湖北省十堰市2026-2027学年八年级上学期11月期中英语试题

八年级期中检测英语试题

笔试部分（90分）

一、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

Last summer, my friend Jack from the UK decided to visit China. I was excited to be his    1    and show him around this great country.

Our    2    began in Beijing. As we arrived at the Great Wall, Jack was    3   . “This is really amazing! It’s like a huge dragon lying on the mountains,” he    4   . When we stood on the Great Wall, we saw the best    5   . How great the ancient Chinese people are!

In the Palace Museum, Jack was very interested in the grand (宏伟的) palaces and the    6    history behind them. However, as we    7    a famous Beijing hutong for delicious snacks, we got lost. Jack started to worry, but I told him not to be    8   . I asked an old man for    9   . With his help, we finally found the hutong. We found different kinds of delicious Chinese food. And there was    10    that Jack didn’t want to eat.

Next, we traveled to Guilin. The beautiful scenery of Guilin    11    Jack’s breath away. We went on a boat trip on the Li River. He took many beautiful photos,    12    the ones of mountains and rivers.

On the last day of our trip, Jack said, “   13    I arrived in China, I never knew how wonderful it was. I saw so many excellent things,    14    delicious food and met kind people. I    15    to come back one day!” His words made me proud (自豪的) of my country and thankful for this journey with him.

1. A. friend B. tourist C. cousin D. guide

2. A. budget B. journey C. victory D. camp

3. A. surprised B. tired C. bored D. thirsty

4. A. shouted B. agreed C. asked D. lifted

5. A. movie B. beach C. landscape D. palace

6. A. scary B. new C. strange D. rich

7. A. waited for B. looked for C. met up D. cleaned up

8. A. late B. angry C. afraid D. silly

9. A. notes B. prices C. snacks D. directions

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

11. A. took B. made C. kept D. gave

12. A. probably B. especially C. finally D. suddenly

13. A. Because B. Before C. When D. After

14. A. smelt B. felt C. tasted D. served

15. A. forget B. help C. pretend D. plan

二、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

A study shows how many hours kids from different countries do chores at home every day. Here is the result:

As the study shows above, kids from China spend a little time doing chores. Luckily, our country has paid attention to (关注) labour education (劳动教育). Here is the table (表格) of what chores kids at different ages should do.

Kids aged 5 to 6 years old	Kids aged 7 to 9 years old	Kids aged 10 years old and over
Make the bed properly (适当地) Put their own things away Learn to do group things…	Do the dishes Clean their rooms Get things ready for school…	Deeply clean their rooms Shop for the festivals Make plans for the family trip…

16. What is the theme (主题) of the text?

A. Hobby B. Housework C. Health D. Culture

17. Who spend the least time doing chores at home according to the study?

A. Kids from China. B. Kids from Japan C. Kids from France. D. Kids from America.

18. What should 5-year-old kids do according to the table?

A. Shop for festivals. B. Clean their rooms. C. Put their things away. D. Do the dishes.

19. What can we learn from the text?

A. The study shows what chores kids can’t do.

B. Kids from the UK never do chores at home.

C. Japanese kids spend the most time doing chores.

D. Chinese people have realized the importance of labour education.

20. Where can we most probably read the text?

A. In a newspaper. B. In a guidebook. C. In a storybook. D. In a cookbook.

B

A girl and her grandfather were standing at the train station. It was time for the old man to go.

From the window by his seat, the grandfather looked down at the girl on the platform (站台) and said, “I wish you not too much.”

“What do you mean, grandpa?” she asked.

“Read the letter I put on your bed. You will understand,” he called as the train slowly began to pull away (驶离). They waved goodbye. The girl cried and so did her grandfather. She couldn’t wait to get home and read the letter. When she arrived, she sat on her bed and began to read.

Dear Granddaughter,

In this world, people feel that more is always better. A faster car, more money, a bigger house… but this is not true. Instead of a bigger house and a bigger car, I wish you the wisdom of knowing when enough is enough, for if you are always looking for more, you will never find happiness in life.

Remember this old family saying that I learned as a child.

I wish you success, but not too much.

For success can spoil (毁掉) you.

I wish you longevity (长寿), but not too much.

For life should always be worth living.

I wish you friendship, but not too much.

For you need but a few great friends.

I wish you pleasure, but not too much.

For life requires hard work too.

I wish you food, but not too much.

For food can kill just like hunger.

I wish you all good things in life, but just enough.

For enough is better than too much.

The granddaughter smiled and put the letter in a special box to save for the day when she might give it to her own granddaughter.

21. What happened at the beginning of the story?

A. A girl saw her grandfather off on the platform.

B. A girl drove her grandfather to the train station.