期中自编模拟考试（扬州专用） 2026-2027学年八年级上册译林版英语

2026到2027学年八年级上学期期中考试扬州专用英语听力部分，本部分共两节20小题，现在是试音时间。Hello, this is a test of the listening system. Can you hear me now? Get your answer sheet ready. 试音结束，听力考试正式开始。第一部分听对话回答问题。你将听到10段对话，每段对话读两遍。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目。Mom, can we go to the slender west like this saturday? We were there last month. Dear, this weekend, let's visit the new museum. There is a show about the grand canal. great. May I ask charming to go with us? Of course. Mom, can we go to the slender west like this saturday? We were there last month. Dear, this weekend, let's visit the new museum. There is a show about the grand canal. great. May I ask charming to go with us? Of course. Jack, do you have everything for tomorrows? DIY class? Let me see scenes. yes. Blue, yes. Oh, no. I have no tape. Don't worry. I have two roles. You can take one. Jack, do you have everything for tomorrows? DIY class? Let me see. Scissors, yes. Blue, yes. Oh, no. I have no tape. Don't worry. I have two roles. You can take one. Harry up, Peter. The school bus will leave at a quarter past seven. A quarter past seven. I thought I was half past seven. No, the notice is seven, fifteen. Come on. Hurry up, Peter. The school bus will leave at a quarter past seven. A quarter past seven, I thought I was half past seven. No, the notice is seven, fifteen. Come on. You don't look well, mike. What's the matter? A headache? No, I ate too many moon cakes at my grandmother, and now my stomach hurts. You Better drink some warm water. You don't look well, mike. What's the matter? A headache? No, I ate too many moon cakes at my grandmother. Now my stomach cuts. You Better drink some warm water. Your piano sounds wonderful, Nancy. thank you. I practice that every monday, wednesday and friday evening. No one do you play so well. Your piano sounds wonderful, Nancy. thank you. I practice that every monday, wednesday and friday evening. no one do you play so well. Have you tried the new school canteen? Daniel, yes, the food is nice and cheap, and there are a lot of new seats. I'll go there at lunch time then. Have you tried the new school canteen? Daniel, yes, the food is nice and cheap, and there are a lot of new seats. I'll go there at lunch time then. Tony, there's a good film tonight. Would you like to go with us? I'd love to, but I promise to take some moon cakes to my grandma. He lives alone. That sweet of you. Another time, then. Tony, there's a good film tonight. Would you like to go with us? I'd love to, but I promise to take some moon cakes to my grama SHE lives alone. That sweet of you. Another time, then. Excuse me, where can I find the cooking oil? I'll three next to the noodles, and the vegetables are over there. The exit. thanks. This shop is really big. Excuse me, where can I find the cooking oil? I'll three next to the noodles, and the vegetables are over there. New the exit. thanks. This shop is really big. How can I get to the city library? The bus is always slow at this hour. Why not ride your bike? IT only takes fifteen minutes along the canal. Good idea. The view is beautiful too. How can I get to the city library? The bus is always slow at this hour. Why not ride your bike? IT only takes fifteen minutes along the canal. Good idea. The view is beautiful too. The basketball final is this saturday. Are you nervous? Tom. nervous. I can't wait. We have trained for a whole month. Well, good luck then. The basketball final is this saturday. Are you nervous? Tom, nervous. I can't wait. We have trained for a whole month. Well, good luck then. 第二部分，听对话和短文回答问题。你将听到一段对话和两篇短文各读两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题。Hi Kitty, our class is going to have a books swap day next week. Have you heard about IT? Yes, students can bring old books and exchange them with each other, but we still have a lot to do. What can we do first? We need posters. The walls look empty now. I'll make some with lily. You know. SHE draw as well. great. I can write the words on them. When shall we start? Let's meet IT for on friday afternoon . in the . artful see you then. Hi Kitty. Our class is going to have a books swap day next week. Have you heard about IT? Yes, students can bring old books and exchange them with each other, but we still have a lot to do. What can we do? First. we need posters. The walls look empty. Now i'll make some with lilly. You know. he draws well, great. I can write the words on them. When shall we start? Let's meet IT for on friday afternoon . in the . art room. See you then. Boys and girls, may I have your attention please? Here's some news about our hands on fun workshop. IT will start on the eighteenth of november, in last for three days, until the twenty eighth, the workshop will be held in the art room because IT is big and bright, mister lew and old carpenter from our city will teach us how to make small wooden stools in pain holders. All the wooden tools are free. You only need to bring an old shirt because we are going to paint the wood, and the paint is hard to wash off. If you are interested, please tell your monitor before monday. I hope everyone will enjoy making things with their own hands. Thank you. Boy's and girls. May I have your attention please? Here's some news about our hands on fun workshop. IT will start on the eighteenth of november and last for three days until the twenty eighth. The workshop will be held in the art room. Because IT is big in bright, mister lew and old carpenter from our city will teach us how to make small wooden stools and pen holders. All the wooden tools are free. You only need to bring an old shirt because we are going to paint the wood, and the paint is hard to wash. A, F, if you are interested, please tell your monitor before monday. I hope everyone will enjoy making things with their own hands. Thank you. Hello everyone, my name is lucas, and I come from brazil, a country far away in south america. Last month, I came to Young joe as an exchange student. On my first morning, my host father took me to a park near our home. The sun had just risen, and about twenty people were moving slowly under the trees. That tiger, he said, people do IT to keep healthy. The first, I thought I was too slow. In brazil, we love fast things, football, samba, everything. But mr. Chung, my host grandfather, asked me to try. I followed him, moving my arms like clouds and standing like a tree. Ten minutes later, my legs were tired, but my mind was quiet, felt like a slow, beautiful dance. Now I do tig every morning with mr. chen. Before I go back to brazil, I want to learn a short tig routine so I can teach you to my friends at home. Maybe next year, people in my school in brazil will do tig too. Hello everyone, my name is lucas, and I come from brazil, a country far away in south america. Last month, I came to Young joe as an exchange student. On my first morning, my host father took me to a park near our home. The sun had just risen, and about twenty people were moving slowly under the trees. That tiger, he said, people do IT to keep healthy. First, I thought I was too slow. In brazil, we love fast things, football, samba, everything. Mister chen, my host grandfather, asked me to try. I followed him, moving my arms like clouds and standing like a tree. Ten minutes later, my legs were tired, but my mind was quiet, felt like a slow, beautiful dance. Now I do tig every morning with mr. chen. Before I go back to brazil, I want to learn a short tig routine so I can teach you to my friends at home. Maybe next year, people in my school in brazil will do tig too. 听力部分到此结束，请同学们继续答题。 2026—2027学年八年级上学期期中考试 八年级英语（扬州专用）　参考答案 （测试范围：译林版〈新教材〉八年级上册　Units 1—4） 考试时间：120分钟　　试卷分值：150分 第Ⅰ卷（选择题　共90分） 一、听力部分（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分） 1—5　　C　　B　　A　　C　　B 6—10　　A　　C　　A　　B　　C 11—15　　B　　A　　C　　B　　A 16—20　　C　　A　　B　　C　　A 二、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 21—25　　B　　C　　D　　A　　C 26—30　　B　　D　　A　　C　　B 31—35　　D　　A　　B　　C　　D 三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 36—40　　B　　C　　D　　B　　A 41—45　　D　　C　　A　　B　　A 46—50　　D　　A　　B　　C　　D 四、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分） A）51—53　　C　　B　　D B）54—57　　C　　C　　A　　B C）58—61　　A　　D　　C　　D D）62—65　　A　　B　　C　　A 第二节　66—70　　D　　F　　A　　C　　E 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题　共60分） 五、词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分） A）71. secret　72. honest　73. competition　74. instructions　75. humour B）76. unclear　77. carefully　78. leader　79. difficulties　80. imagination 　　81. useful　82. surprised　83. friendship　84. to join　85. difference 六、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 86. easy　87. clearly　88. sound　89. suggestion　90. cheered 91. favourite　92. telling　93. patient　94. write　95. school 七、阅读与回答问题（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 96. They grow tomatoes, beans and small green onions. 97. Because he wanted his students to know where their food really came from. 98. (For) three weeks. 99. They gave most of them to the old people in the neighbourhood. 100. Children learn better by doing things themselves than by just talking about them. (言之有理即可) 八、书面表达（共25分） One possible version: Last month, I made something with my own hands, and it taught me more than any book could. It was a wooden pen holder for my deskmate, Lily, because her birthday was coming. First, I asked my father to help me cut four small boards. Then I glued them together and waited for a whole night. The next day, I sanded the rough corners and painted the holder light blue, Lily's favourite colour. It took me two weekends, and my hands were dirty all the time, but when Lily opened the box, her eyes shone like stars. I learned that a gift made by hand carries time and love — and that is exactly what makes it special. 附：听力材料（供教师使用） 【开场与试音】 2026至2027学年八年级上学期期中考试，扬州专用。英语听力部分。本部分共两节，二十小题。现在是试音时间。 M: Hello! This is a test of the listening system. Can you hear me? Now get your answer sheet ready. 试音结束。听力考试正式开始。 【第一部分　听对话回答问题】 第1段对话 M: Mum, can we go to the Slender West Lake this Saturday? W: We were there last month, dear. This weekend let's visit the new museum. There is a show about the Grand Canal. M: Great! May I ask Xiaoming to go with us? W: Of course. （读两遍） 第2段对话 W: Jack, do you have everything for tomorrow's DIY class? M: Let me see. Scissors — yes. Glue — yes. Oh no, I have no tape! W: Don't worry. I have two rolls. You can take one. （读两遍） 第3段对话 W: Hurry up, Peter! The school bus will leave at a quarter past seven. M: A quarter past seven? I thought it was half past seven. W: No. The notice says seven fifteen. Come on! （读两遍） 第4段对话 W: You don't look well, Mike. What's the matter? A headache? M: No. I ate too many moon cakes at my grandma's, and now my stomach hurts. W: You'd better drink some warm water. （读两遍） 第5段对话 M: Your piano sounds wonderful, Nancy! W: Thank you. I practise it every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. M: No wonder you play so well. （读两遍） 第6段对话 W: Have you tried the new school canteen, Daniel? M: Yes! The food is nice and cheap, and there are a lot of new seats. W: I'll go there at lunchtime, then. （读两遍） 第7段对话 W: Tony, there's a good film tonight. Would you like to go with us? M: I'd love to, but I promised to take some moon cakes to my grandma. She lives alone. W: That's sweet of you. Another time, then. （读两遍） 第8段对话 W: Excuse me, where can I find the cooking oil? M: Aisle three, next to the noodles. And the vegetables are over there, near the exit. W: Thanks. This shop is really big. （读两遍） 第9段对话 M: How can I get to the city library? The bus is always slow at this hour. W: Why not ride your bike? It only takes fifteen minutes along the canal. M: Good idea. The view is beautiful, too. （读两遍） 第10段对话 W: The basketball final is this Saturday. Are you nervous, Tom? M: Nervous? I can't wait! We have trained for a whole month. W: Well, good luck then! （读两遍） 【第二部分　听对话和短文回答问题】 听一段对话，回答第11至12小题。 M: Hi, Kitty! Our class is going to have a Book Swap Day next week. Have you heard about it? W: Yes. Students can bring old books and exchange them with each other. But we still have a lot to do. M: What can we do first? W: We need posters. The walls look empty now. I'll make some with Lily — you know she draws well. M: Great! I can write the words on them. When shall we start? W: Let's meet at four on Friday afternoon in the art room. M: OK. See you then! （读两遍） 听第一篇短文，回答第13至15小题。 Boys and girls, may I have your attention, please? Here is some news about our Hands-on Fun Workshop. It will start on the eighteenth of November and last for three days, until the twentieth. The workshop will be held in the art room, because it is big and bright. Mr Lu, an old carpenter from our city, will teach us how to make small wooden stools and pen holders. All the wood and tools are free. You only need to bring an old shirt, because we are going to paint the wood, and the paint is hard to wash off. If you are interested, please tell your monitor before Monday. I hope everyone will enjoy making things with their own hands. Thank you! （读两遍） 听第二篇短文，回答第16至20小题。 Hello, everyone! My name is Lucas, and I come from Brazil, a country far away in South America. Last month I came to Yangzhou as an exchange student. On my first morning, my host father took me to a park near our home. The sun had just risen, and about twenty people were moving slowly under the trees. 'That's taiji,' he said. 'People do it to keep healthy.' At first I thought it was too slow. In Brazil, we love fast things — football, samba, everything! But Mr Chen, my host grandfather, asked me to try. I followed him, moving my arms like clouds and standing like a tree. Ten minutes later, my legs were tired, but my mind was quiet. It felt like a slow, beautiful dance. Now I do taiji every morning with Mr Chen. Before I go back to Brazil, I want to learn a short taiji routine, so I can teach it to my friends at home. Maybe next year, people in my school in Brazil will do taiji too! （读两遍） 【结束语】 听力部分到此结束。请同学们继续答题。 第 页　共 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2026—2027学年八年级上学期期中考试 八年级英语（扬州专用） （测试范围：译林版〈新教材〉八年级上册　Units 1—4） 考试时间：120分钟　　试卷分值：150分 注意事项： 1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答第Ⅰ卷时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。写在本试卷上无效。 3．回答第Ⅱ卷时，将答案写在答题卡上对应题号的横线处。写在本试卷上无效。 4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题　共90分） 一、听力部分（本题共20小题；每小题1分，共20分） 第一部分　听对话回答问题 本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话读两遍。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。在听到“嘀”的信号后，进入下一小题。 1．Where will the family go this Saturday? 2．What does the boy still need for the DIY class? 3．When will the school bus leave? A. At 7:15. B. At 7:30. C. At 7:45. 4．What's the matter with Mike? A. He has a headache. B. He has a toothache. C. He has a stomach ache. 5．How often does the girl practise the piano? A. Every day. B. Three times a week. C. Twice a week. 6．What does the boy think of the new canteen? A. The food is nice. B. It is too small. C. It is too noisy. 7．What will the boy do this evening? A. Finish his report. B. Watch a film. C. Visit his grandma. 8．Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a supermarket. B. In a library. C. In a hospital. 9．What does the girl advise the boy to do? A. Take a bus. B. Ride a bike. C. Walk there. 10．How does the boy feel about the coming match? A. Nervous. B. Confident. C. Excited. 第二部分　听对话和短文回答问题 你将听到一段对话和两篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你将有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的答案。 听一段对话，回答第11—12小题。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入第一篇短文。 11．What will the girls do first for the Book Swap Day? A. Sort the books. B. Make posters. C. Write a notice. 12．When and where will they meet? A. At 4:00 on Friday. B. At 4:30 on Friday. C. At 4:00 on Monday. 听第一篇短文，回答第13至15小题。答题完毕，请等待“嘀”的信号，进入第二篇短文。 请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。 The Hands-on Fun Workshop Time: from 　13　 to 20 November Place: 　14　 Things to bring: 　15　 13． A. 15 November. B. 16 November. C. 18 November. 14． A. Room 201. B. The art room. C. The school hall. 15． A. An old shirt. B. A pair of gloves. C. A box of tools. 听第二篇短文，回答第16至20小题。 16．Where does Lucas come from? A. Canada. B. Australia. C. Brazil. 17．What did Lucas do on his first morning in Yangzhou? A. He watched people do taiji. B. He visited a garden. C. He had morning tea. 18．How did Lucas feel about taiji at first? A. It was too hard. B. It was too slow. C. It was too boring. 19．What does Lucas compare taiji with now? A. Brazilian football. B. A Chinese film. C. Brazilian dance. 20．What does Lucas plan to do before he leaves? A. Learn a short taiji routine. B. Take a boat on the lake. C. Make a film about taiji. 二、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 21．Kate is ______ outgoing than her cousin, so she often keeps quiet at class parties. A. fewer B. less C. little D. least 22．This is ______ film about Chinese paper-cutting that I have ever seen. A. more moving B. most moving C. the most moving D. as moving 23．This term there are ______ students in our reading club than last term, because many of them have joined the new robot club. A. less B. little C. fewest D. fewer 24．The students enjoyed ______ very much at the English Festival last Friday. A. themselves B. them C. theirs D. themself 25．Every afternoon a lot of students go to the city library ______ for the coming competition. A. prepare B. preparing C. to prepare D. prepared 26．— I don't know ______ to deal with this old bike. It's really hard to ride. — Why not give it to the community repair corner? A. what B. how C. which D. who 27．— I can't sleep well before an exam. — You ______ try listening to some soft music. It always helps me. A. needn't B. can't C. mustn't D. should 28．The road is very icy this morning. You'd better ______ too fast. A. not ride B. don't ride C. not to ride D. won't ride 29．______ late for the DIY class again, Jack. Miss Chen has already talked to you twice. A. Not be B. Don't C. Don't be D. Not to be 30．______ an English diary every day helps you write more naturally. A. Keep B. Keeping C. Kept D. To keeping 31．— Is there ______ in today's school newspaper? — Yes. Our DIY club is on the front page! A. interesting anything B. something interested C. interested something D. anything interesting 32．— Would you mind opening the window? The room is a bit hot. — ______. Let me do it. A. Of course not B. Yes, I would C. I'm afraid not D. You'd better not 33．Our class ______ a good idea to help the old people in the community learn to use smart phones. A. put off B. came up with C. gave up D. took up 34．______ the work was hard, the students in Class Three finished it on time. A. Because B. So C. Although D. But 35．Miss Gao gave us some useful ______ on how to remember new words in a short time. A. advices B. suggestion C. idea D. advice 三、完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Last September, our DIY club decided to make rabbit lanterns (兔子灯) for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Miss Chen, our art teacher, put a big box on the desk: bamboo sticks, white paper, red string and a small roll of wire (铁丝). “Making a rabbit lantern takes three ____36____,” she said. “First, bend the bamboo into a rabbit's shape. Then cover it ____37____ paper. Finally, paint the eyes and the long ears.” I was ____38____ to work with Rosa, an exchange student from Spain. She had never seen a lantern like this. “In my city we have lights in the streets at Christmas,” she said, “but they all come from shops. A lantern made by hand is really ____39____!” Rosa's first rabbit looked more like a fat duck. She laughed at her funny ____40____, but she did not stop. She tried again, and this time the long ears stood up ____41____. By eight o'clock, twenty-six lanterns ____42____ along the wall of the art room. They shone softly in the dark, and for a moment nobody spoke. “In old Yangzhou,” Miss Chen said, “children carried rabbit lanterns and walked along the river to ____43____ the moon on Mid-Autumn night. The rabbit was a ____44____ of good luck.” Rosa raised her hand. “Can I ____45____ mine home? I want to show it to my parents by video.” “Of course,” Miss Chen smiled. “But be ____46____ — the paper tears easily.” A month later, a photo came from Madrid. Rosa's lantern was hanging in her kitchen, ____47____ a photo of our class. Under it, she had written three English words: “I made it.” I looked at the photo for a long time. A lantern is a ____48____ thing — paper, bamboo and a little light. But the evening we spent making it, with all the laughter, will stay in my ____49____ for years. Next month we are going to make sky lanterns, and Rosa has promised to ____50____ us a Spanish one by post. 36． A. days B. steps C. colours D. rules 37． A. in B. on C. with D. for 38． A. sorry B. afraid C. sure D. lucky 39． A. common B. special C. terrible D. cheap 40． A. work B. story C. lesson D. dream 41． A. quietly B. heavily C. slowly D. straight 42． A. flew B. lay C. hung D. fell 43． A. admire B. draw C. follow D. catch 44． A. picture B. symbol C. pair D. team 45． A. take B. throw C. lend D. buy 46． A. quick B. quiet C. brave D. careful 47． A. beside B. among C. across D. behind 48． A. strange B. simple C. heavy D. modern 49． A. bag B. box C. mind D. pocket 50． A. lend B. show C. pass D. send 四、阅读理解（本题共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A HAVE FUN WITH YOUR HANDS — Hanjiang Community Centre, Autumn 2026 Course Day & Time Age What you will do Paper-cutting Sat 9:00—10:30 10+ Cut flowers, animals and the bridge of the Slender West Lake Small Repairs Sat 2:00—3:30 12+ Fix a broken lamp or a loose chair leg Cooking Sun 9:00—11:00 12+ Make Yangzhou fried rice and steamed buns Clay Sun 2:00—4:00 10+ Make a small cup and paint it Where: Room 305, Hanjiang Community Centre (Bus 12, 26 or 62) Cost: Free for students. 20 yuan for materials (材料) for each course. Booking: Call 8732-1096 or visit the front desk before 15 September. TIP: Wear old clothes. Bring your own apron (围裙) if you have one. 51．Which course can a ten-year-old child join on Sunday afternoon? A. Paper-cutting. B. Small Repairs. C. Clay. D. Cooking. 52．What do you need to do before you take a course? A. Pay 20 yuan for the course. B. Book a place before 15 September. C. Bring your own tools. D. Come with a parent. 53．What is the TIP mainly about? A. How to get to the centre. B. When the courses start. C. What the courses cost. D. What to wear and bring. B Six Metres of Water Zhou Xiaoyu is fourteen, and she has spent two years of her life drawing one picture. It is six metres long. If you put it on the floor of her classroom, it reaches from the door to the window. The picture shows the Grand Canal near her home in Yangzhou: boats, bridges, old houses, and the people who live beside the water. Xiaoyu began it in Grade Six. Every Sunday morning she cycled to the canal with a folding chair, a bottle of water and a box of paints. Some days she drew for five hours. Some days it rained, and she sat under a bridge, waited, and drew again when the rain stopped. Last spring, her art teacher sent a photo of the picture to a competition for young artists. A few months later, Xiaoyu received a letter: her work was going to be shown in Venice, Italy. In Venice, a girl of her age, Chiara, stood in front of the picture for a long time. “Why is your water grey?” she asked. “Water is blue.” Xiaoyu laughed. “Come to Yangzhou in November,” she said. “The canal is grey in the morning, green at noon and gold at sunset. I painted it at six o'clock.” Chiara took out her phone and showed Xiaoyu a photo of a Venetian canal in the rain — grey, silver, full of light. For a moment the two girls looked at each other and smiled. One city has gondolas; the other has cargo boats. Both were built on water, and both have children who sit beside it with a pencil. Xiaoyu's picture now hangs in a school in Venice. Next year, Chiara's drawing of her own canal will come to Yangzhou. 54．How long did it take Xiaoyu to finish her picture? A. Half a year. B. One year. C. Two years. D. Three years. 55．Why was the Italian girl puzzled (困惑的) at first? A. The picture was too long. B. The boats in the picture looked strange. C. The water in the picture was grey. D. The picture had no people in it. 56．What did the two girls find they had in common? A. They both lived in cities built on water. B. They both liked drawing gondolas. C. They both wanted to be art teachers. D. They both painted with grey colours. 57．What is the best title for the passage? A. A Grey Canal B. Six Metres of Water C. Lessons in Venice D. The Girl and Her Teacher C Why Your Hands Help Your Brain In Finland, every school child has a “craft” (手工) lesson twice a week. They saw wood, sew clothes and build simple machines. These lessons are not new: Finland started them in 1866, before most countries had schools for everyone. For a long time, people thought craft lessons were only about making things. Now scientists say something more interesting: using your hands actually helps your brain to learn. When you read a word, one part of your brain works. When you write it by hand, many parts work together — your eyes, your fingers, and your memory of the shape. That is why you may remember a new English word better after writing it three times than after reading it ten times. The same idea works in the classroom. Students who build a model of a river remember more about rivers than students who only read about them. In one British school, children made a small “weather station” with bottles and paper; a year later, they could still explain how rain is made. So next time you learn something new, ask yourself: can I make it, draw it or act it out? A page of notes is useful. A pair of busy hands may be better. 58．What can we learn about craft lessons in Finland? A. They have a history of over 150 years. B. They are only for clever students. C. They take place once a week. D. They started later than in other countries. 59．Why can you remember a word better after writing it by hand? A. Because writing takes more time. B. Because reading is usually too fast. C. Because your fingers are stronger. D. Because more parts of your brain work together. 60．What does the example of the “weather station” show? A. Children like playing with bottles. B. British schools have no science lessons. C. Making things helps children remember what they learn. D. Rain is too difficult for children to understand. 61．What is the writer's advice to students? A. Read each new word ten times. B. Take more notes in class. C. Go to craft lessons in Finland. D. Use your hands when learning something new. D Borrow a Drill, Not a Book Most libraries lend books. A “tool library” lends something heavier. The first tool libraries opened in the United States in the 1970s. People could borrow a drill, a ladder or a garden knife for a week, just as they borrowed a novel. The idea was simple: most families need a drill for ten minutes a year, so why should every family buy one? Today there are more than two thousand tool libraries around the world, from Canada to Germany. Members pay a small fee — sometimes nothing at all — and return the tools when they have finished. If something breaks, they write it in a notebook so the next person knows. Last year, a tool library opened in a community centre in Yangzhou. On its first Saturday, an old man came in and asked for a ladder to clean the windows of his fourth-floor flat. A university student borrowed a drill to put up a shelf. Three children came with their grandfather to learn how to use a hammer — and stayed for two hours. “It is not really about tools,” says the manager, Ms Qian. “It is about neighbours. People meet here, and they help each other.” A library of things teaches us something that a library of books cannot: we do not need to own everything. Sometimes we only need to borrow it — and then pass it on. 62．What can people do in a tool library? A. Borrow tools like drills and ladders. B. Buy tools at low prices. C. Learn to write novels. D. Repair cars for neighbours. 63．Why did the first tool libraries open? A. Because tools were hard to find in shops. B. Because most families need a tool for only a short time. C. Because books were too expensive. D. Because people wanted to meet their neighbours. 64．What did the three children do at the Yangzhou tool library? A. They cleaned the windows of a flat. B. They put up a shelf with a drill. C. They learned how to use a hammer. D. They borrowed a ladder for their grandfather. 65．What does Ms Qian mean by “It is not really about tools”? A. The library helps neighbours meet and help each other. B. The library does not have enough tools. C. Tools are not useful in daily life. D. People should buy their own tools. 第二节　阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、结构完整。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Learning a New Skill, One Dumpling at a Time Last term I could not cook anything, not even an egg. Now I make dumplings for my family every Sunday, and they say my dumplings taste like a restaurant's. Here is what helped me most. Start with one dish 　　66　　Choose one dish and make it again and again until your hands remember every step. Watch first, then do 　　67　　My mother showed me how to fold a dumpling. Then she stood back and let me try. Accept the mess 　　68　　Flour on the table, flour on the floor, flour on the dog. My mother just laughed and handed me a cloth. Ask someone to watch you 　　69　　I thought my dumplings were perfect until my father tasted the water and found too much salt in it. Practise a little, often 　　70　　Little by little, my hands learned the rhythm, and now the whole family helps me on Sundays. A. Your first dumplings will probably look strange, and that is fine. B. Cooking is easier than most people think. C. A friend can see the mistake that you cannot see yourself. D. Don't try to learn ten dishes in one week. E. Twenty minutes a week is better than three hours once a month. F. Watching a video ten times is less useful than doing it once. 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题　共60分） 五、词汇运用（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） （A）根据括号中的中文提示，写出句中所缺单词，使句子通顺。 71．A true friend can keep your ____________ (秘密) and never tells others. 72．Be ____________ (诚实) with your friends, and they will trust you. 73．More than two hundred students took part in the singing ____________ (比赛). 74．Read the ____________ (说明) carefully before you put the shelf together. 75．Our English teacher is a man with a good sense of ____________ (幽默). （B）根据短文内容，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 Last Friday our school held a Hands-on Day. Each class had to make something and show it in the playground. Our group chose to build a small bookshelf for the reading corner. We thought it would be easy, but we were wrong. The instructions were ____76____ (clear), and we could not understand them at all. We read them ____77____ (careful) twice and still lost one screw (螺丝). Tom, our group ____78____ (lead), stayed calm. “Let's find out the ____79____ (difficult) first,” he said. We made a short plan and shared the work. Lily, who has a great ____80____ (imagine), drew a picture of the shelf on the blackboard. The rest of us cut and fixed the boards. Three hours later, the shelf stood in front of us. It was not perfect, but it was ____81____ (use) for our reading corner. Our teacher looked ____82____ (surprise) when she saw it, and said she had not expected us to finish so fast. I learned two things that day. First, a plan saves time. Second, I made friends with Tom, and I believe our ____83____ (friend) will last. Now I have decided ____84____ (join) the DIY club next term. I am sure it will make a big ____85____ (different) to my school life. 六、短文填空（本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。 Dear Peter, How is everything going? I have some good news — I am a “reading buddy” (共读伙伴) now! Every Wednesday afternoon, twelve students from Grade Eight go to the Grade One classrooms and read English picture books to the little kids. At first I thought it would be e____86____ — just read the words aloud! But I was wrong. My first book was about a hungry bear. I read it slowly and c____87____, but after two pages, a boy put up his hand: “Teacher, why does the bear s____88____ so funny?” I did not know what to say. The whole class laughed, and my face turned red. That evening I asked Miss Liu what to do. She gave me a s____89____: “Don't just read. Act it out.” So the next week I brought a toy bear and made a deep voice for it. This time nobody talked. When the bear found the honey, the children c____90____ and clapped. Now Wednesday is my f____91____ day of the week. I have learned that teaching is not t____92____ — it is showing. I have also learned to be p____93____: some children need to hear a sentence three times before they can say it. Next month we are going to w____94____ our own picture book about a panda in Yangzhou. Would you like to read it? Please write back and tell me about your s____95____ life. Yours, Li Hua 七、阅读与回答问题（本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。 The Garden Above Our Heads On the roof of Wenchang Primary School in Yangzhou, there is a garden. It is not a flower garden. Students grow tomatoes, beans and small green onions there — and they do it themselves. The garden started in 2021, when a science teacher, Mr Xu, asked his class a question: “Where does your food come from?” Most children answered “the supermarket”. Nobody said “the soil”. Mr Xu decided to change that. The school found 300 square metres of unused roof, and the students carried up 260 boxes of soil — one box at a time, after class. It took them three weeks. Now every class has a small piece of the garden. Children water the plants before school and write down what they see in a notebook. Last year they harvested (收获) 80 kilos of vegetables and gave most of them to old people in the neighbourhood. The garden has also helped the school make friends with schools in other countries. In 2024, a school in Japan sent them a packet of pumpkin seeds, and last spring the students sent back seeds of Yangzhou greens with a letter written in English. “Children learn more in one hour in the garden than in three hours of talking about it,” says Mr Xu. “They learn that food does not come from a shop. It comes from time, water and care.” 96．What do the students grow on the roof of the school? ________________________________________________ 97．Why did Mr Xu ask the question “Where does your food come from?” ________________________________________________ 98．How long did it take the students to carry the soil up to the roof? ________________________________________________ 99．What did the students do with most of the vegetables last year? ________________________________________________ 100．What can children learn in the garden according to Mr Xu? ________________________________________________ 八、书面表达（本题满分25分） 101．学校英文报正在开展以“Made by Me”为主题的征文活动，向外国朋友介绍自己动手做成的一件东西。假如你是李华，请你用英语写一篇短文投稿。 1．要点齐全，语句通顺，意思连贯，符合题意； 2．词数100左右，开头已经给出，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。 Points Contents What did you make? choose ONE thing you made with your own hands How did you make it? two or three steps What did you learn? one lesson you will keep Last month, I made something with my own hands, and it taught me more than any book could. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第 页　共 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $