江苏省无锡市大桥实验学校2025-2026学年下学期八年级英语期中试卷

**基本信息** 初二英语期中试卷以真实情境与跨学科素材为载体，融合语言能力、文化意识与思维品质，如文学作品推荐、科技话题及环保议题设计，实现知识应用与素养培育的统一。 **题型特征** |题型|题量/分值|知识覆盖|命题特色| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |单项选择|14题/14分|词汇辨析（如though/either）、语法（现在完成时）、文化常识（《格列佛游记》）|结合书籍推荐、药物使用等真实场景，考查语境应用能力| |完形填空|10题/10分|叙事逻辑、词汇（如height/balance）、情感描写|以冰淇淋店工作经历为线索，渗透成长体验与语言运用| |阅读理解|13题/26分|细节理解（北极巨浪时间）、推理判断（“bed”多义）、主旨归纳（镜像测试意义）|跨学科素材（科学实验、社会争议），培养批判性思维| |书面表达|1题/15分|江苏文化推荐、理由阐述|创设跨文化沟通情境，考查信息组织与表达能力|

2025-2026学年春学期期中试卷 初二英语 一、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共14分，每小题1分) 1. Which book is the most suitable to recommend to a girl who loves fun stories and strange journeys in imaginary places? A. Red Star over China B. Gulliver's Travels C. Ordinary People D. A Brief History of Time 2. Your advice sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure I agree, ______. A. although . B. yet C. though D. either 3. You should not drive ______ two hours after taking this medicine. A. within B. through C. among D. for 4. There’s a ______ reason why the museum doesn't open this weekend, but the staff won't tell us. A. usual B. rare C. common D. certain 5. The dark background ______ the diamond ring's light. Her eyes opened wide at once. A. showed off B. took in C. zoomed in D. broke free 6. —Does your friend John enjoy his stay in Wuxi? —Yes. He and his parents ______ some great tourist attractions since they came last month. A. have visited B. will visit C. visited D. are visiting 7. With self-driving cars becoming popular, many people are worried about ______ when the system suddenly fails. A. when to stop them B. what to do C. where to stop D. how to stop them 8. Even with a ticket, you ______ enter the stadium after the game has started because the checkpoints are closed. A. mustn't B. don't have to C. can't D. may not 9. Nowadays many young people enjoy ______ little-known caves rather than visiting popular tourist spots. A. discovering B. exploring C. finding D. search 10. ______ the flight would arrive before midnight was still unknown, but the passengers had already been waiting at the gate for three hours. A. Whether B. If C. Since D. As 11. Our teacher isn't in the office. She ______ the school hall since 40 minutes ago and the show is still going on. A. has gone to B. has been to C. has been in D. has gone into 12. This town is amazing. In its market, you can find fresh fruit, hand-made crafts, delicious snacks and even local books. It truly ______. A. is second to none B. has a bit of everything C. has nothing impossible D. is a huge success 13. Thanks to the mobile library service, people in this small town can borrow books ______, whether at home, in the park, or even at the bus stop. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere 14. —I’ve been trying to find a good science fiction. Any recommendation? —Sure! There’s one called “Undercover Robot”. ______. A. I don't know if you like it B. It’s OK, I guess C. You must check it out D. I see your point 二、完形填空 先通读下面文章，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。(本大题共10分，每小题1分) Boston's ice cream culture was so strong with events like the Museum of Ice Cream’s grand opening at Seaport and Moose Tracks’10,000-cup charity challenge. My first job was to scoop (舀) ice cream at Brigham’s in Concord Center. It was a(n) ___15___ job for someone who thought of Boston’s Scooper Bowl festival as a national holiday. At fifteen years old, wearing the required white polo shirt uniform, I was full of confidence ___16___ the two miles from my home on that first hot summer day. The very ___17___ customer was a boy holding a Museum of Ice Cream map. “Large lemon chip cone (甜筒), please!” he spoke in a happy high voice. You see, lemon chip was among the most popular ___18___. My smile froze. I quickly ___19___ that it meant the top container (容器) was often empty. This was a piece of cake for the other waiters, but it wasn't for me. Just shy of my ___20___, I couldn't reach the bottom container while standing up. This little boy would be a witness to a ___21___ that would be repeated many times an hour. I would dive head first into the freezer (冰柜), feet kicking in the air, trying not to lose my ___22___ and fall in. But sometimes I'd fall in. By day’s end, I'd bike home, white polo shirt ___23___ with colourful marks from a hard day's work, arms sticky from too many cones served to too many tourists. But Friday afternoons sparkled! With my $45 paycheck— enough for two museum tickets—I'd race to the Museum of Ice Cream. I was sure there was some big life lesson here, but ___24___ if I could find it. When I bit into my weekly treat—lemon chip, of course—I tasted something better: the sweetness of sticky summers, cold freezers, and a girl who kept reaching even when the ice cream seemed too far. 15. A. art B. dream C. night D. volunteer 16. A. driving B. running C. walking D. riding 17. A. early B. young C. first D. happy 18. A. tastes B. colours C. shapes D. styles 19. A. promised B. appeared C. realized D. agreed 20. A. looks B. weight C. height D. personalities 21. A. scene B. sign C. clue D. cause 22. A. job B. way C. mind D. balance 23. A. provided B. painted C. covered D. designed 24. A. believed B. doubted C. accepted D. refused 三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。(本大题共26分，每小题2分) A 25. How many materials are needed in the experiment? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five 26. What is the RIGHT order that a mountain is torn down into sand? (1) Water freezes. (2) Water expands. (3) Rocks are turned into sand. (4) Rocks are chipped into pieces. (5) Water goes into cracks in a rock. A. (2) (5) (1) (3) (4) B. (2) (1) (5) (4) (3) C. (5) (4) (1) (2) (3) D. (5) (1) (2) (4) (3) 27. The information mainly tells us ________. A. how sand forms B. the force of nature is very huge C. a simple force can tear down huge mountains D. sometimes an experiment takes a long time B For years people have enjoyed following the life of Garfield the cat. Garfield is a popular comic book character, known for being lazy and fat. But the cat was back in the news recently for something you might not expect. A man in the USA changed Garfield's gender to “none” on the cat's web page. After that, many people got angry and kept changing Garfield's web page. They argued about whether the cat was a boy, girl or neither. Finally the page was locked to stop people editing(编辑) it. Jim Davis, Garfield's creator, settled(解决) the argument. “Garfield is male,” he simply told Washington Post. The artist said he liked working with animals because they didn't have to be old, young, boys or girls. He was angry that some people cared so much about Garfield's gender. It seems like quite an unnecessary argument to have. But it is not the only recent example of argument about gender. To celebrate International Women's Day in Australia earlier this year, the city of Melbourne made ten traffic lights with a figure dressed in a skirt. They were designed to celebrate women and give them more confidence in public. But not everyone thinks the idea is necessary. Some people think it is important for women to be treated fairly in Australia, but this idea is foolish. “I'm all for doing anything we can for gender equity(公平), but really?” Melbourne mayor(市长) Robert Doyle told Herald Sun. The mayor said this idea is more likely to be laughed at than bring respect to women. 28. ________ put Garfield the cat back in the news recently. A. The cat's lazy character B. Being included in a website C. The cat's picture being changed on its web page D. The cat's gender being changed on its web page 29. According to Jim Davis, _________. A. the page about Garfield should be locked B. Garfield can be a boy or a girl, and young or old C. artists don't care about animals' age or gender D. It's unnecessary to take Garfield's gender too seriously 30. As to the traffic light idea, Robert Doyle thought ________. A. it would give women more confidence in public B. it was not a good idea for gender equity C. it would bring respect to women D. it helped women be treated fairly in Australia C The mystery began as the twins looked around their new home—an old house with apple trees. What interested the twins most was the attic(阁楼).There they found a dirty old bottle. After cleaning it, a surprising note inside caught their attention. By stones where shadows lie, close to where old leaves die. Not far below, under the earth, lies a treasure of secret worth. If you search and do not fear, the past will soon be clear. Near the bed where dragonflies fly, dig by the wettest place nearby. “A treasure!” Anna said excitedly. “And these clues! Where old leaves die,” Sam read aloud. “It’s near those apple trees.” “Let’s get a shovel (铲子) and borrow a metal detector (金属探测器) to find the treasure.” With their parents’ help, Sam used the detector under the apple trees and found an old bottle cap. They also checked the stone wall but there was only a nail. All their early leads turned out to be wrong. That night, Anna kept thinking about “bed” in the note. She looked it up in the dictionary and suddenly, an idea clicked. The next morning, she led everyone into the woods where a stone wall ran by a stream. “Where's the bed?” Sam asked. “Bed also means the bottom of a stream and that's where dragonflies lay their eggs.” Anna explained, sweeping the detector. Beeeee. They dug carefully and found a lunch box. “Look at all these things.” They pulled out the treasures: a postcard, a music record, a silver half-dollar, and a baseball card. “It's a box from the past!” Sam shouted. “Look, 1964 on the baseball card!” “But who buried (埋) it?” Anna wondered, holding up the postcard. On the back was another note: The past is a mystery, the present a race, to find who I am, just find the place. Look where stories and words stay, or behind the doors where secrets hide away. Anna laughed. “Here we go again - another mystery to solve!” 31. Why did someone leave the first note? A. To ask someone to help solve the mystery. B. To introduce the history of the old house. C. To lead people to find something valuable. D. To describe where dragonflies like to live. 32. How did Anna probably feel when “an idea clicked”? A. Hopeful and certain. B. Surprised but a little scared. C. Curious and interested. D. Excited but a little worried. 33. What is the best title for this story? A. Now Home B. Missing Clue C. Hidden Treasure D. Mystery Bottle D When a robin (a kind of bird) sees itself in a window or mirror, it seems to think the reflection (映像) is another robin. The bird may hit the glass, trying to drive the other bird away. In the 1970s, Dr. Gordon Gallup had an idea. He thought more intelligent (智力的) types of animals might know that their reflections show themselves. To find out, he created an experiment called the mirror test. If an animal passes the test, scientists say that it has “self-awareness”. In Dr. Gallup's experiments, chimpanzees (黑猩猩) passed, but monkeys failed. So far, only eight have passed, including humans. Four of them are in the chimpanzee family. Magpies (喜鹊), dolphins, and elephants also passed. The mirror test has four stages. In studies with children, a research group put stickers on the foreheads of children who just learned how to walk when they weren't paying attention. By the age of two, most could notice the sticker in a mirror and take it off. In Dr. Reiss's dolphin study, the researchers put marks on two dolphins' heads. Both dolphins noticed the mark in a mirror. One of them swam to the side of the pool and tried to rub the mark off. A mark placed on elephants' heads gave similar results. “Animals that pass the mirror test have a lot in common,” Dr. Reiss says. “They all have large, complicated brains compared to their body size. They all live in social groups and work with each other. They care about others.” The mirror test can't make us know about every animal's intelligence. Dr. Reiss says self-awareness is only one form of intelligence. “Many highly social animals communicate in their own ways. It isn't about who is more intelligent. It is about what kind of intelligence they show.” 34. What is the writing purpose of the passage? A. To remind people to care about animals. B. To introduce the advantages of “the mirror test”. C. To present some facts of “the mirror test”. D. To encourage people to do research on animals. 35. Which of the following shows the animal has “self-awareness” according to the mirror test? A. The elephant takes the mark on its head off. B. The bird drives its reflection away. C. The monkey takes the mark on its head off. D. The dolphin drives its reflection away. 36. Which words are the most suitable for ____▲____? A. Search for the Mark. B. Explore the Mark. C. Search for the Mirror. D. Explore the Mirror. 37. The following sentence can best be put at the beginning of ________. Since then, researchers have given the test to many kinds of animals. A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 7 D. Paragraph 8 第二卷 (主观题，共40分) 四、词汇运用 (本大题共10分，每小题1分) (A) 根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。 38. The tech giant's recent ____________ (改变) into AI has been well worth the effort. 39. After taking a deep breath, the boy let go of the string, and the arrow flew ____________ (笔直地) into the center of the target, winning the first prize for his team. 40. You won't truly understand the value of a good night's sleep ____________ (到……时) you have spent three days staring at the screen and drinking cold coffee. 41. Unlike the old small library, the new library has a bright and open ____________ (气氛), making it a welcoming place for students to read and study. 42. The two countries are having ____________ (不断发展的) talks about how to stop the fighting and bring peace back to the region. (B) 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 43. Wuxi plays a ____________ (center) role in the economy of southern Jiangsu because of its strong industry and convenient transportation. 44. If you want to do this work well, you need plenty of ____________ (train). 45. To the teacher's surprise, the shy boy showed no sign of being ____________ (will) to speak in front of the whole class. 46. The monument was built in memory of the ____________ (hero) that died in World War II. 47. Her parents were strongly against her ____________ (marry) someone from different culture, without really knowing him. 五、动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(本大题共10分，每小题1分) 48. —Where has your father gone? I haven't seen him for days. —He ____________ (tour) Saipan Island. He'll come back next weekend. 49. Sally's dad worked over time every day only ____________ (pay) for her piano lessons. 50. My followers have been asking for a new vlog, so I ____________ (start) a new daily series next week. 51. His diary is full of hidden feelings that he hasn't ____________ (not tell) anyone. He prefers to keep them to himself. 52. When you called last night, I wasn't she ____________ (not sleep) even though it was very late. I was still at my desk doing my homework because the next day there was a big test. 53. I hear the workers have completed ____________ (build) the new bridge. Is it true? 54. Haven't you noticed it? You ____________ (drop) the key sometime on your way here! 55. No matter what difficulty we ____________ (face) next, we will not give up. 56. Creativity as well as good grades ____________ (be) what I really care about. 57. The terrible noise made the little dog ____________ (jump) up and down. It was so scared. 六、阅读表达 阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，并将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每小题答案不超过6个单词。(本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分) Ice covers much of the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋).Some pieces of ice are huge, like moving islands. As temperatures have increased, however, some of the ice has begun to disappear. Scientists have discovered huge waves in the arctic waters. The waves were discovered by accident in May, 2010. Scientist Aleksey Marchenko and his students set out on a trip. They wanted to study the icy waters. On May 2, the ship traveled east and stopped next to a large chunk of ice around 50 miles from the small island of Hopen. Marchenko prepared to lead his students out onto the Ice. “We were ready to go but when I went out, I discovered many cracks(裂缝) around,” he remembers. He decided to move the ship deeper into the ice to keep safe. The farther in they went, he thought, the harder the ice would become. As they pushed forward, however, the ship experienced small waves, and then bigger ones. Soon, the waves broke up the ice around the ship into thousands of smaller pieces. Within an hour, Marchenko and his team saw a wave that was about 13 feet high. The ship's navigation (航行) system finally recorded the largest waves. They were more than 20 feet in height. The waves were so strong that they forced huge pieces of ice to jump up and down, breaking the ice into smaller pieces within just one hour. Scientists had never imagined that the process could happen so fast. The waves in these areas used to be small. The speed and force of the huge waves there makes it impossible to know in advance when they are coming. That could be dangerous for navigators and local communities who are unprepared for huge waves or depend on sea ice to protect them. Wildlife like polar bears and walruses that depend on sea ice to live is also in danger. Some scientists think people will soon see even bigger waves in these icy waters. As waves break up ice, the seas will become more open, and the waves will get even stronger. There are stormy times ahead. 58. When did Marchenko and his students discover huge waves in the arctic waters? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 59. Why has the Arctic ice begun to disappear? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 60. How high were the largest waves recorded by the navigation system? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 61. Who may be in danger from the huge waves? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 62. What can we do to protect the Arctic? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 七、书面表达 (本大题共15分) “苏超”大火，连你韩国的网友Sana都听说了，她很想了解一下江苏，但她不确定是选择“云游江苏”(通过互联网、视频等方式在线游览)还是亲自来江苏实地旅游。请你帮她做一个选择，写一封信给她，内容包括： 1. 你认为更合适的方式(云游或实地游览)及理由(至少两个)； 2. 介绍推荐江苏的好物、美景和乐事等； 注意事项： 1. 信件要求语句通顺、词句丰富、意思连贯、符合题意； 2. 需包括所有要点，可适当发挥； 3. 词数 100个左右，开头结尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数； 4. 文中不得提及真人的人名、校名等相关信息。 Dear Sana, I'm glad you want to learn about Jiangsu Province. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Zhu Ying 答案 一、1-5 BCADA 6-10 ADCBA 11-14 CBBC 二、15-19 BDCAC 20-24 CADCB 三、25-27 CDC 28-30 DDB 31-33 CAD 34-37 CADB 四、38. move 39. straight 40. until 41. feel 42. ongoing 43. central 44. training 45. unwilling 46. heroes 47. marrying 五、48. is touring 49. to pay 50. will start 51. hasn’t told 52. wasn’t sleeping 53. building 54. dropped 55. face 56. is 57. jump 六、58. On May 2, 2010. 59. Because the temperatures have increased. 60. More than 20 feet in height. 61. Navigators, local communities and wildlife. 62. We can use recycle things. (合理即可) 初二英语 第1页 共7页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $