江苏省镇江市镇江外国语学校2025-2026学年八年级下学期英语五月学情检测（Unit5-Unit6）

镇江外国语学校八年级英语五月学情检测（U5-U6）

2026.5.19

 一、单项选择题（30分）

(  )  1. Ice is not seen here in winter because the temperature ______ stays below 0℃.

A. especially  B. certainly  C. normally  D. hardly

(  )  2. Time waits for no man, but some people won’t ______ the importance of time until it’s gone.

A. realize  B. remember  C. doubt  D. suggest

(  )  3. My motorbike broke down suddenly on the road, but I was ______ to push it aside.

A. weak enough  B. too weak  C. strong enough  D. too strong

(  )  4. —What do you think of CityWalk?

—Wonderful. People can learn more about their cities ______ save money on traveling.

A. as well as  B. as long as  C. instead of  D. rather than

(  )  5. Jack stopped his car in time to ______ an accident.

A. satisfy  B. avoid  C. finish  D. Create

(  )  6. When visiting a friend’s home, you shouldn’t ______ without knocking at the door first.

A. cut in  B. go out  C. come in  D. put in

(  )  7. —What do you think of AI?

—Though AI is useful, we can’t ______ depend on it!

A. hopefully  B. unwillingly  C. patiently  D. fully

(  )  8. The little boy won’t go to sleep ______ his mum tells a story.

A. unless  B. when  C. while  D. if

(  )  9. —Both the food and the ______ are truly excellent here.

—No wonder so many people to eat here.

A. promise  B. tip  C. award  D. service

(  )  10. —What’s your secret of writing so well?

—I read a lot, and the works of Lu Xun had a strong ______ on me as a child.

A. difference  B. attention  C. situation  D. influence

(  )  11. You ______ praise the film too much. I want to watch it again!

A. needn’t  B. mustn’t  C. can’t  D. may not

(  )  12. We should ______ when we are waiting for the bus.

A. wait in line  B. wait for line  C. wait on line  D. jump in line

(  )  13. —The plastic bags will no longer be provided for free in supermarkets.

—______, we’d better take reusable cloth bags with us when we go shopping.

A. In case  B. In no case  C. In that case  D. In case of

(  )  14. —You look so sad. What happened?

—Everyone ______ us to win the game, but we lost.

A. asked  B. ordered  C. expected  D. hoped

(  )  15. —I finally finished that difficult project. I feel on cloud nine.

—______ You’ve worked so hard on it.

A. Like what?  B. Congratulations!  C. What else?  D. I see.

二、完形填空（10分）

Chongqing, a city of more than 32 million people, faced a terrible test in the summer of 2022. In August, Chongqing kept  1  the fire caused by the hot and dry weather. People from all walks of life volunteered to  2  the terrible fire together.

Some people cut down trees to make fire barriers (屏障). Others  3  motorbikes on newly formed roads to take firefighters and supplies up the mountain, while some volunteers carried food and drinks  4  their backs on foot. Women and children helped organize supplies, cleaned the ground and finished other  5  tasks.

On Thursday night, as the fire got close to a man-made barrier on Jinyun Mountain, more than 1,000 firefighters and  6  stood along-side the barrier with fire extinguishers (灭火器). Seen from overhead,  7  lights formed a wall against the fire line.

The stories of these people have  8  many people. Du Hailang, head of the Beijing Emergency Rescue Association (应急救援协会), was one of them. He and 10 other people of the association joined the life-saving team in Chongqing. He said, “Chongqing people are really amazing. The man-made wall was unbelievable,  9  it was really surprising. It really showed Chinese people’s  10  will to protect our homeland.”

1.  A. fighting  B. starting  C. making  D. watching

2.  A. care for  B. look for  C. find out  D. put out

3.  A. bought  B. rode  C. sold  D. took

4.  A. in  B. at  C. on  D. over

5.  A. important  B. impossible  C. difficult  D. interesting

6.  A. farmers  B. workers  C. doctors  D. volunteers

7.  A. her  B. their  C. his  D. our

8.  A. refused  B. chosen  C. touched  D. helped

9.  A. because  B. but  C. unless  D. and

10. A. weak  B. happy  C. small  D. strong

三、阅读理解（10分）

Matilda’s parents owned quite a nice house with three bedrooms upstairs, while on the ground floor there was a dining room and a living room and a kitchen. Her father was a dealer in second-hand-cars and it seemed he did pretty well at it.

“Sawdust,” he would say proudly, “is one of the great secrets of my success. And it costs me nothing. I get it free from the sawmill (锯木厂).”

“What do you use it for?” Matilda asked him.

“Ha!” the father said. “Wouldn’t you like to know.”

“I don’t see how it can help you to sell second-hand cars, Daddy.”

“That’s because you’re an ignorant little twit,” the father said. His speech was never very delicate but Matilda was used to it. She also knew that he liked to boast and she would egg him on shamelessly.

“You must be very clever to find a use for something that costs nothing,” she said. “I wish I could do it.”

“You couldn’t,” the father said. “You’re too stupid. But I don’t mind telling young Mike here about it seeing he’ll be joining me in the business one day.” Ignoring Matilda, he turned to his son and said, “I’m always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears (齿轮) so badly. They’re all worn out and rattle like mad. I get it cheap. Then all I do is mix a lot of sawdust with the oil in the gear-box and it runs as sweet as a nut.”

“How long will it run like that before it starts rattling again?” Matilda asked him.

“Long enough for the buyer to get a good distance away,” the father said, grinning. “About hundred miles.”

“But that’s dishonest, Daddy,” Matilda said. “It’s cheating.”

“No one ever got rich being honest,” the father said. “Customers are there to be diddled (骗取).”

——Adapted from *Matilda*

1. The underlined word “it” refers to “________”.

A. a second-handcar  B. the sawmill  C. sawdust  D. the father’s success

2. Matilda’s father thought her ________.

A. lazy  B. stupid  C. hard-working  D. dishonest

3. Who was Mike?

A. He was Matilda’s brother.  B. He was Matilda’s teacher.

C. He was Matilda’s uncle.  D. He was Matilda’s cousin.

4. What did the father do to make a car run smoothly?

A. By fixing it properly.  B. By mixing sawdust with the oil.

C. By showing the driver how to drive properly.  D. By changing the engine.

5. What did the father mean at the end of the passage?

A. He could get rich by cheating others.  B. Matilda should keep the secret.

C. Mike was good at doing business.  D. He disliked cheating customers.

四、七选五（10分）

Good manners are important things to have because they show that you’re polite to other people. If you are having a meal with others, make sure you know the answers to these questions.