江苏省江阴市夏港中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期10月月考英语试题

2025—2026学年第一学期月质量检测卷

初二英语试卷

（满分100分，考试时间80分钟）

第Ⅰ卷（客观题  共50分）

一、单项选择在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

1. ________ useful suggestion you’ve given us! I can’t thank you enough.

A. What B. What an C. What a D. How

2. —Is Kitty good at music?

—Yes, I think so. She can play the violin almost ________ her teacher.

A. as better as B. as good as C. as well as D. so well as

3. When the teacher asked why she didn’t finish her homework, Lily ________ that she was sick and ________ in bed all morning. But her deskmate saw her playing outside.

A. lied; lie B. lied; lay C. lay; lied D. lay; lay

4. I thought I did badly in the exam. ________, I got a 60 and passed. Hooray!

A. Maybe B. Instead C. Almost D. However

5. — Bob, ________ sunshine is good for us and makes us happy. Let’s go out for a walk.

—I’d love to, but I’m ________ tired today. What about tomorrow?

A. a bit; a bit B. a bit; a bit of C. a bit of; a bit D. a bit of; a bit of

6. I didn’t ask him for help this morning, but he _________ his help to me.

A. took B. showed C. offered D. made

7. There ________ a number of books on art. The number of them ________ still growing larger and larger.

A. is; is B. are; is C. is; are D. are; are

8. The bag is not expensive. And the price of it is the________ of the three.

A. cheapest B. highest C. lowest D. smallest

9. Check it again. ________ you write, ________ mistakes you’ll make.

A. The more careful, the less B. The more carefully, the fewer

C. The more careful, the fewer D. The more carefully, the less

10. What can be placed into the blank of the letter?

Dear John, How is your summer holiday in China? It’s been a long time since I last saw you. Time permitted, I will come to China to enjoy the rest of holiday with you. Wait for my good news! ______, Patric

 

A. Yours sincerely B. Have a go C. Nice to see you D. Good job

二、完形填空  先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

Larry seemed always silent and didn’t have any friends. His teacher Mr. White ___11___ this. One day, he asked Larry to meet him after class. Mr. White said, “I see that you don’t talk to anyone or show any ___12___ in anything. What’s wrong?” Larry replied, “Sir, I have a very difficult life. I have to face some very sad things and I keep ___13___ them. Because of this, I can’t focus my attention on anything and don’t even feel like talking to anybody.”

Mr. White listened carefully, thought for a while and said, “Would you like some lemonade?” Larry felt little ___14___ and nervously replied, “Yes, thank you!”

While ___15___ lemonade, Mr. Brown added more salt on purpose（故意地）and kept the quantity（数量）of sugar low. Larry made a ___16___ face as soon as he took a sip of that lemonade. Seeing this, Mr. White asked, “You don’t like it?”

“Um…it’s just there is a bit too much salt in it,” Larry answered.

Mr. White stopped him, “Oh, it doesn’t matter. I will throw it away.” As the teacher was lifting the glass, Larry stopped him and said, “Sir, please don’t throw it away. ___17___ we put a little more sugar in the lemonade, it will be fine to drink.”

Hearing this Mr. Brown said happily, “This is what I want to hear from you. To improve the ___18___ of lemonade, we don’t need to remove the salt from it, we can just add some sugar to it. Similarly, we cannot remove sad things that have ____19____ happened to us, but we can add sweetness of good experiences in our life. If you keep on crying about your _____20_____, neither your present will be right nor the future will be bright.”

Larry realized his problem and promised to live a positive life.

11. A. enjoyed B. noticed C. believed D. forgot

12. A. fear B. anger C. interest D. politeness

13. A. looking for B. learning from C. laughing at D. thinking about

14. A. surprised B. tired C. bored D. shamed

15. A. buying B. cooking C. preparing D. drinking

16. A. serious B. friendly C. patient D. strange

17. A. If B. Since C. Although D. Unless

18. A. taste B. color C. shape D. smell

19. A. never B. already C. nearly D. seldom

20. A. style B. habit C. decision D. past

三、阅读理解  阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）

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SUNNY SCHOOL

We are a bilingual (双语) school for children of 6～15. We want a cook, a library worker, a sports coach (教练) and a language teacher.

Job	Age	Language	Skill	Other term (其他条件)
cook	25～40	Chinese	Can cook both Chinese food and Western food	Healthy
library worker	20～35	Chinese, English	Have the knowledge (知识) from different kinds of books	Careful
sports coach	20～40	Chinese, English	Major in (主修) physical education	Healthy, strong
teacher		Chinese, English	Major in English

 

21. Which of the following children/ can go to Sunny School?