2025-2026学年（上）胡杨河八年级质量检测英语

1、他宁愿放弃参加这次演出的选拔也不愿缺席这次考试。

_________________________________.

2、I hope you can _____________ me.

A. agree with   B. agree about

C. agree to   D. agree on

3、Sally used to ___________silent, but now he is ___________outgoing in public.

A.keep; much B.keep; more C.keeping; more D.keeping; much

4、If we are interested in something, our brain is _________ and it is also easier for us to pay attention to it for a long time.

A.active B.the most active C.more active D.most active

5、The lady denied _________ a precious necklace from a stranger on her birthday.

A. get B. got C. getting D. to get

6、I believe that July is ________ month of the year here.

A．hot

B．hotter

C．the hottest

7、— There is an old saying, “Early to bed,early to rise.” It’s important for teenagers.

— It’s ________ useful advice that is worth ________.

A．such a, to be remembered

B．so, to remember

C．such, remembering

8、You can ________ ask the old man to move away to any other place because he

has lived ________ here for at least sixty years．

A．hardly; lonely  B．hard; alone

C．hardly; lonely D．hardly; alone

9、They sold ________ good fruit and vegetables that each of us took some yesterday.

A．very

B．such

C．quite

D．so

10、—There are many accidents on the road.

—Yes. It’s said that ________ has made the situation from bad to worse.

A.driving careless B.driving carefully C.careless driving

11、Look! There’s a cat ________ next to the little girl.

A．lie

B．lay

C．lying

D．to lie

12、If you run after two rabbits, you will catch ________.

A．one

B．either

C．both

D．neither

13、Move our eyes quickly over the text to look for some information when we read. Which of the following reading skills do we use?

A. Skimming.   B. Scanning.

C. Predicting.   D. Guessing word meaning.

14、—Is there a sports meeting in your school?

—Yes.It 　　　in November every year.

A. holds   B. held   C. will be held   D. is held

15、 –Your watch looks different from his and it is nice.

–Thanks. It _________ in Shanghai.

A. makes   B. is making C. is made

16、-- How long have you _______ the house?

-- ______ 2011.

A. had; Since   B. had; For   C. bought; Since

17、Mr. Brown ________ to Beijing three weeks ago. He ________ there many times.

A．has gone; went

B．went; has been

C．has gone; goes

D．has gone; has been

18、________exercise you take, _________ you'll be.

A.The fewer, the heavier B.The less, the heavier C.The less, much the heavier

19、Take a map of Nanjing with you while traveling _________you have a guide or know the city well.

A.unless B.if C.since D.although

20、—What do you think of Mr. He, your Chinese teacher?

—Very funny! I've never seen a ________ person than him.

A.humorous B.serious C.more humorous D.more serious

21、__________ the temperature is,__________ water turns into steam.

A.The high; the fast B.Higher; faster

C.The more higher; the more faster D.The higher; the faster

22、读下面的对话，根据上下文补全对话内容

A：Hi, Li Xin! Winter vacation is coming. 【1】?

B：To Los Angeles.

A：Oh, really? You’ll love it! I went there two years ago and enjoyed it a lot.

B：How long did it take to get there? 【2】?

A：Yes, we did, and it took about nine hours by plane. Then our friends met us and drove us to their home.

B：【3】?

A：My parents.

B：【4】?

A：Well, first, we went to Disneyland, and guess what? I met Snow White and Michey Mouse! I was so excited!

B：Wow! 【5】?

A：We stayed there for two days. And then we went to Hollywood.

B：Did you see any movie stars?

A：No, but we swam in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica. It was great!

23、根据对话内容，运用文后所给的句子补全对话，其中有一项是多余的。

A: Welcome to the program, Tony.

B: Arigato, Susan.

A: 【1】

B: It means “thank you” in Japanese. I’m planning a trip to Japan.

A: 【2】 I especially like their noodles.

B: I really enjoy eating Japanese food, too.

A: 【3】

B: I’ll go to Tokyo and then to Kyushu. It’s one of Japan’s four main islands.

A: There’s a lot to see and do in Tokyo. 【4】

B: I can eat fresh seafood there. And I can visit the hot springs at Beppu.

A: Can you sit in them?

B: Yes. And I can take a sand bath on Beppu Beach. 【5】

A: Sounds great!

A．It’s very relaxing.

B．I love Japanese food.

C．What does that mean?

D．Why do you like the food?

E．But what can you do in Kyushu?

F．Where will you go in Japan?

24、There are many deserts (沙漠) on the earth. And the following are some facts you may find interesting.

What are deserts like?

Deserts can be hot and dry places. Rain may not fall there for months or years. Some deserts are sandy and stony (多石的). Deserts can also be very windy places. The wind can change the shape of the deserts. It moves sand around from place to place.

Temperatures in the desert can vary enormously (非常). During the daytime, the temperature may reach 40℃ even in the shade (阴凉处). At night deserts can become very cold. In winter there may even be a frost (霜冻) in the early morning.

Living in the desert

The camel is sometimes called “the shin of the desert”. It stores food in its hump (驼峰) and can go for days without water. It has large feet which help it not to fall into the soft sand. Its long eyelashes (睫毛) keep out the sand during sandstorms.

An oasis is an area of the desert where water may be found. The water may be in pools or under the ground. People and animals visit an oasis for water and food. Plants grow at an oasis. Some farmers are able to grow crops here.

The Arabian Desert

The Arabian Desert lies between the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. In some parts of the desert, it is too hot for people to live. Oil was discovered under parts of the desert and in the Arabian Gulf. This oil has made some countries in the area very rich. Much of the money has been spent building fine cities with lovely parks and lakes, and people live a comfortable life there.

【1】Which of the following can best describe deserts?

A．Hot and dry.

B．Sandy and rainy.

C．Windy and snowy.

D．Wet and stony.

【2】The word “vary” in the passage means ________.

A．be low

B．be high

C．be similar

D．be different

【3】The camel has long eyelashes to ________.

A．stay cool in deserts

B．go for days without water

C．help it not to fall into the soft sand.

D．keep out the sand during sandstorms

【4】According to the passage, people and animals visit an oasis for ________.

A．frost and crops

B．sand and stones

C．water and food

D．money and oil

【5】What is the best title of the passage?

A．What is the weather like in deserts?

B．What do you know about deserts?

C．How do people live in deserts?

D．Where is the Arabian Desert?

25、Li Ruyan, 13 years old, did something special last summer with his classmates in Shanghai. They worked in groups with traffic police at different crossroads in the city. Holding small red flags, the students helped keep order and stopped people from jaywalking (乱穿马路). As part of the school project, Li’s school has encouraged its students to do more community work. After the half day of exhausting work, Li told himself not to jaywalk anymore.

“I think through community work we get to help others and, more importantly, we grow a sense of responsibility (责任感),” he said.

Community service is an important part of education for teenagers around the world. In the US and Canada, high school students need to finish 40 hours of community service before graduation. In America, those who have finished 1,400 hours of community work can be awarded nearly $5,000 (33,000 yuan).

Chinese students today do more community work, too. For example, starting from 2010, Sichuan high school students have been asked to do 10 days of community work. It will become part of their school grades.

Qian Lijun, 16, and her classmates in Suzhou, Jiangsu went to a local elder care home this winter. They put Spring Festival couplets (对联) on the walls and cheered up the people living there.

Li Xiaotian, 15, in Anshan said he used to clear flyers (小广告) from telephone poles (电线杆) with his classmates. They brought tools, towels and buckets and worked for three hours under the summer sun. “It was tiring, but seeing the clean poles without ugly ads, we really felt proud,” he said.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

【1】What was the special thing Li Ruyan did last summer?

A. He joined a special group of class13.

B. He became a policeman.

C. He helped the traffic police at a crossroad.

D. He stopped people from talking.

【2】 From this passage we know that _______.

A. Li Ruyan’s school is in the middle of a big city.

B. Li Ruyan and his classmates do some community work every day.

C. Ruyan and his classmates often hold small flags when they cross the roads.

D. Ruyan and his classmates think it is good for them to do some community work.

【3】Community service _______.

A. has become a very important part of education only in China.

B. is very important in school education in some foreign countries.

C. is the only part of the school project for teenagers around the world.

D. needs students to finish at least 1,000 hours of community work.

【4】Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. The students in Shanghai helped people to keep the traffic rules.

B. The students in Suzhou visited the old people’s home.

C. The students in Anshan cleaned the walls under the summer sun.

D. The students in Sichuan sent spring festival couplets to the old people.

【5】 Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. Community service helps students grow a sense of responsibility.

B. Through community work students get to help others and learn something.

C. Students are now encouraged to do more community work in many schools in china.

D. Students will be awarded much money for doing more community work in Canada and the US.

26、It is 40 meters long and 6 meters wide. This must be the biggest bus you have ever seen. It can carry 1,200 to 1,400 people.

It is China's new Super Bus. It is going for a test run in Beijing at the end of this year. Some other cities are also interested in running the Super Bus. They hope it can solve traffic problems.

The Super Bus runs along fixed tracks (固定轨道). The bus sits on top of two 2. 2­meter­tall legs. The legs have wheels at one end. Small cars can drive under the bus, so the Super Bus does not take up road space.

The bus runs on electricity and solar power. It can travel up to 60km every hour. Its creator, Song Youzhou, says it can reduce a lot of traffic jams (堵塞).

The Super Bus can do the work of 40 buses. In that way, it can save 860 tons of fuel (燃料) every year, according to Song.

“To build a Super Bus and its track costs less than building subways. Subways are nearly ten times more expensive to build. ” Song said.

Some people worry that the Super Bus may not be safe. However, Song says there's no need for concern. The Super Bus has laser scanners (激光扫描仪) between its legs. The scanners make sure the cars keep a safe distance.

【1】The Super Bus can carry ________ people.

A. 1,300   B. 1,500   C. 1,700   D. 1,900

【2】All the following are the advantages (优势) of the Super Bus except that________.

A. the bus doesn't take up road space

B. the bus can do the work of 40 buses

C. the bus is very easy to build and drive

D. the bus can save a lot of energy every year

【3】According to Song, it's safe for small cars to drive under the Super Bus because ________.

A. the bus is tall enough

B. the road is wide enough

C. there are scanners between its legs

D. the bus travels at 60km per hour

【4】We can guess that Song's purpose for building the bus was to________.

A. take the place of small cars

B. solve traffic problems

C. increase the speed

D. reduce car accidents

【5】This passage is mainly about________.

A. the normal bus   B. the small car

C. the subway   D. the Super Bus

27、HONG KONG-Nine out of ten Singapore citizens returned dropped wallets with money in them, but in Hong Kong only three out of 10 wallets were returned in an honesty test carried out in Asian cities by Readers Digest(读者文摘)．

Larger cities did worse while in general people in smaller places returned secretly planted wallets, results from the experiment showed.

Readers Digest secretly scattered 140 wallets all over Asia, each with a name, address and phone number, family pictures, notes and money in it.

The magazine workers then watched to see what happened.

South Koreans in Seoul returned six out of the ten dropped wallets, while those in Inchon returned eight. 50 percent of the dropped wallets were returned in Bombay, Bangkok, Taipei and Kajang in Malaysia, with most people saying they would not keep what was not rightfully theirs.

Honesty had little relation to wealth or status(地位),as several well-dressed people in a number of cities were observed to walk away without doing anything to get in touch with the rightful owners.

About 57 percent of the wallets were returned, compared with 28 percent in Europe in a similar experiment and 67 percent in the United States.

【1】The newspaper report is mainly about__________.

A. how the honesty test was carried out

B. where the honesty test was carried out

C. the results of the honesty test in Asia

D. the results of the honesty tests in the world

【2】It can be learned from the newspaper report that Bombay is a city in _________．

A. Europe   B. Asia   C. the United States   D. Malaysia

【3】How many of the wallets dropped in Asian cities were taken away without being returned?

A. About 60.   B. About 80.   C. About 56.   D. About 42.

【4】Which people did best in the honesty tests?

A. People in Hong Kong.   B. People in the United States.

C. People in Inchon.   D. People in Singapore.

28、阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

Yangzi was a famous scholar (学者). One day, one of his 【1】 (neighbor) lost a sheep and he asked all his friends for help. Yangzi asked the neighbor, “Why do you send so many people out just to look for one lost sheep?” His neighbor explained there 【2】 a lot of branches. After a while, all the people came back, but none of them 【3】 [faʊnd] the sheep. They said, “Each road has branches and each branch has its own branches. We do not know how to make 【4】 choice. So we give up.”

After hearing this, Yangzi kept 【5】 ['saɪlənt] and was lost in thought. His students didn’t understand 【6】 their teacher worried. After all the lost sheep wasn’t 【7】 (he).

Xinduzi, a friend of Yangzi, told the students 【8】 (serious) “Your teacher is worrying about your studies. What has happened reminds him 【9】 the difficulty of learning and researching. In his opinion, if you fail to find the right way of study, you can 【10】 [əˈtʃiːv] nothing, just like those people who tried to find the lost sheep.”

This is the Chinese idiom story “qilu wangyang”. It is used to show the importance of choosing the right direction. It is easy to lose your way when the situation is complex (复杂的).

29、   The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated ______ the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also called the Double Ninth Festival.

The festival started as ______ as the Warring States Period (475-221BC). It has a history of more than 2,000 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the ______ number. People believe that two "nines" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of activities in honor of old people, wishing ______ good health and a long life.

On that day, people eat Double-Ninth Cakes and climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. The ancestors believed that the ______ could prevent them from catching an illness in winter.

【1】A.in B.at C.on

【2】A.old B.early C.far

【3】A.largest B.longest C.smallest

【4】A.you B.us C.them

【5】A.cakes B.plant C.mountains