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2025—2026学年度上期八年级期中素质测试题 英语 一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案，每段对话读两遍。 1. Where did Linda go during her National Day holiday? A. Suzhou B. Zhengzhou C. Xuzhou 2. What did Julia do during her holiday? A. She sang some songs. B. She went boating C. She went swimming. 3. Why does the woman like to sweep the floor? A. Because it’s easy. B. Because it’s interesting. C. Because it’s relaxing. 4. How does Jim usually go to school? A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus. 5. Which store is the closest to Linda’s home? A. Rose Store. B. Green Store. C. Park Store. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听对话，回答以下各小题。 6. How long did Jane stay there? A. For a month. B. For seven days. C. For two months. 7. What did Jane do on the beach? A. Played football. B. Ate seafood. C. Danced with her family. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 8. When will Li Hua be back? A. At 5:30 p. m. B. At 6:00 p. m. C. At 6:30 p. m. 9. Where is Li Hua now? A. At the bus station. B. At Linda’s home. C. At his home. 听独白，回答以下各小题。 10. Who did Lucy watch the show with? A. Her father. B. Her mother. C. Her sister. 11. What colour are redwood trees? A. Red B. Brown C. Grey. 12. Why do redwood trees grow very tall? A. Because the weather is nice. B. Because they can live for a long time. C. Because they live by the sea. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 13. Who is in the blue jacket? A. Lucy’s brother. B. Lucy’s friend. C. Lucy’s cousin 14. How old is Lucy? A. 14. B. 12 C. 10. 15. Who plays basketball better? A. Dan. B. Sam C. Lucy. 第三节 听下面一篇短文。请用你所听到的内容，填写表格中所缺单词，每空限填一词。短文读两遍。 The Life of a Tree 1-3 years old Learns how to 16 itself. 4 years old Becomes 17 enough to face problems later in life. 18 years old Begins to grow flowers and fruit. 20-25 years old Grows its 19 size. Grow older It still has an important place in 20 二、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分） 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A I’m Sally, a middle school student. My parents and I went on vacation last summer. We visited many places of interest. Today I want to tell you something about the trip. Huangyao Ancient Town Opening hour: 8:00 a. m.-5:30 p. m. Ticket price: 85 yuan/ person On the first day, my parents and I visited Huangyao Ancient Town. When we saw those houses and streets with a history of more than 1,000 years, we felt very surprised. They’re so wonderful and special. Qingxiu Mountain Opening hour: 6:00 a. m.-11:00p. m. Ticket price:20 yuan/ adult (成年人): 10 yuan/ student On the second day, we went to Qingxiu Mountain. It has beautiful mountains and rivers. My mother and I took quite a few photos there. The Shaolin Temple Opening hour: 7:00 a. m.-5:00 p. m. Ticket price: 80 yuan/ person On the third day, we flew to Henan and went to the Shaolin Temple. It is at the foot of Song Mountain. I saw some movies about the Shaolin Temple. I wondered what the life was like there in the past. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 1. When can visitors go to the Shaolin Temple? A. At 6:20 a. m. B. At 8:20 a. m. C. At 6:50 p. m. D. At 9:00 p. m. 2. What does Sally think of Huangyao Ancient Town? A. It’s beautiful. B. It’s exciting. C. It’s wonderful. D. It’s boring. 3. How much did Sally’s family pay for the tickets to Qingxiu Mountain? A. 40 yuan. B. 70 yuan. C. 60 yuan. D. 50 yuan. 4. What did Sally and her mother do in Qingxiu Mountain? A. They took photos. B. They swam in the rivers. C. They saw some movies. D. They learned the history of the houses. 5. Where may the material come from? A. A storybook. B. A diary. C. A school newspaper. D. A science book. B I have a lot of friends. My best friend is Gina. She is 16 years old. She is one year older than me. We live in the same town and we began to know each other when we were kids. Now we’re in the same class. Gina is the tallest girl in our class. And she is very helpful. All the teachers and classmates like her very much. Whoever has difficulties, she always tries her best to help him or her. Gina is one of the best students in our class. I like studying with her. She always helps me with my studies. When I’m free, I’d like to listen to music. Gina is interested in music too. When she goes shopping, she often asks me to go with her. Because she thinks I can help her pick beautiful clothes. Although we have the same hobbies and interests, we also have some differences. I am sociable and enjoy telling jokes. Gina, however, is serious and quiet. We believe in each other, so we are good friends. I hope we can keep our friendship all our life. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 6. How old is the writer? A. Fifteen years old. B. Sixteen years old. C. Seventeen years old. D. Fourteen years old. 7. According to Paragraph 2, which statement is NOT true about Gina? A. Gina is taller than the writer. B. Gina isn’t a music lover. C. Gina does well in studies. D. Gina likes helping classmates. 8. What does the underlined word “sociable” mean in English? A. Silent. B. Shy. C. Lazy. D. Outgoing. 9. Why can the writer and Gina be friends? A. They live in the same town. B. They look like each other. C. They believe in each other. D. They have the same favorite food. 10. In the writer’s opinion, what is Gina like? A. She is excellent. B. She is funny. C. She is very slow. D. She is careless. C The National Tree Planting Day is on 12th March every year. But do you know that the tradition (传统) of planting trees started a long time ago in China? It rained a lot around the Qingming Festival. People planted trees around this time because trees could grow better with enough rain. Ancient Chinese planted many kinds of trees like mulberry trees (桑树) and fruit trees. Farmers needed mulberry leaves to feed silkworms(蚕). They made clothes with silk, sold them to the West and brought back what they needed. Another famous tree-planting lover, Zhuge Liang, planted 800 mulberry trees to help others. Dong Feng, a famous doctor in the Three Kingdoms Period (三国时期), saved many people’s lives. He didn’t ask them for money. What he only asked for was to plant apricot trees (杏树) on a hill. As time went by, a forest of apricot trees grew on the hill. That’s why we now show our thanks to a good doctor with the words “the warmth in an apricot forest.” There are many other interesting stories about planting trees. When the National Tree Planting Day comes next year, will you plant a tree with your wishes in it? 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。 11. When is the National Tree Planting Day? A. On 11th March. B. On 12th March. C. On 13th March. D. On 14th March. 12. Why did ancient Chinese plant trees around the Qingming Festival? A. Because it was much warmer around that time. B. Because farmers had more free time at that time. C. Because the weather was better for trees to grow. D. Because it was time to remember their dead family. 13. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us? A. People planted trees to help the environment B. People could make mulberry leaves into clothes. C. People only planted mulberry trees and fruit trees. D. People could get what they needed by planting trees. 14. What does the underlined part “the warmth in an apricot forest” mean in Chinese? A. 树大招风 B. 羊肠小道 C. 杏林春暖 D. 春暖花开 15. What is the best title for this passage? A. The Best Time to Plant Trees B. Tree Planting in Ancient China C. How to Plant Trees D. An Interesting Story of a Doctor D Do you like playing?___16___ Do you know a special day for play? 11 June, 2024 is the first International Day of Play. On 8 June, the United Nations decided to create a day to honour (表彰) play worldwide. ___17___ It’s an important part of their growth. Play makes them move around, so they can be healthy. It also helps them make friends and know how to work with others. All of these things are important. In fact, play doesn’t only happen in spare time. In school, play can make study more interesting. It helps children remember information they need to learn.___18___ However, 80 percent of children say their parents don’t think play is important.___19___. The data (数据) came from a survey made by YouGov and the Child& Youth Friendly Governance Project in 2023. The groups surveyed about 10,000 children from more than 20 countries. Now, some organizations (组织) want to tell people the importance of play. ___20___ “Play is powerful,” Isaac says. “Through the day, children understand and find out more about the world”. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。 A. So they may like learning more. B. Do you think play is very important? C. Play is more than just a fun time for children. D. They still think that study is the most important thing. E. That’s why they worked together to create the International Day of Play. 三、完形填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 There was a young woman who loved flowers very much. She took good care of her flowers in her garden, ____21____ she was very proud of it. Her grandmother began to teach her to love and ____22____ flowers when she was a little girl. Her grandmother’s garden was the best in the city. Like her grandmother’s garden, hers also won ____23____ prize in all kinds of competitions (比赛) every year. One day, while she was looking through a magazine about flowers, a picture of a plant caught her ____24____. She had never seen such a beautiful flower. “I have to have it,” she said to herself and she ____25____ it. When it arrived, she had already ____26____ a place to plant it. She planted it at the back of her yard. It grew well, with beautiful green leaves all over it, but no ____27____! Day after day she kept caring for it, watering it, feeding it, and she even talked to it. However, it didn’t ____28____. One more week later, as she ____29____ before the plant, she thought she should cut it down and grow another plant, because she was so ____30____ that it had no flowers. It was at this point that her sick neighbour called her over. “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine ____31____ I enjoyed the flowers you planted.” The young woman walked ____32____ her neighbor’s garden, and she saw that on the other side of the wall, the vine (藤蔓) was ____33____ of flowers. They were really the most ____34____ flowers in the world. Sometimes one may not see the good ____35____ of his effort (努力), but that doesn’t mean it isn’t successful. So just keep trying hard. 21. A. and B. but C. although D. or 22. A. look up B. look at C. look after D. look into 23. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth 24. A. ear B. eye C. face D. head 25. A. ordered B. missed C. asked D. served 26. A. prepared B. described C. added D. solved 27. A. flowers B. plants C. pumpkins D. corns 28. A. say B. do C. work D. smile 29. A. chose B. fell C. stood D. slept 30. A. glad B. surprised C. excited D. upset 31. A. how many B. how much C. how often D. how long 32. A. through B. across C. into D. past 33. A. full B. tired C. afraid D. proud 34. A. delicious B. beautiful C. hard-working D. important 35. A. praise B. personality C. reason D. result 四、语篇填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 tourist we but slow spare breath thousand popular plan until I had a three-day trip to Wuhan with my family this year. As I know, Wuhan is one of the most ___36___ cities in China. It took us about three hours to get there by tram. The weather was pleasant during ___37___ stay. On the first morning, we ___38___ some time to try hot dry noodles. They were delicious. We started our trip from the East Lake. The scenery there was really beautiful. Although there were lots of ___39___ taking a walk along the East Lake Greenway, we still had a good time there. And we stayed there ___40___ 7:00 p.m. The next day, we visited the Yellow Crane Tower. It took our ___41___ away when we saw it for the first time. And I bought something special for my best friend in the gift shop. In the evening, we decided to walk ___42___ along the riverside. Then we took the ship to enjoy the colourful lights on both sides of the Yangtze River. On the last day, we went to Wuhan Polar Ocean Park. We saw ___43___ of animals there. In the late afternoon, we took the train and went back home. What a tiring ___44___ fantastic journey! It’s wonderful to spend our vacation to visit Wuhan. I ____45____ to visit Wuhan again next year. 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。 I have two good friends. They are twin sisters. One is Lucy and the other is Lily. Lucy is not as tall as Lily. And Lucy has longer hair than Lily. But they have something ___46___ common. They are both interested in music. Lucy is good at playing the piano, and Lily plays the flute better than Lucy. They also like to make friends. Lily likes to make friends who are different from her. She says, “ ___47___ is not necessary (必要的) to be the same.” She is quieter than most of her classmates, but she likes to have friends who are ___48___ outgoing than her. Lucy would like ___49___ have friends who are alike. She thinks a good friend is like a mirror. And she also thinks true friends should care about each other and help each other by lending ___50___ hand. As for me, I don’t really care if my friends are similar to or different from me. 五、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。 A: Hi, Tony. I need to write an article about travelling. ______________51______________? B: Sure. A: How often do you go on holiday? B: ______________52______________. I usually go on holiday in May and October. Last month I went to Luoyang. A: Oh, really? Did you enjoy your trip? B: Yes. The trip was fantastic. I went to many places of interest. A: ______________53______________? B: I like the Longmen Grottoes best. Besides, peonies in Luoyang were really beautiful. And I also tried Henan stewed noodles (河南烩面) and peony cakes. A: ______________54______________? B: They are delicious. I love them very much. A: Sounds interesting. Thank you for answering my questions. B: ______________55______________. 六、书面表达（20分） 56. 研究表明，爱做家务的孩子更容易体验到幸福感，更有前途。请你根据写作要点和写作要求，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你做家务的经历和收获。 1.写作要点： 1) What is the meaning of doing chores? 2) What is your experience of doing chores? 3) What do you learn from it? 2.写作要求： 1）文中不得出现所在学校的校名和真实姓名； 2）词数100左右。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2025—2026学年度上期八年级期中素质测试题 英语 一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案，每段对话读两遍。 1. Where did Linda go during her National Day holiday? A. Suzhou B. Zhengzhou C. Xuzhou 2. What did Julia do during her holiday? A. She sang some songs. B. She went boating C. She went swimming. 3. Why does the woman like to sweep the floor? A. Because it’s easy. B. Because it’s interesting. C. Because it’s relaxing. 4. How does Jim usually go to school? A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus. 5. Which store is the closest to Linda’s home? A. Rose Store. B. Green Store. C. Park Store. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 选项中选出最佳答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听对话，回答以下各小题。 6. How long did Jane stay there? A. For a month. B. For seven days. C. For two months. 7. What did Jane do on the beach? A. Played football. B. Ate seafood. C. Danced with her family. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 8. When will Li Hua be back? A. At 5:30 p. m. B. At 6:00 p. m. C. At 6:30 p. m. 9. Where is Li Hua now? A. At the bus station. B. At Linda’s home. C. At his home. 听独白，回答以下各小题。 10. Who did Lucy watch the show with? A. Her father. B. Her mother. C. Her sister. 11. What colour are redwood trees? A. Red B. Brown C. Grey. 12. Why do redwood trees grow very tall? A. Because the weather is nice. B. Because they can live for a long time. C. Because they live by the sea. 听对话，回答以下各小题。 13. Who is in the blue jacket? A. Lucy’s brother. B. Lucy’s friend. C. Lucy’s cousin 14. How old is Lucy? A. 14. B. 12 C. 10. 15. Who plays basketball better? A. Dan. B. Sam C. Lucy. 第三节 听下面一篇短文。请用你所听到的内容，填写表格中所缺单词，每空限填一词。短文读两遍。 The Life of a Tree 1-3 years old Learns how to 16 itself. 4 years old Becomes 17 enough to face problems later in life. 18 years old Begins to grow flowers and fruit. 20-25 years old Grows its 19 size. Grow older It still has an important place in 20 二、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分） 阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。 A 【1~5题答案】 【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C B 【6~10题答案】 【答案】6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. A C 【11~15题答案】 【答案】11. B 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. B D 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. E 三、完形填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. D 四、语篇填空（15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. popular 37. our 38. spared 39. tourists 40. until 41. breath 42. slowly 43. thousands 44. but 45. plan 【46~50题答案】 【答案】46. in 47. It 48. more 49. to 50. a 五、补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 【51~55题答案】 【答案】51. Can/Could I ask you some questions 52. Twice a year 53. What is your favorite place (in Luoyang)/Which place do you like best (in Luoyang) 54. What do you think of them/How do you like them 55. You are welcome/My pleasure/No problem 六、书面表达（20分） 【56题答案】 【答案】例文 Doing chores is a meaningful way to develop responsibility and life skills. It helps us understand our parents’ hard work and care. I began to help with housework in Grade 7. I sweep the floor, wash dishes and tidy my room every weekend. At first, it was tiring, but I felt proud when the room was clean. From doing chores, I learned to be organized and patient. Small acts of help make parents feel warm and relaxed. It teaches me to be responsible. Now I enjoy doing chores very much. It helps me become independent and happy. Everyone should try it. It’s good for our growth and family life. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $