2025-2026学年（上）赣州八年级质量检测英语

1、阅读下面的短文，将文中划线部分译成中文或英文。

My hometown is Yueyang. It is in the northeast of Hunan Province. It has a history of over 2,500 years. 1. Even though it’s old, it’s full of interesting places to see and things to do.

Yueyang is famous for Yueyang Tower. It lies in the west of Yueyang city, next to the Dongting lake. 2. 它是中国最著名的古楼之一。3. The Yueyang Tower《岳阳楼记》 by Fan Zhongyan makes Yueyang Tower more famous in the world. Jushan island is a small island on Dongting lake. There are 36 pavilions(阁楼) and 48 temples on the island. Autumn is a good season to visit it. There is also a new museum called the Dongting Lake Museum. It was opened on December 7th, 2020. 4. 自从去年它就在那儿。My hometown has changed a lot. With the help of the government, many people have their own cars. Factories have appeared one after another in my hometown. 5. It’s easy for people to find jobs and make money.

        Welcome to my hometown! I hope my hometown will be more and more beautiful!

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2、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program 【1】Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the 【2】 time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the 【3】 Chinese book Journey to the West.

The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! This is because he can make 72 【4】 to his shape and size, 【5】himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he can not turn himself into a man. 【6】 fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.

The Monkey King 【7】 excited the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program 【8】 out more than 30 years ago, western children 【9】 interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps 【10】 to help the weak and never gives up.

3、sure, landed, the hills, I’m, near, something, in the forest     (连词成句)

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4、— Gu Ailing sets a good example for us teenagers.

— Exactly! Her _________ to challenge herself impresses me!

A．gesture

B．courage

C．expression

5、The tired kids ________ get back home ________ 7 p.m. last Wednesday.

A．didn’t; until

B．not; until

C．doesn’t; until

D．aren’t until

6、—Could you please do the dishes?   —No, I . I cut my finger and I’m trying not to get it wet.

A．could

B．can

C．couldn’t

D．can’t

7、—Have you used the new computer _____ ?

—Yes, I have. I have ______ used it.

A．just, just

B．yet, just

C．just, yet

D．yet, yet

8、Look! There is a rabbit, two _______ and two _______ in the picture.

A.cows; sheeps B.mice; tiger C.gooses; snakes D.foxes; wolves

9、As the COVID-19 was found in Nanjing again, the students ________ study online at home.

A．could

B．should

C．must

D．had to

10、(2018扬州改编)I offered Sandy a helping hand. However, she ________ it.

A.received B.returned C.refused D.rewarded

11、The Suzhou River runs ____________ the city of Shanghai.

A.across B.through C.on D.over

12、(2019原创)Although my father is a kind person, he is ________ in my study.

A.angry B.pleased C.strict D.friendly

13、The experts say teenagers can’t stay up too late, or they will ________ fall sleep in class next day.

A．clearly

B．quietly

C．hardly

D．probably

14、Students should learn how problems.

A.solve B.solving   C.can solve D.to solve

15、A: ________ will we know the results of the test?

B: In a week, I suppose.

A.How much B.How far C.How soon D.How long

16、 —When and where _______ we meet?

—Let’s make it 3:00 at my home.

A. do B. must C. shall   D. Did

17、—Don’t forget ________your homework again, Jill.

—OK, no problem.

A．bring

B．to bring

C．bringing

18、—Peter, ________ do you watch sports shows?

—Once a week. I usually watch them with my dad on Saturdays.

A．how far

B．how long

C．how much

D．how often

19、根据对话内容，从A到F选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，每个选项只使用一次，选项中有一项为多余项。

A: Lucy, you have so many beautiful postcards! 【1】

B: Yes, I am.

A: 【2】

B: My aunt sent them to me.

A: 【3】

B: Yes, she is. She has been a tour guide for five years.

A: Was it because she spoke English well?

B: You are right.

A: 【4】

B: For ten years.

A: 【5】

B: Yes. She has been to Japan, America, and France.

A: You’re a lucky girl.

A．Your aunt is a tour guide, isn’t she?

B．Has she been to many foreign countries?

C．How long has she learned English?

D．Are you interested in collecting them?

E．How did you get them?

F．Where does your aunt live?

20、动词填空（10分）

【1】All of us can’t wait ________(decorate) the room with beautiful flowers.

【2】Peter,  ___________(not fill) the glass with water! It’s full.

【3】Most of the students__________(cheer) when their faourite singers came.

【4】We will go out for a picnic if it ________ (not rain) tomorrow.

【5】Linda spends half an hour _________(practise)playing baseball every day.

【6】The birds show starts at 8 o’clock a.m and (finish)at 5 o’clock p.m

【7】Yesterday I made a mistake, so my mum made me (clean) the rooms at home.

【8】Hurry up! The film __________(begin) in ten minutes!

【9】Last week, Peter met Amy in the street and stopped _____________(talk) with her.

【10】Tom, together with his wife and children, ___________(get) ready for their winter holiday these days.

21、Nobody likes staying at home on vacation—when the weather is fine. Last August we decided to spend the day in the countryside. The problem was that millions of (数百万)other people had the same idea. We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars, but in the end we came to a quiet country road. After some time, we stopped at a farm near the town. We had carried enough food with us and we got it out of the car. Now everything was ready so we sat down near a path(路) at the foot of the hill(小山). It was very quiet in the cool grass until(直到) we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up(捡起) our things and ran back to the car. There were about two hundred sheep coming towards(朝) us along the path.

【1】From the passage we know the writer likes ______ on vacation.

A. staying at home   B. spending a holiday in the open air

C. watching sheep   D. likes playing with friends

【2】They went there ________.

A. by bus   B. by car   C. by train   D. on foot

【3】Which of the following is not true?

A. Few people wanted to spend the vacation in the countryside that day.

B. They spent their vacation in the countryside.

C. They had much food to eat.

D. They had their food on the grass.

【4】We can infer(推断) from the passage that ______.

A. the weather was very fine that day.   B. the traffic (交通) was very busy.

C. they found a quiet place.   D. They picked up their food and ran away.

【5】What happened when the sheep were coming towards them?

A. They stayed there.   B. They called for the farmers.

C. They left the food there   D. they picked up their food and ran

22、It was a cold winter day. An old man sat on a frozen lake, cut a hole in the ice, dropped his fishing line and waited. He was there for almost half an hour, without even a fish.

Just then a young man walked toward him, cut a hole in the ice next to him. The young man dropped his fishing line and minutes later he caught a large-mouth fish. The old man couldn’t believe his eyes. Shortly after that, the young man caught another big one. Ten minutes later, he got a third one. During the next twenty minutes, the young man got another two.

Finally, the old man couldn’t take it any longer. He said, “You’ve been here for only half an hour, but have caught so many fish! How do you do it?” The young man answered, “Roo raf roo reep ra runs rarrm.”“What was that?” the old man asked. Again the young man answered, “Roo raf roo reep ra rums rarrm.” “Look,” said the old man. “I can’t understand a word you’re saying.” The young man took out the bait (诱饵) from his mouth and said, “You have to keep the worms (蠕虫) warm!”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

【1】The old man came to the lake nearly ______ earlier than the young man.

A．20 minutes

B．half an hour

C．an hour

D．90 minutes

【2】What does the underlined word “frozen” mean in Chinese?

A．清澈

B．宽阔的

C．幽深的

D．结冰的

【3】How many fish did the young man get?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Six.

【4】Why couldn’t the old man understand the young man at first?

A．Because the man sat very far from the old man.

B．Because the young man spoke in a different language.

C．Because there was something in the young man’s mouth.

D．Because the young man didn’t want the old man to know the secret.

【5】From the story, we can learn ______ has/have much experience of fishing.

A．the young man

B．the old man

C．both of them

D．neither of them

23、Eric was walking along the road of the countryside with his dad when he saw the tortoise (乌龟). He touched it. The tortoise stopped moving and retracted（缩）its head and legs to the shell (壳). Eric became angry. He used a stick and tried to force its head and legs to come out.

His dad saw this. He stopped him and said, “Son, you won’t get it open with a stick.”

Eric was surprised and asked, “Why?”

“Just wait and see,” his dad answered. Then to protect the tortoise, he put it in a bag and took it back home.

After getting home, the dad put it near the fireplace. A few minutes later, the tortoise stretched (伸展) out its head and legs and moved a little. How exciting!

“See,” said his dad, “sometimes, you can’t force someone to do something. But if you give him warm first, he’ll do what you want him to do.”

【1】Eric and his dad found the tortoise when they were walking ________.

A．along the road

B．in the park

C．in the river

D．in the zoo

【2】Eric used a stick to ________ the tortoise.

A．save

B．feed

C．open

D．close

【3】Eric’s father took the tortoise home to ________.

A．put it on the fireplace

B．protect it

C．cook it

D．throw it into the pool

【4】The tortoise felt ________ near the fireplace, so it began to move.

A．warm

B．cool

C．thirsty

D．hungry

【5】The story tells us that _________.

A．people always want others to do something

B．people want to change others

C．we can force people to do things

D．we can’t force people to do things

24、   Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was w 【1】by Lewis Carroll. It tells us a wonderful story which happens in Alice’s dream. Here’s the brief i【2】of the story.

One afternoon, Alice has nothing to do, and feels b【3】 while sitting with her elder sister, who is reading a picture book by the river.

Suddenly, a rabbit runs by. The rabbit draws Alice’s i【4】 because he is dressed in a white coat and s【5】 like a man — “Oh, dear! I will be late!”

Then the rabbit runs into a hole. Alice f【6】  him down the hole too. It is small but deep. After a while, Alice finds h【7】  in a strange world. It’s Wonderland, and there she starts her adventures. She meets many strange characters, and many amazing things continue happening:

She grows to b【8】 size and then shrinks (收缩)to be smaller after she drinks something.

She sees a group of small animals s【9】in a pool, which is the tears of her own in fact. She gets trapped in the rabbit’s house when she makes herself larger again.

She saves a baby which changes into a pig, then meets the Cheshire cat.

She joins the Mad Hatter and the March Hare at a mad tea party and plays croquet with the Queen.……

Just as Alice fights a【10】 the Queen of Hearts, the dream ends and Alice wakes up at the picnic with her sister.

25、假如Sandy是一位来自美国的交换生，目前就读于你所在的中学，你们是好朋友，请你根据下面的提示，以A friend from the USA为题介绍一下她。

要求：

1.表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；

2.必须包含以上所有要点，并作适当发挥；

3.字数在80字左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

4.不得使用真实姓名和校名等。

A friend from the USA

Sandy is my new friend from the USA.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________