moved into a big supermarket. About 20. _ thousand people live in the town. 第二部分 语言知识运用(共三大题,35分) 五、单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 21. ( )—How fast did the winner of the bicycle race ride? —At the _ of 41.5 kilometres an hour. A.form B.power C.speed D.height 22. ( )I have _ written a letter to my parents, but I haven't posted it _. A.yet; already B.already; already C.already; yet D.yet; yet 23. ( )Most people in the village are farmers. They _ by growing crops in the fields. A.make a decision B.make a plan C.make a living D.make a mistake 24. ( )—Do you want me to clean the bathroom this afternoon? —No, thanks. I _ it already. A.will clean B.have cleaned C.was cleaning D.cleaned 25. ( )Vincent van Gogh used his talent _ his effort to create the famous picture The Starry Night. A.as good as B.as well as C.as many as D.as hard as 26. ( )The old man donated (捐赠) most of his _ to help homeless people build new homes. A.wealth B.energy C.time D.knowledge 27. ( )—We will _ go to a good high school if we study hard. —Yes. I hope our dream will come true. A.badly B.quietly C.slowly D.certainly 28. ( )—Is there anybody in the teachers' office? —No. The office is _, and everybody is listening to a speech in the school hall. A.full B.empty C.clean D.crowded 29. ( )【前沿科技】—Chinese scientists have found where the water on the moon may come from. —Great! It's a big _ forward in space exploration (探索). A.task B.flag C.bridge D.step 30. ( )—Sam, good books are good friends. They help us open up a new world. —_.Reading novels helps me relax after work. A.That's true B.I don't agree C.It doesn't matter D.My pleasure 六、完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分) A In the past, people used words to express their ideas and feelings. With the _31_ of science and technology, the Internet appeared. As a result, people had other _32_ to share their lives with their friends. Nowadays, most people show their lives through social media (社交媒体). On the Internet, people often use sounds, videos and words to _33_ what they want to say. Some people don't write anything. They only _34_ pictures to show what they are eating, drinking, listening to and buying. Someone says that social media _35_ a personal TV station. People can choose a specific (特定的) person to know about his daily life. Besides, most social media apps are free. So people don't have to spend any _36_ putting their videos on the Internet. Some people become _37_ because of their excellent short videos. Some people even have millions of fans. People's lives become_38_ because of the Internet. In the past, people had to walk a long way to get to the _39_ in order to buy things. Now, people can _40_ buy what they want with their mobile phones. Sometimes they buy something online in the morning and it arrives in the afternoon. It really saves much time. 31. ( )A. growth B.instruction C.development D.protection 32. ( )A. subjects B.rules C.ways D.problems 33. ( )A. imagine B.express C.stop D.forget 34. ( )A. take B.buy C.sell D.touch 35. ( )A. seems like B.lights up C.comes from D.puts up 36. ( )A. time B.money C.energy D.electricity 37. ( )A. lazy B.sad C.angry D.famous 38. ( )A. simple B.convenient C.boring D.usual 39. ( )A. hospital B.school C.market D.cinema 40. ( )A. completely B.difficultly C.slowly D.easily B Yan Xing lives a happy and hopeful life with his family in a small village. _41_, the living conditions of the village in the past were not as good as now. The main road in the village was rough, and it had too many stones. People couldn't ride bikes on it, because it was _42_. Many people stumbled (绊倒) over these stones and hurt themselves. As a result, they had to _43_ early in order to go to school or work on time every day. It _44_ took Yan Xing at least two hours to get to school. Also, many people in the village had to walk for a long time to arrive at the town with _45_ vegetables and fruits. After school or work, they usually returned home late. Great changes have taken place in this _46_ in recent years. The local government has _47_ new roads for the villagers. Almost all the roads now are _48_ and smooth so that Yan Xing and other students can spend less time getting to school than before. Villagers choose to drive lorries to sell their things in the big markets and it's really _49_. Both the environment and the villagers' life have improved greatly. “Our village is becoming more and more beautiful now because of many people's hard work. I really want to be one of them to make our village _50_ in the near future,” Yan Xing said. He also calls on his classmates and friends to build their own hometown together. 41. ( )A. However B.If C.Because D.So 42. ( )A. same B.different C.safe D.dangerous 43. ( )A. grow up B.get up C.hurry up D.stay up 44. ( )A. never B.always C.seldom D.hardly 45. ( )A. his B.her C.your D.their 46. ( )A. town B.village C.city D.country 47. ( )A. raised B.built C.developed D.formed 48. ( )A. wide B.soft C.thick D.high 49. ( )A. simple B.proud C.tiring D.convenient 50. ( )A. safer B.faster C.better D.worse 七、补全对话(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分) A: Hi! What are you thinking about? B: 51. _ It has changed a lot. A:In what ways do you think it has changed a lot? B:First of all, traffic. 52. _ A: But now the streets have become wider and the situation is getting better. What else? B: Well, there are more schools and libraries than before. 53. _ A: And more and more people play a part in building a green city. B: That's right. The summer holiday is coming. 54. _ A: I'd like to, but I am not free. B: 55. _ A: Thank you so much. Enjoy your journey! A.Who are you talking with? B.How will you go to Hainan? C.I'll bring you a gift from Hainan. D.People pay much attention to education now. E.I'm thinking about the changes of our hometown. F.It used to be pretty heavy during the rush hour. G.Would you like to go to Hainan with me? 第三部分 阅读(共两节,40分) 八、阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分) 第一节 A Lily made a growth profile (成长档案) to record her changes. Past Now Skills I didn't have many skills. I could only play the piano. I can ride a bike. I am good at making biscuits. _ _ I was too shy to talk to others. I was afraid of trying new things. I'm more outgoing(外向的). I like talking with different people. I enjoy trying all kinds of activities. Friends I didn't know good ways of making friends, so I had few friends. I have lots of friends in the reading club. Because of the same interest, we often have a great time together. 56. ( )Which of the following can be put in “_ _”? A.Hobbies B.Character C.Looks D.Plans 57. ( )Why did Lily have few friends before? A.Because she didn't have many skills. B.Because she was busy with her studies. C.Because she had no interest in making friends. D.Because she didn't know how to make friends. 58. ( )How did Lily feel when she made the growth profile? A.Sad about her past. B.Surprised at her writing skills. C.Happy about her changes. D.Worried about new problems. B(前沿科技 AI改变学习方式) These years, AI has become a big part of our daily lives. AI can do things like solving problems and making choices. For students, AI is also changing their learning. AI can help students to have special lessons. Every student learns at a different speed. With AI, each of them can get different exercises to do. So they can do better in learning. AI can give students quick feedback (反馈) too. If a student makes a mistake in homework, AI can show what causes the problem and teach him or her how to make it right. This helps students understand their mistakes and learn from them fast. AI can also help students after school. For example, some AI apps can help students with homework. If a student feels it hard to work out a problem, he or she can ask AI for help. AI can also help students practise things like maths or spelling at any time they want. It offers them a helpful way to learn by themselves after school. AI may keep changing the way we learn and help us learn better. But some things will never change, like our own hard work and creativity. These are still important, no matter how much AI helps us. 59. ( )What does “them” refer to (指的是) in Paragraph 3? A.Classes. B.Students. C.AI apps. D.Mistakes. 60. ( )What will never change according to the passage? A.The problems of AI. B.The importance of AI. C.The need for teachers. D.Our own hard work. 61. ( )(新考法 篇章结构)Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage? A. B. C. D. C Libraries in China have changed from their traditional role of storing books to offering users space for quiet thinking and self improvement. The main reason people visit libraries is changing with the times. Shi Yunxuan, a worker at a library in Shenzhen, said, “In the past, people went to a library mainly to borrow books and get information. Now, libraries have gotten popular among a growing number of young people. They want to improve themselves.” In recent years, libraries have made a lot of improvements. For example, they provide air conditioners, modern desks and so on. Shi said, “Libraries are now more comfortable and the new reading areas offer more seats. With a more comfortable environment, users believe that they can learn more efficiently (高效地) in the library at the same time.” By the end of 2021, China had 3,215 public libraries and they recorded 103 million readers. Tang Zixuan, a student at a Beijing university, said the library was the only place where she could put her mind and heart fully into her studies. Tang said, “I'm afraid of falling behind and this makes me under heavy pressure. I cannot truly enjoy my spare time because I feel the need to be doing things all the time. So how can I find time to relax?” She believes the library is the only place where she can find peace while improving her studies. 62. ( )What does Paragraph 2 tell us? A.Libraries are not places to borrow books any more. B.The conditions of libraries have improved a lot. C.People visit libraries for more reasons. D.You can get more information in libraries now. 63. ( )(新考法 写作手法)Why does the writer list those numbers at the beginning of Paragraph 4? A.To advise more students to study in libraries. B.To show the popularity of libraries in China. C.To show the quick development of China. D.To tell us the importance of reading books. 64. ( )Why is Tang Zixuan under heavy pressure? A.Because she is afraid of falling behind. B.Because her grades are not good. C.Because she has a lot of homework to do. D.Because she always has things to do in her spare time. 65. ( )(高阶思维 标题归纳)What is the best title for this passage? A.The Modern Chinese Public Libraries B.More Chinese People Like Reading C.The Changing Function (功能) of Chinese Libraries D.The Libraries in Universities D Curt McArdle, a British man, began to live in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) several years ago, teaching English in Hohhot. When he is free, he likes making videos about his trips to villages near Hohhot. He shared more than 10 such videos on YouTube. McArdle saw the big changes in those villages during his trips. The broken roads in the villages have become much better now. He added that Hohhot had opened two metro lines in the last few years. “Now you can easily spend a day in a village. You can go to a restaurant to buy some food. I used to fill my bag with all kinds of food before travelling to the villages. You can go to a small village in the middle of nowhere and pay for everything through WeChat or Alipay. There is always 5G, so I can use the map on my phone to get back to the city,” says McArdle. In some villages, people told him that they could sell local products easily thanks to a growing number of visitors brought in with the help of convenient transport. McArdle thinks China's efforts at poverty alleviation (扶贫) have made these changes take place. He hopes to go on making videos to show real China to the world and do something to help develop the country. 66. ( )What does Curt McArdle like doing in his free time? A.Learning Chinese by himself. B.Staying at home and watching videos about the British. C.Making videos about his trips to villages near Hohhot. D.Looking for some information about Hohhot on the Internet. 67. ( )Which question can the third paragraph answer? A.How can people pay in the villages near Hohhot? B.When did McArdle come to the villages near Hohhot for the first time? C.Why didn't McArdle use maps in China? D.Where did McArdle get his first photo? 68. ( )(高阶思维 主旨大意)What's the main idea of the passage? A.China's efforts at poverty alleviation last year. B.A British man takes trips to different villages in the world. C.A British man's problems these years. D.A British man records changes in the Chinese countryside. E Saihanba is one of China's largest forests. It lies in the north of Hebei Province. Saihanba means “beautiful and high mountains”. Around the 10th century, the rulers of the Liao Dynasty made it a royal (皇家的) hunting place because it was home to beautiful forests, green grasslands, clear lakes and different kinds of wild animals. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty liked Saihanba so much that he made hunting there a royal festival. The royal festival finally stopped in the 19th century for lack of money and the place had to be open to the public. After that, the cutting down of trees and wildfires changed green Saihanba into grey deserts. By the 1950s, the beauty of Saihanba had completely disappeared (消失) with only one tree left. The tree is now famous as the “Tree of Honour”. On seeing the tree, Chinese scientists made up their minds and dreamed of restoring Saihanba. In February 1962, the plans were made and more than 120 foresters joined 242 local people in Saihanba to begin rebuilding it. Over the next 55 years, those first tree planters fought against many difficulties to plant trees. After they died, their children and relatives followed them and went on with their hard work of planting trees. Today, the scientists' dream has come true and there is beautiful grassland and flowers again around the “Tree of Honour”. Chinese people successfully changed Saihanba in the past half century. 69. ( )(新考法 事件排序)What's the right order of the events in Paragraph 2? ①Saihanba became a royal hunting place. ②Saihanba was a desert and its beauty disappeared. ③Saihanba wasn't closed to the public any more. ④Saihanba turned into the place for royal hunting festivals. A.①③②④ B.①③④② C.①④③② D.①④②③ 70. ( )What does the underlined word “restoring” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A.Looking around. B.Bringing back. C.Arriving at. D.Travelling to. 71. ( )According to Paragraph 4, how does the writer feel about Chinese people? A.Proud. B.Worried. C.Surprised. D.Nervous. 72. ( )(高阶思维 标题归纳)What is the best title of this passage? A.Saihanba: Past and Present B.The Largest Forest in China C.The Disappearing Saihanba D.The “Tree of Honour” in Saihanba 第二节 阅读下面短文,并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题的词数要求)。 F Have you ever noticed the sidewalks for the blind (盲人) in everyday life? They are very important for people who can't see. Yu Guanbin, a blind man from Shenzhen, showed us the new changes to the sidewalks for the blind in his city. Yu unluckily became blind over 10 years ago. At that time, it was not easy for him to go outside, as there were few sidewalks for the blind in many places across the city. So Yu easily got lost. He had to stay at home as much as possible. “However, things have changed a lot recently. Most roads in the city now have sidewalks for the blind. I go to work on foot every day,” said Yu. What's more, the new sidewalks are more user friendly. For example, the sidewalks are 30 centimetres to 50 centimetres away from the green plants along the roads. “On my way to the office, a new manhole cover (井盖) is also put into use. The sidewalk can lie over the manhole cover so we don't need to make a turn like before,” Yu said. Now, most roads have sidewalks for the blind. _ Some people misuse (滥用) the sidewalks by leaving their cars there. Also, blind people need something to make sound at traffic lights when they cross the roads. Yu hopes to see more great changes in the future. 73. Why did Yu Guanbin hardly go out over 10 years ago?(不超过15个词) _ 74. How do the new manhole covers help blind people?(不超过10个词) _ 75. What is the most suitable sentence in “_”? Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph.(不超过10个词) _ 第四部分 写(共两大题,25分) 九、单词拼写(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分) 76. The museum has been open to the p_ (公众) for nearly two months. 77. The river near our town is w_ (宽的), so people cross it by boat. 78. Mr. Smith greeted all the g_ (客人) warmly as they arrived. 79. It's c_ (普遍的) for people to wear light coloured clothes in summer. 80. Our tour guide l_ (带领) us through the old palace and told us its history. 十、书面表达(共1小题;满分20分) 随着科技的发展,我们的生活发生了日新月异的变化。请根据以下提示内容,以“How life changes!”为题,用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。 In the past Now Getting information newspapers, radio, TV smartphones, computers Communication letters, postcards emails, WeChat, QQ Shopping go to nearby shops shop online How life changes! Great changes have taken place in our lives. _ In a word, people are living a better life than before. 参考答案 一、 1. W: How did you go to Qingdao last year? M:I went there by train, but now I like taking the ship. 2. W:Steve used to be on the swimming team, but now he is on the football team. M:Yes, and he is more interested in playing football now. 3. W: How has your hometown changed, Tom? M:In the past the buildings were low. Now, there are tall buildings everywhere. 4. W:This building is the oldest in the small town. It used to be a library. But now it's a restaurant. M:Oh, it looks wonderful. Why not eat here at noon? 5. W:Jack, what do you think of the new railway? M:It's fast! It took two hours to get to the city in the past. But now, it takes only 30 minutes. 二、Text 1 W:Hi, Rick. Where are you going this weekend? M:Oh, I'm going to Suzhou to visit my uncle. W:Your uncle? Doesn't he live in Hangzhou? M:Hmm… he used to. W:How often do you visit him? M:Er… I used to visit him once a month, but now I do this three times a year. Text 2 M:I'm going back to my hometown to visit my aunt by train this weekend. W:Oh, how long does it take you to get there, Li Hua? M:Only nine hours, but it used to take me about thirty hours. W:Has your hometown changed a lot in the past five years? M:Yeah. Five years ago, people in my hometown were very poor. They used to make money by growing rice, but now they have become rich by growing vegetables or keeping chickens. Many people even have their own cars. W: Does your aunt have a car of her own? M: Sure, she does. Now she has two cars. She bought her first one in 2017 and two years later she bought her second one. 三、 Li Jun, a forty five year old man, has worked in a factory in Zhejiang Province for twenty years. He comes from a small town. He began to work outside after he finished junior high school because his family was poor. To make more money, he hadn't returned to his hometown for many years. Last year, he went back to his hometown during the Spring Festival. To his surprise, he found there were many changes in his hometown. There is a wide road to his hometown, so people can go to the town easily. There is a new hospital in the centre of the town. There is also a new library and some big factories in the town. Li Jun misses his hometown, so he decides to return with his family. 四、 M: I've known Starlight Town since I was very young. In fact, I was born there. I first lived in the north of the town with my parents until I had my own family. Then my wife and I moved out. At that time about twenty thousand people lived in the town. There were many shops, restaurants and schools. We also had a toy factory and an old cinema. Now the cinema has changed into a big park. The post office has become a bigger one. And most shops have moved into a big supermarket. We moved into a big house last year. About thirty thousand people live in the town now. I think life is better now. 第一部分 听力 一、1~5: BBBCC 二、6~10: BACAC 三、11~15: BCBAB 四、16. north 17. toy 18. park 19. bigger 20. thirty/30 第二部分 语言知识运用 五、21~25: CCCBB 26~30: ADBDA 六、A 31~35: CCBAA 36~40: BDBCD B 41~45: ADBBD 46~50: BBADC 七、51~55: EFDGC 第三部分 阅读 八、A 56~58: BDC B 59~61: DDC C 62~65: CBAC D 66~68: CAD E 69~72: CBAA F 73. Because Shenzhen had few blind sidewalks and he got lost easily. 74. They make blind people walk without making a turn. 75. However, there are still some problems. 第四部分 写 九、76. public 77. wide 78. guests 79. common 80. led 十、One possible version: How life changes! Great changes have taken place in our lives. In the past, people read newspapers, listened to the radio and watched TV so that they could get the latest information. But now they use smartphones and computers. As for the ways of communication, they once communicated with their friends by posting letters and postcards. However, emails, WeChat and QQ have been very common now. People can communicate with each other anytime and anywhere. Besides, they used to go to nearby shops to buy things. Now they like shopping online better because it's very convenient. In a word, people are living a better life than before. 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 $