2025-2026学年（上）定安八年级质量检测英语

1、阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books.” Roald Dahl once said.1.阅读在我们生活中扮演着重要的角色, and no one can live without books. People always get what they want from the books. When people ask Elon Musk, the founder of Space X, how he learned to build rockets, he says, “I read books.” So 2.你想从书中学到什么呢?   Maybe you want to learn how to paint, or speak a new language? Maybe you want to learn how to stop procrastinating(拖延)? Or you want to know how to change your life? No matter(无论) what it is, reading can help.

3.One great thing about reading is that it can exercise your mind. When you are reading, your brain is working and it becomes active(积极的). Our brains have a “use it or lose it” rule. If we don’t exercise our minds too often, they may not give you useful information when necessary.

Reading is good for your memory(记忆), too. When you are reading detective fiction(侦探小说), for example, you’ll find it hard to understand the story if you can’t remember all the details(细节), so it is good exercise for your memory. 4.The more you read, the better memory you will have.

What’s more, reading makes you more confident(自信的), because reading can make you more knowledgeable—5.you can always have something interesting to talk about!

So what are you waiting for?

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2、阅读短文，然后根据其内容从方框选出可以填人空白处的短语。

Some scientists believe that there are three types of memory—immediate, short-term and long-term.

Immediate memory holds information for 【1】 a second, e.g. the name of a road you have just seen. Then it either forgets it or 【2】 into short-term memory.

Short-term memory can hold about seven items of information 【3】, e.g. telephone numbers. It holds them for about 30 seconds. Then it either forgets them or passes them into 【4】.

Long-term memory can hold information for the whole of our lives. Some scientists believe that there are two types of long-term memory. One type 【5】, e.g. the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The other remembers knowledge, e.g. the names of countries or the meanings of words.

3、My mother put an apple into the blender. (改为否定句)

My mother ________ ________ an apple into the blender.

4、I lost my new watch yesterday.I ________ it everywhere，but I couldn't ________ it.

A. found；find   B. found；look for

C. looked for；find   D. looked for；look for

5、—You looked worried. What’s the matter with you?

—My mother hurt _________ yesterday.

A．ourselves

B．herself

C．myself

6、—Excuse me, sir. I’m afraid you can’t smoke here. This is no-smoking area.

—Oh, sorry. I _________ the sign.

A．don’t see

B．didn’t see

C．see

D．saw

7、I’m sorry to hear that he cut ______. He should be careful.

A. himself   B.  myself

C. me D. him

8、I wonder ________ .

A．what you are going to spend your vacation

B．how you are going to spend your vacation

C．where are you going to spend your vacation

D．who are you going to spend your vacation with

9、Our world changed a lot in ____century.

A. the twentieth B. twentieth

C. the twenty

10、—Hi,Tom.Is your brother as active as you?

—No,he’s a quiet boy.He is ______.

A. less outgoing than me   B. not so calm as I

C. more active than I   D. as outgoing as I

11、 --- Why does he look so tired these days?

--- He has to work hard_______ the coming test.

A. to B. instead of   C. because D. because of

12、Students should spend time on their schoolwork they can get good grades and get into a good university.

A. so that   B. because   C. since   D. in order to

13、(2019 原创)Taking part in after­class________can make our school life more colorful.

A.activities B.umbrellas

C.articles D.schools

14、 I like the dress very much. It __________ very comfortable.

A. feels  B. tastes C. sounds D. smells

15、We don’t have to ________ every new word in the dictionary.

A．warm up

B．lift up

C．look up

16、The 24th Winter Olympics will _______ in Beijing and Zhangjiakou in February, 2022.

A．take off

B．take after

C．take place

D．take away

17、—_______your father_______ game shows? —He doesn’t mind them .

A. What do; think of   B. How do ; think

C. What does; think of   D. How does; think

18、In my free time, I used to ________ computer games but now I am used to _________ music.

A．play; listening to

B．playing; listening to

C．play; listen to

D．playing; listen to

19、根据对话内容,运用方框中所给的句子选项补全对话。选项中有一项是多余的。

A: Hi, Linda. How was your summer holiday?

B : Hi, Ben. 【1】 I went on vacation.

A: Really? 【2】

B: I went to Inner Mongolia with my family.

A: Sounds great. 【3】

B: I rode horses, played and danced with local(当地的) people.

A: Great.

B: 【4】

A: How did you like it?

B: In fact(事实上), it tasted terrible. 【5】

A. What did you do there?

B. Where did you go?

C. It was great.

D. How long did you stay there.

E. And I tasted sheep milk.

F. I didn't like it.

20、用适当的话语填入空白处，使对话完整。

A:【1】 when you grow up?

B:I’m going to be a singer.

A:Are you going to sing pop songs?

B:【2】.

A:【3】?

B:I’m going to take singing lessons.

A:【4】?

B:I’m going to start next month.

A:【5】 to take singing lessons?

B:I’m going to a music college.

21、A study in September has added excitement in the brain science area. In the study, volunteers had electrical stimulation (刺激) in their brains. The study found their memory and problem-solving abilities got better for at least a month. The stimulation was painless and could lead to future treatments (治疗) for memory. It can even help students with their future exams.

Volunteers in the study did better in both remembering words and working out memory-based problems. In the test, they wore a cap and it was connected to electrical currents (电流). Wearing the cap twenty minutes a day was enough to help people remember words better. The volunteers could retell more words a month later.

Working memory is connected to problem-solving and decision-making abilities. Low frequency (频率) stimulation of the brain can help boost working memory. For example, volunteers also did better in taking notes after the stimulation.

The brain training industries are worth millions of dollars. Players are interested in improving their abilities by doing memory exercises. The future is wide open if it is tested to be successful and safe in treatments.

【1】According to Paragraph 2, who is likely to take the electrical shocks?

A．A man who wants to remember everything.

B．A boy who wants to get higher marks.

C．A woman who loves wearing caps.

D．A girl who can solve problems quickly.

【2】What did the volunteers do in the tests?

A．They remembered the number of the words.

B．They needed to retell the words after a month.

C．They got 30 minutes of electrical stimulation a day.

D．They wore a cap that can help them with their exams.

【3】What does the underlined word “boost” mean in the passage?

A．make ... weaker

B．make ... worse

C．make ... harder

D．make ... better

【4】What can we infer (推断) from the last two paragraphs?

A．The future of electrical stimulation is quite bright.

B．Lots of players show interest in brain training industries.

C．Low frequency stimulation didn’t work on the volunteers.

D．The volunteers tested their working memory by taking notes.

【5】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Working memory gets better when wearing caps.

B．Brain training industries spent millions of dollars.

C．The electrical stimulation helps people in memory.

D．All Students want electrical stimulation for exams.

22、Do you like history? Some students do not like it. They think history is about meaningless dates, events and names which are not related to (与……有关) their everyday lives.

There is a different way of looking at history. The Historical Society of Chicago, for example, runs a lot of interesting projects. One is the Teen Council’s community-based oral history project. The Teen Council was made up of 15 teenagers from all over the Chicago area. The members of the Teen Council were interested in finding out what teenagers were like and how their lives changed during the 20th century. They took filed trips around the city and interviewed (采访) all kinds of people.

After doing a lot of interviews with people, the members realized that behind the ordinary faces of common people are often amazing stories of their lives that form “history”. They also came to understand that teenagers at different periods in history have always used music, fashion, dance and language to express themselves, just like teenagers today.

The Teen Council’s work was made into an exhibition (展览) at the Chicago City Museum and it can be seen at their website. In the website, you can read the self-introduction pages of the Council members. Also on their web page, the Council members describe the interviewees who impressed them. For example, Claire describes how she felt moved when she interviewed Sammy Skobel, who was blind and had to face a lot of problems in his high school and in looking for jobs. The Teen Council wrote summaries of their findings and categorized them into work, school, home and play. They used their strengths and worked together to make their project successful.

Are you interested in trying a similar oral history project and finding out how the people in your community spent their teenage days? The website explains how you can plan and set up an interview, and how you can write down interviews and write reports. It also includes an interview with a famous Chicago-born TV presenter as an example of how interviews can help us experience history through the stories of eyewitnesses (见证人).

History is not something that has nothing to do with you. In fact, your grandparents made history, your parents made history and you are creating history right now.

【1】What can we learn about the Teen Council’s oral history project?

A．Their interviews help us experience history through stories.

B．They found teenagers at different periods like the same things.

C．They traveled around the country and interviewed different people.

D．Their exhibition explains how we can plan and set up an interview.

【2】According to the passage, the writer probably agrees that ________.

A．there is only one right way of looking at the history

B．history has nothing much to do with our everyday lives

C．we are related to and creating our own history right now

D．the amazing stories behind famous people form our history

【3】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．A Project for Meaning.

B．An Exhibition on the Go.

C．Education for Success.

D．History in the Making.

23、I think that I am very lucky because I have a lot of friends. My best friend is Mai. She is 16 years old. She is 2 years older than me. We live in the same village. She is my neighbor and we are now classmates, so we have been friends for so long. Mai is tall and thin. With long black hair, she has got an oval(椭圆形的) face with big bright eyes, a high nose and a small mouth. Mai is very beautiful, especially when she smiles.  

She is always helpful, polite and honest（诚实的）. When her friends have difficulties, she always tries her best to help them. Although we have the same hobbies and interests, we have different personalities（个性）. I am sociable and enjoy telling jokes. My classmates think that I’m rather outgoing(外向的).Unlike me, Mai is quite serious and prefer quietness to noise.However, we can keep secrets together,  so we are close friends. Mai is one of the best students in my class and she works hard. I like doing homework with her. She always tries her best to help me with my studies. I think as time goes by, our friendship will be deeper and deeper.

【1】The writer may be ________years old. 

A.6 B.14

C.16   D.18

【2】The underlined word“ sociable ” means “_____” in Chinese.

A.爱交际的   B.喜怒无常的

C.懒惰的 D.有耐心的

【3】The writer and Mai can become friends mainly because they______.

A. have the same personality. 

B. are in the same class

C. live in the same village

D. can keep secrets together

【4】What does the writer think of Mai?

A. She is outgoing.

B. She is a nice girl. 

C.She is careless.

D. She is a lucky girl.

【5】The best title for this passage is“__________”

A. How to Make Friends

B. My Good Friend—Mai

C. How to Help Others

D. Some Advice on Friendship

24、阅读短文，根据首字母填空。

Alice was now in a large hall. There were lots of d【1】, but they were all locked. In the middle of the room, there was a glass t【2】. On the table, there was a golden key. Alice tried to o【3】 all the doors with the key, but she could not unlock them. Then she came to a very s【4】 door, only as tall as her knee. The g【5】 key opened this door. “But how can I go t【6】 it?” Alice thought. “It’s too small. Or I’m too big. I don’t know which,” Alice went back to the glass table. “Maybe there’s a key to one of the other doors,” she thought. There was not another key, but Alice did see a bottle with a label. “Drink me,” the label said. Alice was a clever girl, and she did not drink from the bottle immediately. I【7】, she looked at it very carefully. She looked for a label that read “Poison.” She could not see one, so she opened the bottle and d【8】 from it. She liked the taste, but she began to feel very strange. “I’m getting smaller,” she thought. And she was. She was getting smaller and smaller and smaller. “If I don’t s【9】 getting smaller soon,” she thought, “there won’t be anything left of me,” L【10】, she stopped getting smaller just in time.

25、读下面关于米老鼠的文章。请根据问题提示，用自己的话写出大意总结。词数不少于60，不多于80，在结尾标注词数。

When people say “Culture”, we think of art and history. But one very famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon. We all know and love the black mouse with two large round ears —Mickey Mouse. Over 80 years ago, he first appeared in the cartoon Steamboat Willie. When this cartoon came out in New York on November 18, 1928, it was the first cartoon with sound and music. The man behind Mickey was Walt Disney. He became very rich and successful. In the 1930s, he made 87 cartoons with Mickey.

Some people might ask how this cartoon animal became so popular. One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger. In his early films, Mickey was unlucky and had many problems such as losing his house or girlfriend, Minnie. However, he was always ready to try his best. People went to the cinema to see the “little man” win. Most of them wanted to be like Mickey.

On November 18, 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Today’s cartoons are usually not so simple as little Mickey Mouse, but everyone still knows and loves him. Who has a pair of ears more famous than Mickey’s?

1. What is Mickey Mouse a symbol of?

2. Who and when created Mickey Mouse?

3. Why did Mickey become so popular?

4. What happened on November 18, 1978?

5. Do people still love Mickey Mouse today?

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