吉林省长春汽车经济技术开发区实验学校 2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

长春汽车经济技术开发区实验学校

2025-2026学年第一学期八年级英语

第二学程核心素养调研 分值：90分

一、基础知识 (共10分)

Ⅰ. 单项选择 (10分) 从每小题给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

1. ________ honest boy! He has the courage to take responsibility for his mistakes.

A. What a B. What an C. How a D. How an

2. —Tina, did you eat ________ when you went to Lijiang last month?

—Of course. I tasted the steamed chicken soup.

A. anything special B. special anything C. something special D. special something

3. ________ animals is dangerous for children in the zoo.

A. Touch B. To touch C. Touching D. Touches

4. —Humans cannot live ________ animals or plants.

—Right. They play an important part in the world.

A. without B. for C. as D. across

5. If you need help next weekend, feel free ________ me at any time.

A. call B. to call C. calling D. called

6. The 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games was one of ________ sports events in China this year.

A. the most popular B. most popular C. more popular D. popular

7. Yesterday I met my good friend Mike in the shopping center ________.

A. by accident B. by the way C. by mistake D. by no means

8. Lisa knows how to cut the cost of the project. I’m sure she can do the work with ________ money and ________ people.

A. more; fewer B. fewer; fewer C. more; less D. less; fewer

9. What makes us truly beautiful is not our appearance, but the ________ inside our hearts.

A. goodness B. interest C. humour D. fact

10. —Could you please lend me your English book?

—________. You have to give it back to me this afternoon.

A. Good job B. Good idea C. No problem D. I’m sorry

二、阅读 (共50分)

Ⅱ. 完形填空 (15分，每小题1分)

阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A wise old man saw his son having an argument (争执) with his wife. He asked his son, “Why do you raise your voice every time you talk with your wife?” His son answered, “You know I work in a supermarket. Every day when I get home, I am tired. But she always asks me to ____11____ my words. I raise my voice so she can hear me. ”

“Your wife is ____12____ enough to catch your words when you say the same sentence in a soft way. Why do you have to raise your voice?” the father asked. “Maybe because I need to let out some feelings by raising my voice,” his son replied. “The feelings will come out in the ____13____ way if you whisper (低声耳语) to her. So why is that?” “Or because I ____14____ my cool (理智) when she doesn’t understand my point,” the man said. “But that is not the real ____15____ why you raise your voice. It is because when you are ____16____ with your wife, your heart moves away from her heart. So even though you sit close to each other, you feel that you are far away from one ____17____. You feel like you have to ____18____,” the father replied. “So what should I do to solve this?” the son asked. “When two people are in ____19____, their hearts are close to each other. If you whisper softly, you can both hear each other ____20____. This is how you should talk to each other. When we treat others softly, even if it is a stranger, we feel happy as well,” the father replied.

The son nodded his head slowly. The next day, when he was working in the ____21____, an elderly woman ____22____ things with much change. After a long day at work, he was a bit angry. But when he thought of his father’s words, he helped the old lady count her ____23____, taking it from her shaking hands. He said to her again and again, “Yes, ma’am.” When she asked if she could get a free bag, he went over to the line to get one for her without getting ____24____. His father watched him. He realized that his son had learned an important lesson. Then he left, ____25____ happiness. He was sure his son would live a happy life from then on.

11. A. repeat B. return C. record D. reduce

12. A. near B. nearer C. close D. closer

13. A. different B. interesting C. hard D. same

14. A. take B. lose C. build D. keep

15. A. word B. way C. question D. reason

16. A. angry B. careful C. friendly D. happy

17. A. other B. others C. another D. the other

18. A. laugh B. shout C. stand D. move

19. A. difficulty B. need C. love D. trouble

20. A. clearly B. differently C. quickly D. wonderfully

21. A. supermarket B. hospital C. school D. restaurant

22. A. sold B. bought C. borrowed D. showed

23. A. paper B. money C. thing D. bag

24. A. generous B. polite C. impatient D. sad

25. A. afraid of B. interested in C. bored with D. full of

Ⅲ. 阅读理解。 (共30小题，26-50题，每小题1分，51-55题，每小题2分，满分35)

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The Orkin Insect Zoo—the oldest insect zoo in the United States, has many kinds of insects. Visitors can look at insects closely and experience daily spider feeding.