上海教育协会宝山实验学校2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

2025学年第一学期八年级英语期中试卷

(考试时间：90分钟，满分100分)

Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力 25分)

I. Listen and choose the right picture.

A.    B.    C.D.    E.    F.

1. ________ 2. ________3. ________ 4. ________5. ________

II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the right answer.

6. A. He tells his friends to save water.    B. He turns off the tap while brushing teeth.

C. He reuses water to water plants.    D. He buys a new water-saving tap.

7. A. Heavy rain washed dirt into the lake.    B. People threw plastic bags and bottles into it.

C. Factories poured waste water into it.    D. There are too many fish in the lake.

8. A. For a week.     B. For two weeks.     C. For a month.     D. For two months.

9. A. In Germany.     B. In China.     C. In France.     D. In England.

10. A. Because she likes talking.     B. Because she wants to test others.

C. Because she is bored.         D. Because she is curious.

Ⅲ. Listen to the passage and say whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).

11. Online shopping has become less popular in recent years because it’s not safe.

12. People can buy everything they need online.

13. The first advantage of online shopping is that it’s very convenient.

14. The prices of goods online are always higher than those in physical stores.

15. There are still some problems with online payment.

IV. Listen and fill in the blanks with the words or phrases you hear.

16. We all know that nearly 3/4 of the Earth is ________ ________ water.

17. We can’t use ________ ________ the water because some of it has been polluted.

18. We should ________ ________ ways to reuse water.

19. Today, in most large cities, water is used ________ ________ and then runs to the sea or rivers.

20. Scientists are trying to find a ________ ________ to get the salt out of the sea water.

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (38分)

I. Choose the best answer.

1. ________ water in the river behind my house is always dirty and it has a bad smell.

A. / B. A C. An D. The

2. Everyone is curious ________ nature.

A. in B. with C. about D. for

3. Farmers, who produce the food we eat, use water to make the plants ________.

A. to grow B. grow C. grown D. growing

4. You’d better turn off the tap ________ you finish using water.

A. until B. before C. unless D. as soon as

5. The more we talk with parents, the ________ misunderstandings we’ll have.

A. less B. fewer C. little D. more

6. It ________ that the missing keys were in the jacket pocket all along.

A. came out B. turned out C. broke out D. gave out

7. With STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), we will create ________ things.

A. amaze B. amazing C. amazed D. amazement

8. Dr Gu asks students ________ some special things they did during the summer vacation.

A. list B. to list C. listing D. lists

9. Did your mom cook ________ for you during the Spring Festival?

A. something delicious B. delicious something

C. anything delicious D. delicious anything

10. I hear one of his shoes is lost. Tell me where his ________ shoe is.

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

11. Parents must stop their children from ________ dangerous things.

A. do B. to do C. does D. doing

12. They really enjoyed ________ up with a friend.

A. catching B. to catch C. catches D. caught

13. If something is unfamiliar ________ you, you know nothing or very little about it.

A. with B. for C. to D. as

14. When I walked past the park, I saw some children ________ kites happily in the sky.

A. fly B. to fly C. flying D. flew

15. —It’s a fine day. Shall we go for a picnic this afternoon?

—________

A. Thank you. B. Good idea! C. It doesn’t matter. D. That’s all right.

II. Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once. (将下列单词前的字母填入空格。每个单词只能填一次)

将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。

A. protect      B. ways      C. experienced D. change      E. produced

Water is very important for life, yet many countries are facing serious water problems. Governments and people must work together to ___16___ this valuable resource. Different countries have found special ___17___ to save water.

Israel, for example, is a country with limited natural water resources. About 90 percent of its used water is cleaned and reused for farming. Australians have ___18___ terrible droughts (旱灾), so now they use special tanks to collect rainwater for daily use. Meanwhile, Singapore has developed technology to ___19___ seawater into drinking water, reducing its need to buy water from other countries.

A. careful      B. quickly      C. enough   D. matters      E. hardly

Even small daily habits can make a big difference. For example, turning off the tap while brushing your teeth can save up to six liters of water per minute. Fixing broken pipes ___20___ stops unnecessary water waste. Some