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2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测 八年级英语试题卷 (满分120分 考试时间120分钟) 第一部分 听力(共四大题，满分20分) I.短对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. Which direction will the speakers probably go? A. B. C. 2. What will the girl do on the weekend? A. B. C. 3. When did the players begin to train together? A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year. 4. How does the boy like Lisa’s action? A. Helpful. B. Surprising. C. Terrible. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. A study. B. A plant. C. A scientist. II.长对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题。 6. What is the most important skill the man has learned? A. Communication. B. Leadership. C. Teamwork. 7. Why does the man talk to the woman? A. To get a job. B. To offer help. C. To introduce his team. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8. What happened to Leo? A. He missed a class. B. He failed a test. C. He forgot the exam. 9. What does Mia advise Leo to do? A. To listen carefully in class. B. To ask Mr. Brown for help. C. To talk with his mom. 10. How does Leo feel about Mia’s suggestion? A. Thankful. B. Unsure. C. Angry. III.短文理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容在每小题所给的Ａ、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. Where is the storeroom? A. Near the playground. B. Between the classrooms. C. Next to the library. 12. Who thought the room could be used in a better way? A. Some students. B. The head teacher. C. A painter. 13. What was the storeroom turned into? A. A reading room. B. A help centre. C. A school library. 14. How did the students’ families help? A. By cleaning the room. B. By painting the desks. C. By giving some books. 15. What can we learn from the students’ story? A. No pain, no gain. B. Two heads are better than one. C. Small acts can make a big difference. Ⅳ.信息转换(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Students’ Projects on Nature Groups Subjects Forms of presentation Group 1 How 16 live in the ocean The group made a poster to show facts. Group 2 How sunlight is turned into energy The small 17 house lit up an LED light. Group 3 How desert plants 18 without much water They showed a video about a desert plant. Comments and feelings: The teacher: The projects helped students to 19 nature’s hidden secrets. Students: Everyone felt 20 to live in such a magical world. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共三大题，满分30分) V.单项选择(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Farmers once used too many chemicals on their land. Now they are learning a new ________ of growing corn while protecting the earth and water. A. method B. belief C. exam D. illness 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：农民过去在他们的土地上使用太多的化学品。现在他们正在学习一种新的种植玉米的方法，同时保护地球和水。 method方法；belief信念；exam考试；illness疾病。根据“Farmers once used too many chemicals...Now they are learning a new...”可知，此处指学习新的种植方式以保护环境，应填method。 2. —Someone has broken the window. Is it Jack? —It ________ be him. He was with me all the time. A. must B. may C. needn’t D. can’t 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——有人打破了窗户。是杰克吗？——不可能是他。他一直和我在一起。 must一定；may可能；needn’t不必；can’t不可能。根据“He was with me all the time.”可知杰克一直和说话人在一起，所以打破窗户的不可能是他，表示有把握的否定推测用can’t。 3. In my mind, teaching is ________ the most meaningful jobs in the world, shaping young minds for the future. A. below B. against C. among D. without 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：在我看来，教学是世界上最有意义的工作之一，为未来塑造着年轻人的思想。 below在……下面；against反对；among在……之中；without没有。根据“In my mind, teaching is...the most meaningful jobs in the world”可知，此处表达教学属于最有意义的工作行列之中，among表示在三者或以上之中，符合语境。 4. —Could you tell me ________ I should work on the task with others? —Of course you should. Many hands make light work. A. how B. whether C. where D. when 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你能告诉我我是否应该和别人一起完成这项任务吗？——当然你应该。人多好办事。 how如何；whether是否；where哪里；when什么时候。根据答语“Of course you should.”可知，问句是在询问是否应该做某事，whether符合语境。 5. —________ Honey never goes bad and can last for thousands of years! —Really? I thought all food went bad. A. Excuse me. B. That’s kind of you. C. Watch out! D. Can you believe that? 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你能相信吗？蜂蜜永远不会变质，可以存放数千年！——真的吗？我原本以为所有食物都会变质。 Excuse me打扰一下，多用于打招呼、请求他人帮助/让路的场景； That’s kind of you你真好，多用于感谢对方的好意；Watch out小心，多用于提醒他人注意危险；Can you believe that你能相信吗，用于说话人分享令人惊讶的事实，引出对方回应。句中“Really? I thought all food went bad”，听者对说话者的内容感到惊讶，说明说话者是在分享一个令人难以置信的事实。 Ⅵ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A Few activities would carry on successfully without hardworking volunteers. I ____6____ a meaningful day at the Color Run in Melbourne this month, and learned a lesson as a volunteer. My ____7____ was to give a high-five to every runner at the finish line. In the beginning, we saw it as a simple job. When the first runner passed, we ____8____ our hands and said “Good job” excitedly. However, ____9____ more and more people crossed the finish line and touched their hands with mine, my arm slowly got sore. To make things worse, it became hotter. Our clothes were all ____10____ because of the sweat and we felt tired. But soon we saw a group of kids running toward us. Although they could ____11____ catch their breath, they still kept going. They were so young, and they ____12____ to give up. They put up their hands and said, “High-five!” At that moment, their bright smiles, like ____13____, deeply touched me. Suddenly, I felt myself full of strength. I clapped (拍) their hands, “Well done, kids!” That is the meaning of doing ____14____ work. It is by no means easy, but we meet different people and see the spirit that moves them. It ____15____ us that we need to move forward. Also, it encourages us to pass goodwill on to others. 6. A. broke B. spent C. recorded D. mentioned 7. A. role B. skill C. excuse D. advice 8. A. reached out B. lived on C. put down D. cleaned up 9. A. if B. though C. as D. till 10. A. soft B. cheap C. pale D. wet 11. A. finally B. fully C. suddenly D. hardly 12. A. offered B. expected C. refused D. decided 13. A. noise B. sunshine C. virus D. thunder 14. A. medical B. voluntary C. personal D. dangerous 15. A. reminds B. warns C. doubts D. promises 【答案】6. B 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. A 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者在墨尔本Color Run做志愿者的经历，虽然工作辛苦但被孩子们的坚持所感动，领悟到志愿服务的意义。 【6题详解】 句意：这个月我在墨尔本的彩色跑活动度过了有意义的一天，也以志愿者的身份收获了感悟。 作者在Color Run“度过”了一天，spent a day“度过一天”，spent“度过”符合。broke“打破”，recorded“记录”，mentioned“提到”，均与度过一天不符。 【7题详解】 句意：我的角色是在终点线给每位跑步者击掌。 我的“角色”是给跑步者击掌，role“角色”符合，指志愿者的任务。skill“技能”与任务无关，excuse“借口”与任务无关，advice“建议”与任务无关。 【8题详解】 句意：第一位选手跑过来时，我们伸出手，激动地对他说 “太棒了”。 我们需要“伸出”手与跑步者击掌，reached out our hands“伸出我们的手”，reached out“伸出”符合。lived on“靠……生活”，put down“放下”，cleaned up“清理”，均与伸手击掌不符。 【9题详解】 句意：然而，随着越来越多的人冲过终点线和我击掌，我的手臂慢慢酸痛起来。 as“随着”引导时间状语从句，表示同步变化，跑者增多与手臂酸痛同步发生。if“如果”表条件，though“虽然”表让步，till“直到”表时间终点，均与“随着”不符。 【10题详解】 句意：汗水把我们的衣服全都浸湿了，我们十分疲惫。 因为出汗，衣服“湿了”，wet“湿的”符合。soft“柔软的”与出汗无关，cheap“便宜的”与出汗无关，pale“苍白的”与出汗无关。 【11题详解】 句意：尽管他们几乎喘不上气，却依旧坚持向前跑。 孩子们跑得很累，“几乎”喘不过气，hardly“几乎不”符合。finally“最终”与喘气无关，fully“完全地”与喘气不符，suddenly“突然地”与喘气状态不符。 【12题详解】 句意：他们那么小，却拒绝放弃。 孩子们虽然累但“拒绝”放弃，refused to give up“拒绝放弃”，refused“拒绝”符合。offered to“主动提供”与坚持相反，expected to“期待”与坚持无关，decided to“决定”与上下文不符。 【13题详解】 句意：那一刻，他们灿烂的笑容如同阳光一般，深深打动了我。 他们的笑容像“阳光”一样明亮，sunshine“阳光”符合。noise“噪音”，virus“病毒”，thunder“雷声”，均与笑容比喻不符。 【14题详解】 句意：这就是做志愿工作的意义。 作者做的是“志愿”工作，voluntary work“志愿工作”，voluntary“志愿的”符合。medical“医疗的”与志愿无关，personal“个人的”与志愿无关，dangerous“危险的”与志愿无关。 【15题详解】 句意：它提醒我们要勇往直前。 这次经历“提醒”我们要继续前进，reminds sb. to do“提醒某人做某事”，reminds“提醒”符合。warns“警告”语气过重，doubts“怀疑”与语境相反，promises“承诺”与语境不符。 B It’s hard to imagine a world without trees. To better protect trees, China has ____16____ a new rule to care for old trees. It came into effect in March, 2025. Trees, whether old or young, are important for our ___17___. They make oxygen for us to breathe and help clean the air. They ____18____ homes and food for animals. The US ecologist (生态学家) Nalini Nadkarni says trees make us kind to the ____19____ around us. Being around trees makes us notice nature and want to protect it. Trees give artists ____20____ ideas. Dutch artist Piet Mondrian painted trees again and again because of their different patterns (图案). ____21____ amazed by their beauty, the US poet Joyce Kilmer wrote, “I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” Old trees are special landmarks and help people remember their past, CGTN noted. Many people feel a sense of ___22___ to their hometown when thinking of a tree from their childhood. Many old trees are still ____23____ today as a living part of our culture. Ma Yuanxin, a researcher in Beijing, ____24____ that many ancient cypresses (柏树) still stand in the city, each with its own story. Since trees are such wonderful natural ____25____, the British writer Matt Haig says, “Look at trees. Be near trees. Plant trees.” 16. A. carried out B. fallen into C. learned about D. called off 17. A. company B. market C. college D. planet 18. A. collect B. provide C. freeze D. reduce 19. A. argument B. drama C. environment D. dialogue 20. A. terrible B. endless C. crazy D. fashionable 21. A. Digitally B. Fully C. Unluckily D. Painfully 22. A. hurrying B. objecting C. comparing D. belonging 23. A. alive B. awful C. low D. underground 24. A. disagreed B. advised C. mentioned D. required 25. A. pressure B. treatment C. wealth D. increase 【答案】16. A 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. C 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍中国出台新规保护古树，阐述树木对地球、环境、艺术及文化的重要性，倡导人们亲近自然，保护树木。 【16题详解】 句意：为更好保护树木，中国实施了一项保护古树的新规。 空后为a new rule，后文说明法规2025年3月生效，carry out表示“实施、推行”法规；fall into“落入”、learn about“了解”、call off“取消”，均无法和rule搭配，语义不符。 【17题详解】 句意：无论老树幼树，都对我们的星球十分重要。 后文介绍树木制造氧气、净化空气，是对地球生态有益，planet“星球”符合语境；company“公司”、market“市场”、college“大学”，均和树木生态作用无关。 【18题详解】 句意：它们为动物提供家园和食物。 固定搭配provide sth. for animals表示“为动物提供某物”，collect“收集”、freeze“冻结”、reduce“减少”，均不符合树木与动物的关系逻辑。 【19题详解】 句意：美国生态学家Nalini  Nadkarni称树木让我们善待身边的环境。 后文提到亲近树木会留意、保护自然，environment“环境”对应自然万物；argument“争论”、drama“戏剧”、dialogue“对话”，均和自然树木无关。 【20题详解】 句意：树木给予艺术家源源不断的灵感。 后文画家多次以树木创作，说明树木带来无穷灵感，endless“无尽的”符合文意；terrible“糟糕的”、crazy“疯狂的”、fashionable“时髦的”，均无法修饰ideas。 【21题详解】 句意：完全沉醉于树木的美景，美国诗人Joyce Kilmer写下诗句：“我从未见过像树木这般美好的诗篇。” 诗人因树木之美心生感慨，fully“完全地”修饰amazed表示“满心震撼”；digitally“数字化地”、unluckily“不幸地”、painfully“痛苦地”，情感语义不匹配。 【22题详解】 句意：人们想起童年的古树时，会生出对家乡的归属感。 固定搭配a sense of belonging“归属感”，古树承载乡愁，贴合家乡情怀；hurrying“匆忙”、objecting“反对”、comparing“对比”，均不符合句意。 【23题详解】 句意：许多古树如今依然鲜活，是我们文化鲜活的组成部分。 后文a living part提示古树依旧存活，alive“活着的、鲜活的”符合语境；awful“糟糕的”、low“低矮的”、underground“地下的”，逻辑不通。 【24题详解】 句意：北京研究员马元新提到，城市里留存许多各具故事的古柏，每一棵树都有它自己的故事。 后文是研究员讲述的客观事实，mention“提及、说到”符合语境；disagree“不同意”、advise“建议”、require“要求”，均不符合语境。 【25题详解】 句意：树木是如此珍贵的自然财富，英国作家Matt Haig说道：“多看看树木，多亲近树木，多种植树木。” 全文通篇讲述树木的巨大价值，natural wealth“自然财富”贴合主旨；pressure“压力”、treatment“治疗”、increase“增长”，均不能形容树木的价值。 VII.补全对话(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Hi, Linda. What are you doing these days? B: ____26____ It’s tiring but really meaningful. A: That’s really kind of you. ____27____ B: Thanks. I’m happy that I can help the old people. A: ____28____ B: Because some old people are lonely and need more care. A: I see. I also want to do something, but I’m not sure how to start. B: Why not join us? ____29____ Sometimes we read newspapers with them. A: That sounds great. How often do you go there? B: Twice a week. ____30____ A: Sure! I’ll go with you this Saturday. A. You’re doing great. B. It’s a waste of time. C. We usually clean their rooms. D. Why do you want to help them? E. I’m helping at the nursing home. F. Would you like to come this Saturday? G. We can hold a clean-up activity at school. 【答案】26. E 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. F 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇对话，Linda讲述自己在养老院做志愿照顾老人的事，A夸赞她并询问做志愿的原因，Linda邀请A 一起参与志愿活动，最后A答应周六同去。 【26题详解】 根据上文问句“What are you doing these days?”（这几天你在做什么？）可知，此处应回答具体的活动。选项 E“我在养老院帮忙”符合语境，且与后文帮助老人相呼应。 【27题详解】 上文A称赞“That’s really kind of you.”（你真好），下文B回答“Thanks.”（谢谢）。此处A应继续表达肯定或赞扬，选项A“你做得很棒”符合逻辑。 【28题详解】 根据下文答语“Because some old people are lonely...”（因为有些老人很孤独……）可知，此处是询问原因，应用 Why引导的特殊疑问句，选项D“你为什么想帮助他们？”符合语境。 【29题详解】 上文B邀请A加入，下文提到“Sometimes we read newspapers with them.”（有时我们和他们一起读报纸）。此处应介绍具体的志愿服务内容，选项C“我们通常打扫他们的房间”与读报纸并列，符合语境。 【30题详解】 根据下文答语“Sure! I’ll go with you this Saturday.”（当然！这周六我和你一起去。）可知，此处B发出了具体的时间邀请，选项F“这周六你愿意来吗？”与答语完美契合。 第三部分 阅读(共两节，满分40分) Ⅷ.阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A You may wonder about your future. These voices might light the way. I am going to be a policewoman because I believe in justice (正义). When my bike was stolen, a policewoman carefully found it. She was brave, kind, firm and patient. I want to be like her, protecting people and making my area safer. Wang Yu From a young age, I could often see planes flying over my home. I’ve always been curious about what the world looks like from above. That’s why I've dreamed of flying. I’ll make every effort to achieve my dream. One day I believe I can fly across the world. Zhang Wei My dream is to be a fireman. Last year, a fire broke out in my neighborhood. Firefighters ran inside and saved an old lady and her dog. I was deeply touched by their courage. The firefighters face danger but bring hope; I want to be that hope. Li Ming I want to be a director who creates worlds on screen. Once, I made a video about my grandma’s garden. When people watched it, some smiled and some cried. A good story touches people’s hearts, and I’ll follow my dream to show the beauty of everyday life through my camera. Chen Xi 31. What does Zhang Wei want to become in the future? A. B. C. D. 32. Why will Chen Xi follow her dream? A. To bring hope to others. B. To see the world from above. C. To show the beauty of life. D. To protect people around her. 33. What quality do Li Ming and Wang Yu need for their dream jobs? A. Courage. B. Creativity. C. Curiosity. D. Leadership. 【答案】31. B 32. C 33. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇应用文，主要讲述了四位青少年对自己未来职业梦想的描述及原因，展现了他们对正义、探索、勇气和美的追求。 【31题详解】 表格第二段指出Zhang Wei的梦想：“I’ve always been curious about what the world looks like from above. That’s why I’ve dreamed of flying.”，并提到“I believe I can fly across the world”。结合选项图片，选项B展示了驾驶飞机飞行的场景，符合他想成为飞行员的梦想。 【32题详解】 表格第四段说明Chen Xi追梦的原因：“I’ll follow my dream to show the beauty of everyday life through my camera.”，这与C选项“To show the beauty of life”完全对应。 【33题详解】 表格第一段提到Wang Yu想成为女警是因为看到一位女警“brave, kind, firm and patient”；第三段提到Li Ming想成为消防员是因为被他们的“courage”深深打动，“The firefighters face danger but bring hope”。两者的共同点都需要面对危险或困难，因此都需要“Courage”这一品质。 B It was raining heavily. I was late for a meeting in a nearby city that I knew only by GPS, and my phone died. I couldn’t find out how to get there or how to reach my friends. I stopped at a McDonald’s and walked up to a mother and her daughter. “I’m sorry,” I said. “Do you mind if I make a call with your phone? I need to let my friends know I’m lost.” She handed me her phone and said I was lucky to make the last call—she was about to stop using it because she couldn’t pay her phone bill. Using her phone, I got in touch with my friends. As I made the call, the young girl and her mother held each other and talked. After returning the phone, I went directly to the counter and ordered a meal for the mother and her daughter. Before leaving, I took out all the money left in my wallet and put it into the mother’s hand, then quickly turned to go. When I walked through the doors, I heard the mother crying. Her daughter called after me, “You have no idea how you just helped us.” That day, I learned helping each other gets us through. She gave her last call; I gave what I had. Kindness saves both the giver and the receiver. 34. What problem did the writer face at the beginning? A. Her phone was missing. B. She lost her way in a city. C. She couldn’t pay the bill. D. She argued with her friends. 35. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to (指的是)? A. The phone. B. The bill. C. The wallet. D. The GPS. 36. How did the mother and daughter feel when the writer left? A. Sad. B. Sorry. C. Touched. D. Curious. 37. What does the writer want to tell us through the story? A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. B. When one door closes, another opens. C. Phones play a key role in our lives. D. Being kind brings good to both sides. 【答案】34. B 35. A 36. C 37. D 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者在雨天迷路时向一位母亲借手机，并回报以善意，最终双方都获得温暖的故事。 【34题详解】 第一段指出：“I couldn’t find out how to get there”，说明作者迷路了。 【35题详解】 第二段中“it”所在句为：“She handed me her phone and said I was lucky to make the last call—she was about to stop using it”，前文提及母亲借出自己的手机，后文解释原因是她付不起话费账单，因此it指代前文提到的手机。 【36题详解】 第三段“the mother crying”和女儿的话“You have no idea how you just helped us.”，说明她们被感动了。 【37题详解】 最后一段指出：“Kindness saves both the giver and the receiver.”，说明善良让双方都受益。 C What makes a team successful? In fact, teamwork isn’t just about working together—it’s about working together the right way. A clear goal is the first step to good teamwork. Everyone should know what they are working for, or team members will get confused and waste time on the wrong things. A shared purpose helps people stay focused and work together. In a successful team, everyone takes responsibility for their roles. A group works best when each member understands their task and takes it seriously. People complete their work on time and do their best to support the group. If everyone does their part well, the whole team can move forward quickly. △ Create space for all the members to speak. Even the quietest person needs a chance to share their ideas, just like the loudest one. When every idea is heard, it builds trust and helps the group come up with better ideas. Last but not least, build a team with psychological (心理的) safety. In safe teams, no one is afraid of making mistakes. All the team members can ask questions, learn from mistakes, and try new things without worrying about being laughed at. 38. What does the underlined word “confused” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Unable to think clearly. B. Quick to notice problems. C. Aware of different views. D. Crazy about working together. 39. What makes a team work best according to the text? A. Having a clear goal. B. Good communication. C. Psychological safety. D. Everyone doing their part. 40. Which of the following can be put into △ ? A. Working together helps us make good friends. B. However, not everyone likes to work as a team. C. Making sure everyone has a voice also matters. D. A team cannot achieve success without a leader. 【答案】38. A 39. D 40. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了让团队成功的几个关键因素，包括明确的目标、成员各司其职、确保每个人都有发言权以及建立心理安全感。 【38题详解】 根据第二段“A clear goal is the first step to good teamwork. Everyone should know what they are working for, or team members will get confused and waste time on the wrong things.”可知，如果没有明确的目标，团队成员就会不知道为了什么而工作，从而在错误的事情上浪费时间。这说明他们会感到困惑，无法清晰思考。选项A“Unable to think clearly”符合语境。 【39题详解】 根据第三段“A group works best when each member understands their task and takes it seriously... If everyone does their part well, the whole team can move forward quickly.”可知，当每个成员都理解自己的任务并认真对待，即每个人都做好自己的分内事时，团队运作得最好。选项D“Everyone doing their part”与文意相符。 【40题详解】 根据第四段空缺处后的内容“Create space for all the members to speak. Even the quietest person needs a chance to share their ideas…it builds trust and helps the group come up with better ideas.”可知，本段主要强调的是要让所有成员都有发言的机会，分享想法。选项C“Making sure everyone has a voice also matters”能概括本段主旨并引出下文。 D “The best way to know the unknown is to go there, experience it and feel it with your heart,” Du Mengran told Nature. Du, a deep-sea scientist, played a key role in the discovery of the world’s deepest-known animal ecosystem (生态系统). She was named in Nature’s list of 10 people who helped shape science in 2025. 38-year-old Du has been diving (潜水) since 2016. In 2024, she led a team on 24 dives in the northern Pacific Ocean and found a new ecosystem there. Instead of sunlight, it gets energy from chemicals, like CH4, that come out of the ocean floor. “We used to think nothing could live in such difficult conditions,” Du told Wenhui Daily. Diving in the sea can be challenging. High water pressure is a problem. The water pressure at the bottom of the ocean can be about 1,000 times what we experience at sea level. Seasickness (晕船) is also a challenge. “When I heard I was named one of Nature’s 10, I couldn’t even bring myself to celebrate because I was too worried about my team being seasick,” Du said. However, deep-sea exploration makes it possible to answer many questions, like how life first began on Earth. For Du, this makes all the hard work meaningful. 41. What is Du Mengran’s research about? A. Solar energy. B. Air pressure. C. Diving skills. D. Deep-sea science. 42. When did Du and her team discover the new ecosystem? A. In 1987. B. In 2016. C. In 2024. D. In 2025. 43. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. Difficulties Du’s team faces. B. Findings of Du’s research. C. Reasons for Du’s exploration. D. Questions Du wants to answer. 44. What is the best title for the text? A. Secrets of the Sunlight B. Into the Deep Unknown C. How Life Began on Earth D. Having Fun through Diving 【答案】41. D 42. C 43. A 44. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了深海科学家杜梦然深入深海科考，克服诸多困难，发现了特殊生态系统，，获评《自然》年度十大科学人物之一的事迹。 【41题详解】 第一段指出“Du, a deep-sea scientist, played a key role in the discovery of the world’s deepest-known animal ecosystem”，直接说明了杜梦然是一名深海科学家，因此她的研究内容是关于深海科学的。 【42题详解】 第二段指出“ In 2024, she led a team on 24 dives in the northern Pacific Ocean and found a new ecosystem there”，说明杜梦然和她的团队是在2024年发现了新的生态系统。 【43题详解】 第三段首句指出“ Diving in the sea can be challenging”，直接引出本段主题，随后列举了水压大、晕船等具体困难，因此本段主要讲述杜梦然的团队面临的困难。 【44题详解】 文章介绍了深海科学家杜梦然领导团队发现世界最深动物生态系统的事迹，展现了探索未知深海的科研精神。 E The Yellow River is known as the “mother river” of China. For thousands of years, this river has given water to our cities and fed tens of millions of Chinese people. With the development of technology in China, how to use new technology to protect the Yellow River Basin has become an important direction of research for many people. Jinan, in the Yellow River Basin, is home to the world’s top super computing platform (平台)-“Shanhe”. In order to meet the needs of environmental protection and development in the Yellow River Basin, the Shanhe super computing platform will play the role of the “strongest brain”. Those supercomputers will work together with super computing centers in the Yellow River Basin to speed up the development of western cities in China. At the same time, the Shanhe platform can help to prevent (阻止) floods and protect the environment by building an open public service computing platform. In the future, it will continue to help with the development of the Yellow River Basin and even the whole country. What’s more, the development of Shanhe has successfully broken the restrictions (限制) on some technologies. This is very important for increasing our confidence in developing technology. 45. What is “Shanhe” according to the text? A. A restriction on technology. B. An important direction of research. C. A super computing platform. D. A place that fed many Chinese people. 46. What can “Shanhe” help with? ①Flood prevention ②City growth ③Environmental protection ④Human brain development A. ①②③ B. ②③④ C. ①②④ D. ①③④ 47. What can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph? A. The writer feels worried about the environment of the Yellow River. B. The writer feels hopeful about China’s technological development. C. The writer thinks technology may bring more problems to nature. D. The writer is doubtful about the influence of the Shanhe platform. 【答案】45. C 46. A 47. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍坐落于黄河流域济南的“山河”超级计算平台，讲解它助力黄河流域防洪、环保、西部城市发展的多重作用，同时点明该平台突破国外技术封锁、提振我国科技自信的意义。 【45题详解】 根据文章第二段“Jinan, in the Yellow River Basin, is home to the world’s top super computing platform- ‘Shanhe’.”可知“Shanhe”是一个超级计算平台。 【46题详解】 根据第二段“Those supercomputers will work together with super computing centers in the Yellow River Basin to speed up the development of western cities in China.”可知②City growth（城市发展）正确；根据第三段第一句“...help to prevent floods and protect the environment...”可知①Flood prevention（防洪）和③Environmental protection（环境保护）正确。文中未提及④Human brain development（人脑发育）。因此①②③正确。 【47题详解】 根据最后一段最后一句“This is very important for increasing our confidence in developing technology.”提到这对于增强我们发展技术的信心非常重要，可知作者对中国技术的发展充满信心和希望。 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题的词数要求)。 F Once when I was a teenager, my father and I went to an aquarium (水族馆). While we were waiting in line to buy tickets, my father said, “Tom, I believe you’ll really enjoy the dolphins here.” “I think so, Dad,” I replied excitedly. Finally, there was only one family standing in front of us. It was a family with three children. The children were standing in line behind their parents, talking about the dolphins and sea lions in the aquarium happily. Their clothes were not dirty, but clearly old. But after the ticket lady told them the price, the man's wife shook her head. There was no longer a smile on the man’s face. Seeing what was happening, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then he called the man back, picked up the bill and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.” The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his and took the $20 bill. With a tear in his eye, he said, “Thank you, sir.” My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn’t get to see the animals that night, but we didn’t care. 48. What were the children talking about when standing in line? (不超过10词) __________________________ 49. Who dropped the $20 bill on the ground? (不超过5个词) __________________________ 50. Why did Tom say “we didn’t care” at the end of the text? (不超过15词) __________________________ 【答案】48. The dolphins and sea lions. 49. Tom’s father. 50. Because they helped the poor family. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了作者和父亲去水族馆，排队时遇到一家五口因买不起票而失望。父亲悄悄把20美元掉在地上，以“掉出口袋”的方式帮助了那家人。 【48题详解】 第二段明确提到“The children were standing in line behind their parents, talking about the dolphins and sea lions in the aquarium happily.”，说明孩子们在排队时谈论海豚和海狮。 【49题详解】 第三段说“my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground”，所以是作者的父亲把20美元钞票掉在了地上。 【50题详解】 最后一段提到“We didn’t get to see the animals that night, but we didn’t care.”，结合上文父亲帮助那个家庭买票的事，说明他们并不在意自己没看成动物，因为帮助了别人。 Ⅸ.短文填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文。第1至5小题，根据首字母及汉语提示，完成单词的拼写；第6至10小题，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Last month, our school put up a big board to collect students’ ideas about protecting the environment. When I saw it, I reached into my p____51____ (口袋) and took out a pen to write down my idea. My plan was to plant more trees around the school. However, some classmates worried that we might not a____52____ (负担得起) enough young trees. Some classmates’ parents wanted to d____53____ (捐赠) money or young trees, but we politely refused. We cleared the waste paper and some b____54____ (瓶子) around our school and sold them to raise money. To let more people know about our plan and join us, we also made speeches in p____55____ (公共的) places. During the weeks of work, we sometimes met difficulties. But each time, we could always find a good ____56____(solve) to the problem. With our teachers’ help, several activities ____57____ (organise) successfully to improve the environment. Although we were busy, seeing our school becoming greener made us feel ____58____ (energy). Now I have made up my mind ____59____ (continue) our work. I believe more students will join us and keep this ____60____ (warm) spreading. The growing trees will make the world a better place for everyone. 【答案】51. pocket 52. afford 53. donate 54. bottles 55. public 56. solution 57. were organised 58. energetic 59. to continue 60. warmth 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了作者参与学校环保活动，计划种树但资金不足，通过回收废品筹集资金，并在公共场所演讲宣传。在老师帮助下成功组织了多项环保活动，作者感到精力充沛，决心继续这份工作，并希望更多同学加入，让世界变得更好。。 【51题详解】 句意：当我看到它时，我把手伸进口袋，拿出一支笔写下我的想法。 pocket意为“口袋”，此处指一个口袋，用名词单数。 【52题详解】 句意：然而，一些同学担心我们可能负担不起足够的小树苗。 afford意为“负担得起”，情态动词后加动词原形。 【53题详解】 句意：一些同学的父母想要捐款或捐赠小树苗，但我们礼貌地拒绝了。 donate意为“捐赠”，动词不定式符号to后加动词原形。 【54题详解】 句意：我们清理了学校周围的废纸和瓶子，并将它们卖掉来筹集资金。 前文有some，所以用bottle的复数形式bottles，意为“瓶子”。 【55题详解】 句意：为了让更多人知道我们的计划并加入我们，我们还在公共场所做了演讲。 public意为“公共的”，public places固定搭配，指“公共场所”。 【56题详解】 句意：但每一次，我们总能找到解决问题的好办法。 根据前文“good”可知这里填写名词。solution是solve的名词形式，意为“解决方法”，a后加可数名词单数。 【57题详解】 句意：在老师的帮助下，几项活动被成功组织起来改善环境。主语activities与organise为被动关系，故事为一般过去时，用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是复数，be动词用were，organise的过去分词是organised。 【58题详解】 句意：虽然我们很忙，但看到学校变得更绿让我们感到精力充沛。feel后用形容词，energetic是energy的形容词形式，意为“精力充沛的”，作表语。 【59题详解】 句意：现在我已经下定决心继续我们的工作。 made up my mind to do sth.是固定搭配，表示“决定去做某事”，用to continue。 【60题详解】 句意：我相信更多的学生会加入我们，让这份温暖持续传播。根据前文“this”可知这里填写名词，warmth是warm的名词形式，意为“温暖”。 X.书面表达(共1小题；满分20分) 61. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike对你所在的Helping Hand Club很感兴趣。请你向Mike介绍过去一年中社团的主要活动，内容需包含图示要点： 要求：1.词数80-100； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.文中不得出现真实姓名及校名； 4.信件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。 Dear Mike, You asked about our Helping Hand Club. Let me share what we did last year. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What stories do you have from your clubs? I’m looking forward to your reply. Best wishes, Li Hua 【答案】例文 Dear Mike, You asked about our Helping Hand Club. Let me share what we did last year. First, we focused on helping others. We helped our classmates with their schoolwork and gave them useful advice on improving relationships. Second, we served our school by supporting various school events, such as the sports meeting. We worked as volunteers to make sure everything went well. Finally, protecting nature was also an important part of our club. We planted trees and picked up rubbish in the local park. Through these activities, we not only helped others but also learned a lot. We truly made a difference in the world! What stories do you have from your clubs? I’m looking forward to your reply. Best wishes, Li Hua 【解析】 【详解】写作步骤 [第一步：审题立意] 确定文体：应用文（书信/邮件），主要使用一般过去时（回顾去年的活动）。 明确要点：1. 帮助他人（Helping others）；2. 服务学校（Serving school）；3. 保护自然（Protecting nature）。 确定人称：第一人称复数（We）。 注意事项：不得出现真实姓名及校名；注意时态为过去时；字数控制在80—100词左右。 [第二步：构思布局] 三段式结构： 开头段：已给出（You asked about our Helping Hand Club. Let me share what we did last year.），直接引入话题。 主体段：分别介绍社团的三项主要活动。可以使用连接词（First, Second, Finally / Besides）来使文章条理清晰。 活动一：帮助同学解决学业问题及人际关系建议。 活动二：作为志愿者支持学校的大型活动（如运动会）。 活动三：参与环保行动（如植树、捡垃圾）。 结尾段：总结收获，并表达期待回信（已给出部分）。 [第三步：要点展开] 要点一：帮助他人 (Helping others) 具体行为：help classmates with their schoolwork / give useful advice on improving relationships 作用效果：It helps them solve problems easily / make friends happily 要点二：服务学校 (Serving school) 具体行为：support various school events / work as volunteers / such as the sports meeting or art festival 作用效果：make sure everything went well / show our love for the school 要点三：保护自然 (Protecting nature) 具体行为：plant trees in spring / pick up rubbish in the park / sort the garbage 作用效果：make our city more beautiful / protect the environment 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测 八年级英语试题卷 (满分120分 考试时间120分钟) 第一部分 听力(共四大题，满分20分) I.短对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 1. Which direction will the speakers probably go? A. B. C. 2. What will the girl do on the weekend? A. B. C. 3. When did the players begin to train together? A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year. 4. How does the boy like Lisa’s action? A. Helpful. B. Surprising. C. Terrible. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. A study. B. A plant. C. A scientist. II.长对话理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到两段对话，每段对话后有几个小题。请在每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题。 6. What is the most important skill the man has learned? A. Communication. B. Leadership. C. Teamwork. 7. Why does the man talk to the woman? A. To get a job. B. To offer help. C. To introduce his team. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。 8. What happened to Leo? A. He missed a class. B. He failed a test. C. He forgot the exam. 9. What does Mia advise Leo to do? A. To listen carefully in class. B. To ask Mr. Brown for help. C. To talk with his mom. 10. How does Leo feel about Mia’s suggestion? A. Thankful. B. Unsure. C. Angry. III.短文理解(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文，短文后有五个小题。请根据短文内容在每小题所给的Ａ、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。短文读两遍。 11. Where is the storeroom? A. Near the playground. B. Between the classrooms. C. Next to the library. 12. Who thought the room could be used in a better way? A. Some students. B. The head teacher. C. A painter. 13. What was the storeroom turned into? A. A reading room. B. A help centre. C. A school library. 14. How did the students’ families help? A. By cleaning the room. B. By painting the desks. C. By giving some books. 15. What can we learn from the students’ story? A. No pain, no gain. B. Two heads are better than one. C. Small acts can make a big difference. Ⅳ.信息转换(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 你将听到一篇短文。请根据短文内容，写出下面表格中所缺的单词，每空仅填一词。短文读两遍。 Students’ Projects on Nature Groups Subjects Forms of presentation Group 1 How 16 live in the ocean The group made a poster to show facts. Group 2 How sunlight is turned into energy The small 17 house lit up an LED light. Group 3 How desert plants 18 without much water They showed a video about a desert plant. Comments and feelings: The teacher: The projects helped students to 19 nature’s hidden secrets. Students: Everyone felt 20 to live in such a magical world. 第二部分 英语知识运用(共三大题，满分30分) V.单项选择(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Farmers once used too many chemicals on their land. Now they are learning a new ________ of growing corn while protecting the earth and water. A. method B. belief C. exam D. illness 2. —Someone has broken the window. Is it Jack? —It ________ be him. He was with me all the time. A. must B. may C. needn’t D. can’t 3. In my mind, teaching is ________ the most meaningful jobs in the world, shaping young minds for the future. A. below B. against C. among D. without 4. —Could you tell me ________ I should work on the task with others? —Of course you should. Many hands make light work. A. how B. whether C. where D. when 5. —________ Honey never goes bad and can last for thousands of years! —Really? I thought all food went bad. A. Excuse me. B. That’s kind of you. C. Watch out! D. Can you believe that? Ⅵ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A Few activities would carry on successfully without hardworking volunteers. I ____6____ a meaningful day at the Color Run in Melbourne this month, and learned a lesson as a volunteer. My ____7____ was to give a high-five to every runner at the finish line. In the beginning, we saw it as a simple job. When the first runner passed, we ____8____ our hands and said “Good job” excitedly. However, ____9____ more and more people crossed the finish line and touched their hands with mine, my arm slowly got sore. To make things worse, it became hotter. Our clothes were all ____10____ because of the sweat and we felt tired. But soon we saw a group of kids running toward us. Although they could ____11____ catch their breath, they still kept going. They were so young, and they ____12____ to give up. They put up their hands and said, “High-five!” At that moment, their bright smiles, like ____13____, deeply touched me. Suddenly, I felt myself full of strength. I clapped (拍) their hands, “Well done, kids!” That is the meaning of doing ____14____ work. It is by no means easy, but we meet different people and see the spirit that moves them. It ____15____ us that we need to move forward. Also, it encourages us to pass goodwill on to others. 6. A. broke B. spent C. recorded D. mentioned 7. A. role B. skill C. excuse D. advice 8. A. reached out B. lived on C. put down D. cleaned up 9. A. if B. though C. as D. till 10. A. soft B. cheap C. pale D. wet 11. A. finally B. fully C. suddenly D. hardly 12. A. offered B. expected C. refused D. decided 13. A. noise B. sunshine C. virus D. thunder 14. A. medical B. voluntary C. personal D. dangerous 15. A. reminds B. warns C. doubts D. promises B It’s hard to imagine a world without trees. To better protect trees, China has ____16____ a new rule to care for old trees. It came into effect in March, 2025. Trees, whether old or young, are important for our ___17___. They make oxygen for us to breathe and help clean the air. They ____18____ homes and food for animals. The US ecologist (生态学家) Nalini Nadkarni says trees make us kind to the ____19____ around us. Being around trees makes us notice nature and want to protect it. Trees give artists ____20____ ideas. Dutch artist Piet Mondrian painted trees again and again because of their different patterns (图案). ____21____ amazed by their beauty, the US poet Joyce Kilmer wrote, “I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” Old trees are special landmarks and help people remember their past, CGTN noted. Many people feel a sense of ___22___ to their hometown when thinking of a tree from their childhood. Many old trees are still ____23____ today as a living part of our culture. Ma Yuanxin, a researcher in Beijing, ____24____ that many ancient cypresses (柏树) still stand in the city, each with its own story. Since trees are such wonderful natural ____25____, the British writer Matt Haig says, “Look at trees. Be near trees. Plant trees.” 16. A. carried out B. fallen into C. learned about D. called off 17. A. company B. market C. college D. planet 18. A. collect B. provide C. freeze D. reduce 19. A. argument B. drama C. environment D. dialogue 20. A. terrible B. endless C. crazy D. fashionable 21. A. Digitally B. Fully C. Unluckily D. Painfully 22. A. hurrying B. objecting C. comparing D. belonging 23. A. alive B. awful C. low D. underground 24. A. disagreed B. advised C. mentioned D. required 25. A. pressure B. treatment C. wealth D. increase VII.补全对话(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。 A: Hi, Linda. What are you doing these days? B: ____26____ It’s tiring but really meaningful. A: That’s really kind of you. ____27____ B: Thanks. I’m happy that I can help the old people. A: ____28____ B: Because some old people are lonely and need more care. A: I see. I also want to do something, but I’m not sure how to start. B: Why not join us? ____29____ Sometimes we read newspapers with them. A: That sounds great. How often do you go there? B: Twice a week. ____30____ A: Sure! I’ll go with you this Saturday. A. You’re doing great. B. It’s a waste of time. C. We usually clean their rooms. D. Why do you want to help them? E. I’m helping at the nursing home. F. Would you like to come this Saturday? G. We can hold a clean-up activity at school. 第三部分 阅读(共两节，满分40分) Ⅷ.阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。 A You may wonder about your future. These voices might light the way. I am going to be a policewoman because I believe in justice (正义). When my bike was stolen, a policewoman carefully found it. She was brave, kind, firm and patient. I want to be like her, protecting people and making my area safer. Wang Yu From a young age, I could often see planes flying over my home. I’ve always been curious about what the world looks like from above. That’s why I've dreamed of flying. I’ll make every effort to achieve my dream. One day I believe I can fly across the world. Zhang Wei My dream is to be a fireman. Last year, a fire broke out in my neighborhood. Firefighters ran inside and saved an old lady and her dog. I was deeply touched by their courage. The firefighters face danger but bring hope; I want to be that hope. Li Ming I want to be a director who creates worlds on screen. Once, I made a video about my grandma’s garden. When people watched it, some smiled and some cried. A good story touches people’s hearts, and I’ll follow my dream to show the beauty of everyday life through my camera. Chen Xi 31. What does Zhang Wei want to become in the future? A. B. C. D. 32. Why will Chen Xi follow her dream? A. To bring hope to others. B. To see the world from above. C. To show the beauty of life. D. To protect people around her. 33. What quality do Li Ming and Wang Yu need for their dream jobs? A. Courage. B. Creativity. C. Curiosity. D. Leadership. B It was raining heavily. I was late for a meeting in a nearby city that I knew only by GPS, and my phone died. I couldn’t find out how to get there or how to reach my friends. I stopped at a McDonald’s and walked up to a mother and her daughter. “I’m sorry,” I said. “Do you mind if I make a call with your phone? I need to let my friends know I’m lost.” She handed me her phone and said I was lucky to make the last call—she was about to stop using it because she couldn’t pay her phone bill. Using her phone, I got in touch with my friends. As I made the call, the young girl and her mother held each other and talked. After returning the phone, I went directly to the counter and ordered a meal for the mother and her daughter. Before leaving, I took out all the money left in my wallet and put it into the mother’s hand, then quickly turned to go. When I walked through the doors, I heard the mother crying. Her daughter called after me, “You have no idea how you just helped us.” That day, I learned helping each other gets us through. She gave her last call; I gave what I had. Kindness saves both the giver and the receiver. 34. What problem did the writer face at the beginning? A. Her phone was missing. B. She lost her way in a city. C. She couldn’t pay the bill. D. She argued with her friends. 35. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to (指的是)? A. The phone. B. The bill. C. The wallet. D. The GPS. 36. How did the mother and daughter feel when the writer left? A. Sad. B. Sorry. C. Touched. D. Curious. 37. What does the writer want to tell us through the story? A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. B. When one door closes, another opens. C. Phones play a key role in our lives. D. Being kind brings good to both sides. C What makes a team successful? In fact, teamwork isn’t just about working together—it’s about working together the right way. A clear goal is the first step to good teamwork. Everyone should know what they are working for, or team members will get confused and waste time on the wrong things. A shared purpose helps people stay focused and work together. In a successful team, everyone takes responsibility for their roles. A group works best when each member understands their task and takes it seriously. People complete their work on time and do their best to support the group. If everyone does their part well, the whole team can move forward quickly. △ Create space for all the members to speak. Even the quietest person needs a chance to share their ideas, just like the loudest one. When every idea is heard, it builds trust and helps the group come up with better ideas. Last but not least, build a team with psychological (心理的) safety. In safe teams, no one is afraid of making mistakes. All the team members can ask questions, learn from mistakes, and try new things without worrying about being laughed at. 38. What does the underlined word “confused” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Unable to think clearly. B. Quick to notice problems. C. Aware of different views. D. Crazy about working together. 39. What makes a team work best according to the text? A. Having a clear goal. B. Good communication. C. Psychological safety. D. Everyone doing their part. 40. Which of the following can be put into △ ? A. Working together helps us make good friends. B. However, not everyone likes to work as a team. C. Making sure everyone has a voice also matters. D. A team cannot achieve success without a leader. D “The best way to know the unknown is to go there, experience it and feel it with your heart,” Du Mengran told Nature. Du, a deep-sea scientist, played a key role in the discovery of the world’s deepest-known animal ecosystem (生态系统). She was named in Nature’s list of 10 people who helped shape science in 2025. 38-year-old Du has been diving (潜水) since 2016. In 2024, she led a team on 24 dives in the northern Pacific Ocean and found a new ecosystem there. Instead of sunlight, it gets energy from chemicals, like CH4, that come out of the ocean floor. “We used to think nothing could live in such difficult conditions,” Du told Wenhui Daily. Diving in the sea can be challenging. High water pressure is a problem. The water pressure at the bottom of the ocean can be about 1,000 times what we experience at sea level. Seasickness (晕船) is also a challenge. “When I heard I was named one of Nature’s 10, I couldn’t even bring myself to celebrate because I was too worried about my team being seasick,” Du said. However, deep-sea exploration makes it possible to answer many questions, like how life first began on Earth. For Du, this makes all the hard work meaningful. 41. What is Du Mengran’s research about? A. Solar energy. B. Air pressure. C. Diving skills. D. Deep-sea science. 42. When did Du and her team discover the new ecosystem? A. In 1987. B. In 2016. C. In 2024. D. In 2025. 43. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. Difficulties Du’s team faces. B. Findings of Du’s research. C. Reasons for Du’s exploration. D. Questions Du wants to answer. 44. What is the best title for the text? A. Secrets of the Sunlight B. Into the Deep Unknown C. How Life Began on Earth D. Having Fun through Diving E The Yellow River is known as the “mother river” of China. For thousands of years, this river has given water to our cities and fed tens of millions of Chinese people. With the development of technology in China, how to use new technology to protect the Yellow River Basin has become an important direction of research for many people. Jinan, in the Yellow River Basin, is home to the world’s top super computing platform (平台)-“Shanhe”. In order to meet the needs of environmental protection and development in the Yellow River Basin, the Shanhe super computing platform will play the role of the “strongest brain”. Those supercomputers will work together with super computing centers in the Yellow River Basin to speed up the development of western cities in China. At the same time, the Shanhe platform can help to prevent (阻止) floods and protect the environment by building an open public service computing platform. In the future, it will continue to help with the development of the Yellow River Basin and even the whole country. What’s more, the development of Shanhe has successfully broken the restrictions (限制) on some technologies. This is very important for increasing our confidence in developing technology. 45. What is “Shanhe” according to the text? A. A restriction on technology. B. An important direction of research. C. A super computing platform. D. A place that fed many Chinese people. 46. What can “Shanhe” help with? ①Flood prevention ②City growth ③Environmental protection ④Human brain development A. ①②③ B. ②③④ C. ①②④ D. ①③④ 47. What can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph? A. The writer feels worried about the environment of the Yellow River. B. The writer feels hopeful about China’s technological development. C. The writer thinks technology may bring more problems to nature. D. The writer is doubtful about the influence of the Shanhe platform. 第二节 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题的词数要求)。 F Once when I was a teenager, my father and I went to an aquarium (水族馆). While we were waiting in line to buy tickets, my father said, “Tom, I believe you’ll really enjoy the dolphins here.” “I think so, Dad,” I replied excitedly. Finally, there was only one family standing in front of us. It was a family with three children. The children were standing in line behind their parents, talking about the dolphins and sea lions in the aquarium happily. Their clothes were not dirty, but clearly old. But after the ticket lady told them the price, the man's wife shook her head. There was no longer a smile on the man’s face. Seeing what was happening, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then he called the man back, picked up the bill and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.” The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes, held my dad’s hand in his and took the $20 bill. With a tear in his eye, he said, “Thank you, sir.” My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn’t get to see the animals that night, but we didn’t care. 48. What were the children talking about when standing in line? (不超过10词) __________________________ 49. Who dropped the $20 bill on the ground? (不超过5个词) __________________________ 50. Why did Tom say “we didn’t care” at the end of the text? (不超过15词) __________________________ Ⅸ.短文填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文。第1至5小题，根据首字母及汉语提示，完成单词的拼写；第6至10小题，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Last month, our school put up a big board to collect students’ ideas about protecting the environment. When I saw it, I reached into my p____51____ (口袋) and took out a pen to write down my idea. My plan was to plant more trees around the school. However, some classmates worried that we might not a____52____ (负担得起) enough young trees. Some classmates’ parents wanted to d____53____ (捐赠) money or young trees, but we politely refused. We cleared the waste paper and some b____54____ (瓶子) around our school and sold them to raise money. To let more people know about our plan and join us, we also made speeches in p____55____ (公共的) places. During the weeks of work, we sometimes met difficulties. But each time, we could always find a good ____56____(solve) to the problem. With our teachers’ help, several activities ____57____ (organise) successfully to improve the environment. Although we were busy, seeing our school becoming greener made us feel ____58____ (energy). Now I have made up my mind ____59____ (continue) our work. I believe more students will join us and keep this ____60____ (warm) spreading. The growing trees will make the world a better place for everyone. X.书面表达(共1小题；满分20分) 61. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike对你所在的Helping Hand Club很感兴趣。请你向Mike介绍过去一年中社团的主要活动，内容需包含图示要点： 要求：1.词数80-100； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.文中不得出现真实姓名及校名； 4.信件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。 Dear Mike, You asked about our Helping Hand Club. Let me share what we did last year. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What stories do you have from your clubs? I’m looking forward to your reply. Best wishes, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $