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2026-2027学年度第一学期期中测试 八年级 英语 (总分： 100分 时间： 100分钟) 第I卷 选择题 (共55分) 一、听力测试 (共20小题;每题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。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目;听完每段对话后，你将有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的答案。听到“嘀”的信号时，进入下一小题。 1. What fruit does Kate want to have? A. B. C. 2. How does Jack want to spend his vacation? A. B. C. 3. Where does Kitty like reading books? A. B. C. 4. Where did Helen take the photos? A. B. C. 5. What does the boy think of Bella? A. Smart. B. Helpful. C. Careful. 6. How often does the girl go to the music club? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 7. When was Kitty born? A. On July 1st. B. On November 11th. C. On December 25th. 8. What subject does Miss Green teach? A. Art. B. Maths. C. Science. 9. When can the girl go to the zoo? A. At 5 p. m. on Sunday. B. At 6p. m. on Tuesday. C. At 8 a. m. on Monday. 10. How long did Sally stay in the World Park? A. For half an hour. B. For an hour. C. For a day. 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。在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，你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。 听一段对话，回答第11至 12小题。 11. When will Simon take his English test? A. Next Thursday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Tuesday. 12 What does Simon’s mother ask him to do first? A. Wash the fruit. B. Wash the dishes. C. Cut the fruit into pieces. 听第一篇短文，回答第 13—15 小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。答题完毕，请等待 “嘀” 的信号，进入下一篇短文。 My Sister Alice She is a Grade 13 student. She works hard and likes 14 best. She is good at DIY, so she often gives 15 presents made by herself. 13. A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 14. A. English B. Chinese C. Maths 15. A. her parents B. her classmates C. her friends 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。 16. Who is the taller of the two boys? A. Larry. B. Mike. C. We don’t know. 17. What does Larry want to be in the future? A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A policeman. 18. Who plays tennis better? A. Mike. B. Larry. C. We don’t know. 19. When does Larry go to the Music Club? A. Every Wednesday morning. B. Every Wednesday afternoon. C. Every Thursday afternoon. 20. What do they often do at the weekend? A. Play tennis. B. Go swimming. C. Go on a picnic. 二、单项填空 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项。 A School life can sometimes be busy and tiring. Grade 8 is a fresh start for me and good friends make my days warm and ____1____. Let me introduce some of them. Daniel is good at studying and he always makes ____2____ mistakes in exams than me. He also believes that ____3____ he works, ________ he will be. Sandy is a trustworthy friend. When things go wrong, she never leaves me alone. Instead, she will help me become the best of ____4____. My days are never ____5____ with so many friends. 1. A. thoughtful B. meaningful C. thoughtless D. meaningless 2. A. least B. fewest C. less D. fewer 3. A. the harder; the more luckily B. the harder; the luckier C. the more harder; the more luckily D. the more harder; the luckier 4. A. her B. me C. myself D. herself 5. A. boring B. bored C. interesting D. interested 【答案】1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了作者在八年级新学期里，因为有优秀的同学Daniel和值得信赖的朋友Sandy的陪伴，校园生活变得温暖、充实且充满意义。 【1题详解】 句意：八年级对我来说是一个全新的开始，好朋友让我的日子变得温暖而有意义。 空格前的“warm and”连接两个并列的形容词，修饰my days。meaningful“有意义的”最符合朋友带来积极影响的语境。thoughtful“体贴的”、thoughtless“欠考虑的”、meaningless“无意义的”均不符合语境， 【2题详解】 句意：Daniel擅长学习，他考试犯的错误总是比我少。 than提示用比较级，修饰可数名词复数mistakes，应使用few的比较级fewer“更少的”。least和fewest是最高级，less修饰不可数名词。 【3题详解】 句意：他也相信越努力，就会越幸运。 固定句型“The+比较级，the+比较级”，hard比较级为 harder，lucky比较级为 luckier。be动词后接形容词，A项中副词错误，C、D形式错误。 【4题详解】 句意：相反，她会帮我成为最好的自己。 “the best of oneself”是固定表达，意为“最好的自己”。主语是I，因此反身代词用myself。 【5题详解】 句意：有这么多朋友，我的日子从不无聊。 主语days指物，用-ing 形式；never表示否定，结合积极语境意为“从不无聊”，用boring。bored“感到无聊的”不符合语法；interesting/interested“有趣的”与前面的never连用后意思不符。 B Study matters most to us students. Many students wonder how to study well. Benjamin Franklin set us a great example of learning from practice. After his famous kite experiment, he decided to ____6____ lightning rods on buildings to protect people from lightning. Some people were ____7____ his idea at first and thought it was dangerous. But he kept testing carefully to get ____8____ knowledge about electricity. He believed “____9____”. He never stopped trying and never gave up facing doubts. Finally, he was ____10____ in this great invention. His story tells us that practice helps us turn ideas into real achievements. 6. A. put in B. put up C. put away D. put out 7. A. for B. against C. with D. through 8. A. further B. less C. farther D. fewer 9. A. Many hands make light work B. Practice makes perfect C. No pain, no gain D. When in Rome, do as the Romans do 10. A. success B. succeed C. successfully D. successful 【答案】6. B 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. D 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了富兰克林发明避雷针的故事，面对质疑坚持实践，最终取得成功，强调了实践的重要性。 【6题详解】 句意：在他的著名风筝实验之后，他决定在建筑物上安装避雷针以保护人们免受雷击。 下文指出“lightning rods on buildings”说明此处指搭建或竖起避雷针，put up有搭建、竖起之意，符合语境。put in“放进”、put away“收好”、put out“扑灭”均不符合安装避雷针的动作。 【7题详解】 句意：起初有些人反对他的想法，认为这很危险。 下文指出“thought it was dangerous”人们认为危险，说明此处持反对态度，be against表示反对。be for“支持”，与后文逻辑矛盾、with“和”、through“通过”均不符合语境。 【8题详解】 句意：但他继续仔细测试以获取关于电的更深入的知识。 前文“kept testing carefully”说明这样做的目的是为了获得更多或更深知识，knowledge为抽象不可数名词，应用further。less“更少（不可数）”、fewer“更少”，与努力测试的目的相反、farther“更远的”，只指距离，不修饰知识。 【9题详解】 句意：他相信“熟能生巧”。 全文多次出现的practice以及结尾practice helps us...说明此处是在强调实践的重要性，即“熟能生巧”，填Practice makes perfect。Many hands make light work“众人拾柴火焰高”、No pain, no gain“不劳无获”、When in Rome, do as the Romans do“入乡随俗”均不符合语境。 【10题详解】 句意：最终，他在这项伟大发明中取得了成功。 was为系动词，后接形容词作表语，且be successful in为固定搭配。success为名词不能直接作表语形容人；succeed为动词不能放在was后；successfully为副词修饰动词，不能作表语。 三、完形填空 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Special Talent Tom sat at his desk, looking out of the window for a long time. His class project had to be done tomorrow. ____11____ in his class had to write about their own special talent. His friends finished theirs, but Tom still had a problem with what to write about. Earlier that month, Tom helped his friends with their projects. Betty came to ask for help and enjoyed Tom’s wonderful ____12____. Tom advised that she should write about drawing because Betty drew wonderful pictures. Betty went home ____13____. A few days ago when Tom ____14____ with Scott in the library, Scott was worried about his project. Tom advised him to write about swimming because he was a very good swimmer. Scott hurried home to work on his project. Tom still couldn’t find out what his special talent was. He thought about his friend Ellie. Last week when they were on their way to school she danced along beside him. Suddenly, Ellie stopped because she was worried about her project. Tom told her to write about dancing. Ellie was so happy that she jumped into the air and danced the rest of the ____15____. However, Tom still couldn’t decide on his special talent. ____16____, he had an idea. The next day, everyone including Tom presented their projects. “It ____17____ me a long time to decide, so I started to think I didn’t have one.” “But... I do have a special talent.” “I’m good at ____18____ my friends,” he said, “All of the things I do are great fun because I do them with my friends.” The whole class clapped. His friends clapped ____19____ than everyone else. “You forgot something ____20____, Tom,” said Betty, “You make the best drinks.” “Thank you,” said Tom. 11. A. Someone B. Everyone C. Anyone D. No one 12. A. sweets B. drinks C. snacks D. cookies 13. A. angrily B. quietly C. sadly D. happily 14. A. agreed B. played C. stayed D. drank 15. A. term B. class C. talk D. way 16. A. Certainly. B. Badly C. Finally D. Also 17. A. took B. paid C. spent D. cost 18. A. sharing B. playing C. helping D. studying 19. A. earlier B. slower C. lower D. louder 20. A. important B. terrible C. serious D. useful 【答案】11. B 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. D 16. C 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. A 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了汤姆为班级项目发愁，他帮助朋友找到才能，最后发现自己的才能是帮助朋友的故事。文章体现了友谊的价值。 【11题详解】 句意：班里的每个人都要写关于他们自己的特殊才能的文章。 根据“His class project”及后文“everyone including Tom”可知，全班都要做项目，Everyone符合逻辑。 【12题详解】 句意：贝蒂来寻求帮助并享用了汤姆美妙的饮料。 根据后文Betty说“You make the best drinks”可知是饮料，drinks“饮品”呼应后文。 【13题详解】 句意：贝蒂高兴地回家了。 上文汤姆给了贝蒂好建议，问题解决了，心情变好，happily符合逻辑。 【14题详解】 句意：前几天当汤姆和斯科特待在图书馆时，斯科特很担心他的课题。 根据“in the library”及两人一起的语境，stayed“停留，待”符合图书馆这个场景。 【15题详解】 句意：埃莉高兴得跳起来，跳着舞走完了剩下的路。 根据前文“on their way to school”可知是在路上，way与前文呼应。 【16题详解】 句意：最后，他有了一个主意。 汤姆经过思考后得出结果，Finally表示最终结果。 【17题详解】 句意：我花了很长时间才决定，所以我一度以为自己根本没有才能。 固定句型It takes sb. some time to do sth.，took是take的过去式。paid“支付”，spent“花费（主语是人）”；cost“花费（主语是物）”，均不符合句型。 【18题详解】 句意：我擅长帮助我的朋友。 全文汤姆一直在帮朋友构思项目，helping“帮助”符合文章主题。 【19题详解】 句意：他的朋友们比其他人鼓掌更响亮。 根据“clapped”及朋友的支持，声音更大表示更支持，louder“更响亮地”符合。 【20题详解】 句意：你忘了一些重要的事情。 根据语境，贝蒂补充汤姆的优点，这是汤姆忽略的才能，很重要，important“重要的”符合。terrible“糟糕的”；serious“严肃的”；useful“有用的”，均不符合。 四、阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项。 A How to make a snowman out of a sock and rice Step 1: Fill Fill the sock with rice to the wanted size of your snowman. Shake the sock gently to make sure the rice is evenly distributed (均匀分布) . Step 2: Tie Tie off the top of the sock with the rubber band (橡皮筋) to keep the rice inside. Tie another rubber band about 2/3 of the way up from the bottom of the sock to form the body. Tie another rubber band near the top to form the head. Step 3: Decorate Use buttons, beads or small pieces of cloth to create the snowman’s eyes and nose and glue them onto the face with a hot glue gun. Cut a strip of cloth and tie it around the neck of the snowman to make a scarf. Use the left part of the sock if you cut it off earlier to make a hat. 21. Which step will be easier with a funnel (漏斗) ? A. Step 1. B. Step 2. C. Step 3. D. None. 22. How many rubber bands does it need in Step 2 to make a snowman? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 23. Where can you read this passage? A. In a DIY magazine. B. In a storybook. C. In a dictionary. D. In a map. 【答案】21. A 22. C 23. A 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了如何用袜子和大米制作雪人。 【21题详解】 推理判断题。根据“Fill the sock with rice to the wanted size of your snowman.Shake the sock gently to make sure the rice is evenly distributed (均匀分布) .”可知，在步骤1中，将米灌入袜子里时，用漏斗可以更方便地将米倒入而不洒出，因此会更容易。故选A。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Tie off the top of the sock with the rubber band (橡皮筋) to keep the rice inside....Tie another rubber band...Tie another rubber band near the top to form the head.”可知，在步骤2中，一共需要三个橡皮筋：一个用于封住袜子的顶部，另两个分别用于形成身体和头部。故选C。 【23题详解】 推理判断题。根据“How to make a snowman out of a sock and rice”可知，该篇文章是关于制作手工艺品的指南，因此最有可能出现在DIY杂志中。故选A。 B Taking notes is an important part of learning. Students listen to the teacher. They write down the important things. Or they use a computer. These days, many students take a computer to class to type (打字) their notes. Some people think that using a computer is better. People type faster than they write. That means they can take more notes. If you can type fast, you can type every word the teacher says. Computers are becoming very common in classrooms. Almost every student in university has a computer small enough to take to class in order to type notes. Fewer students write things down. So there is a trend in schools now to spend less time on teaching kids how to write. Schools are moving away from teaching younger students how to write by hand. Many people see no need for writing by hand. However, studies advise that it is good to write things down. When people can’t write every word, they have to think about it more. They have to pick out what is important. And the act of writing seems to help them to remember. Studies show that people who write down their notes remember the information better. A new study, done by Princeton University and University of California, found that students who took notes by hand learned more than those who used a computer. In the study, 65 university students listened to the teacher and took notes with pens or computers. Then they did tests about how well they remembered and understood the lesson. Results show that pen users do better than those who take notes with their computers. 24. People think it’s better to use a computer to take notes because they can __________. A. type faster than they write B. find everything on computer C. get more useful information D. get every word the teacher says 25. If we say something is a “trend”, we may mean it is “becoming __________”. A. impossible B. simple C. popular D. unnecessary 26. How does the writer tell us it is good to write things down? A. By telling us an interesting story. B. By asking and answering questions. C. By giving us a piece of advice. D. By showing the results of a study. 27. What can we learn from the passage? A. Schools won’t teach students how to write by hand. B. Writing things down can help us to remember. C. Students need to take a computer to class in university. D. It’s important for students to take notes on their computers. 【答案】24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 【解析】 【导语】本文探讨了记笔记的方式及其对学习效果的影响，对比了电脑打字和手写笔记，指出手写笔记有助于更好地记忆和理解。 【24题详解】 第二段指出使用电脑更好的原因：“People type faster than they write.”，这直接说明人们认为用电脑记笔记更好是因为打字比写字快。 【25题详解】 第三段说明“trend”的含义：“Computers are becoming very common in classrooms... So there is a trend in schools now to spend less time on teaching kids how to write.”，结合上下文可知“trend”意为“becoming popular”。 【26题详解】 第四段指出作者论证手写好处的方式：“A new study, done by Princeton University and University of California, found that students who took notes by hand learned more than those who used a computer.”，说明作者是通过展示研究结果来告诉读者手写笔记的好处。 【27题详解】 第四段指出文章的核心结论：“Studies show that people who write down their notes remember the information better.”，说明写下东西能帮助我们记忆。 C DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV proprammes show people how to DIY. English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK— “An Englishman’s home is his castle”. Huge numbers of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful “castles”. If there is anything that needs fixing around their houses, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experiences with their friends. More and more people have discovered the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. With the economic downturn at present, many people can not afford to buy a bigger house. They are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular. DIY can be difficult. There is a huge market for DIY furniture which people need to put together themselves with a few basic tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are simple and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. One thing is for sure, though most DIY projects are started with the best intentions, many of them may not get finished. DIY can also be dangerous. For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional worker. Unluckily, many people don’t care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders. Therefore, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and safer for us to DIY. 28. How do many English people spend their holidays according to the passage? A. Making their homes beautiful. B. Visiting their friends. C. Travelling all over the world. D. Making a lot of money. 29. Why do English people like DIY? A. Many stores sell DIY things. B. DIY can bring them fun. C. TV programmes teach them to DIY. D. All DIY projects are easy. 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. DIY is a waste of money. B. It is always difficult to DIY. C. We should be careful while doing DIY. D. It’s very safe for us to DIY. 31. In the passage, “we bite off more than we can chew” probably means ___________. A. we can eat everything we like B. we should do something difficult C. we do something that is too difficult D. we eat too much food that is not safe 【答案】28. A 29. B 30. C 31. C 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了DIY及DIY在英国流行的原因，并对DIY困难甚至危险的原因进行了分析，进而对DIY提出了合理的建议。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK—‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’. Huge numbers of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful ‘castles’.”可知，英国人会在假期里把自己的房子弄得更漂亮。故选A。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“They share DIY experiences with their friends. More and more people have discovered the joy of DIY.”可知，DIY可以给他们带来乐趣。故选B。 【30题详解】 推理判断题。根据“DIY can also be dangerous.”可知，DIY也是危险的，所以我们应该小心。故选C。 【31题详解】 词句猜测题。根据“but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and safer for us to DIY.”可知，工厂也许应该为我们制作更简单和更安全的DIY产品，说明我们做的事太难了，因此此句表示“我们做的事情太困难了”。故选C。 D Over the past 25 years, I’ve studied twenty languages. You might think I’m a gifted language learner, but I’m not. I make plenty of mistakes when learning languages. That’s not really a bad thing. I learn a lot from my mistakes. There is a reason behind each one. Understanding these reasons keeps learning exciting. My native language is French. English was the first foreign language I learned. When I was trying to pick up the language, I often mixed up the vowel sounds(元音). This was especially true for vowel sounds that you make in the center and back of your mouth, like those in “but,” “boat” and “bought.” For example, I said “collar” when I meant “color.” I pronounced the “o” in “posture” like the “o” in “post.” This was because French doesn’t have as many vowel sounds as English. After years of practice. I now get it right most of the time. When I was learning Spanish, I had trouble with the tens. Instead of saying the “-enta” ending(as in cuarenta for “forty”), I used “-anta” as the ending. My brain was applying a rule it had learned years before, when I was learning Italian. This is just another classic case of language interference(干扰). Making mistakes is a natural part of learning. Mistakes also add fun to our language-learning adventure. Instead of being afraid of them, try to accept mistakes and learn from them. 32. What can we learn about French from the article? A. It has fewer vowel sounds than English. B. It has as many vowel sounds as English. C. Its native speakers have no trouble making vowel sounds. D. Most of its vowel sounds are made in the center and back of the mouth. 33. In what order did the writer pick up the three languages below? A. English, Spanish, Italian. B. English, Italian, Spanish. C. Spanish, English, Italian. D. Italian, English, Spanish. 34. What should we do when we learn a language according to the writer? A. Turn a blind eye to our mistakes. B. Avoid making mistakes at all costs. C. Always ask our teachers to explain our mistakes. D. Try to understand the reasons behind our mistakes. 35. What did the writer mainly want to tell people? A. That he is not a gifted language learner. B. How to learn twenty languages in 25 years. C. How to avoid mixing up different languages. D. That mistakes play an important role in language learning. 【答案】32. A 33. B 34. D 35. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，作者分享了自己25年间学习20种语言的经历，说明自己并非天赋型学习者，学习过程中常犯错误，但这些错误并非坏事。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据“This was because French doesn’t have as many vowel sounds as English”可知，法语的元音数量比英语少。故选A。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据“English was the first foreign language I learned”可知，英语是作者学习的第一门外语；再根据“When I was learning Spanish... My brain was applying a rule it had learned years before, when I was learning Italian”可知，作者学习西班牙语前先学了意大利语。因此学习顺序是英语、意大利语、西班牙语。故选B。 【34题详解】 细节理解题。根据“I learn a lot from my mistakes. There is a reason behind each one. Understanding these reasons keeps learning exciting”以及“try to accept mistakes and learn from them”可知，作者认为学习语言时应尝试理解错误背后的原因。故选D。 【35题详解】 主旨大意题。文章围绕作者学习语言时的错误经历展开，强调错误是语言学习的自然部分，能让人从中学习、为学习增添乐趣，核心是说明错误在语言学习中的重要作用。故选D。 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (共45分) 五、语言基础知识 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) A) 请根据括号中所给中文提示写出单词，使短文意思完整正确。 School life is rich and colourful. We have many hands-on courses to make our days more wonderful. Last month, I took part in a wonderful hands-on activity at our school. We built small model towers and learned about the ____36____ (重要性) of stable structures. Our teacher told us about a great ____37____ (发明家) who designed many safe buildings, and showed us how to make the towers strong and kind to the ____38____ (环境). I was worried that my tower might fall because of its great ____39____ (高度). When I finished building it, I was ____40____ (惊讶的) to see that it stood steadily and won high praise. This meaningful hands-on experience taught me to follow rules and keep trying. 【答案】36. importance 37. inventor 38. environment 39. height 40. amazed 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述作者参加学校手工实践活动，动手搭建塔结构，了解稳固结构的相关知识，最后收获成功并从中得到启发的故事。 【36题详解】 句意：我们了解了稳固结构的重要性。根据“learned about the…of stable structures”的语境及汉语提示可知，定冠词the后面需要接名词；此处表示“重要性”，对应单词importance。 【37题详解】 句意：老师给我们讲了一位伟大的发明家，他设计了许多安全的建筑。根据“a great…who designed many safe buildings”的语境及汉语提示可知，a great后接单数名词；此处表示“发明家”，对应单词inventor。 【38题详解】 句意：并且向我们展示怎样让塔既坚固又对环境友好。根据“kind to the…”的语境及汉语提示可知，定冠词the后接名词；此处表示“环境”，对应单词environment。 【39题详解】 句意：因为它很高。根据“because of its great…”的语境及汉语提示可知，形容词great后接名词；此处表示“高度”，对应单词height。 【40题详解】 句意：我很惊讶地看到它稳稳立住还赢得了高度赞扬。根据“it was…to see that it stood steadily and won high praise”的语境及汉语提示可知，此处描述人的主观感受，要用主语为人的“be+表示感受的形容词+to do sth.”结构；此处表示“惊讶的”，对应单词amazed。 B) 请根据短文意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。 English learning is a long journey. If we want to make great progress, we should work hard on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Not only I but also my classmate, Kate, ____41____ (take) every chance to speak English in class, because we want to improve our ____42____ (pronounce). To learn grammar well, I pay attention to ____43____ (write) correct sentences with target grammar rules. I think we’d better not leave our sentences ____44____ (complete) when we try to express ideas. Among all my classmates, Lily speaks English ____45____ (active). That is why she is good at oral English. 【答案】41. takes 42. pronunciation 43. writing 44. incomplete 45. most actively 【解析】 【导语】本文通过讲述英语学习的方法，强调要在听说读写方面刻苦练习，才能取得大的进步。 【41题详解】 句意：不仅我，而且我的同学凯特都抓住课堂上的每一个机会说英语……。“not only…but also…”连接主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”，与最近的主语“my classmate, Kate”保持一致，Kate是第三人称单数，且句子描述经常性行为，用一般现在时，故填takes。 【42题详解】 句意：……因为我们想提高我们的发音。形容词性物主代词“our”后接名词，“pronounce”是动词，其名词形式为pronunciation，故填pronunciation。 【43题详解】 句意：为了学好语法，我注意用目标语法规则写出正确的句子。“pay attention to”中的to是介词，后接动名词作宾语，表示“注意做某事”，固定搭配，故填writing。 【44题详解】 句意：我认为我们在表达想法时最好不要让句子不完整。“leave+宾语+形容词”表示“使……处于某种状态”，根据句意，最好不让句子处于不完整的状态，故用complete的反义词incomplete。 【45题详解】 句意：在我所有的同学中，莉莉说英语最积极。“Among all my classmates”表明比较范围是三者及以上，需用副词最高级，“active”的副词为actively，其最高级为most actively，故填most actively。 C) 根据汉语，将下列句子翻译成英文。 46. 聂海胜是一名著名的中国宇航员。当意外问题出现时，局面可能一团糟，但他保持冷静。 Nie Haisheng is a famous Chinese astronaut. When unexpected problems appear, the situation ________________________, but he still stays calm. 【答案】 may be a mess 【解析】 【详解】原句中“一团糟”是关键词，表示“一团糟”的短语是a mess。本句表示可能性，may为情态动词，后接动词原形be。故填may be a mess。 47. 他意识到太空飞行的所有风险 (aware，risk)，并且为每一次任务做好充分准备。 ________________________ and prepares well for every mission. 【答案】 He is aware of all the risks of space flight 【解析】 【详解】原句中“他意识到太空飞行的所有风险”是关键词，表示“意识到”的短语是be aware of；“太空飞行的所有风险”对应“all the risks of space flight”，其中“risk”为可数名词，此处表示多种风险，故用复数形式“risks”；“space flight”意为“太空飞行”。本句为一般现在时，主语“He”为第三人称单数，系动词用“is”；“aware”为形容词作表语；“of”为介词，后接宾语“all the risks of space flight”。故填He is aware of all the risks of space flight。 48. 他和队友相处融洽，并且痴迷于自己的航天梦想。 (teammates) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 He gets along well with his teammates and is crazy about his own space dream. 【解析】 【详解】“他和队友相处融洽，并且痴迷于自己的航天梦想。”译为He gets along well with his teammates and is crazy about his own space dream. 本句时态为一般现在时态，“和……相处融洽”英文为“get along well with”，句子描述现在的状态，主语“he”是第三人称单数，故动词用“gets”；“队友”根据括号提示用“teammates”，“他的队友”译为“his teammates”；“并且”用连词“and”连接两个并列的谓语部分；“痴迷于”英文为“be crazy about”，主语是“he”，故be动词用“is”；“他自己的航天梦想”译为“his own space dream”，“own”用来强调“他自己的”，“space dream”意为“航天梦想”。 49. 所以，他完成了三次太空任务，这不足为奇。 So ________________________ that he has completed three space missions. 【答案】 it is no surprise 【解析】 【详解】原句中“这不足为奇”是关键词，“这不足为奇”的标准常用英文固定结构为“it is no surprise that...”，该句型中it作形式主语，真正的主语是后面that引导的从句，故填it is no surprise。 50. 他的幽默感使他与众不同，因为他总能鼓舞他人。 ________________________, because he can always encourage others. 【答案】 His sense of humor makes him different from others 【解析】 【详解】原句中“使……与众不同”是关键表达，表示“使某人怎么样”的结构是”make sb.+形容词“，“与……不同”的短语是different from。本句主语“他的幽默感”译为his sense of humor，为第三人称单数，故make用单三形式为makes，宾语补足语为different from others。句首首字母大写，故填His sense of humor makes him different from others。 六、任务型阅读 (71-78每题1分，79题2分) 阅读短文，根据所读内容，在文章后1-7小题的空格里填入最恰当的1个单词，8-9小题回答问题，词数不限。 Charles Dickens On February 7th, 1812, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. He was the oldest child in his family. His family was often short of money, so they had to borrow money from friends and relatives. Also, his father’s job made the family move from one place to another many times. In February 1824, his father could not pay back his money and was put into prison. The Dickens family had to sell all their things. Charles had to work in his uncle’s factory to make money. There were many rats in the factory, and Charles hated this job a lot. Two months later, Charles’ grandmother died. She left 450 pounds. His father used the money to pay off his debt and came out of prison. Then Charles went back to school. He studied at Wellington House Academy for two years. But soon his father got into debt again. Charles had to leave school and work. This time he worked in a lawyer’s office, but he did not enjoy it. Later, he left the job and became a newspaper reporter. He travelled around the country to get news. When he went back to London, he wrote his reports in an old stagecoach. In 1833, Charles sold his first short story. Soon his writings became very popular. In 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth. When Charles walked around London to get ideas for his novels, lots of people knew him. He even went to America to talk about his books. He wrote about what he saw in real life. His books told readers how hard the poor people’s life was. His early life had a great influence on his works. In 1864, he met a terrible train accident. He was lucky and was not hurt, but ten people lost their lives. Charles helped the hurt people. After this scary thing, he felt afraid of taking trains. He hardly took a train for the rest of his life. He died at his home on June 9th,1870. He wanted a simple funeral (葬礼), so only 12 people came. When he died, he was still writing a new novel. Family background ● His family often lived a ____51____ life. ● His father’s job made them move houses a lot. Hard times in his early life ● After his father was in prison, he was sent to work in a factory. ● £450 from his grandmother ____52____ him to return to school. ● He ____53____ to work because his father got into debt again. ____54____ career ● Because of his short story in 1833, he became successful. ● He gave a ____55____ about his works in America. ● His novels were based on what he saw around him. ● His early life ____56____ his works a lot. Later life He had a serious train accident in 1864. As he had wanted, his funeral was a ____57____ ceremony. Why did Charles Dickens hardly take a train for the rest of his life? ____________________________________________58____________________________________________ What can you learn from Charles Dickens’ story? ____________________________________________59____________________________________________ 【答案】51. poor 52. enabled 53. had 54. Writing 55. talk 56. influenced 57. simple 58. Because he had a terrible train accident, he felt afraid of taking trains and hardly took them for the rest of his life. 59. Dickens’ story tells us that we should be brave to face difficulties. Even if life is hard, we should never give up on our dreams and work hard to achieve success. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述英国作家Charles Dickens的生平经历，包括其贫困的家庭背景、早年艰辛的求学与工作经历、写作生涯的成功以及晚年生活等。 【51题详解】 文章第一段指出“His family was often short of money, so they had to borrow money from friends and relatives”，即狄更斯一家经常缺钱，生活贫困，因此表格中“His family often lived a ____ life”应填“poor”。 【52题详解】 第三段提到祖母去世时留下450英镑，他的父亲“used the money to pay off his debt and came out of prison. Then Charles went back to school”，即这笔钱使狄更斯得以重返校园，句式为“____ him to return to school”，应填动词“enabled”。 【53题详解】 第三段末尾指出“But soon his father got into debt again. Charles had to leave school and work”，即父亲再次负债，狄更斯不得不辍学工作，因此“He ____ to work because his father got into debt again”应填“had”。 【54题详解】 此栏内容包括1833年卖出的第一部短篇小说、在美国谈论自己的作品、小说取材于现实生活以及早年经历对作品的影响，均围绕其写作生涯展开，因此应填“Writing”。 【55题详解】 第四段提到“He even went to America to talk about his books”，即他去美国谈论自己的作品，对应“He gave a ____ about his works in America”，应填“talk”。 【56题详解】 第四段末尾指出“His early life had a great influence on his works”，即他的早年经历对作品产生了很大影响，“had a great influence on”同义转换为动词“influenced”，因此应填“influenced”。 【57题详解】 末段指出“He wanted a simple funeral, so only 12 people came”，即他想要一个简单的葬礼，因此“his funeral was a ____ ceremony”应填“simple”。 【58题详解】 根据最后一段“In 1864, he met a terrible train accident…After this scary thing, he felt afraid of taking trains. He hardly took a train for the rest of his life”可知，因为1864年遭遇了可怕的火车事故，他开始害怕坐火车，此后几乎不再坐火车。答案为原题提取。 【59题详解】 本题为主观开放题，答案不唯一，言之有理即可。结合Dickens虽历经贫困、辍学等困难但最终成为著名作家的经历，可知我们应勇敢面对困难，即使生活艰难也永不放弃梦想、努力奋斗获得成功。 七、首字母填空 (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。 I could already ride a bike, but busy roads frightened me. When the community centre advertised weekend c____60____, I did not simply choose the one with the nicest photograph. I wrote down what I needed: help at road crossings, a Saturday lesson and a place close enough to reach with Dad. One class was c____61____ than the others, but it taught exciting tricks on a closed playground. Another was only for people who had never ridden a bike. I asked my teacher for two s____62____ about choosing. She told me to pay a____63____ to what each lesson actually taught, not just to its price or name. A third class seemed right, and it was p____64____ to join it without buying a new bike. The teacher used a simple teaching m____65____: first show a skill, then let us practise it together. This was different from my u____66____ way of learning, which was just to watch Dad and copy him. I n____67____ missed the first lesson because I read the starting time too quickly. Luckily, we arrived before it began. I followed the teacher’s i____68____ and checked both ways before crossing. By the end, I could c____69____ the short practice route without help. Choosing well had mattered more than choosing quickly. 【答案】60. classes##lasses 61. cheaper##heaper 62. suggestions##uggestions 63. attention##ttention 64. possible##ossible 65. method##ethod 66. usual##sual 67. nearly##early 68. instructions##nstructions 69. complete##omplete 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者为了克服对繁忙道路的恐惧，参加社区自行车课程的经历，以及在选择课程时的思考和最终的收获。 【60题详解】 句意：当社区中心宣传周末课程时，我并没有简单地选择照片最好看的那个。根据下文“One class... Another... A third class”可知，社区中心宣传的是多个课程，应用复数形式classes。 【61题详解】 句意：有一个课程比其他的更便宜，但它在封闭的操场上教令人兴奋的技巧。根据空后的“than”可知，此处应用比较级；结合下文老师建议不要只看“price”可知，此处指价格更便宜。故填cheaper。 【62题详解】 句意：我向老师寻求了两条关于选择的建议。空前有数词two，修饰可数名词复数；结合“向老师寻求建议”的语境和首字母s，此处应用suggestions。 【63题详解】 句意：她告诉我要注意每节课实际教的内容，而不仅仅是它的价格或名称。pay attention to为固定短语，意为“注意”，符合语境。 【64题详解】 句意：第三个课程看起来合适，而且不需要买新自行车就可以加入它。此处为句型“It was + adj. + to do sth.”，空处用形容词；根据语境不需要买新车也能参加，说明是“可能的”，首字母p对应单词possible。 【65题详解】 句意：老师使用了一种简单的教学方法。 根据下文“first show a skill, then let us practise it together”可知，这是在描述一种教学“方法”，teaching method意为“教学方法”，前有不定冠词a，名词用单数。 【66题详解】 句意：这不同于我平常的学习方式，那种方式只是看着爸爸并模仿他。此处修饰名词way，结合语境和首字母u，表示“平常的、惯例的”，usual符合语境。 【67题详解】 句意：我差点错过第一节课，因为我看起始时间看得太匆忙了。根据下文“Luckily, we arrived before it began”可知，实际上没有错过，只是“差点”错过，首字母n对应nearly，意为“几乎，差点”，符合语境。 【68题详解】 句意：我遵循老师的指示，在过马路前检查两边。根据“teacher’s”可知，空格处为名词；follow one’s instructions意为“遵循某人的指示”，通常用复数形式，符合安全驾驶的语境。 【69题详解】 句意：最后，我可以在没有帮助的情况下完成短练习路线。情态动词could后接动词原形，结合语境和首字母c，complete the route意为“完成路线”，符合语境。 八、书面表达 (满分10分) 70. 假设你是 Judy，你所在的班级想要制作一本关于好朋友的班级小册子，班主任请每一位同学写一篇文章，介绍你班里最好的朋友。请你根据要求撰写一篇英文短文。词数：至少80词。 Hi, Judy! You have studied in our school for over one year. I’m sure you know your best friend at school very well. We want to make a class booklet about best friends. Can you introduce one of yours to us? You should write the following aspects: ● What is he/ she like? List at least 2 of his/ her qualities and give your supporting details. ● What does he/ she like best about our school life? ● What does he/ she like making by hand? ● What special learning experiences or DIY stories does he/ she have? My best friend ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 例文 My best friend is Alice. She is not only helpful but also creative. Whenever I have trouble with math, she always helps me patiently. Besides, she is good at making things. She likes the Art Club best because she can draw freely. She enjoys making paper cuttings by hand most. Last week, she made a special card for our English teacher as a DIY project. The teacher who received the gift was very moved. She hopes to be an artist in the future. I am really lucky to have such a good friend. 【解析】 【详解】写作步骤 [第一步：审题立意] 确定文体：介绍性记叙文，以一般现在时为主 明确要点：好友的性格品质（至少两点并举例）、最喜爱的校园生活、手工制作爱好、特别的学习经历或DIY故事 确定人称：第一人称（I/my）与第三人称（he/she）结合，介绍朋友时以第三人称为主 注意事项：不得透露真实姓名和学校名称，朋友可用化名如Alice等 [第二步：构思布局] 三段式结构： 开头段：总起句，点明最好的朋友是谁 主体段：分别介绍朋友的性格品质、喜爱的校园生活、手工爱好及DIY故事 结尾段：总结感受，升华主题 [第三步：要点展开] 要点一：人物及品质 人物：My best friend is Alice./Alice is my best friend./I have a best friend called Alice.等 品质：She is not only helpful but also creative./She is kind and ready to help, and she has many new ideas./She helps others and is good at making new things.等 要点二：耐心帮助数学 帮助数学：Whenever I have trouble with math, she always helps me patiently./When I have problems with math, she always helps me with care./If I find math hard, she always helps me patiently.等 要点三：擅长制作与喜欢美术社团 擅长制作：she is good at making things./she does well in making things./she is good at making things by hand.等 喜欢美术社团：She likes the Art Club best because she can draw freely./Her favourite club is the Art Club because she can draw in her own way./She likes the Art Club most because she can draw freely.等 要点四：最喜欢剪纸 最喜欢剪纸：She enjoys making paper cuttings by hand most./She likes making paper cuttings by hand best./Her favourite thing is making paper cuttings with her hands.等 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2026-2027学年度第一学期期中测试 八年级 英语 (总分： 100分 时间： 100分钟) 第I卷 选择题 (共55分) 一、听力测试 (共20小题;每题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。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目;听完每段对话后，你将有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的答案。听到“嘀”的信号时，进入下一小题。 1. What fruit does Kate want to have? A. B. C. 2. How does Jack want to spend his vacation? A. B. C. 3. Where does Kitty like reading books? A. B. C. 4. Where did Helen take the photos? A. B. C. 5. What does the boy think of Bella? A. Smart. B. Helpful. C. Careful. 6. How often does the girl go to the music club? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week. 7. When was Kitty born? A. On July 1st. B. On November 11th. C. On December 25th. 8. What subject does Miss Green teach? A. Art. B. Maths. C. Science. 9. When can the girl go to the zoo? A. At 5 p. m. on Sunday. B. At 6p. m. on Tuesday. C. At 8 a. m. on Monday. 10. How long did Sally stay in the World Park? A. For half an hour. B. For an hour. C. For a day. 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。在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，你仍有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。 听一段对话，回答第11至 12小题。 11. When will Simon take his English test? A. Next Thursday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Tuesday. 12 What does Simon’s mother ask him to do first? A. Wash the fruit. B. Wash the dishes. C. Cut the fruit into pieces. 听第一篇短文，回答第 13—15 小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。答题完毕，请等待 “嘀” 的信号，进入下一篇短文。 My Sister Alice She is a Grade 13 student. She works hard and likes 14 best. She is good at DIY, so she often gives 15 presents made by herself. 13. A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 14. A. English B. Chinese C. Maths 15. A. her parents B. her classmates C. her friends 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。 16. Who is the taller of the two boys? A. Larry. B. Mike. C. We don’t know. 17. What does Larry want to be in the future? A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A policeman. 18. Who plays tennis better? A. Mike. B. Larry. C. We don’t know. 19. When does Larry go to the Music Club? A. Every Wednesday morning. B. Every Wednesday afternoon. C. Every Thursday afternoon. 20. What do they often do at the weekend? A. Play tennis. B. Go swimming. C. Go on a picnic. 二、单项填空 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项。 A School life can sometimes be busy and tiring. Grade 8 is a fresh start for me and good friends make my days warm and ____1____. Let me introduce some of them. Daniel is good at studying and he always makes ____2____ mistakes in exams than me. He also believes that ____3____ he works, ________ he will be. Sandy is a trustworthy friend. When things go wrong, she never leaves me alone. Instead, she will help me become the best of ____4____. My days are never ____5____ with so many friends. 1. A. thoughtful B. meaningful C. thoughtless D. meaningless 2. A. least B. fewest C. less D. fewer 3. A. the harder; the more luckily B. the harder; the luckier C. the more harder; the more luckily D. the more harder; the luckier 4. A. her B. me C. myself D. herself 5. A. boring B. bored C. interesting D. interested B Study matters most to us students. Many students wonder how to study well. Benjamin Franklin set us a great example of learning from practice. After his famous kite experiment, he decided to ____6____ lightning rods on buildings to protect people from lightning. Some people were ____7____ his idea at first and thought it was dangerous. But he kept testing carefully to get ____8____ knowledge about electricity. He believed “____9____”. He never stopped trying and never gave up facing doubts. Finally, he was ____10____ in this great invention. His story tells us that practice helps us turn ideas into real achievements. 6. A. put in B. put up C. put away D. put out 7. A. for B. against C. with D. through 8. A. further B. less C. farther D. fewer 9. A. Many hands make light work B. Practice makes perfect C. No pain, no gain D. When in Rome, do as the Romans do 10. A. success B. succeed C. successfully D. successful 三、完形填空 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Special Talent Tom sat at his desk, looking out of the window for a long time. His class project had to be done tomorrow. ____11____ in his class had to write about their own special talent. His friends finished theirs, but Tom still had a problem with what to write about. Earlier that month, Tom helped his friends with their projects. Betty came to ask for help and enjoyed Tom’s wonderful ____12____. Tom advised that she should write about drawing because Betty drew wonderful pictures. Betty went home ____13____. A few days ago when Tom ____14____ with Scott in the library, Scott was worried about his project. Tom advised him to write about swimming because he was a very good swimmer. Scott hurried home to work on his project. Tom still couldn’t find out what his special talent was. He thought about his friend Ellie. Last week when they were on their way to school she danced along beside him. Suddenly, Ellie stopped because she was worried about her project. Tom told her to write about dancing. Ellie was so happy that she jumped into the air and danced the rest of the ____15____. However, Tom still couldn’t decide on his special talent. ____16____, he had an idea. The next day, everyone including Tom presented their projects. “It ____17____ me a long time to decide, so I started to think I didn’t have one.” “But... I do have a special talent.” “I’m good at ____18____ my friends,” he said, “All of the things I do are great fun because I do them with my friends.” The whole class clapped. His friends clapped ____19____ than everyone else. “You forgot something ____20____, Tom,” said Betty, “You make the best drinks.” “Thank you,” said Tom. 11. A. Someone B. Everyone C. Anyone D. No one 12. A. sweets B. drinks C. snacks D. cookies 13. A. angrily B. quietly C. sadly D. happily 14. A. agreed B. played C. stayed D. drank 15. A. term B. class C. talk D. way 16. A. Certainly. B. Badly C. Finally D. Also 17. A. took B. paid C. spent D. cost 18. A. sharing B. playing C. helping D. studying 19. A. earlier B. slower C. lower D. louder 20. A. important B. terrible C. serious D. useful 四、阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项。 A How to make a snowman out of a sock and rice Step 1: Fill Fill the sock with rice to the wanted size of your snowman. Shake the sock gently to make sure the rice is evenly distributed (均匀分布) . Step 2: Tie Tie off the top of the sock with the rubber band (橡皮筋) to keep the rice inside. Tie another rubber band about 2/3 of the way up from the bottom of the sock to form the body. Tie another rubber band near the top to form the head. Step 3: Decorate Use buttons, beads or small pieces of cloth to create the snowman’s eyes and nose and glue them onto the face with a hot glue gun. Cut a strip of cloth and tie it around the neck of the snowman to make a scarf. Use the left part of the sock if you cut it off earlier to make a hat. 21. Which step will be easier with a funnel (漏斗) ? A. Step 1. B. Step 2. C. Step 3. D. None. 22. How many rubber bands does it need in Step 2 to make a snowman? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 23. Where can you read this passage? A. In a DIY magazine. B. In a storybook. C. In a dictionary. D. In a map. B Taking notes is an important part of learning. Students listen to the teacher. They write down the important things. Or they use a computer. These days, many students take a computer to class to type (打字) their notes. Some people think that using a computer is better. People type faster than they write. That means they can take more notes. If you can type fast, you can type every word the teacher says. Computers are becoming very common in classrooms. Almost every student in university has a computer small enough to take to class in order to type notes. Fewer students write things down. So there is a trend in schools now to spend less time on teaching kids how to write. Schools are moving away from teaching younger students how to write by hand. Many people see no need for writing by hand. However, studies advise that it is good to write things down. When people can’t write every word, they have to think about it more. They have to pick out what is important. And the act of writing seems to help them to remember. Studies show that people who write down their notes remember the information better. A new study, done by Princeton University and University of California, found that students who took notes by hand learned more than those who used a computer. In the study, 65 university students listened to the teacher and took notes with pens or computers. Then they did tests about how well they remembered and understood the lesson. Results show that pen users do better than those who take notes with their computers. 24. People think it’s better to use a computer to take notes because they can __________. A. type faster than they write B. find everything on computer C. get more useful information D. get every word the teacher says 25. If we say something is a “trend”, we may mean it is “becoming __________”. A. impossible B. simple C. popular D. unnecessary 26. How does the writer tell us it is good to write things down? A. By telling us an interesting story. B. By asking and answering questions. C. By giving us a piece of advice. D. By showing the results of a study. 27. What can we learn from the passage? A. Schools won’t teach students how to write by hand. B. Writing things down can help us to remember. C. Students need to take a computer to class in university. D. It’s important for students to take notes on their computers. C DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV proprammes show people how to DIY. English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK— “An Englishman’s home is his castle”. Huge numbers of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful “castles”. If there is anything that needs fixing around their houses, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experiences with their friends. More and more people have discovered the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. With the economic downturn at present, many people can not afford to buy a bigger house. They are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular. DIY can be difficult. There is a huge market for DIY furniture which people need to put together themselves with a few basic tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are simple and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. One thing is for sure, though most DIY projects are started with the best intentions, many of them may not get finished. DIY can also be dangerous. For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional worker. Unluckily, many people don’t care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders. Therefore, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and safer for us to DIY. 28. How do many English people spend their holidays according to the passage? A. Making their homes beautiful. B. Visiting their friends. C. Travelling all over the world. D. Making a lot of money. 29. Why do English people like DIY? A. Many stores sell DIY things. B. DIY can bring them fun. C. TV programmes teach them to DIY. D. All DIY projects are easy. 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. DIY is a waste of money. B. It is always difficult to DIY. C. We should be careful while doing DIY. D. It’s very safe for us to DIY. 31. In the passage, “we bite off more than we can chew” probably means ___________. A. we can eat everything we like B. we should do something difficult C. we do something that is too difficult D. we eat too much food that is not safe D Over the past 25 years, I’ve studied twenty languages. You might think I’m a gifted language learner, but I’m not. I make plenty of mistakes when learning languages. That’s not really a bad thing. I learn a lot from my mistakes. There is a reason behind each one. Understanding these reasons keeps learning exciting. My native language is French. English was the first foreign language I learned. When I was trying to pick up the language, I often mixed up the vowel sounds(元音). This was especially true for vowel sounds that you make in the center and back of your mouth, like those in “but,” “boat” and “bought.” For example, I said “collar” when I meant “color.” I pronounced the “o” in “posture” like the “o” in “post.” This was because French doesn’t have as many vowel sounds as English. After years of practice. I now get it right most of the time. When I was learning Spanish, I had trouble with the tens. Instead of saying the “-enta” ending(as in cuarenta for “forty”), I used “-anta” as the ending. My brain was applying a rule it had learned years before, when I was learning Italian. This is just another classic case of language interference(干扰). Making mistakes is a natural part of learning. Mistakes also add fun to our language-learning adventure. Instead of being afraid of them, try to accept mistakes and learn from them. 32. What can we learn about French from the article? A. It has fewer vowel sounds than English. B. It has as many vowel sounds as English. C. Its native speakers have no trouble making vowel sounds. D. Most of its vowel sounds are made in the center and back of the mouth. 33. In what order did the writer pick up the three languages below? A. English, Spanish, Italian. B. English, Italian, Spanish. C. Spanish, English, Italian. D. Italian, English, Spanish. 34. What should we do when we learn a language according to the writer? A. Turn a blind eye to our mistakes. B. Avoid making mistakes at all costs. C. Always ask our teachers to explain our mistakes. D. Try to understand the reasons behind our mistakes. 35. What did the writer mainly want to tell people? A. That he is not a gifted language learner. B. How to learn twenty languages in 25 years. C. How to avoid mixing up different languages. D. That mistakes play an important role in language learning. 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (共45分) 五、语言基础知识 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) A) 请根据括号中所给中文提示写出单词，使短文意思完整正确。 School life is rich and colourful. We have many hands-on courses to make our days more wonderful. Last month, I took part in a wonderful hands-on activity at our school. We built small model towers and learned about the ____36____ (重要性) of stable structures. Our teacher told us about a great ____37____ (发明家) who designed many safe buildings, and showed us how to make the towers strong and kind to the ____38____ (环境). I was worried that my tower might fall because of its great ____39____ (高度). When I finished building it, I was ____40____ (惊讶的) to see that it stood steadily and won high praise. This meaningful hands-on experience taught me to follow rules and keep trying. B) 请根据短文意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。 English learning is a long journey. If we want to make great progress, we should work hard on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Not only I but also my classmate, Kate, ____41____ (take) every chance to speak English in class, because we want to improve our ____42____ (pronounce). To learn grammar well, I pay attention to ____43____ (write) correct sentences with target grammar rules. I think we’d better not leave our sentences ____44____ (complete) when we try to express ideas. Among all my classmates, Lily speaks English ____45____ (active). That is why she is good at oral English. C) 根据汉语，将下列句子翻译成英文。 46. 聂海胜是一名著名的中国宇航员。当意外问题出现时，局面可能一团糟，但他保持冷静。 Nie Haisheng is a famous Chinese astronaut. When unexpected problems appear, the situation ________________________, but he still stays calm. 47. 他意识到太空飞行的所有风险 (aware，risk)，并且为每一次任务做好充分准备。 ________________________ and prepares well for every mission. 48. 他和队友相处融洽，并且痴迷于自己的航天梦想。 (teammates) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 49. 所以，他完成了三次太空任务，这不足为奇。 So ________________________ that he has completed three space missions. 50. 他的幽默感使他与众不同，因为他总能鼓舞他人。 ________________________, because he can always encourage others. 六、任务型阅读 (71-78每题1分，79题2分) 阅读短文，根据所读内容，在文章后1-7小题的空格里填入最恰当的1个单词，8-9小题回答问题，词数不限。 Charles Dickens On February 7th, 1812, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. He was the oldest child in his family. His family was often short of money, so they had to borrow money from friends and relatives. Also, his father’s job made the family move from one place to another many times. In February 1824, his father could not pay back his money and was put into prison. The Dickens family had to sell all their things. Charles had to work in his uncle’s factory to make money. There were many rats in the factory, and Charles hated this job a lot. Two months later, Charles’ grandmother died. She left 450 pounds. His father used the money to pay off his debt and came out of prison. Then Charles went back to school. He studied at Wellington House Academy for two years. But soon his father got into debt again. Charles had to leave school and work. This time he worked in a lawyer’s office, but he did not enjoy it. Later, he left the job and became a newspaper reporter. He travelled around the country to get news. When he went back to London, he wrote his reports in an old stagecoach. In 1833, Charles sold his first short story. Soon his writings became very popular. In 1836, he married Catherine Hogarth. When Charles walked around London to get ideas for his novels, lots of people knew him. He even went to America to talk about his books. He wrote about what he saw in real life. His books told readers how hard the poor people’s life was. His early life had a great influence on his works. In 1864, he met a terrible train accident. He was lucky and was not hurt, but ten people lost their lives. Charles helped the hurt people. After this scary thing, he felt afraid of taking trains. He hardly took a train for the rest of his life. He died at his home on June 9th,1870. He wanted a simple funeral (葬礼), so only 12 people came. When he died, he was still writing a new novel. Family background ● His family often lived a ____51____ life. ● His father’s job made them move houses a lot. Hard times in his early life ● After his father was in prison, he was sent to work in a factory. ● £450 from his grandmother ____52____ him to return to school. ● He ____53____ to work because his father got into debt again. ____54____ career ● Because of his short story in 1833, he became successful. ● He gave a ____55____ about his works in America. ● His novels were based on what he saw around him. ● His early life ____56____ his works a lot. Later life He had a serious train accident in 1864. As he had wanted, his funeral was a ____57____ ceremony. Why did Charles Dickens hardly take a train for the rest of his life? ____________________________________________58____________________________________________ What can you learn from Charles Dickens’ story? ____________________________________________59____________________________________________ 七、首字母填空 (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。 I could already ride a bike, but busy roads frightened me. When the community centre advertised weekend c____60____, I did not simply choose the one with the nicest photograph. I wrote down what I needed: help at road crossings, a Saturday lesson and a place close enough to reach with Dad. One class was c____61____ than the others, but it taught exciting tricks on a closed playground. Another was only for people who had never ridden a bike. I asked my teacher for two s____62____ about choosing. She told me to pay a____63____ to what each lesson actually taught, not just to its price or name. A third class seemed right, and it was p____64____ to join it without buying a new bike. The teacher used a simple teaching m____65____: first show a skill, then let us practise it together. This was different from my u____66____ way of learning, which was just to watch Dad and copy him. I n____67____ missed the first lesson because I read the starting time too quickly. Luckily, we arrived before it began. I followed the teacher’s i____68____ and checked both ways before crossing. By the end, I could c____69____ the short practice route without help. Choosing well had mattered more than choosing quickly. 八、书面表达 (满分10分) 70. 假设你是 Judy，你所在的班级想要制作一本关于好朋友的班级小册子，班主任请每一位同学写一篇文章，介绍你班里最好的朋友。请你根据要求撰写一篇英文短文。词数：至少80词。 Hi, Judy! You have studied in our school for over one year. I’m sure you know your best friend at school very well. We want to make a class booklet about best friends. Can you introduce one of yours to us? You should write the following aspects: ● What is he/ she like? List at least 2 of his/ her qualities and give your supporting details. ● What does he/ she like best about our school life? ● What does he/ she like making by hand? ● What special learning experiences or DIY stories does he/ she have? My best friend ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $