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2025-2026学年度第一学期期中模拟试题 八年级英语 （满分150分 时间120分钟） 一、听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 二、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 1. —What do you think of ________ dictionary on the shelf, Zhang Mingming? —I’ve never used ________ better one. A. a, a B. the, a C. the, an D. an, the 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你觉得书架上的那本字典怎么样，张明明？——我从未用过更好的一本。 考查冠词。定冠词the常用来表特指；不定冠词表泛指，a用于以辅音音素开头的单词或字母前，an用于以元音音素开头的单词或字母前。题中第一空表特指书架上的那本字典，用the；第二空表泛指，better发音以辅音音素开头，其前用不定冠词a。故选B。 2. DeepSeek, one of ________ AI tools, is downloaded freely and quickly on the Internet. A. unpopular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：DeepSeek是最受欢迎的人工智能工具之一，可以在互联网上免费快速下载。 考查形容词最高级。根据“one of ... AI tools”可知，此处是句型one of the+形容词最高级+名词复数“最……之一”；因此空处用the+形容词最高级，popular的最高级是most popular。故选D。 3. A number of ________ are talking about those ________. A. Frenchmans, Germans B. Frenchmen, Germen C. Frenchmen, Germans D. Frenchmans, Germen 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：许多法国人正在谈论那些德国人。 考查名词复数。“A number of”意为“许多”，后面需要接可数名词的复数形式，Frenchman的复数形式为“Frenchmen”，意为“法国人”；“those”意为“那些”，German的复数形式为Germans，意为“德国人”。故选C。 4. —What are you doing, Li Ming? —I’m reading a newspaper. It says the number of the wild animals in the world ________ now. A. is getting small and small B. is getting smaller and smaller C. is getting less and less D. are getting smaller and smaller 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——李明，你在做什么？——我在看报纸。报纸上说世界上野生动物的数量现在正变得越来越少。 the number of……的数量作主语，谓语动词用单数；描述数量大小用small，“比较级+and+比较级”表越来越，符合语境。 5. Tom is very helpful and often gives me ________ on how to improve my Math. A. an advice B. some advice C. some suggestion D. advise 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：汤姆很乐于助人，经常给我一些关于如何提高数学水平的建议。 考查可数名词与不可数名词的复数形式。advice建议，不可数名词；suggestion建议，可数名词；advise建议，动词。根据语境可知，此处是经常给我一些建议，give sb sth表示“给某人某物”，空处需填名词复数或不可数名词，排除A和D，又因suggestion为可数名词，some后需用复数形式suggestions，排除C。故选B。 6. —Could you tell me why you always get good grades? —________ you study, ________ mistakes you’ll make. A. The harder, fewer B. The harder; the less C. Harder; fewer D. The harder; the fewer 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——你能告诉我你为什么总是取得好成绩吗？——你学习越努力，犯的错误就越少。 考查比较级。less修饰不可数名词；fewer修饰可数名词。此处是“the+比较级；the+比较级”的结构，表示“越……，越……”。第二空后为名词mistakes的复数形式，用比较级fewer修饰，表示“更少的”，故选D。 7. Digital cameras are becoming ________ among young people. A. more and more popular B. popular and popular C. much and much popular D. most and most popular 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：数码相机在年轻人中正变得越来越受欢迎。 考查形容词比较级。根据“Digital cameras are becoming ...”可知，本句暗含比较含义，“比较级+and+比较级”表示“越来越……”，popular是多音节形容词，比较级用more修饰，more and more popular“越来越受欢迎”。故选A。 8. —The price of petrol (汽油) is not ________ that of last year. —Exactly! And some people plan to buy new energy cars instead. A. as good as B. as cheap as C. as high as D. as low as 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：——汽油的价格并不像去年那样低。——没错！有些人计划购买新能源汽车来替代。 考查形容词辨析。as good as和……一样好；as cheap as和……一样便宜；as high as和……一样高；as low as和……一样低。根据“And some people plan to buy new energy cars instead.”可知，此处表示有些人计划购买新能源汽车来替代，是因为汽油的价格并不像去年那样低。故选D。 9. You’d better ________ home too late, or your parents will be worried. A. not return B. not to return C. return back D. returning back 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：你最好不要太晚回家，否则你父母会担心的。 not return不返回；not to return不返回；return back返回，错误表达；returning back返回，错误表达。“had better”后接动词原形，否定形式为“had better not do sth”，此处应选填not return。 10. Littering from tall buildings is ________ the law and passers-by may get hurt badly. A. against B. beyond C. through D. over 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：从高层建筑乱丢垃圾是违法的，而且路人可能会受到严重伤害。 against违反；beyond超过；through通过；over在之上。根据语境“Littering from tall buildings is...the law”可知，此处指高空抛物是违反法律规定的行为，应选填against。“against the law”意为“违法”。 11. We need to tell people to just do one small thing well ________ 100 things poorly. A. as well as B. instead of C. for example D. because of 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：我们需要告诉人们只做好一件小事，而不是把100件事情都做得很糟糕。 考查介词短语。as well as同……一样；instead of而不是；for example例如；because of因为。根据“just do one small thing well...100 things poorly”可知，把一件小事做好，而不是把100件事做得很糟糕，instead of符合语境。故选B。 12. Safety is very important to all of ________. We students should learn how to protect ________ in the daily life. A. our; ours B. our; ourselves C. us; ours D. us; ourselves 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：安全对我们所有人都非常重要。学生在日常生活中应学会保护自己。 考查人称代词的宾格形式以及反身代词的用法。第一空，“all of...”表示“……中的所有”，of是介词，后面要跟人称代词的宾格形式。所以这里应该用“us”，表示“对我们所有人来说”。第二空，根据句子“We students should learn how to protect...”，这里表达的是“我们学生应该学会如何保护自己”，需要用反身代词。“ourselves”是we对应的反身代词，意为“我们自己”。故选D。 13. —Please don’t give up reading English. —________. I’m sure I’ll be better at English if I keep on reading it. A. OK, I don’t B. OK, I won’t C. Yes, I will D. Yes, I do 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——请不要放弃读英语。——好吧，我不会的。我相信如果我继续读的话，我的英语会更好。 考查情景交际。OK, I don’t 好的，我不会的；OK, I won’t 好吧，我不会的；Yes, I will 好的，我会；Yes, I do 好的，我会的。根据“Please don’t give up reading English.”可知，此处应用否定回答，祈使句的否定回答用won’t。故选B。 14. To keep the books in the library clean and tidy, we ________ draw or write in them. A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C. should D. could 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：为了保持图书馆里的书干净整洁，我们不应该在里面画画或写字。 考查情态动词。couldn’t不能；shouldn’t不应该；should应该；could能够。根据“To keep the books in the library clean and tidy”和常识可知，不应该在图书馆的书上画画或写字，故选B。 15. —Should I read English every morning to learn English well? —Of course. ________ A. Practice makes perfect. B. All things are difficult before they’re easy. C. A little learning is a dangerous thing. D. It’s never too old to learn. 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——我应该每天早上读英语来学好英语吗？——当然。熟能生巧。 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧；All things are difficult before they’re easy.万事开头难；A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解最危险；It’s never too old to learn.活到老学到老。根据“Should I read English every morning to learn English well?”可知，问句询问是否应通过每日晨读来提高英语，这强调了坚持练习的重要性，选项A“Practice makes perfect.”强调练习能够使人技艺精进、达到完美，最符合语境。 三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling ____16____ and blue. There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the ____17____. Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange shape in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage (香肠) sandwich. The penguin got in ____18____ the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and ____19____ quickly. Of course, Harry was very ____20____. He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon (气球). At first, Harry asked himself ____21____ that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking ____22____ appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help ____23____ and found it hard to stop. An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a ____24____ way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had improved (改善) so much that he was able to go back to ____25____ again. There he told his classmates all that he had ____26____. While he was talking to his best friend, he saw ____27____ coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that ____28____ his friend had to show him what was in the bag. There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to ____29____ the little boy! And from that day on, Harry always did his ____30____ to make sure that no one felt sad and alone. 16. A. happy B. sad C. excited D. cool 17. A. roof B. hole C. window D. wall 18. A. above B. below C. over D. through 19. A. left B. slept C. flew D. drove 20. A. angry B. surprised C. bored D. tired 21. A. what B. which C. when D. where 22. A. people B. students C. children D. animals 23. A. crying B. laughing C. running D. coughing 24. A. funny B. rude C. boring D. strict 25. A. hospital B. school C. park D. supermarket 26. A. acted B. heard C. experienced D. dreamed 27. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 28. A. quickly B. suddenly C. immediately D. finally 29. A. cheer up B. give up C. make up D. put up 30. A. good B. better C. best D. well 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. A 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. C 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一个名叫哈里的小男孩生病期间看到许多奇怪的动物出现在他窗外，这让他重新找回了快乐，最终恢复健康的故事。   【16题详解】 句意：他整天感到悲伤和忧郁。 happy开心的；sad伤心的；excited兴奋的；cool酷的。根据“He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling…and blue.”可知，他整天得躺在床上，所以他应该是伤心的，郁闷的。故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：除了望向窗外，他什么也做不了。 roof房顶；hole洞；window窗户；wall墙。根据“Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange shape in the window.”可知，是通过窗户向外看。故选C。 【18题详解】 句意：企鹅从开着的窗户钻了进来，对哈里说了声“下午好”，就转身迅速离开了。 above在……之上；below在……下面；over在……上面；through通过。分析“The penguin got in…the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and…quickly.”可知，企鹅是通过窗户进来的。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：企鹅从开着的窗户钻了进来，对哈里说了声“下午好”，就转身迅速离开了。 left离开；slept睡觉；flew飞；drove驾驶。根据“turned around, and…quickly.”可知，企鹅进来后又转身走了，故选A。 【20题详解】 句意：当然，哈里非常惊讶。 angry生气的；surprised惊讶的；bored无聊的；tired累的。根据“He was still trying to work out what had happened.”可知，他试图弄清楚发生了什么事，所以应该是惊讶的。故选B。 【21题详解】 句意：一开始，哈里问自己这可能是什么，但过了一会儿，看到窗外出现了越来越多看上去很疯狂的动物，他忍不住笑了起来，笑得停不下来。 what什么；which哪个；when何时；where哪里。根据“At first, Harry asked himself…that could possibly be”可知，空格处用于be动词后作表语，所以用what引导宾语从句，表示“什么”，故选A。 【22题详解】 句意：一开始，哈里问自己这可能是什么，但过了一会儿，看到窗外出现了越来越多看上去很疯狂的动物，他忍不住笑了起来，笑得停不下来。 people人们；students学生；children孩子；animals动物。根据后文“An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted…”可知，是看到越来越多的动物，故选D。 【23题详解】 句意：一开始，哈里问自己这可能是什么，但过了一会儿，看到窗外出现了越来越多看上去很疯狂的动物，他忍不住笑了起来，笑得停不下来。 crying哭；laughing笑；running跑步；coughing咳嗽。根据后文“Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body.”可知，这些奇怪的角色让他找回了快乐，所以他应该是忍不住笑。故选B。 【24题详解】 句意：大象在石头上跳跃，狗戴着一副眼镜，表现得很滑稽。 funny有趣的；rude粗鲁的；boring无聊的；strict严格的。根据“he couldn’t help…and found it hard to stop.”以及“Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body.”可知，这些气球让他笑个不停，所以是很滑稽的，故选A。 【25题详解】 句意：不久后，他的健康状况大为改善，可以重返学校了。 hospital医院；school学校；park公园；supermarket超市。根据“his health had improved (改善) so much that he was able to go back to…”可知，他的健康有改善，所以是可以重返学校，故选B。 【26题详解】 句意：在那里，他把他所经历的一切告诉了他的同学。 acted行动；heard听见；experienced经历；dreamed梦想。根据“There he told his classmates all that he had…”可知，他把在医院经历的事情告诉了同学们。故选C。 【27题详解】 句意：正当他和他最好的朋友说话时，他看见有什么东西从他朋友的书包里出来了。 something某事；anything任何事；nothing没有事；everything每件事。根据后文“There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to…”可知，是在包里看到了什么东西，故选A。 【28题详解】 句意：哈里问他的朋友那里是什么东西，他再三请求，最后他的朋友不得不给他看书包里的东西。 quickly快速地；suddenly突然地；immediately立刻；finally最终。根据“Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that…his friend had to show him what was in the bag.”可知，他一再坚持，所以最终朋友给他看了。故选D。 【29题详解】 句意：里面全是他最好的朋友用来使小男孩振作起来的东西。 cheer up使高兴；give up放弃；make up组成，化妆；put up张贴，举起。根据“There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to…”可知，朋友是为了使哈里开心、振作起来，故选A。 【30题详解】 句意：从那天起，哈里总是尽最大努力确保没有人感到悲伤和孤独。 good好的；better更好的；best最好的；well好地。do one’s best为固定搭配，表示“尽力而为，尽力做到最好”。故选C。 四、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） A Working people in Hong Kong are always busy in the daytime. They don’t have enough time to enjoy themselves. If you are one of those people, come and join us! We’ll take a night-time cruise (乘船游览) around the Victoria Habour (维多利亚港). You can see fantastic city lights during the trip, and you can also enjoy a wonderful dinner on the junk (帆船) if you like. Harbour Night Cruise Time: 6:30 p.m.—10:00 p.m. (Monday—Friday) 7:30 p.m.—12:00 p.m. (Saturday & Sunday) Price: an adult a child under 12 (With dinner) 300 yuan 200 yuan (Without dinner) 220 yuan 140 yuan Ticket office: Harbour Travel Service (No. 30 Lam Ming Street) Place to Start: Star Company (No. 98 Cyberport Road) 31. What transport will people use during the trip? A. They’ll take a train. B. They’ll take the underground. C. They’ll take a junk. D. They’ll take a plane. 32. You will go to ________ to buy tickets. A. Star Company B. No.30 Cyberport Road C. Habour Travel Service D. No.98 Lam Ming Street 33. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas with their 8-year-old son want to take the trip. How much can they spend if they don’t have dinner on the junk? A. 580 yuan. B. 220 yuan. C. 800 yuan. D. 300 yuan. 【答案】31. C 32. C 33. A 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了乘夜航船游览维多利亚港，详细地介绍了时间，费用和售票处等。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“You can see fantastic city lights during the trip, and you can also enjoy a wonderful dinner on the junk (帆船) if you like.”可知，人们在旅行中会使用帆船。故选C。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据文中“Ticket office: Harbour Travel Service (No.30 Lam Ming Street)”可知，你要到海港旅行社买票。故选C。 【33题详解】 推理判断题。根据文中“Price: an adult (Without dinner) 220 yuan；a child under 12 (Without dinner) 140 yuan”可知，两张成人票和一张儿童票不在帆船上吃饭是220×2+140=580元。故选A。 B ①Will your school change a lot in the future? What will your school life be like in 50 years? ②When you get to the new school, you will find that there is no teacher speaking at the front of the classroom. There will be a big screen playing a video of the teacher. A classroom robot may walk around and help you with your problems. You can get the best teaching there. You will listen to the teacher for only 20 minutes. Then you will work in groups to solve problems together. ③You will have a special desk to keep your things. It can be like a fridge to keep your lunch and a microwave (微波炉) to warm it up. There will also be sofas to sit on when it is time to read a book. ④Your classroom will always be cool in summer and warm in winter. There is solar and wind power on the top of the building. Each room can keep at a comfortable temperature (温度). ⑤You can join in community (社区) life as part of your school life. If you need to learn about cooking and washing dishes, you can go home and spend time in the kitchen with your home robot. If you need to learn about selling things and talking with others, you can spend time in a shop or a market. ⑥The school in the future will be quite different, and it is sure to be a great place to stay in. 34. In Para.1 the writer uses ________ to start the passage. A. examples B. numbers C. questions D. pictures 35. What can we know from Para. 3 and 4? A. Who will teach in the classroom? B. What will the classroom be like? C. How will the classroom be warm? D. Why will students use special desks? 36. We can read the passage in the ________ part of a magazine. A. Future B. Health C. Problems D. Hobbies 37. Which is the structure (结构) of the passage? A. ①/②/③/④⑤/⑥ B. ①②/③/④/⑤⑥ C. ①②③/④⑤⑥ D. ①/②③④⑤/⑥ 【答案】34. C 35. B 36. A 37. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要畅想未来50年的学校，从课堂授课形式、教室设备、温控系统、社区实践活动等方面介绍未来学校的样貌。 【34题详解】 根据文章第①段“Will your school change a lot in the future? What will your school life be like in 50 years?”可知，作者在第一段使用两个问句开启全文。 【35题详解】 根据文章第③段“You will have a special desk to keep your things...There will also be sofas to sit on when it is time to read a book.”以及第④段“Your classroom will always be cool in summer and warm in winter...Each room can keep at a comfortable temperature.”可知，3、4段介绍未来教室是什么样子。 【36题详解】 根据文章第①段“What will your school life be like in 50 years?”和第⑥段“The school in the future will be quite different, and it is sure to be a great place to stay in.”可知，文章主题是未来学校，可以在杂志的未来板块读到本篇文章。 【37题详解】 根据文章第①段提出关于未来学校的问题，第②‑⑤段分别从授课、教室设施、温度、校园生活展开具体介绍，第⑥段总结全文，可知文章是总‑分‑总结构，对应结构①/②③④⑤/⑥。 C When it’s hot outside and we have to go out, surely we want to keep cool. We can put on hats, wear light clothing, or stay at a cool place. However, nothing can beat a good fan. Now I’ll show you how to make a good DIY (Do It Yourself) paper fan. What to prepare Please prepare two pieces of paper. All paper will work, but your DIY fan can be used for a long time with quality (优质的) paper. Then get glue, two sticks, etc. How to make a DIY fan The first step is to draw pictures on the paper. Just draw anything you like. The next step is to fold up the paper. Then glue the two pieces of folded paper together. After that, paint the sticks. The final step is to glue the sticks onto the folded paper. And everything is done If you look at your watch, you will be surprised: it takes less than 15 minutes to make a good paper fan. Then you can fold it up and drop it in your bag. When you are out in the heat next time, just take it out and enjoy the gentle wind. 38. Which is the best way to keep cool according to Paragraph 1? A. Putting on hats. B. Using a good fan. C. Wearing light clothing. D. Staying at a cool place. 39. What is the second step of making a paper fan? A. Fold up the paper. B. Paint the sticks. C. Draw pictures on the paper. D. Glue the sticks onto the paper. 40. From the last paragraph, we can know that making a paper fan is _____. A. quick B. boring C. strange D. difficult 41. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To sell paper fans. B. To share a fun story. C. To show how to save time. D. To teach how to make paper fans. 【答案】38. B 39. A 40. A 41. D 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了如何制作DIY纸扇。 【38题详解】 细节理解题。根据“However, nothing can beat a good fan.”可知，没有什么能比一个好的扇子更好了，因此使用一个好的扇子是保持凉爽的最佳方式。故选B。 【39题详解】 细节理解题。根据“The next step is to fold up the paper.”可知，制作纸扇的第二步是把纸折起来。故选A。 【40题详解】 推理判断题。根据“If you look at your watch, you will be surprised: it takes less than 15 minutes to make a good paper fan.”可知，制作一个好的纸扇花费不到15分钟，由此推知，制作纸扇是快速的。故选A。 【41题详解】 主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，本文主要介绍了如何制作DIY纸扇，因此主要目的是教授制作方法。故选D。 D Early in May a man took me to Squire Gordon’s home, near the village of Birtwick. My new stable (马厩) was large and comfortable. There was a little fat grey pony (小型马) next to me. “How do you do? What is your name?” I said. He said, “My name is Merrylegs. I hope you are good-tempered (脾气好的). I don’t like horses that bite (咬).” He looked over at a tall chestnut (红棕马) horse. In the afternoon, when she went out, Merrylegs told me about her. “That’s Ginger,” he said. “She bites. One day she bit (咬伤) James, the groom (马夫). She says no one was kind to her before. But James and John Manly, our grooms, are very good to us, and Squire Gordon doesn’t whip (鞭打) his horses, so I think she’s going to like it here.” The next morning John took me for a ride. On the way back we met the Squire and Mrs Gordon . The Squire asked John: “Well, John, what’s the new horse like?” And John answered: “Excellent, sir.” Mrs Gordon said, “He’s a beauty. Let’s call him Black Beauty.” “Black Beauty?” said the Squire. “Yes, that’s a very good name.” A few days later I went out with Ginger, and we got on well (友好相处). And I soon became great friends with Merrylegs too. He was a favourite with everyone. The little girls, Jessie and Flora, loved to play with him and their little dog Frisky. ——Adapted from Black Beauty 42. When did the story happen? A. In April. B. In May. C. In June. D. In July. 43. Black Beauty is a________ name? A. boy’s B. girl’s C. horse’s D. groom’s 44. Which of the following is the right order? ①John took me for a ride. ②Merrylegs told me about Ginger. ③A man took me to Squire Gordon’s home. ④Mrs Gordon called me Black Beauty. ⑤I became great friends with Ginger and Merrylegs. A. ②③①⑤④ B. ③②①⑤④ C. ③②①④⑤ D. ②③①④⑤ 45. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Merrylegs was a little fat grey pony. B. Black Beauty got on well with Ginger and Merrylegs. C. Squire Gordon doesn’t whip his horses. D. Ginger was a horse of good temper. 【答案】42. B 43. C 44. C 45. D 【解析】 【导语】本文节选自小说《黑骏马》的片段，讲了黑骏马在Squire Gordon家与其他马相处的过程。 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Early in May a man took me to Squire Gordon’s home, near the village of Birtwick.”可知，故事发生在五月初。故选B。 【43题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Well, John, what’s the new horse like”、“Mrs Gordon said, ‘He’s a beauty. Let’s call him Black Beauty.’”可知，Black Beauty是马的名字。故选C。 【44题详解】 篇章结构题。首先五月一个男人将我带到了Squire Gordon的家；Merrylegs和我谈论Ginger；John带我去兜风；Gordon夫人给我取名黑骏马；我、Merrylegs和Ginger成为了好朋友。故选C。 【45题详解】 细节理解题。根据“She bites. One day she bit (咬伤) James, the groom (马夫). She says no one was kind to her before.”可知，Ginger的脾气不好。故选D。 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） Now students’ English handwriting (书写)gets worse and worse. Their teachers worry about that. Is your English handwriting beautiful? ____46____ Use paper with lines When you write English words, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight. ____47____ Be sure to fill lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母)are written correctly. Slow down If your writing is hard to read, slow down a little. ____48____ If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more mistakes. ____49____ When you hold your pencil in the correct way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting bad. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit. Draw more pictures ____50____ You need to use the skills to control(控制)your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. If you can’t draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home. Handwriting is very important. Imagine(设想) you are a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs（亲笔签名）, of course! A. If not, here are four steps that really work! B. Hold your pencil right. C. Drawing can improve your handwriting. D. We will try to learn English well. E. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. F. We should practise English after class. G. Going slowly makes the handwriting clear. 【答案】46. A 47. E 48. G 49. B 50. C 【解析】 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了写好英文书写的四个步骤。一是，使用带网格线的纸；二是，降低书写速度；三是，握笔姿势正确；四是，多画画。 【46题详解】 根据“Use paper with lines”；“Slow down”；“Draw more pictures”可知，下文主要讲了英文书写的一些建议，因此此空需要一个承上启下的句子，选项A“如果没有，这里有四个真正有效的步骤！”符合语境。故选A。 【47题详解】 根据“That will make your handwriting straight.”可知，下面应该是说这些网格线给你的书写带来的影响，选项E“纸上的这些网格线可以帮助你写出合适的大小。”符合语境。故选E。 【48题详解】 根据“If your writing is hard to read, slow down a little.”可知，后面应该是说放慢速度对于英文书写有哪些好处，选项G“慢写能使字迹清楚。”符合语境。故选G。 【49题详解】 根据“When you...a good habit.”可知，这段主要讲握笔的正确姿势对于英文书写的重要性，选项B“正确握笔。”符合语境。故选B。 【50题详解】 根据“You need to use the skills to control(控制) your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. If you can’t draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.”可知，主要讲了画画对于英文书写的重要性，选项C“画画可以提高你的书写水平。”符合语境。故选C。 五、根据句意及所给中文、首字母与英文解释，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 51. John doesn’t feel well. H________ , he still studies at school. 【答案】However##owever 【解析】 【详解】句意：约翰感觉不舒服。然而，他仍然在学校学习。根据首字母提示和“doesn’t feel well…still studies at school”可知，不舒服却依然学习，表示转折；However“然而”，副词，作状语修饰后面整个句子。 52. When I failed the exam, my best friend ________ (鼓励) me to try again. 【答案】encouraged 【解析】 【详解】句意：当我考试失利时，我最好的朋友鼓励我再试一次。根据汉语提示可知，encourage意为“鼓励”；从句中failed为一般过去时，主句时态保持一致，encourage的过去式为encouraged。 53. I think this is the f________ joke I have heard. I laugh so hard that my stomach hurts. 【答案】funniest##unniest 【解析】 【详解】句意：我认为这是我听过最有趣的笑话。我笑得肚子都疼了。空处修饰名词joke，且根据后面的范围“I have heard”可知，应用形容词最高级。结合“I laugh so hard that my stomach hurts.”以及首字母提示可知，这里指最有趣的笑话，形容词funny表示“有趣的”。 54. Tim’s favourite subject is F________. He hopes to study in France someday. 【答案】French##rench 【解析】 【详解】句意：Tim最喜欢的科目是法语。他希望有一天能去法国学习。根据首字母提示和“study in France someday”可知，此处表示他最喜欢的科目是法语，French“法语”，名词，此处作表语。 55. People won’t be aware of the ________ (重要性) of health until they lose it. 【答案】importance 【解析】 【详解】句意：人们直到失去健康，才会意识到它的重要性。根据汉语提示可知，“重要性”用名词importance。importance是不可数名词，故填importance。 56. Experts suggest ________ (offer) more than one kind of choice for students to learn more. 【答案】offering 【解析】 【详解】句意：专家建议提供不止一种选择，让学生学到更多。句中“suggest”后接动词时，常用结构为“suggest doing sth.”，表示“建议做某事”，括号内所给词为“offer”，其动名词形式为“offering”。 57. Jane, a well-known love writer, keeps ________ (单身) all her lifetime. 【答案】single 【解析】 【详解】句意：简是一位知名的爱情题材作家，她一辈子都保持单身。“单身”对应英文为形容词single，keep single表示“保持单身”的状态。 58. My grandfather says learning is a l________ journey, so he still takes online courses to study new things. 【答案】lifelong##ifelong 【解析】 【详解】句意：我爷爷说学习是一个终身的旅程，所以他仍然参加在线课程来学习新事物。根据“so he still takes online courses to study new things.”及首字母l提示，此处要表达“学习是终身的旅程”的含义，对应的形容词lifelong“终身的”，用来修饰后面的名词journey。 59. Don’t be afraid of making ________ (错误) when sewing. You can correct them by using a needle to take out the wrong stitches. 【答案】mistakes 【解析】 【详解】句意：缝纫的时候不要害怕犯错误。你可以用针拆掉错的针脚来改正。mistake“错误”，可数名词；空前没有冠词，用复数形式；make mistakes意为“犯错误”，固定短语。 60. Sometimes I get bad ________ (mark) at school, and I feel sad. 【答案】marks 【解析】 【详解】句意：我有时候在学校成绩不好，会感到很难过。mark此处意为“分数”，是可数名词，前面没有不定冠词a等表示单数的限定词，且语境指在学校得到的不止一次不好的分数，因此要使用mark的复数形式marks。 六、（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The dumplings are one of the most ____61____ (tradition) food in China. The people in a family often get together to make dumplings during the New Year’s Eve. I ____62____ (decide) to make this delicious food for my family yesterday. Because that was my first time ____63____ (make) dumplings. Rolling dumpling wrappers (擀饺子皮) and making dumpling filling (馅) were difficult for me. First, some meat, one cabbage and one carrot were necessary. ____64____ (two), to go with the dumpling filling, Mom taught me to cut up the meat and vegetables so that I could ____65____ (easy) make the dumpling filling. Third, I put the finished dumpling filling in a bowl. Fourth, I was going to make the dough (面团). Fifth, I cut the dough into small ____66____ (piece), and then made them into round ones. Sixth, I put the filling in the center of a dumpling wrapper one by one, then folded (对折) them up. ____67____ (final), I put the dumplings into the pot ____68____ cooked them for a few minutes. In this way, I cooked delicious dumplings. Although it was difficult ____69____ me to make dumplings for the first time, with the help of my family, I found the fun of cooking and thought it was ____70____ interesting experience. 【答案】61. traditional 62. decided 63. to make 64. Second 65. easily 66. pieces 67. Finally 68. and 69. for 70. an 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者第一次尝试为家人包饺子的经历，描述了包饺子的步骤以及在这个过程中遇到的困难和收获的乐趣。 【61题详解】 句意：饺子是中国最传统的食物之一。此处需要形容词作定语修饰food，表示“传统的食物”。tradition 的形容词是 traditional，表示“传统的”。故填traditional。 【62题详解】 句意：我昨天决定为家人做这种美味的食物。根据时间状语yesterday可知，动作发生在过去，需用过去式。故填decided。 【63题详解】 句意：因为那是我第一次包饺子。固定搭配“the first time to do sth.”表示“第一次做某事”，故填to make。 【64题详解】 句意：其次，为了制作饺子馅，妈妈教我切碎肉和蔬菜。前文提到“First”，此处为步骤的延续，需用序数词Second表示顺序。故填Second。 【65题详解】 句意：这样我就能轻松地制作饺子馅了。此处修饰动词make需用副词形式，easy的副词是 easily。故填easily。 【66题详解】 句意：我把面团切成小块。因为前面有small修饰，且dough被切分成多个小块，需用复数形式。故填pieces。 【67题详解】 句意：最后，把饺子放进锅里煮几分钟。此处为步骤的总结，需用副词形式表示顺序。final的副词是 finally，位于句首首字母大写。故填Finally。 【68题详解】 句意：把饺子放进锅里煮几分钟。连接两个并列动作put和cooked，需用连词and。故填and。 【69题详解】 句意：虽然我第一次包饺子很难。固定搭配“It is + adj. + for sb. + to do sth.”表示“对某人来说做某事……”。故填for。 【70题详解】 句意：我认为这是一次有趣的经历。experience作“经历”时为可数名词，且首次提及需用不定冠词a/ an。interesting以元音音素开头，需用an修饰。故填an。 七、阅读与表达。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过5个单词。 Today, more and more people are crazy about DIY because it brings them lots of fun and skills. It can help people have a different lifestyle. We can get a sense of satisfaction (满足) from DIY. For example, when we make drinks or foods by ourselves, we can become happy and healthy. Millions of people around the world are overweight now. To keep fit, people begin to turn to healthy ways to lose weight, such as taking exercise and having a healthy diet. Here is a kind of drink to help you. It is easy to make and tastes good. The drink includes three things—powdered cinnamon (肉桂粉), honey and water. First, take a pan and add a cup of water to it. Second, put the pan on the fire and boil (煮) the water for 2—3 minutes. Third, add a spoon of powdered cinnamon to the water and mix them together. Finally, let the mixture cool. After the mixture is cool, add some spoons of honey to it. The drink is delicious and good for our health. It’s a good idea to have half a cup of it daily before you go to bed and have the rest the next morning before eating breakfast. 71. What can we get from DIY? ____________________________________________ 72. Why do people begin to turn to healthy ways to lose weight? ____________________________________________ 73. How many kinds of things are there in the drink? ____________________________________________ 74. When should we put honey into the mixture? ____________________________________________ 75. What do you think of the drink? ____________________________________________ 【答案】71. A sense of satisfaction. 72. To keep fit. 73. Three. 74. After it’s cool. 75. Delicious and healthy. 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了越来越多的人喜欢DIY，并且人们也开始尝试健康的生活方式，于是作者向大家介绍了一种减肥饮料的制作方法。 【71题详解】 根据“We can get a sense of satisfaction (满足) from DIY.”可知，我们可以从DIY中获得满足感。故填A sense of satisfaction. 【72题详解】 根据“To keep fit, people begin to turn to healthy ways to lose weight, such as taking exercise and having a healthy diet.”可知，为了保持健康，人们开始转向健康的减肥方式。故填To keep fit. 【73题详解】 根据“The drink includes three things—powdered cinnamon (肉桂粉), honey and water. ”可知，饮料包含有三种东西。故填Three. 【74题详解】 根据“Finally, let the mixture cool. After the mixture is cool, add some spoons of honey to it.”可知，混合物冷却后，加入几勺蜂蜜。故填After it’s cool. 【75题详解】 根据“The drink is delicious and good for our health.”可知，这款饮料美味且健康。故填Delicious and healthy. 八、书面表达（满分20分） A. 句子翻译（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 76. 也许你说得有道理。 Maybe you ________ ________ ________. 【答案】 ①. have ②. a ③. point 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对应可知，需要翻译“有道理”，have a point“有道理”，句子为一般现在时，动词用原形。故填have；a；point。 77. 我们学校也很关注食育。 Our school also ________ ________ ________ food education. 【答案】 ①. pays ②. attention ③. to 【解析】 【详解】根据中英文对照可知，此处缺“关注”，pay attention to“注意，关注”；此处句子陈述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语Our school是第三人称单数，pay用第三人称单数形式。故填pays；attention；to。 78. 在他哥哥的印刷店工作期间，富兰克林通过大量阅读自学。 While working in his brother’s print shop, Franklin ________________ by reading a lot. 【答案】taught himself 【解析】 【详解】原句中“自学”是关键词，对应的英文短语为“teach oneself”，意为“自学”。本句描述过去发生的事情（While working...），时态为一般过去时，故用“teach”的过去式“taught”；主语“Franklin”为男性，反身代词用“himself”。故填taught himself。 79. 我认为你可以尝试尽可能经常听英语。 I think you can try listening to English ________________. 【答案】as often as possible 【解析】 【详解】原句中“尽可能经常”是关键词，表示“尽可能经常”的短语是as often as possible，这是“as+副词原级+as possible”的固定结构，此处修饰 listening需用副词often，故填as often as possible。 80. 现在Helen对各种DIY都非常熟悉。 Now Helen ________________ all kinds of DIY. 【答案】knows her way around 【解析】 【详解】原句中“非常熟悉”是关键词，对应英文短语know one’s way around，表示“对……很熟悉、很在行”。主语Helen为第三人称单数，一般现在时用knows；one’s对应her，故填knows her way around。 B. 写作（满分15分） 81. 假如你叫Andrew，学校Buddy Club在招募新成员，你想加入该俱乐部。根据下列信息，写一封自荐信。 Looks& Personalities 棕色的短发，明亮的眼睛，脸上带着微笑，班里最高男生。 幽默，乐于助人，乐意随时帮助他人。 School life 喜欢和同学……，愿意帮助新同学…… Life experiences 喜欢中国美食，擅长做三明治；对DIY着迷，会刷墙和安装灯； 参加过学校去世界公园的旅行，并且在那里看到……了解到…… 注意： 1. 根据提示内容，可适当发挥，要求语句通顺、意思连贯； 2. 词数90个字左右，标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。 3. 文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。 Dear Sir or Madam, I am glad to introduce myself and tell you something about myself. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. I hope to be a member of the Buddy Club. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully Andrew 【答案】例文： Dear Sir or Madam, I am glad to introduce myself and tell you something about myself. I have short brown hair and bright eyes. I always smile. I am the tallest boy in my class. I am humorous and helpful. I am ready to help people at any time. I like discussing problems with my classmates. I am willing to help new students learn more about the school. What’s more, I like Chinese food very much and I am good at making sandwiches. I am also crazy about DIY. When I am free, I can paint the wall and put in the light. Last week, I joined the school trip to the World Park where I saw many models of places of interest around the world. They are small but wonderful. I hope to be a member of the Buddy Club. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Andrew 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一封自荐信； ②时态：时态为“一般现在时”和“一般过去时”； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏“信息提示”中个人信息的介绍要点，适当添加细节，并突出写作重点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，承接开头，介绍自己的基本信息，包括外貌和性格特点； 第二步，具体阐述学校生活、生活经历等； 第三步，书写结语。 [亮点词汇] ①be ready to do sth准备做某事 ②learn about了解 ③what’s more而且 ④hope to do sth希望做某事 [高分句型] ①When I am free, I can paint the wall and put in the light.（when引导的时间状语从句） ②Last week, I joined the school trip to the World Park where I saw many models of places of interest around the world.（where引导的定语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2025-2026学年度第一学期期中模拟试题 八年级英语 （满分150分 时间120分钟） 一、听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 二、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 1. —What do you think of ________ dictionary on the shelf, Zhang Mingming? —I’ve never used ________ better one. A. a, a B. the, a C. the, an D. an, the 2. DeepSeek, one of ________ AI tools, is downloaded freely and quickly on the Internet. A. unpopular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular 3. A number of ________ are talking about those ________. A. Frenchmans, Germans B. Frenchmen, Germen C. Frenchmen, Germans D. Frenchmans, Germen 4. —What are you doing, Li Ming? —I’m reading a newspaper. It says the number of the wild animals in the world ________ now. A. is getting small and small B. is getting smaller and smaller C. is getting less and less D. are getting smaller and smaller 5. Tom is very helpful and often gives me ________ on how to improve my Math. A. an advice B. some advice C. some suggestion D. advise 6. —Could you tell me why you always get good grades? —________ you study, ________ mistakes you’ll make. A. The harder, fewer B. The harder; the less C. Harder; fewer D. The harder; the fewer 7. Digital cameras are becoming ________ among young people. A. more and more popular B. popular and popular C. much and much popular D. most and most popular 8. —The price of petrol (汽油) is not ________ that of last year. —Exactly! And some people plan to buy new energy cars instead. A. as good as B. as cheap as C. as high as D. as low as 9. You’d better ________ home too late, or your parents will be worried. A. not return B. not to return C. return back D. returning back 10. Littering from tall buildings is ________ the law and passers-by may get hurt badly. A. against B. beyond C. through D. over 11. We need to tell people to just do one small thing well ________ 100 things poorly. A. as well as B. instead of C. for example D. because of 12. Safety is very important to all of ________. We students should learn how to protect ________ in the daily life. A. our; ours B. our; ourselves C. us; ours D. us; ourselves 13. —Please don’t give up reading English. —________. I’m sure I’ll be better at English if I keep on reading it. A. OK, I don’t B. OK, I won’t C. Yes, I will D. Yes, I do 14. To keep the books in the library clean and tidy, we ________ draw or write in them. A. couldn’t B. shouldn’t C. should D. could 15. —Should I read English every morning to learn English well? —Of course. ________ A. Practice makes perfect. B. All things are difficult before they’re easy. C. A little learning is a dangerous thing. D. It’s never too old to learn. 三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） A little boy named Harry became very ill. He had to lie in bed all day, unable to move. He spent his days feeling ____16____ and blue. There wasn’t much he could do except look out of the ____17____. Time passed, and his illness frustrated him. Until one day he saw a strange shape in the window. It was a penguin eating a sausage (香肠) sandwich. The penguin got in ____18____ the open window, and said “good afternoon” to Harry, turned around, and ____19____ quickly. Of course, Harry was very ____20____. He was still trying to work out what had happened. Outside his window he saw a monkey busy blowing up a balloon (气球). At first, Harry asked himself ____21____ that could possibly be, but after a while, as more and more crazy-looking ____22____ appeared outside the window, he couldn’t help ____23____ and found it hard to stop. An elephant jumped on a stone, or a dog wore a pair of glasses and acted in a ____24____ way. The little boy didn’t tell anyone about this. Those strange characters ended up putting joy back in his heart, and in his body. Before long, his health had improved (改善) so much that he was able to go back to ____25____ again. There he told his classmates all that he had ____26____. While he was talking to his best friend, he saw ____27____ coming out of his friend’s school bag. Harry asked his friend what it was, and he was so insistent (坚持) that ____28____ his friend had to show him what was in the bag. There, inside, were all the things that his best friend had been using to try to ____29____ the little boy! And from that day on, Harry always did his ____30____ to make sure that no one felt sad and alone. 16. A. happy B. sad C. excited D. cool 17. A. roof B. hole C. window D. wall 18. A. above B. below C. over D. through 19. A. left B. slept C. flew D. drove 20. A. angry B. surprised C. bored D. tired 21. A. what B. which C. when D. where 22. A. people B. students C. children D. animals 23. A. crying B. laughing C. running D. coughing 24. A. funny B. rude C. boring D. strict 25. A. hospital B. school C. park D. supermarket 26. A. acted B. heard C. experienced D. dreamed 27. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 28. A. quickly B. suddenly C. immediately D. finally 29. A. cheer up B. give up C. make up D. put up 30. A. good B. better C. best D. well 四、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） A Working people in Hong Kong are always busy in the daytime. They don’t have enough time to enjoy themselves. If you are one of those people, come and join us! We’ll take a night-time cruise (乘船游览) around the Victoria Habour (维多利亚港). You can see fantastic city lights during the trip, and you can also enjoy a wonderful dinner on the junk (帆船) if you like. Harbour Night Cruise Time: 6:30 p.m.—10:00 p.m. (Monday—Friday) 7:30 p.m.—12:00 p.m. (Saturday & Sunday) Price: an adult a child under 12 (With dinner) 300 yuan 200 yuan (Without dinner) 220 yuan 140 yuan Ticket office: Harbour Travel Service (No. 30 Lam Ming Street) Place to Start: Star Company (No. 98 Cyberport Road) 31. What transport will people use during the trip? A. They’ll take a train. B. They’ll take the underground. C. They’ll take a junk. D. They’ll take a plane. 32. You will go to ________ to buy tickets. A. Star Company B. No.30 Cyberport Road C. Habour Travel Service D. No.98 Lam Ming Street 33. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas with their 8-year-old son want to take the trip. How much can they spend if they don’t have dinner on the junk? A. 580 yuan. B. 220 yuan. C. 800 yuan. D. 300 yuan. B ①Will your school change a lot in the future? What will your school life be like in 50 years? ②When you get to the new school, you will find that there is no teacher speaking at the front of the classroom. There will be a big screen playing a video of the teacher. A classroom robot may walk around and help you with your problems. You can get the best teaching there. You will listen to the teacher for only 20 minutes. Then you will work in groups to solve problems together. ③You will have a special desk to keep your things. It can be like a fridge to keep your lunch and a microwave (微波炉) to warm it up. There will also be sofas to sit on when it is time to read a book. ④Your classroom will always be cool in summer and warm in winter. There is solar and wind power on the top of the building. Each room can keep at a comfortable temperature (温度). ⑤You can join in community (社区) life as part of your school life. If you need to learn about cooking and washing dishes, you can go home and spend time in the kitchen with your home robot. If you need to learn about selling things and talking with others, you can spend time in a shop or a market. ⑥The school in the future will be quite different, and it is sure to be a great place to stay in. 34. In Para.1 the writer uses ________ to start the passage. A. examples B. numbers C. questions D. pictures 35. What can we know from Para. 3 and 4? A. Who will teach in the classroom? B. What will the classroom be like? C. How will the classroom be warm? D. Why will students use special desks? 36. We can read the passage in the ________ part of a magazine. A. Future B. Health C. Problems D. Hobbies 37. Which is the structure (结构) of the passage? A. ①/②/③/④⑤/⑥ B. ①②/③/④/⑤⑥ C. ①②③/④⑤⑥ D. ①/②③④⑤/⑥ C When it’s hot outside and we have to go out, surely we want to keep cool. We can put on hats, wear light clothing, or stay at a cool place. However, nothing can beat a good fan. Now I’ll show you how to make a good DIY (Do It Yourself) paper fan. What to prepare Please prepare two pieces of paper. All paper will work, but your DIY fan can be used for a long time with quality (优质的) paper. Then get glue, two sticks, etc. How to make a DIY fan The first step is to draw pictures on the paper. Just draw anything you like. The next step is to fold up the paper. Then glue the two pieces of folded paper together. After that, paint the sticks. The final step is to glue the sticks onto the folded paper. And everything is done If you look at your watch, you will be surprised: it takes less than 15 minutes to make a good paper fan. Then you can fold it up and drop it in your bag. When you are out in the heat next time, just take it out and enjoy the gentle wind. 38. Which is the best way to keep cool according to Paragraph 1? A. Putting on hats. B. Using a good fan. C. Wearing light clothing. D. Staying at a cool place. 39. What is the second step of making a paper fan? A. Fold up the paper. B. Paint the sticks. C. Draw pictures on the paper. D. Glue the sticks onto the paper. 40. From the last paragraph, we can know that making a paper fan is _____. A. quick B. boring C. strange D. difficult 41. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To sell paper fans. B. To share a fun story. C. To show how to save time. D. To teach how to make paper fans. D Early in May a man took me to Squire Gordon’s home, near the village of Birtwick. My new stable (马厩) was large and comfortable. There was a little fat grey pony (小型马) next to me. “How do you do? What is your name?” I said. He said, “My name is Merrylegs. I hope you are good-tempered (脾气好的). I don’t like horses that bite (咬).” He looked over at a tall chestnut (红棕马) horse. In the afternoon, when she went out, Merrylegs told me about her. “That’s Ginger,” he said. “She bites. One day she bit (咬伤) James, the groom (马夫). She says no one was kind to her before. But James and John Manly, our grooms, are very good to us, and Squire Gordon doesn’t whip (鞭打) his horses, so I think she’s going to like it here.” The next morning John took me for a ride. On the way back we met the Squire and Mrs Gordon . The Squire asked John: “Well, John, what’s the new horse like?” And John answered: “Excellent, sir.” Mrs Gordon said, “He’s a beauty. Let’s call him Black Beauty.” “Black Beauty?” said the Squire. “Yes, that’s a very good name.” A few days later I went out with Ginger, and we got on well (友好相处). And I soon became great friends with Merrylegs too. He was a favourite with everyone. The little girls, Jessie and Flora, loved to play with him and their little dog Frisky. ——Adapted from Black Beauty 42. When did the story happen? A. In April. B. In May. C. In June. D. In July. 43. Black Beauty is a________ name? A. boy’s B. girl’s C. horse’s D. groom’s 44. Which of the following is the right order? ①John took me for a ride. ②Merrylegs told me about Ginger. ③A man took me to Squire Gordon’s home. ④Mrs Gordon called me Black Beauty. ⑤I became great friends with Ginger and Merrylegs. A. ②③①⑤④ B. ③②①⑤④ C. ③②①④⑤ D. ②③①④⑤ 45. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Merrylegs was a little fat grey pony. B. Black Beauty got on well with Ginger and Merrylegs. C. Squire Gordon doesn’t whip his horses. D. Ginger was a horse of good temper. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） Now students’ English handwriting (书写)gets worse and worse. Their teachers worry about that. Is your English handwriting beautiful? ____46____ Use paper with lines When you write English words, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight. ____47____ Be sure to fill lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters(大写字母)are written correctly. Slow down If your writing is hard to read, slow down a little. ____48____ If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more mistakes. ____49____ When you hold your pencil in the correct way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting bad. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit. Draw more pictures ____50____ You need to use the skills to control(控制)your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. If you can’t draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home. Handwriting is very important. Imagine(设想) you are a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs（亲笔签名）, of course! A. If not, here are four steps that really work! B. Hold your pencil right. C. Drawing can improve your handwriting. D. We will try to learn English well. E. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. F. We should practise English after class. G. Going slowly makes the handwriting clear. 五、根据句意及所给中文、首字母与英文解释，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 51. John doesn’t feel well. H________ , he still studies at school. 52. When I failed the exam, my best friend ________ (鼓励) me to try again. 53. I think this is the f________ joke I have heard. I laugh so hard that my stomach hurts. 54. Tim’s favourite subject is F________. He hopes to study in France someday. 55. People won’t be aware of the ________ (重要性) of health until they lose it. 56. Experts suggest ________ (offer) more than one kind of choice for students to learn more. 57. Jane, a well-known love writer, keeps ________ (单身) all her lifetime. 58. My grandfather says learning is a l________ journey, so he still takes online courses to study new things. 59. Don’t be afraid of making ________ (错误) when sewing. You can correct them by using a needle to take out the wrong stitches. 60. Sometimes I get bad ________ (mark) at school, and I feel sad. 六、（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The dumplings are one of the most ____61____ (tradition) food in China. The people in a family often get together to make dumplings during the New Year’s Eve. I ____62____ (decide) to make this delicious food for my family yesterday. Because that was my first time ____63____ (make) dumplings. Rolling dumpling wrappers (擀饺子皮) and making dumpling filling (馅) were difficult for me. First, some meat, one cabbage and one carrot were necessary. ____64____ (two), to go with the dumpling filling, Mom taught me to cut up the meat and vegetables so that I could ____65____ (easy) make the dumpling filling. Third, I put the finished dumpling filling in a bowl. Fourth, I was going to make the dough (面团). Fifth, I cut the dough into small ____66____ (piece), and then made them into round ones. Sixth, I put the filling in the center of a dumpling wrapper one by one, then folded (对折) them up. ____67____ (final), I put the dumplings into the pot ____68____ cooked them for a few minutes. In this way, I cooked delicious dumplings. Although it was difficult ____69____ me to make dumplings for the first time, with the help of my family, I found the fun of cooking and thought it was ____70____ interesting experience. 七、阅读与表达。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） 回答问题，每个题目的答案不超过5个单词。 Today, more and more people are crazy about DIY because it brings them lots of fun and skills. It can help people have a different lifestyle. We can get a sense of satisfaction (满足) from DIY. For example, when we make drinks or foods by ourselves, we can become happy and healthy. Millions of people around the world are overweight now. To keep fit, people begin to turn to healthy ways to lose weight, such as taking exercise and having a healthy diet. Here is a kind of drink to help you. It is easy to make and tastes good. The drink includes three things—powdered cinnamon (肉桂粉), honey and water. First, take a pan and add a cup of water to it. Second, put the pan on the fire and boil (煮) the water for 2—3 minutes. Third, add a spoon of powdered cinnamon to the water and mix them together. Finally, let the mixture cool. After the mixture is cool, add some spoons of honey to it. The drink is delicious and good for our health. It’s a good idea to have half a cup of it daily before you go to bed and have the rest the next morning before eating breakfast. 71. What can we get from DIY? ____________________________________________ 72. Why do people begin to turn to healthy ways to lose weight? ____________________________________________ 73. How many kinds of things are there in the drink? ____________________________________________ 74. When should we put honey into the mixture? ____________________________________________ 75. What do you think of the drink? ____________________________________________ 八、书面表达（满分20分） A. 句子翻译（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 76. 也许你说得有道理。 Maybe you ________ ________ ________. 77. 我们学校也很关注食育。 Our school also ________ ________ ________ food education. 78. 在他哥哥的印刷店工作期间，富兰克林通过大量阅读自学。 While working in his brother’s print shop, Franklin ________________ by reading a lot. 79. 我认为你可以尝试尽可能经常听英语。 I think you can try listening to English ________________. 80. 现在Helen对各种DIY都非常熟悉。 Now Helen ________________ all kinds of DIY. B. 写作（满分15分） 81. 假如你叫Andrew，学校Buddy Club在招募新成员，你想加入该俱乐部。根据下列信息，写一封自荐信。 Looks& Personalities 棕色的短发，明亮的眼睛，脸上带着微笑，班里最高男生。 幽默，乐于助人，乐意随时帮助他人。 School life 喜欢和同学……，愿意帮助新同学…… Life experiences 喜欢中国美食，擅长做三明治；对DIY着迷，会刷墙和安装灯； 参加过学校去世界公园的旅行，并且在那里看到……了解到…… 注意： 1. 根据提示内容，可适当发挥，要求语句通顺、意思连贯； 2. 词数90个字左右，标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。 3. 文中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。 Dear Sir or Madam, I am glad to introduce myself and tell you something about myself. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. I hope to be a member of the Buddy Club. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully Andrew 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $