广东省广州市海珠区为明中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期10月月考英语试题

2025-2026学年第一学期八年级

英语学科十月综合练

本试卷共四大题，10页，满分90分；练习时长100分钟

注意：1. 黑色水笔答题，2B铅笔涂卡。2. 所有答案都应填写在答题卡上。

What do you often do when you wait for a bus or a train at the station?

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would leave at five to ____1____. At that time, there ____2____ many people waiting in the station. Tom looked around but there was no place for him ____3____.

Tom liked ____4____ coffee. So he walked into ____5____ coffee shop in the station. He looked up at that clock there. ____6____ was only twenty to twelve. He found a place and sat down before a large mirror (镜子) ____7____ the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom’s friends, came in and sat with Tom. “____8____ time is your bus?” asked Mike. “There’s plenty of time yet.” answered Tom.

“Well, I ____9____ you more coffee then,” said Mike.

They talked a lot ____10____ they drank coffee. Some time ____11____, Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going back!” he cried. “____12____ minutes ago, it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”

“You’re looking ____13____ the clock in the mirror,” said Mike. Tom was so sad. He had to ____14____ for the next bus for another hour. ____15____ from then on, Tom didn’t like mirrors any more.

1. A. twelfth B. twelve C. the twelfth D. the twelve

2. A. are B. be C. were D. was

3. A. sit B. sitting C. to sitting D. to sit

4. A. drinking B. drank C. drunk D. drink

5. A. an B. a C. the D. /

6. A. That B. This C. It D. These

7. A. on B. at C. to D. with

8. A. Which B. When C. How D. What

9. A. will get B. am getting C. got D. gets

10. A. where B. when C. who D. what

11. A. lately B. late C. later D. latest

12. A. Few B. A few C. A little D. Little

13. A. at B. in C. for D. by

14. A. wait B. waiting C. waited D. waits

15. A. But B. Because C. So D. If

二、完形填空 (10小题；每小题1分，共10分)

There was a hard-working student called Nancy. She spent plenty of time on her ___16___. She studied so hard that she became ill. She couldn’t go to sleep at night. So when she ___17___ the next morning, she felt very tired. She couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully and she even did ___18___ in the tests.

Finally, Nancy went to see a doctor. After ___19___ Nancy’s words, the doctor said, “You are too stressed out（紧张的）.You must eat more ___20___ food like fruit and vegetables. Besides, you can try to ___21___ numbers when you are staying in bed. By the time you count to one thousand, you will be ___22___. I’m sure of it.”

The next day, Nancy came to the hospital again. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you ___23___ today?”

Nancy still looked ___24___. “The same as before,” she said. “I tried to count one, two, three, four, up to one thousand. But when I counted to five hundred and sixty, I feel sleepy（困倦的）. I had to get up and drink some _____25_____ so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t be asleep.”

16. A. lessons B. hobbies C. jobs D. games

17. A. caught up B. got down C. got up D. looked up

18. A. quickly B. badly C. hardly D. certainly

19. A. watching B. hearing C. checking D. deciding

20. A. delicious B. funny C. expensive D. healthy

21. A. remember B. train C. count D. write

22. A. asleep B. cheerful C. unusual D. comfortable

23. A. making B. thinking C. living D. feeling

24. A. sad B. tired C. quiet D. stupid

25. A. milk B. water C. coffee D. juice

三、阅读理解。 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从26-40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

(A)

Encyclopedias can give you facts and information about all kinds of subjects. There are different kinds of encyclopedias, such as encyclopedia of science, encyclopaedia of music and so on. Do you know which encyclopaedia the following two articles are from?

Philippe Bizot is a famous Mime Master (哑剧大师) from France. He was born in 1967 and began learning mime when was just eight years old. Since then, he has never stopped studying it. At the age of 20, he got the “International Paris Mime Prize”. In the past 30 years, he has given shows to people across the world. Bizot thinks living in a world without words makes people imagine. With no other things or conversations, Bizot gives the shows only by using his body, gestures and facial expressions (面部表情).

Do you know that not only the fish but also some animals live in the sea? For example, the whale is not a fish. It can’t breathe in the water. It swims in the water. But it comes up for air. The blue whale is the world’s biggest animal. There are other sea animals too. One is called the dolphin. Dolphins need air to live. They breathe air as whales do. Dolphins are very clever. They sometimes seem to speak to each other. Many other animals live near the sea. Seals and otters (水獭) love the sea. They swim and play there. They eat smaller fish and sea plants.

 

26. What does the under lined words “gestures” probably mean in Chinese?

A. 语言 B. 手势 C. 感受 D. 态度

27. The second article probably comes from the encyclopaedia of ________ .

A. plants B. fish C. animals D. nature

28. Which of the following is a fish?

A. The dolphin. B. The whale. C. The seal. D. The shark.

29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Encyclopedias can give facts about science and music.

B. Bizot didn’t say any words when he was giving a show.

C. The fish swims in the water but can’t breathe in the water.

D. Seals and otters eat smaller fish and sea plants.

(B)