辽宁辽阳市辽阳县2026—2027学年度第一学期阶段质量监测八年级英语试卷

2026—2027学年度第一学期期中质量监测

八年级英语试卷

（本试卷共45道题 满分90分 考试时间90分钟）

注意：所有试题必须在答题卡上作答，在本试卷上作答无效

第一部分 选择题（共50分）

一、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）

第一节 阅读下面语言材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Welcome to SKATING LAND Are you looking for the latest news of ice skating? Do you want to know more about your favourite skaters? Would you like to improve your skills? You’ve come to the right place! SKATING LAND is the only website you’ll ever need. SKATING LAND has more features (特点) than any other site out there, including:
Skating Round-up You can got a weekly report of what is happening in skating, with the latest information.	Training Centre You can get skill tips and scoring ideas that can help you improve yourself.
Message Boards You can exchange information with skaters and other fans. You can track your favourite teams and skaters.	Winter Camp Where: Starlight Sports Centre Dates: 7—12 February Time: 9 a. m.—12 p. m. Cost: $150
You are just ONE CLICK away! Best of all, you can use SKATING LAND completely for free! Yes, sign me up right away!   No thanks, not right now.

1. How much will you pay if you take part in the Winter Camp?

A. $90. B. $120. C. $150. D. $180.

2. Which of the following can you do on SKATING LAND?

① Learn skill tips for skating ② Get weekly skating reports

③ Join the Winter Camp for free ④ Exchange information with skating fans

A. ①②③ B. ①②④ C. ①③④ D. ②③④

3. What is the main purpose of the website SKATING LAND?

A. To sell ice-skating shoes to visitors.

B. To hold free ice-skating matches for teenagers.

C. To offer different services for ice-skating lovers.

D. To introduce famous sports centres around the world.

4. Where can we most probably find this text?
A. In a storybook.  B. On a sports website.

C. In a travel guidebook.  D. In a science magazine.

B

Chinese words are not only symbols, but also a carrier of great culture. Many have directional (方向的) words in them, such as mai-dong-xi or shang-ce-suo. Today, let’s talk about these interesting words!

When going shopping, Chinese people say mai-dong-xi. It’s said that in the Tang Dynasty, there were two popular markets in Chang’an. One was called the East Market, and the other was called the West Market. When shopping, most people usually went to the East Market first, and then went to the West Market. As time went by, people developed it into a habit and they started to describe shopping as mai-dong-xi.

In Chinese, we say yi-jian-xiang-zuo when we have different opinions. Why is it not yi-jian-xiang-you? Most people today are right-handed. They will feel uncomfortable if they try to use their left hand to write or use chopsticks. This was true in old times as well. So in ancient Chinese, “left” means being different, wrong or useless, such as yi-jian-xiang-zu, while “right” stood for higher status (地位) than “left” for a long time in ancient China.

We use shang-ce-suo to mean “going to the bathroom” and xia-chu-fang to mean “going to the kitchen”. Why? In ancient times, the layout (布局) of rooms or houses was special in a certain way. The gate of the house faced south, with the bathroom in the northeast of the house and the kitchen in the southeast.

On maps, north is usually at the top while south is at the bottom. In Chinese, we talk about “the north” as shang and “the south” as xia. So people would say they were going “up” to the bathroom and “down” to the kitchen.

5. Why do Chinese people use mai-dong-xi for shopping?

A. Tang people preferred to travel east and west.

B. East goods were much better than west goods.

C. People liked buying goods from two old markets.

D. People only shopped in East Market in Chang’an.

6. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A. Most ancient people were left-handed. B. Left-handed people were good at writing.

C. “Left” always meant great ideas in history. D. Ancient Chinese valued the right side more.

7. Why is it shang-ce-suo instead of xia-ce-suo?

A. Old kitchens were higher than bathrooms.

B. North stands for “shang” according to maps.

C. The bathroom lay in the southeast of houses.

D. People usually climbed stairs to the bathroom.

8. What’s the main purpose of the text?

A. To describe different ancient Chinese house layouts.

B. To explain why ancient people preferred right hands.

C. To tell the long history of Tang-Dynasty old markets.

D. To introduce culture behind Chinese directional words.

C

Home is more than a building. It’s a collection of feelings and memories.

Last Saturday, I decided to clean the old attic (阁楼).To my surprise, behind an old chair, I found a box filled with my old toys. My old teddy bear was on the top. Its fur was untidy and one eye was missing. As I picked it up, a warm feeling washed through my heart. I remembered I spent lots of nights talking to it about my feelings and dreams when I was a little girl. It wasn’t just a toy but my first friend.

Just then, Mum came up. She found me sitting on the floor, smiling with the bear in my hands. Instead of reminding me to clean, she sat down beside me. She began to share stories from my early years — funny stories I couldn’t remember. We laughed together excitedly about the silly things I used to say and do.

With those old memories in the quiet attic, I felt a deep sense of love. This special moment is meaningful to me. It reminded me that home is where your life’s story begins and where love always stays. I didn’t just find an old toy that day. I realized the true meaning of home.

9. How did the writer feel when she found the teddy bear?