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北京市上地实验学校2025－2026学年度初二下英语Units7-8练习暨期末模拟 班级________ 姓名________ 学号________ 一、听后选择（共 9 分，每小题 1.5 分） 听下面两段对话和一段独白。每段对话或独白后有两个小题，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 请听一段对话，完成第 1 至第 2 小题。 1. What did Jack do yesterday? A. Stayed at home. B. Went to the movies. C. Had a picnic in the park. 2. How is the weather today? A. It’s windy. B. It’s rainy. C. It’s fine. 请听一段对话，完成第 3 至第 4 小题。 3. How did Sato greet the girl at the party? A. He shook hands with her. B. He kissed her. C. He bowed. 4. How did John feel when she first met Marie? A. Embarrassed. B. Excited. C. Thankful. 请听一段独白，完成第 5 至第 6 小题。 5. What can we know from the speech? A. The speaker prefers modern science fiction novels to old ones. B. Nemo’s ship could get energy from the land so that it could run all the time. C. The speaker loves the book because it mixes technology with big human questions. 6. Why did the speaker give the speech? A. To persuade us to buy the book. B. To share one of his favourite books with us. C. To tell us the reasons why he likes to choose the book for his book report. 二、听后回答（共 10 分，每小题 2 分） 听对话，根据对话内容笔头回答问题。每段对话两遍。 请听一段对话，完成第 7 小题。 7. What does the man enjoy doing? _____________ 请听一段对话，完成第 8 小题。 8. Why does mom ask Tom to sort waste? _____________ 请听一段对话，完成第 9 小题。 9. What did Lily volunteer to do at the community center? _____________ 请听一段对话，完成第 10 至11小题。 10. Why did Richard like the movie? _____________ 11. What will be on next Thursday? _____________ 三、听后转写（共 8 分） 12. 听短文，根据内容和提示信息转写内容，短文你将听三遍。 请将转写文段写在答题纸上！ 四、单项填空（共10分, 每小题1分） 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择填入最佳选项。 1. This activity can provide a great chance for ________ to experience the local life. A. us B. we C. our D. ours 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：这项活动可以为我们提供一个体验当地生活的绝佳机会。 us 我们（宾格）；we 我们（主格）；our 我们的（形容词性物主代词）；ours 我们的（名词性物主代词）。for是介词，介词后需接人称代词的宾格形式作宾语。 2. Can you tell me how people lived ________ the late 1800s? A. in B. for C. on D. at 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：你能告诉我人们在19世纪末是如何生活的吗？ in在……期间（用于年份、世纪、年代等较长时段）；for为了，长达（后接时间段）；on在……具体某天；at在……具体时刻或小地点。空格后“the late 1800s”表示“19世纪晚期”，是一个较长的时间段，应用介词in。 3. Don’t be late for the meeting. We will start ________ everyone arrives there. A. since B. as soon as C. before D. until 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：开会别迟到。所有人一到那里我们就开始。 since既然/自从；as soon as一……就……；before在……之前；until直到。根据“Don’t be late for the meeting.”可知强调准时，结合语境，此处表示所有人一到就开始，用as soon as引导时间状语从句。 4. —Must we complete the task by Friday? —No, you ________. The deadline is next Monday. A. can’t B. may not C. mustn’t D. needn’t 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我们必须要在周五之前完成这项任务吗？——不，你们不必。截止日期是下周一。 can’t不能；may not可能不/不可以；mustn’t禁止；needn’t不必。根据“No”和“The deadline is next Monday.”可知，此处表示“不必”在周五完成，Must引导的一般疑问句作否定回答时，需用needn’t表示“不必”。 5. I can’t see a dog or ________, either. This old house seems to be completely empty. A. someone else B. anything else C. nothing else D. everything else 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：我也看不见狗或别的任何东西。这所老房子似乎完全空无一人。 someone else其他人；anything else别的任何事物，其他任何东西；nothing else没有别的东西，别无其他；everything else其他一切。句中有can’t 和either，表明是否定句，在否定句中表示“别的任何东西”应用anything else，nothing else会与can’t 构成双重否定；someone else指人，everything else指“其他所有事物”，均不符合句意和语法结构。应填anything else。 6. —I have no idea where to go next month. —Why not consider ________ Beijing? A. visiting B. to visit C. visit D. visits 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我不知道下个月去哪里。——为什么不考虑参观北京呢？ 考查非谓语。根据固定短语consider doing sth.“考虑做某事”可知，此处应用动名词形式visiting。故选A。 7. My friend Jack moved to Shenzhen last year, and we ________ each other since then. A. don’t see B. didn’t see C. won’t see D. haven’t seen 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：我的朋友杰克去年搬到了深圳，从那以后我们就没见过面。 根据时间状语“since then”可知，句子使用现在完成时，表示动作从过去开始一直持续到现在，现在完成时的结构为“have/has+过去分词”，应填haven’t seen。 8. Listen! Can you hear someone ________ in the next room? A. sing B. singing C. to sing D. sings 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：听！你能听到有人在隔壁房间唱歌吗？ 考查非谓语动词。hear sb doing sth“听到某人正在做某事”，强调动作正在进行；hear sb do sth“听到某人做某事”，表示听到动作的全过程（常指经常性动作）。根据“Listen! Can you hear someone”可知，此处表示正在发生的动作，因此选择现在分词形式。故选B。 9. —________ you ________ The Old Man and the Sea yet? —Yes, it’s about a man’s fight with nature. A. Have; read B. Did; read C. Will; read D. Do; read 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你读过《老人与海》吗？——读过，它有关人与自然的斗争。 考查现在完成时。由“yet”可知，是现在完成时，一般疑问句中，have置于句首，read用过去分词read。故选A。 10. —How long ________ you ________ this book? —For two weeks. A. have; borrowed B. have; kept C. did; borrow D. did; keep 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这本书你借了多久？——两周。 考查现在完成时中的延续性动词。根据“For two weeks.”可知，问句为现在完成时，并且为持续性动作，其谓语结构是：has/have+动词的过去分词，所以第一空用have；“borrowed”是短暂性动词，不能与一段时间连用，应用“kept”。故选B。 五、短文填空（共5分,每小题1分） 阅读短文，用所给单词的正确形式将内容补充完整。 I was driving on the freeway when I noticed heavy clouds roll in. A storm was coming. The rain began beating ____11____ (heavy) against my car windows, making driving impossible. I pulled off onto the shoulder of the road and stopped. The rain reminded me of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina struck when I was nine years old. I had worried it would strike us in Houston. It missed us, but other cities were not so lucky. I remembered ____12____ (watch) the news. A reporter stood inside the Houston stadium, interviewing people. Many wore dirty and worn clothes, and some had no shoes on their ____13____ (foot). I noticed a little boy behind the reporter hugging an old teddy bear. Watching him, I knew I had to do something. The next day, my friends joined me for ____14____ (we) volunteer club and we came up with a plan. We wanted to collect toys and give them to the kids at the stadium, which would bring some happiness into the lives of these families. We spread the word to the school and other organizations. Three days later, the donation boxes were overflowing with new toys! When we ____15____ (enter) the stadium with our gifts, children flew toward us from all directions, smiles lighting up their faces. 【答案】11. heavily 12. watching 13. feet 14. our 15. entered 【解析】 【导语】本文通过讲述作者在暴风雨中回忆起飓风卡特里娜的经历，以及随后与朋友组织捐赠玩具给受灾儿童的故事，展现了灾难中的温情与互助，强调了小小的善意行动能为困境中的人们带来希望和快乐。 【11题详解】 句意： 雨水开始重重地敲打我的车窗，导致无法驾驶。此处需要修饰动词“beating”，表示敲打的方式，应用副词形式，所给词“heavy”为形容词，其副词为“heavily”，表示“猛烈地、重重地”。 【12题详解】 句意： 我记得看过那次新闻。动词“remember”后接动名词（doing）表示“记得做过某事”（已发生）；后接不定式（to do）表示“记得要去做某事”（未发生），此处指回忆过去看新闻的经历，故用“watching”。 【13题详解】 句意： 许多人穿着脏旧的衣服，有些人脚上没穿鞋子。介词“on”后接“their”，表示“他们的脚”，脚有两只，需用复数形式。名词“foot”的复数是不规则变化“feet”。 【14题详解】 句意： 第二天，我的朋友们加入了我们的志愿者俱乐部……。此处需用形容词性物主代词修饰名词短语“volunteer club”，表示“我们的”，所给词“we”的形容词性物主代词为“our”。 【15题详解】 句意： 当我们带着礼物进入体育场时，孩子们从四面八方朝我们飞奔而来，脸上洋溢着笑容。根据上下文，该动作发生在过去，且为短暂一次性动作，应用一般过去时，动词“enter”的过去式为“entered”。 六、完形填空（共12分，每小题1.5分） When I was in my middle age, something terrible happened to me. As I was away from ____16____ for almost a year, my wife and children were extremely worried. And my mother, already in her eighties, was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. On the eve of the Spring Festival, I was finally allowed to return home. Mother looked at me, her eyes filled with disbelief. But soon she said, “Let’s start making dumplings for the Festival.” And then an idea ____17____ her, “Let’s put in a coin and make a good-luck dumpling. Whoever eats it will be blessed(有福的).” While making the good-luck dumpling, my mother secretly made a(n) ____18____ on it. She pretended nothing had happened, but the trick didn’t escape my ____19____. After Mother boiled the dumplings all by herself, she put the good-luck dumpling on top of the others in a bowl on purpose and pushed the bowl to me. Feeling loved, I stared at her with ____20____ eyes. I had thought it would give her a lovely surprise if she ate the good-luck dumpling. Taking the opportunity when she went to the kitchen, I put the dumpling into her bowl. Obviously, when Mother returned, she didn’t ____21____ it and went on eating with her eyes on me all the time. “Ouch!” suddenly she cried out. The coin had hurt her teeth. “Oh, Granny is blessed!” my wife cheered. “I ... how come?” Mother was ____22____. Just at that moment, the coin fell out of her mouth. So I joined my wife and children, “Granny is blessed! Mother is blessed!” Mother burst into laughter, and then tears, as my wife and I ____23____ with her all her sadness and joy. 16. A. market B. office C. factory D. home 17. A. interested B. impressed C. hit D. changed 18. A. mark B. decision C. try D. note 19. A. hands B. mind C. mouth D. eyes 20. A. anxious B. upset C. thankful D. honest 21. A. take B. notice C. accept D. want 22. A. touched B. inspired C. confused D. attracted 23. A. shared B. discussed C. remembered D. found 【答案】16. D 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. B 22. C 23. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个温馨感人的家庭故事：“我”中年时遭遇不幸离家近一年，年迈的母亲焦急万分；春节前夕母亲亲手包好运饺子，并在其中偷偷包了一枚硬币。当“我”把带硬币的饺子夹给母亲时，母亲故意咯到了牙，大家齐声祝福“有福”——母亲瞬间泪中带笑，一家人因爱与团聚而幸福。 【16题详解】 句意：由于我离家将近一年了，我的妻子和孩子们都非常担心。 空格处需填一名词，描述作者“远离”的对象。结合语境“for almost a year, my wife and children were extremely worried”可知，作者是远离/亲人。home“家/家乡”，符合“远离家一年”的语义。market“市场”、office“办公室”、factory“工厂”均不符合“妻儿担心”语境。 【17题详解】 句意：然后她想到了一个主意：“我们放一枚硬币，做一个幸运饺子。” 空格处需填一过去式动词，描述“一个想法”对母亲的影响。hit“突然袭击/灵光一闪”，hit her意为“突然想到”，符合“灵机一动”的语境。interested“使感兴趣”、“impressed”使印象深刻、changed“改变”均不符合“突然想到”的动作逻辑。 【18题详解】 句意：在做这个幸运饺子的时候，母亲偷偷地在上面做了个标记。 空格处需填一名词，指代妈妈在饺子上做的记号。mark“记号/标记”，make a mark意为“做记号”，符合“偷偷做标记以便认出”的语境。decision“决定”、try“尝试”、note“笔记”均不能与make搭配表达此意。 【19题详解】 句意：她假装什么也没发生，但这个伎俩没有逃脱我的眼睛。 空格处需填一名词，指代我的识别/觉察能力。eyes“眼睛”，escape one’s eyes意为“逃过某人的眼睛”，符合“被我识破”的语境。hands“手”、mind“大脑”、mouth“嘴”均不符合“被识破”搭配。 【20题详解】 句意：我感受到了被爱，所以我充满感激地看着她。 空格处需填一形容词，描述“我”此刻的心情。thankful“感激的”，符合“被母亲的爱感动而感激”且“幸运饺子”带来的感动。anxious“焦虑的”、upset“沮丧的”、honest“诚实的”均与“母亲的爱”语境不符。 【21题详解】 句意：母亲回来了，她没有注意到放在她碗里的幸运饺子，继续吃饭。 空格处需填一动词原形，表示“没有注意到”。notice表示“注意到”，符合“未察觉”语境。take“拿”、accept“接受”、want“想要”均不能表达“注意到”。 【22题详解】 句意：“为什么是我？”母亲很迷惑。 空格处需填一过去式动词/形容词，描述妈妈被感动得说不出话的状态。confused“困惑的”，符合“不知如何回应”的神态。touched“感动的”（通常不表“说不出话”）、inspired“受启发的”、attracted“被吸引的”均与“硬币咯牙+感动”的语境不完全匹配。 【23题详解】 句意：母亲突然大笑起来，然后流泪，我和妻子与她一起分享她所有的悲伤和喜悦。 空格处需填一过去式动词，表示“分享/共同承担”情感。shared“分享”，shared with her all her sadness and joy符合“共同承担”语境。discussed“讨论”、remembered“记得”、found“发现”均不能表达“共同承担情感”。 七、阅读理解 (共26分，每题2分) A 下面的材料分别介绍了四种不同的手机APP。请根据题中所描述的Mary, Chris和Lisa三人各自的需求，选择一款最适合他们的应用，将所对应的序号A、B、C、D填写在相应的位置上。 ____24____ Mary Mary is a middle school student. Her English is poor, so she wants to remember new words in an interesting way. ____25____ Chris Chris wants to go to Sanya with his parents this summer vacation. He needs to book plane tickets and hotels as soon as possible. ____26____ Lisa Lisa is a 5-year-old kid. She likes drawing lines and talking with others. Lisa needs an app that allows her to play with. A Traveling allows you to experience other cultures and helps break up your routine-based lifestyle. When you are free, you can go to a beautiful place to enjoy the beauty of nature. This app can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or plane tickets. Through this app, you can also book your favorite hotel at a low price. And I bet you would love to read the tourists’ notes about the places you want to visit on this app. B This app has lots of books including poems, novels, short stories and even fairy tales for children. It offers people an easy way to read. What’s special about it is that you can listen to all these books on it. You can also use the app to record stories or articles. In this way, your voice and ideas can be heard by others. It’s so wonderful, isn’t it? C This app is a very good friend for children under 6 years old. Kids can learn to speak, know numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app. Not only the music but the pictures are beautiful. Do you have a little brother or sister under three? Do you want to give them a big surprise? This app will be your perfect choice. I’m sure they will love the app once they use it. D This app can help you learn more English words through pictures. It introduces the pronunciation, use and history of the words, which can also interest the secondary school students. So if you have serious problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it! I’m sure you will make great progress in learning English. Interest is the key to success. 【答案】24. D 25. A 26. C 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍四款功能各异的手机应用，结合Mary, Chris和Lisa三人学习、出行、玩乐的不同需求，为他们分别匹配最合适的软件。 【24题详解】 根据“Mary is...Her English is poor, so she wants to remember new words in an interesting way.”可知，Mary需要一个可以用有趣的方式帮助记忆英语单词的应用。D选项“This app can help you learn more English words through pictures”和“serious problems remembering the new words...use it!”描述的正是通过图片这种有趣的方式学单词、帮助解决记单词困难的功能，与Mary的学习需求相匹配。 【25题详解】 根据“Chris wants...He needs to book plane tickets and hotels as soon as possible.”可知，Chris需要预订机票和酒店。A选项“This app can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or plane tickets. Through this app, you can also book your favorite hotel at a low price.”提供了购票以及预定酒店功能，与Chris的出行需求相匹配。 【26题详解】 根据“Lisa is a 5-year-old kid. She likes drawing lines and talking with others. Lisa needs an app that allows her to play with.”可知，Lisa是一个5岁的孩子，喜欢画画和与人交流。C选项“This app is a very good friend for children under 6 years old. Kids can learn to speak, know numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app.”描述的是帮助6岁以下孩子学习说话、认数字和画画的功能，符合Lisa的需求。 B A Visit to a Desert in Mexico Jose and his family decided to travel to the Sonora Desert in Mexico. They had already visited other deserts in North America including Mojave, Chihuahuan, Painted and Great Basin Deserts. However, it was the first time the family drove out into the Sonora Desert to look at its plants. They started their trip early morning. They took a tent with them, as well as plenty of water. Jose learned about the cactus plant at school. He wanted to see as many cactuses as he could. He knew that there were more than 2,000 kinds of cactuses. He also knew that Mexico had more kinds of cactuses than anywhere else. He wanted to dig one up and take it home with him. Even early in the day, it was hot as Jose and his family admired the beautiful cactus flowers. “They don’t look like any other flowers I’ve ever seen,” said his mother. His younger sister added, “Look at the colors of the flowers. I see red, yellow, orange, purple, white and pink.” Jose remembered his report and explained, “Most cactus flowers do not last long.” Then he said, “Did you know that a cactus plant has fruits? Some people say you can eat all cactus fruit.” Indeed, the birds like the fruit and even the flesh of the plant. If a person was without water in the desert, he could break open a piece of cactus and get the water stored inside. “Ouch! You must get past those awful spines first,” said his sister. “Farmers sometimes burn the spines off and feed the cactus to their cattle when it is really dry and there is not enough grass for them.” Jose told his family, “The cattle seemed to enjoy it.” “I’m glad you know about cactus plants,” his father said. “Let’s have a cool drink and then head back to town. Did you find a cactus plant to take home, Jose?” “No, they are so beautiful here in their natural home. I’m just going to take some pictures. I’d rather remember the cactus the way they are here, with the sand, the blossoms, and the mountains in the distance,” he answered. 27. Jose’s family traveled to the Sonora Desert to ________. A. have a look at its plants B. study the cactus flowers C. taste the cactus fruit D. dig up different plants 28. What can we know from the passage? A. Most of the cactus flowers can last long. B. The cactus flowers have different colors. C. The cattle and birds enjoy the cactus spines. D. People often drink the water stored in cactuses. 29. Jose didn’t take a cactus plant home because ________ . A. he thought the cactus spines were too awful B. he wanted to leave the cactus fruit to the birds C. he wanted the cactuses to keep their beauty in the nature D. he thought he had already taken some beautiful pictures 【答案】27. A 28. B 29. C 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了Jose和他的家人去索诺拉沙漠的所见所闻。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“However, it was the first time the family drove out into the Sonora Desert to look at its plants.”可知，Jose和他的家人去索诺拉沙漠是为了看那里的植物。故选A。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Even early in the day, it was hot as Jose and his family admired the beautiful cactus flowers.… ‘Look at the colors of the flowers. I see red, yellow, orange, purple, white and pink.’ ”可知，仙人掌的花有红色、黄色、橙色、紫色、白色和粉色。故选B。 【29题详解】 细节理解题 。根据“Did you find a cactus plant to take home, Jose?”与“Did you find a cactus plant to take home, Jose?”可知，Jose没有把仙人掌带回家是因为他想让仙人掌在大自然中保持美丽。故选C。 C When I was organizing my clothes, I accidentally found a set of Hanfu I only wore once. Since a Chinese friend gave me a set of ancient-style hair accessories (配饰), I matched a whole set of Hanfu. Then, ancient-style articles appeared in my clothes one after another. When I saw them again, I thought of a sentence: I may have been caught by the “birdcage (鸟笼) effect”! “Birdcage effect (BCE)” is one of the top ten psychological (心理的) problems that human beings cannot easily deal with. BCE means that when you get something one day, you will probably prepare more things to match it. There is a story behind it. One day, James, a psychologist, joked with his friend Carlson and predicted that Carlson would surely raise a bird. At first, Carlson didn’t care. When James gave Carlson a birdcage on his birthday, friends who visited Carlson’s house believed that he had raised birds. During that process, Carlson kept explaining. In the end, he really bought a bird. Like Carlson, many people have been or are being caught in the BCE. My friend Tinny said she wanted to buy a good pen to match a pretty notebook her sister gave her. I joked that she must have been caught in the BCE. But my friend said with a smile, “Why not use the birdcage effect instead? When I have a beautiful notebook, I will want to buy a pen that is smooth and easy to write, and next I will want to buy a book I like, and then start to take notes.” For the first time, I heard that the BCE could be used in reverse. However, this reminded me of my middle school days, and I seemed to have used the BCE. One day, I bought a magazine and saw the call for writings published in the magazine, so I started writing. After that, I bought a beautiful notebook to record my feelings. More and more magazines appeared in my study, and my interest in writing increased. How can we stop being caught in the BCE in many things and even use it? Various “birdcages” unavoidably appear in life,but we can divide them. If it is not in line with (与……一致) the actual situation, it is a “negative birdcage”, so we must learn to stop losses in time. If it is “positive birdcage” that drives us to develop upward, we can clear our goals up and encourage ourselves to move towards our goals. At this time, we will find that the BCE is actually not terrible! 30. Why does the writer talk about Hanfu in Paragraph 1? A. To describe her life style. B. To explain the origin of BCE. C. To introduce Chinese culture. D. To show an example of the BCE. 31. What can we learn from the passage? A. The term BCE came from Carlson’s story. B. James used the BCE to record his feelings. C. Tinny was caught in the BCE so she bought a good pen. D. The writer bought a book because he was caught in the BCE. 32. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. The Birdcage Effect: Why Is It So Terrible? B. The Birdcage Effect: Why Are We Caught in It? C. The Birdcage Effect: How to Avoid It in Your Life? D. The Birdcage Effect: How to Use It to Your Advantage? 【答案】30. D 31. A 32. D 【解析】 【导语】本文以汉服搭配事例引出“鸟笼效应”，介绍其起源、正反两种应用场景，最后告诉我们区分正负鸟笼效应、合理利用它助力自身成长。 【30题详解】 第一段讲述了作者获得古风发饰后，不断搭配购入更多古风衣饰，最终点出自身经历符合鸟笼效应的特点，由此推知作者提及汉服是为了展示鸟笼效应的一个实例，引出本文话题。 【31题详解】 第二段主要讲述了心理学家James送给Carlson一个鸟笼，最终Carlson真的养了鸟，“鸟笼效应”这个术语就来源于这个故事。 【32题详解】 通读全文可知，本文重点在于说明我们可以区分正负鸟笼效应，将正向的鸟笼效应用于促进自身发展，选项D“The Birdcage Effect: How to Use It to Your Advantage?”符合文章主旨。 D A new research published in Nature Machine Intelligence suggests that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline(综合学科) could help students develop the skills they need to create lifelike artificially intelligent(AI) robots as researchers. Known as Physical AI, these robots will be designed to look and behave like humans or other animals. At the same time, they will own intelligence(智力) normally connected with biological organisms(生物有机体). These robots could in future help humans at work and in daily living, performing tasks that are dangerous for humans and helping with medicine, caregiving, security, building and industry. However, today’s robots and biological beings exist separately and the intelligence of the two have not yet been combined. Co-lead author Professor Mirko Kovac said, “The development of robot ‘bodies’ has greatly fallen behind the development of robot ‘brains’. Unlike digital AI, which has been studied deeply in the last few decades, breathing physical intelligence into robots has remained relatively unexplored.” The researchers say that the reason for this gap might be that no systematic educational method has yet been developed for teaching students and researchers to create robot bodies and brains combined as whole units. This new research suggests a way of overcoming the gap by combining scientific disciplines to help future researchers create lifelike robots with abilities such as developing bodily control, autonomy and sensing at the same time. Professor Kovac said, “We picture Physical AI robots being developed in the lab by using unusual materials and research methods. Cross-disciplinary cooperation and partnerships will be very important.” The researchers also advise strengthening research activities in Physical AI by supporting teachers on both the institutional and community level. They suggest hiring and supporting university educators whose priority(重点) will be cross-disciplinary Physical AI research. “Creating lifelike robots has been an impossible task so far, but it could be made possible by including Physical AI in the high education system,” Kovac said. We hope that the researchers’ work will encourage active discussion of the topic and will lead to combination of Physical AI disciplines in the educational mainstream. The researchers intend to carry out the Physical AI methodology in their research and education activities to help build human-robot ecosystems. 33. What do we know about Physical AI robots according to the passage? A. They have been able to help humans at work. B. They will have human brains and animal bodies. C. They have been designed to look and act like humans. D. They will have intelligence connected with biological organisms. 34. What does the underlined words “this gap” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to? A. Biological beings have been paid enough attention to. B. The robot “brains” have fallen behind the robot “bodies”. C. Systematic educational method hasn’t been developed by now. D. Physical AI hasn’t been well explored compared with digital AI. 35. We can learn from the passage that ________. A. intelligence is important in creating digital AI robots B. development in digital AI can help produce smarter robots C. unusual materials might be used to develop Physical AI robots D. we have developed lifelike robots by having Physical AI in education 36. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A. To show the difficulties of Physical AI development and the related solutions. B. To call for combination of Physical AI disciplines in the education system. C. To explain the reason why Physical intelligence has remained unexplored. D. To encourage people to prepare for the age of Physical AI progress. 【答案】33. D 34. D 35. C 36. B 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了物理人工智能以及将物理人工智能纳入教育主流系统中的必要性。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文“they will own intelligence normally connected with biological organisms”可知，物理人工智能机器人将拥有与生物相关的智力。故选D。 【34题详解】 词句猜测题。根据上文“Unlike digital AI, which has been studied deeply in the last few decades, breathing physical intelligence into robots has remained relatively unexplored”可知，this gap此处指的是上文提到的“与数字人工智能相比，物理人工智能还没有得到很好的探索”。故选D。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文“We picture Physical AI robots being developed in the lab by using unusual materials and research methods”可知，科学家描绘出了实验室里用不寻常的材料和研究方法开发物理人工智能机器人的前景，故可推断，不寻常的材料可能会被用于开发物理人工智能机器人。故选C。 【36题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文“We hope that the researchers’ work will encourage active discussion of the topic and will lead to combination of Physical AI disciplines in the educational mainstream”可知，作者写此文的目的是呼吁将物理人工智能学科整合到教育主流中。故选B。 八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，第41-43题各2分，第44题4分） A 14-year-old Girl Made an APP for Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默症) Patients Emma is a 14-year-old student. Her grandma has Alzheimer’s Disease which has caused her to forget things that were very important to her. Emma’s family stay connected by sending her photos through her iPad, in hopes that she would remember them for as long as possible. Her caregiver would give her the iPad and she would look at the photos. Sometimes she remembers the people in the photos, sometimes she doesn’t, because recognizing people is becoming increasingly difficult. She also needs her caregiver to help her remember to do everyday tasks such as taking medicine or making phone calls. Her illness is making it difficult for her to stay connected with others. As time went by, Emma started to wonder, is there a simple mobile app that could help her grandmother and other Alzheimer’s patients remember events, stay connected with friends and family, and recognize people around them? Emma’s family hunted widely for such an app. But they were disappointed because in fact, the app they wanted didn’t exist (存在). There are many tools in the market but none of them help patients improve their daily lives. They also found that there were very few apps developed for the elderly, due to the stereotype (刻板印象) that old people cannot use technology. They are the under-served people. Right at around that time, Emma started learning how to code in Swift, an iOS programming (编程) language. So she took the matter into her own hands and developed the app Timeless. Emma spent two years working on the app that uses AI-powered facial recognition to help Alzheimer’s patients identify people in their life. Patients take a photo of a person and the app helps them identify who that is, whether it is a loved one or a caregiver. The app also works as a daily planner and helps patients to remember events and stay connected to their social support system. Emma is now working with an international team of developers to improve the app. With a design expert and a software developer, she believes she can make Timeless a convenient and user-friendly app for Alzheimer’s patients. 37. What disease does Emma’s grandma have? __________________________________________ 38. Why did Emma and her family feel disappointed? __________________________________________ 39. How does the app Timeless help Alzheimer’s patients? __________________________________________ 40. What do you think of Emma? Why do you think so? (Please give two reasons.) __________________________________________ 【答案】37. Her grandma has Alzheimer’s Disease which has caused her to forget things that were very important to her. 38. Because in fact, the app they wanted didn’t exist. 39. The app uses AI-powered facial recognition to help Alzheimer’s patients identify people in their life. The app also works as a daily planner and helps patients to remember events and stay connected to their social support system. 40. I think Emma is a caring person. Because she has developed the app Timeless and she cares about the elderly. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍艾玛的祖母患有阿尔茨海默症，总是忘记事情，她决定创建一个应用程序来帮助患有阿尔茨海默症的人。她的应用程序被称为“永恒”。它使用面部识别技术。阿尔茨海默症患者可以使用该应用程序查看他们朋友和家人的照片。虽然这个应用程序还在开发中，但艾玛充满了希望。 【37题详解】 根据“Her grandma has Alzheimer’s Disease which has caused her to forget things that were very important to her.”可知，她的奶奶患有阿尔茨海默病，这导致她忘记了对她来说非常重要的事情。故填Her grandma has Alzheimer’s Disease which has caused her to forget things that were very important to her. 【38题详解】 根据“But they were disappointed because in fact, the app they wanted didn’t exist (存在).”可知，因为事实上，他们想要的应用程序并不存在。故填Because in fact, the app they wanted didn’t exist. 【39题详解】 根据“Emma spent two years working on the app that uses AI-powered facial recognition to help Alzheimer’s patients identify people in their life.；The app also works as a daily planner and helps patients to remember events and stay connected to their social support system.”可知，该应用程序使用人工智能支持的面部识别来帮助阿尔茨海默病患者识别生活中的人。该应用程序还可以作为日常计划器，帮助患者记住事件并与他们的社会支持系统保持联系。故填The app uses AI-powered facial recognition to help Alzheimer’s patients identify people in their life. The app also works as a daily planner and helps patients to remember events and stay connected to their social support system. 【40题详解】 开放性试题，答案合理即可。参考答案：我认为艾玛是一位有爱心的人。因为她开发了帮助患有阿尔茨海默病的病人，这有助于他们记住事件并与他们的社会支持系统保持联系。故填I think Emma is a caring person. Because she has developed the app Timeless and she cares about the elderly. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 北京市上地实验学校2025－2026学年度初二下英语Units7-8练习暨期末模拟 班级________ 姓名________ 学号________ 一、听后选择（共 9 分，每小题 1.5 分） 听下面两段对话和一段独白。每段对话或独白后有两个小题，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 请听一段对话，完成第 1 至第 2 小题。 1. What did Jack do yesterday? A. Stayed at home. B. Went to the movies. C. Had a picnic in the park. 2. How is the weather today? A. It’s windy. B. It’s rainy. C. It’s fine. 请听一段对话，完成第 3 至第 4 小题。 3. How did Sato greet the girl at the party? A. He shook hands with her. B. He kissed her. C. He bowed. 4. How did John feel when she first met Marie? A. Embarrassed. B. Excited. C. Thankful. 请听一段独白，完成第 5 至第 6 小题。 5. What can we know from the speech? A. The speaker prefers modern science fiction novels to old ones. B. Nemo’s ship could get energy from the land so that it could run all the time. C. The speaker loves the book because it mixes technology with big human questions. 6. Why did the speaker give the speech? A. To persuade us to buy the book. B. To share one of his favourite books with us. C. To tell us the reasons why he likes to choose the book for his book report. 二、听后回答（共 10 分，每小题 2 分） 听对话，根据对话内容笔头回答问题。每段对话两遍。 请听一段对话，完成第 7 小题。 7. What does the man enjoy doing? _____________ 请听一段对话，完成第 8 小题。 8. Why does mom ask Tom to sort waste? _____________ 请听一段对话，完成第 9 小题。 9. What did Lily volunteer to do at the community center? _____________ 请听一段对话，完成第 10 至11小题。 10. Why did Richard like the movie? _____________ 11. What will be on next Thursday? _____________ 三、听后转写（共 8 分） 12. 听短文，根据内容和提示信息转写内容，短文你将听三遍。 请将转写文段写在答题纸上！ 四、单项填空（共10分, 每小题1分） 从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择填入最佳选项。 1. This activity can provide a great chance for ________ to experience the local life. A. us B. we C. our D. ours 2. Can you tell me how people lived ________ the late 1800s? A. in B. for C. on D. at 3. Don’t be late for the meeting. We will start ________ everyone arrives there. A. since B. as soon as C. before D. until 4. —Must we complete the task by Friday? —No, you ________. The deadline is next Monday. A. can’t B. may not C. mustn’t D. needn’t 5. I can’t see a dog or ________, either. This old house seems to be completely empty. A. someone else B. anything else C. nothing else D. everything else 6. —I have no idea where to go next month. —Why not consider ________ Beijing? A. visiting B. to visit C. visit D. visits 7. My friend Jack moved to Shenzhen last year, and we ________ each other since then. A. don’t see B. didn’t see C. won’t see D. haven’t seen 8. Listen! Can you hear someone ________ in the next room? A. sing B. singing C. to sing D. sings 9. —________ you ________ The Old Man and the Sea yet? —Yes, it’s about a man’s fight with nature. A. Have; read B. Did; read C. Will; read D. Do; read 10. —How long ________ you ________ this book? —For two weeks. A. have; borrowed B. have; kept C. did; borrow D. did; keep 五、短文填空（共5分,每小题1分） 阅读短文，用所给单词的正确形式将内容补充完整。 I was driving on the freeway when I noticed heavy clouds roll in. A storm was coming. The rain began beating ____11____ (heavy) against my car windows, making driving impossible. I pulled off onto the shoulder of the road and stopped. The rain reminded me of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina struck when I was nine years old. I had worried it would strike us in Houston. It missed us, but other cities were not so lucky. I remembered ____12____ (watch) the news. A reporter stood inside the Houston stadium, interviewing people. Many wore dirty and worn clothes, and some had no shoes on their ____13____ (foot). I noticed a little boy behind the reporter hugging an old teddy bear. Watching him, I knew I had to do something. The next day, my friends joined me for ____14____ (we) volunteer club and we came up with a plan. We wanted to collect toys and give them to the kids at the stadium, which would bring some happiness into the lives of these families. We spread the word to the school and other organizations. Three days later, the donation boxes were overflowing with new toys! When we ____15____ (enter) the stadium with our gifts, children flew toward us from all directions, smiles lighting up their faces. 六、完形填空（共12分，每小题1.5分） When I was in my middle age, something terrible happened to me. As I was away from ____16____ for almost a year, my wife and children were extremely worried. And my mother, already in her eighties, was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. On the eve of the Spring Festival, I was finally allowed to return home. Mother looked at me, her eyes filled with disbelief. But soon she said, “Let’s start making dumplings for the Festival.” And then an idea ____17____ her, “Let’s put in a coin and make a good-luck dumpling. Whoever eats it will be blessed(有福的).” While making the good-luck dumpling, my mother secretly made a(n) ____18____ on it. She pretended nothing had happened, but the trick didn’t escape my ____19____. After Mother boiled the dumplings all by herself, she put the good-luck dumpling on top of the others in a bowl on purpose and pushed the bowl to me. Feeling loved, I stared at her with ____20____ eyes. I had thought it would give her a lovely surprise if she ate the good-luck dumpling. Taking the opportunity when she went to the kitchen, I put the dumpling into her bowl. Obviously, when Mother returned, she didn’t ____21____ it and went on eating with her eyes on me all the time. “Ouch!” suddenly she cried out. The coin had hurt her teeth. “Oh, Granny is blessed!” my wife cheered. “I ... how come?” Mother was ____22____. Just at that moment, the coin fell out of her mouth. So I joined my wife and children, “Granny is blessed! Mother is blessed!” Mother burst into laughter, and then tears, as my wife and I ____23____ with her all her sadness and joy. 16. A. market B. office C. factory D. home 17. A. interested B. impressed C. hit D. changed 18. A. mark B. decision C. try D. note 19. A. hands B. mind C. mouth D. eyes 20. A. anxious B. upset C. thankful D. honest 21. A. take B. notice C. accept D. want 22. A. touched B. inspired C. confused D. attracted 23. A. shared B. discussed C. remembered D. found 七、阅读理解 (共26分，每题2分) A 下面的材料分别介绍了四种不同的手机APP。请根据题中所描述的Mary, Chris和Lisa三人各自的需求，选择一款最适合他们的应用，将所对应的序号A、B、C、D填写在相应的位置上。 ____24____ Mary Mary is a middle school student. Her English is poor, so she wants to remember new words in an interesting way. ____25____ Chris Chris wants to go to Sanya with his parents this summer vacation. He needs to book plane tickets and hotels as soon as possible. ____26____ Lisa Lisa is a 5-year-old kid. She likes drawing lines and talking with others. Lisa needs an app that allows her to play with. A Traveling allows you to experience other cultures and helps break up your routine-based lifestyle. When you are free, you can go to a beautiful place to enjoy the beauty of nature. This app can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or plane tickets. Through this app, you can also book your favorite hotel at a low price. And I bet you would love to read the tourists’ notes about the places you want to visit on this app. B This app has lots of books including poems, novels, short stories and even fairy tales for children. It offers people an easy way to read. What’s special about it is that you can listen to all these books on it. You can also use the app to record stories or articles. In this way, your voice and ideas can be heard by others. It’s so wonderful, isn’t it? C This app is a very good friend for children under 6 years old. Kids can learn to speak, know numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app. Not only the music but the pictures are beautiful. Do you have a little brother or sister under three? Do you want to give them a big surprise? This app will be your perfect choice. I’m sure they will love the app once they use it. D This app can help you learn more English words through pictures. It introduces the pronunciation, use and history of the words, which can also interest the secondary school students. So if you have serious problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it! I’m sure you will make great progress in learning English. Interest is the key to success. B A Visit to a Desert in Mexico Jose and his family decided to travel to the Sonora Desert in Mexico. They had already visited other deserts in North America including Mojave, Chihuahuan, Painted and Great Basin Deserts. However, it was the first time the family drove out into the Sonora Desert to look at its plants. They started their trip early morning. They took a tent with them, as well as plenty of water. Jose learned about the cactus plant at school. He wanted to see as many cactuses as he could. He knew that there were more than 2,000 kinds of cactuses. He also knew that Mexico had more kinds of cactuses than anywhere else. He wanted to dig one up and take it home with him. Even early in the day, it was hot as Jose and his family admired the beautiful cactus flowers. “They don’t look like any other flowers I’ve ever seen,” said his mother. His younger sister added, “Look at the colors of the flowers. I see red, yellow, orange, purple, white and pink.” Jose remembered his report and explained, “Most cactus flowers do not last long.” Then he said, “Did you know that a cactus plant has fruits? Some people say you can eat all cactus fruit.” Indeed, the birds like the fruit and even the flesh of the plant. If a person was without water in the desert, he could break open a piece of cactus and get the water stored inside. “Ouch! You must get past those awful spines first,” said his sister. “Farmers sometimes burn the spines off and feed the cactus to their cattle when it is really dry and there is not enough grass for them.” Jose told his family, “The cattle seemed to enjoy it.” “I’m glad you know about cactus plants,” his father said. “Let’s have a cool drink and then head back to town. Did you find a cactus plant to take home, Jose?” “No, they are so beautiful here in their natural home. I’m just going to take some pictures. I’d rather remember the cactus the way they are here, with the sand, the blossoms, and the mountains in the distance,” he answered. 27. Jose’s family traveled to the Sonora Desert to ________. A. have a look at its plants B. study the cactus flowers C. taste the cactus fruit D. dig up different plants 28. What can we know from the passage? A. Most of the cactus flowers can last long. B. The cactus flowers have different colors. C. The cattle and birds enjoy the cactus spines. D. People often drink the water stored in cactuses. 29. Jose didn’t take a cactus plant home because ________ . A. he thought the cactus spines were too awful B. he wanted to leave the cactus fruit to the birds C. he wanted the cactuses to keep their beauty in the nature D. he thought he had already taken some beautiful pictures C When I was organizing my clothes, I accidentally found a set of Hanfu I only wore once. Since a Chinese friend gave me a set of ancient-style hair accessories (配饰), I matched a whole set of Hanfu. Then, ancient-style articles appeared in my clothes one after another. When I saw them again, I thought of a sentence: I may have been caught by the “birdcage (鸟笼) effect”! “Birdcage effect (BCE)” is one of the top ten psychological (心理的) problems that human beings cannot easily deal with. BCE means that when you get something one day, you will probably prepare more things to match it. There is a story behind it. One day, James, a psychologist, joked with his friend Carlson and predicted that Carlson would surely raise a bird. At first, Carlson didn’t care. When James gave Carlson a birdcage on his birthday, friends who visited Carlson’s house believed that he had raised birds. During that process, Carlson kept explaining. In the end, he really bought a bird. Like Carlson, many people have been or are being caught in the BCE. My friend Tinny said she wanted to buy a good pen to match a pretty notebook her sister gave her. I joked that she must have been caught in the BCE. But my friend said with a smile, “Why not use the birdcage effect instead? When I have a beautiful notebook, I will want to buy a pen that is smooth and easy to write, and next I will want to buy a book I like, and then start to take notes.” For the first time, I heard that the BCE could be used in reverse. However, this reminded me of my middle school days, and I seemed to have used the BCE. One day, I bought a magazine and saw the call for writings published in the magazine, so I started writing. After that, I bought a beautiful notebook to record my feelings. More and more magazines appeared in my study, and my interest in writing increased. How can we stop being caught in the BCE in many things and even use it? Various “birdcages” unavoidably appear in life,but we can divide them. If it is not in line with (与……一致) the actual situation, it is a “negative birdcage”, so we must learn to stop losses in time. If it is “positive birdcage” that drives us to develop upward, we can clear our goals up and encourage ourselves to move towards our goals. At this time, we will find that the BCE is actually not terrible! 30. Why does the writer talk about Hanfu in Paragraph 1? A. To describe her life style. B. To explain the origin of BCE. C. To introduce Chinese culture. D. To show an example of the BCE. 31. What can we learn from the passage? A. The term BCE came from Carlson’s story. B. James used the BCE to record his feelings. C. Tinny was caught in the BCE so she bought a good pen. D. The writer bought a book because he was caught in the BCE. 32. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. The Birdcage Effect: Why Is It So Terrible? B. The Birdcage Effect: Why Are We Caught in It? C. The Birdcage Effect: How to Avoid It in Your Life? D. The Birdcage Effect: How to Use It to Your Advantage? D A new research published in Nature Machine Intelligence suggests that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline(综合学科) could help students develop the skills they need to create lifelike artificially intelligent(AI) robots as researchers. Known as Physical AI, these robots will be designed to look and behave like humans or other animals. At the same time, they will own intelligence(智力) normally connected with biological organisms(生物有机体). These robots could in future help humans at work and in daily living, performing tasks that are dangerous for humans and helping with medicine, caregiving, security, building and industry. However, today’s robots and biological beings exist separately and the intelligence of the two have not yet been combined. Co-lead author Professor Mirko Kovac said, “The development of robot ‘bodies’ has greatly fallen behind the development of robot ‘brains’. Unlike digital AI, which has been studied deeply in the last few decades, breathing physical intelligence into robots has remained relatively unexplored.” The researchers say that the reason for this gap might be that no systematic educational method has yet been developed for teaching students and researchers to create robot bodies and brains combined as whole units. This new research suggests a way of overcoming the gap by combining scientific disciplines to help future researchers create lifelike robots with abilities such as developing bodily control, autonomy and sensing at the same time. Professor Kovac said, “We picture Physical AI robots being developed in the lab by using unusual materials and research methods. Cross-disciplinary cooperation and partnerships will be very important.” The researchers also advise strengthening research activities in Physical AI by supporting teachers on both the institutional and community level. They suggest hiring and supporting university educators whose priority(重点) will be cross-disciplinary Physical AI research. “Creating lifelike robots has been an impossible task so far, but it could be made possible by including Physical AI in the high education system,” Kovac said. We hope that the researchers’ work will encourage active discussion of the topic and will lead to combination of Physical AI disciplines in the educational mainstream. The researchers intend to carry out the Physical AI methodology in their research and education activities to help build human-robot ecosystems. 33. What do we know about Physical AI robots according to the passage? A. They have been able to help humans at work. B. They will have human brains and animal bodies. C. They have been designed to look and act like humans. D. They will have intelligence connected with biological organisms. 34. What does the underlined words “this gap” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to? A. Biological beings have been paid enough attention to. B. The robot “brains” have fallen behind the robot “bodies”. C. Systematic educational method hasn’t been developed by now. D. Physical AI hasn’t been well explored compared with digital AI. 35. We can learn from the passage that ________. A. intelligence is important in creating digital AI robots B. development in digital AI can help produce smarter robots C. unusual materials might be used to develop Physical AI robots D. we have developed lifelike robots by having Physical AI in education 36. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage? A. To show the difficulties of Physical AI development and the related solutions. B. To call for combination of Physical AI disciplines in the education system. C. To explain the reason why Physical intelligence has remained unexplored. D. To encourage people to prepare for the age of Physical AI progress. 八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，第41-43题各2分，第44题4分） A 14-year-old Girl Made an APP for Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默症) Patients Emma is a 14-year-old student. Her grandma has Alzheimer’s Disease which has caused her to forget things that were very important to her. Emma’s family stay connected by sending her photos through her iPad, in hopes that she would remember them for as long as possible. Her caregiver would give her the iPad and she would look at the photos. Sometimes she remembers the people in the photos, sometimes she doesn’t, because recognizing people is becoming increasingly difficult. She also needs her caregiver to help her remember to do everyday tasks such as taking medicine or making phone calls. Her illness is making it difficult for her to stay connected with others. As time went by, Emma started to wonder, is there a simple mobile app that could help her grandmother and other Alzheimer’s patients remember events, stay connected with friends and family, and recognize people around them? Emma’s family hunted widely for such an app. But they were disappointed because in fact, the app they wanted didn’t exist (存在). There are many tools in the market but none of them help patients improve their daily lives. They also found that there were very few apps developed for the elderly, due to the stereotype (刻板印象) that old people cannot use technology. They are the under-served people. Right at around that time, Emma started learning how to code in Swift, an iOS programming (编程) language. So she took the matter into her own hands and developed the app Timeless. Emma spent two years working on the app that uses AI-powered facial recognition to help Alzheimer’s patients identify people in their life. Patients take a photo of a person and the app helps them identify who that is, whether it is a loved one or a caregiver. The app also works as a daily planner and helps patients to remember events and stay connected to their social support system. Emma is now working with an international team of developers to improve the app. With a design expert and a software developer, she believes she can make Timeless a convenient and user-friendly app for Alzheimer’s patients. 37. What disease does Emma’s grandma have? __________________________________________ 38. Why did Emma and her family feel disappointed? __________________________________________ 39. How does the app Timeless help Alzheimer’s patients? __________________________________________ 40. What do you think of Emma? Why do you think so? (Please give two reasons.) __________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $