江苏苏州园区星澄学校2026-2027学年第一学期初二英语期中考试卷

2026-2027学年第一学期期中测试

八年级英语学科

一、听力（每小题0.5分，共10分）

第一部分 听对话回答问题

1.Where would Judy like to go if she gets enough money?

A.             B.             C.

2. How will the man go to spend the summer?

A.                 B.             C.

3. Where is the boy going to spend his weekend?

A.             B.             C.

4. What does the man want to have?

A.                     B.                     C.

5. Will the man come to the party?

A. Yes, he will.                B. No, he won’t.                C. We don’t know.

6. What did the boy see last summer?

A. The Sydney Opera House.        B. The Harbour Bridge.            C. The Eiffel Tower.

7. How does Miss Lee often go to work?

A. By bus.                    B. By underground.                C. By car.

8. Who runs the fastest?

A. Lucy.                        B. Kate.                        C. Lily.

9. Where were the girl and her father three years ago?

A. In China.                    B. In England.                    C. In America.

10. What will Mr Smith do if it doesn’t rain tomorrow?

A. Go to the park.                B. Stay at home.                C. Visit the Great Wall.

第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题

听一段对话，回答以下小题。

11. What language is the woman studying in the school?

A. German.                    B. English.                    C. Italian.

12. What else does the woman do to improve her study?

A. She does a lot of business with a German company.

B. She speaks the language as much as possible.

C. She reads a lot about the country.

听短文，回答以下小题。

How to Learn a Language Well
What’s the best way of learning a language in the writer’s opinion?	________
What should you do when people laugh at your mistakes?	________
We should________when we make a mistake.

13. A. Writing.                    B. Using it.                C. Listening.

14. A. Don’t be sad.                B. Be happy.                C. Get angry.

15. A. keep quiet                 B. feel worried             C. keep the sense of humour

听短文，回答以下小题。

16. Why did the speaker feel sad?

A. He didn’t do well in the English test.

B. He wasn’t good at reading or writing.

C. His parents were too busy to care for him.

17. Who did the speaker ask for help?

A. His parents.                    B. His English teacher.            C. His classmates.

18. What should the speaker do before listening?

A. Do some thinking.            B. Relax himself.                C. Read the first sentence.

19. How many suggestions did the speaker get on listening skills?

A. Three.                        B. Four.                        C. Five.

20. When will the speaker have the next English test?

A. Next Monday.                B. Next Wednesday.            C. Next Friday.

二、单项选择（每小题1分，共5分）

1. —Is Maths ________ subject for Mike, Mr. Green?

—Yes. In fact, he can learn it ________ others if he works hard.

A. the best; as good as B. the worst; as good as

C. the best; as well as D. the worst; as well as

2. —Many people put ________ in danger while doing DIY.

—DIY can bring fun and save us money, but it’s not always as safe as we think.

A. it B. itself C. them D. themselves

3. Which of the following words can’t form a noun by adding the suffix -ist?

A. invent B. tour C. art D. piano

4. How nice you are! You always do everything you can _________ me.

A. help B. to help C. helping D. helps

5. —The team lost the game again.

—Well, ________. They never practised hard.

A. it depends B. you had a point C. that was the deal D. it came as no surprise

三、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）

One day, a boy found a cocoon of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small hole in the cocoon. He sat and ____6____ for several hours as the butterfly struggled (挣扎) to make its body through that little hole. Suddenly it ____7____ .

So the boy decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole bigger. The butterfly came out ____8____ , but it looked a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin ____9____ . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, it had to spend the rest of its life crawling (爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It