广东广州市第二中学2026-2027学年第一学期二中八年级英语期中试卷

2026学年第一学期期中质量监测

初二年级 英语科目 试卷 （满分120分）

一、听力 （共两节，满分15分）

第一节 听力理解 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

听下面几段对话。每段对话播放两遍，根据所听内容从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听下面一段对话，回答问题。

1. What is the girl reading?

A. A storybook.    B. An encyclopedia.    C. A science report.

2. How many things did Thomas Edison invent?

A. About 1,000.    B. Less than 1,000.    C. More than 1,000.

听下面一段对话，回答问题。

3. When did Van Gogh move to Arles?

A. In 1818.    B. In 1888.    C. In 1880.

4. What were Van Gogh’s early paintings like?

A. Dark and heavy.    B. Bright and colourful.    C. Short and simple.

听下面一段对话，回答问题。

5. What is Mike’s invention?

A. A flying car with two wheels and four wings.

B. A flying car with four wheels and two wings.

C. A flying bike with four wheels and two wings.

6. Why did Mike invent it?

A. To avoid traffic jams.    B. To carry more goods.    C. To travel to school.

7. What is the top speed of the invention?

A. 200 km/h.    B. 250 km/h.    C. 300 km/h.

听下面一段对话，回答问题。

8. What is Tiangong Kaiwu about?

A. Technology.    B. History.    C. Geography.

9. How much will Jack pay for the book?

A. 5 yuan.    B. 15 yuan.    C. 50 yuan.

10. When will the book arrive?

A. On Sunday.    B. On Friday.    C. On Tuesday.

第二节 听填信息 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

你将听到一个未来智能房子的介绍。请根据所听内容完成下面的短文，每空只填写一个单词。

There are over ________ rooms in my dream smart house. It includes a gym, a ________ as well as a small cinema. The size of each room can be changed because the walls can ________ according to the owner’s needs. The outside walls are digital screens and they are very important. For example, they help keep the house ________ on hot summer days. The house never ________power because it only uses the right amount of electricity.

二、语法选择 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从16-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you ever used a compass? It is a small tool that always points north and south. It helps travelers and sailors find ____1____ way. But did you know that the compass was invented in China?

Long ago, people had no compass. They could only look ____2____ the sun during the day and the stars at night to know their direction. But when it was very cloudy and they couldn’t see ____3____ , what would happen? They could easily get lost. This problem made ancient Chinese people think hard.

Around the 4th century BC, during the Warring States period, the Chinese ____4____ a simple compass called “Sinan”. It was made of a special stone called lodestone (磁石). People shaped the stone into a spoon. ____5____ spoon was placed on a smooth plate. When the spoon stopped moving, its handle always pointed south. This was ____6____ compass in the world!

Later, during the Song Dynasty, a scientist named Shen Kuo decided ____7____ the compass much better. This new compass was very ____8____ for sailors. Soon, Chinese ships began to use the compass for sailing. They could sail ____9____ and more safely than before. In the 12th century, the compass spread to Europe and ____10____ places and it changed the world. Explorers like Columbus used it to discover new lands.

1. A. their B. them C. they D. theirs

2. A. into B. at C. up D. after

3. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something

4. A. invent B. invents C. invented D. will invent

5. A. / B. An C. A D. The

6. A. the one B. one C. the first D. first

7. A. made B. make C. making D. to make

8. A. useless B. usefully C. use D. useful

9. A. far B. farther C. farthest D. the farthest

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

三、完形填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从1～10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Long ago, a man and his three sons lived in a village near a desert. They had seventeen camels and made ____11____ by letting people ride them across the desert. That was how they supported their lives.

One day the father got very ill. He was too sick to sit up. He called his sons and told them ____12____ what each would get. “My oldest son will get half of my camels, my second son one third, and my youngest son one ninth,” he said. Soon after that, he ____13____ because his doctor couldn’t save his life.

The sons were sad. But how could they ____14____ seventeen camels in that way? They talked and talked, but could not ____15____ each other.

So they went to an old man in the village for help. People thought he was ____16____ , because he could always find ways to solve problems when others could not. He listened quietly and said, “Don’t worry. I have a plan. I will give you one of my camels.”

Now they had eighteen camels. Half of eighteen is nine, so the oldest son took nine. One third of eighteen is six, so the second son took six. One ninth of eighteen is two, so the youngest son took two. To their surprise, one camel was left. They ____17____ it to the old man. The old man smiled because his ____18____ worked: he solved the problem without losing anything. For the brothers, nothing changed—not their father’s words, not the camels. Only their way of ____19____ changed.

Sometimes, when we meet something ____20____ , we should not keep trying the same way. We just need one more camel—a new idea or a different way to look at things. Every problem has a solution.

11. A. rules B. money C. friends D. progress

12. A. weakly B. happily C. loudly D. proudly

13. A. left B. arrived C. slept D. died

14. A. ride B. divide C. cut D. buy

15. A. depend on B. learn from C. agree with D. care about