2025-2026学年（下）海西州八年级质量检测英语

1、翻译 (单词短语翻译)

【1】游泳者；游泳运动员 (n.) ________

【2】出生 (v.) ________

【3】ice (n.) ________

【4】tower (n.) ________

【5】欣赏；仰慕 (v.) ________

【6】家伙；男人；小伙子 (n.) ________

【7】用颜料画；刷漆 (v.) ________

【8】as (conj.) ________

【9】means (n.) ________

【10】novel (n.) ________

【11】出版；发行 (v.) ________

【12】works (n.) ________

【13】导演；部门负责人 (n.) ________

【14】除……之外 (prep.) ________

【15】表演；演出 (v.) ________

【16】Brazilian ________

【17】national (adj.) ________

【18】出生；出世 ________

【19】遇到麻烦 ________

【20】辍学 ________

【21】try every means to do sth. ________

【22】at hand ________

【23】all over the world ________

【24】对……感兴趣 ________

【25】太……而不能…… ________

2、

【1】Beth has a beautiful _________. Listen! She is singing very well.

【2】— Li Mei's __________ is very beautiful.

— Yes.Her songs __________ very beautiful.

【3】Please don't make any _________. I can hardly hear the speaker.

3、I use my computer to learn English.(对画线部分提问)

________ ________ you ________ your computer ________ ________ ?

4、—Can you show me how ______ this online tour of Australia?

—Yes. Just double-click ______ the icon for “Tour”.

A. to start; on   B. starting; on

C. to start; at   D. starting; at

5、I’ll return this book ________.

A．in two weeks’ time

B．two weeks later

C．after two weeks

D．about two weeks

6、—I can’t stay any longer. It’s getting cold.

—Hang in there. The beauty of the sunset is beyond _________.

A.introduction B.instruction C.description

7、—Mr. Li, I have some problems_______ the passage.

—Remember_______ it three or four times at least.

A.to understand; reading B.understanding; reading

C.to understand; to read D.understanding; to read

8、Since some animals hibernate（冬眠）, they ________ any food in winter.

A．don’t need to

B．need

C．needn’t

D．don’t need

9、The man ________ in 1983. He ________ for over 30 years.

A．died; was dead

B．died; has been dead

C．has been dead; died

D．was dead; has been dead

10、A lot of people have tried, but ________ have succeeded.

A．few

B．a few

C．little

D．a little

11、In order to speak English better, we ________ be afraid of losing face. Because the most important thing is to practice. Remember: practice makes perfect.

A．should

B．shouldn’t

C．have to

D．mustn’t

12、—I didn’t see you at the beginning of the party last night．

—I________on nay biology report at that time．

A．worked

B．work

C．was working

D．am working

13、David ____ his friend’s invitation to the picnic in order to stay at home and have a good rest.

A.made B.refused C.accepted

14、________ of his mobile phones are broken, so he has to buy a third one.

A．Both

B．Neither

C．All

D．None

15、Body language includes your gestures and facial ______________.

A.expressions B.appearance C.impressions

16、When you play games with other teams, remember that believing in yourselves is the first step on the road to _______.

A. satisfaction   B. fairness   C. development   D. success

17、He has told me that he ________ an engineer.

A．was

B．is

C．were

D．been

18、—What do you usually help your mother________？

—I often do the dishes．

A．to doing

B．to do

C．doing

D．does

19、The sun p________us with light and heat．We can’t live without it．

20、Ben: Hi, I’m glad to see you again, Fred!

Fred: Me, too!

Ben: How was your vacation, Fred?

Fred: ________ I went to the USA with my parents.

Ben: Cool! Could you please tell me something interesting later, please?

Fred: ________

Ben: Where did you go in the USA?

Fred: First, we went to Los Angeles. My uncle lives there. Then we went to New York to see my cousin.

Ben: ________

Fred: It is interesting. I really like Disneyland there. There are many people dressing up as the famous cartoon characters.

Ben: ________

Fred: No, but I saw Julia Roberts in New York. She was at a restaurant! I got her autograph.

Ben: ________

Fred: She is a super movie star.

Ben: Wow! That’s great! What other things did you do in New York?

Fred: Hmm… Oh yeah, I went to Central Park. I played baseball with my cousin and his friends.

【1】

A．I’m tired.

B．It was great.

C．I like it very much.

D．I don’t like it at all.

【2】

A．Sure.

B．Of course not.

C．No, I can’t.

D．Yes, I can.

【3】

A．Where is Los Angeles?

B．What is Los Angeles famous for?

C．What do you think of Los Angeles?

D．Is Los Angeles a big city?

【4】

A．Who did you meet in Los Angeles?

B．What did you do in Los Angeles?

C．Did you see any famous people in Los Angeles?

D．Where did you visit in Los Angeles?

【5】

A．What was she doing?

B．Where was she?

C．What does she do?

D．How was he?

21、

Nine-year-old Regina, from Scotland, has always loved taking photos. When she was just three, she picked up her father, Kevin’s camera, and asked him how it worked. But rather than just being a curious (好奇的) child or a girl with an inability to leave anything alone, Regina is in fact a professional wedding (婚礼) photographer.

“Regina became interested in photography at a very young age,” her father, and fellow professional photographer, Kevin, tells Daily Mail Australia. “She first started asking questions about how to use my cameras. Regina has never been on a training course,” He goes on to explain that he has never forced his daughter to take photos like her dad does for his job. “I just answer questions when she asks them, and when she wants to do some shooting she can. Over the years she’s tagged along to quite a lot of shoots, so her skills just grew through experience.”

These skills reached the highest point on April 15 this year, when Regina shot over 400 photos at her first wedding. “She completely loved it,” Kevin said. “She is quite a quiet girl, but when she has that camera in her hands she is super-confident, and had no problem dealing with people or setting up shots throughout the day. Regina’s next wedding is on July 1 and several of my other brides have called to ask if she can come along as they love her work. I honestly don’t have words to describe how proud I feel,” he concluded.

“In the past, Regina said a few times that she just wants to keep it as a hobby,” said Kevin. “But over the past few days, upon seeing some of the response her work has got and some of the nice messages she’s received from people all over the world, she has said she might like doing this when she’s older.”

【1】What did Kevin do to help Regina?

A．He answered her questions about photography.

B．He sent her to a training course to learn photography.

C．He forced her to go to some wedding with him.

D．He asked her to take photos as much as possible.

【2】The underlined word “shooting” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “________”.

A．射击

B．发芽

C．拍摄

D．投篮

【3】From Kevin’s words, how does Regina feel when she takes a camera?

A．She is quiet and feels a little nervous.

B．She is quite sure that she can do it well.

C．She feels tired and leaves the camera alone.

D．She really wants to go to a training course.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Kevin really wants her daughter to be a professional photographer.

B．Kevin doesn’t want to take Regina to the weddings any more.

C．Regina is really talented so she doesn’t need to practice too much.

D．Regina might be a professional photographer in the future.

22、【语篇来自二十一世纪学生英文报·试题原创】

Our polite, little phrases

Many of us share these kinds of verbal habits: pausing at certain moments, filling in sentences with extra words or qualifying statements to make them sound more honest.

For example, have you ever been told by your friend: “I am only telling you this because I care about you—you really need to lose weight”? Or, by your classmate: “No offense, but to be perfectly honest, you’ve done a terrible job”?

These speech acts are called “verbal tee-ups”, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. They are like cushions meant to soften bad or unpleasant news. Other verbal tee-ups include: “Don’t take this the wrong way, but…”, or “Don’t get mad, but…”.

For speakers, verbal tee-ups make it easier to say difficult things. They sound formal and polite. But aren’t they dishonest?

According to James W. Pennebaker, Psychology Department chair at the University of Texas at Austin, US, these phrases “are to formalize social relations so you don’t have to reveal your true self”, he told The Wall Street Journal.

However, Anne Curzan, professor of English at the University of Michigan, US, says that verbal tee-ups are a bit like traffic signals. “If we know that we’re about to say something potentially damaging, it can be nice to give the listener a moment to prepare for the message,” she wrote in the article Verbal Tee-ups: A More Positive Spin, published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Curzan gives an example. Suppose she needs an extension from an editor because she can’t get her article done on time. She might start her request with “I’m sorry to have to ask…”, or “I understand if this isn’t possible…”.

She could just say: “I need an extension”. But that doesn’t “feel very polite”, Curzan noted. Instead, it’s “sudden” and doesn’t “give the editor any choice”.

【1】What’s the purpose of pausing at certain moments and fill in sentences with extra words?

A．To give a pause.

B．To make them sound more honest.

C．To make an apology.

D．To give thanks.

【2】What’s the function of “verbal tee-ups”?

A．To soften bad or unpleasant news.

B．To soften good news.

C．To give bad or unpleasant news.

D．To make others feel uncomfortable.

【3】According to Anne Curzan, if we’re about to say something potentially damaging, it’s better to ________.

A．give a pause

B．use “verbal tee-ups”

C．say it directly

D．say sorry

【4】If we don’t use “verbal tee-ups”, it means________.

A．we are honest

B．we are polite

C．we are impolite

D．we have news to say

【5】What’s the passage mainly about?

A．“Verbal tee-ups”—a polite verbal habits.

B．“Verbal tee-ups”—a bad habits.

C．Verbal habits.

D．An honest pause.

23、   Star scientists have taken the first ever picture of a black hole, which is from a far away galaxy (银河系). It is 40 billion km across-three million times the size of the Earth-and has been described by scientists as "a monster".

The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes (望远镜) across the world.

Details have come out today in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Prof Heino Falcke, says "It is one of the heaviest black holes that we think there is. It is a real monster."

The picture shows a quite bright "ring of fire", as Prof Falcke describes it. The bright halo is caused by superheated gas fling into the hole. The light is brighter than all the billions of other stars in the galaxy-which is why it can be seen so far away from Earth.

The dark circle at the centre is the point at which the gas enters the black holes, which is an object that has such a large gravitational (万有引力的) pull, not even light can escape.

【1】The black hole is ________ times the size of the Earth.

A.two million B.three million C.six million

【2】In which part of the newspaper can we read this passage?

A.Sports B.Lifestyle C.Science

【3】The underlined word in paragraph four means ________.

A.光圈 B.球体 C.火团

【4】Which of the following is TURE?

A.The black hole is 500 million km away.

B.This black hole is the heaviest so far.

C.The light from the black hole is the brightest of all the stars.

【5】From the passage, we can infer that ________.

A.Scientists are all unsatisfied with the result.

B.The black hole is dark.

C.It takes a lot of telescopes to work together to get a picture of the black hole.

24、   I enjoyed my 20-­day winter holiday at home in Hong Kong.

My flight from New York to Hong Kong was 15 hours long.I remember that my first 15-hour flight to New York never seemed to come to an end. Sitting in a crowded area with no clean air beside a stranger was no fun. However, by now I love the flights to Hong Kong very much. I know that I'm getting closer to home every second of every minute of every hour I spend on the plane.

My winter holiday this year was quite different from last year's. Last year it was my first year in the USA and I was so excited to be back in Hong Kong.I went out every day with my friends, and only went home in time for dinner with my family. My parents had planned to go to Thailand for a holiday, but I refused because I wanted to spend time with my friends in the city.

This year, to my parents' surprise, I quickly agreed to go somewhere else for a holiday. It's been over a year since I left my school in Hong Kong.This year, I found myself saying “no” to invitations to parties with friends.I decided that spending time with family was better than going out with friends. It is clear that we haven't become so close to each other. I am sad because I've lost some friends. But I still had a wonderful time at home with my family members.

I have found the joy, happiness and understanding in life along with the family.

【1】The writer didn't like his first flight ________ .

A.from New York to Hong Kong

B.from Hong Kong to New York

C.from Hong Kong to Thailand

D.from Thailand to New York

【2】Last winter holiday, the writer ________ .

A.had parties at home

B.often stayed with his parents

C.made dinner for the family

D.often went out with his friends

【3】This winter holiday was different  from last year's because ________ .

A.the writer went to the parties with friends

B.the writer was excited to see his friends

C.the writer enjoyed staying with his family members

D.the writer refused to stay with his family members

【4】When the writer agreed to go somewhere this holiday，his parents were ________ .

A.sorry B.sad C.angry D.surprised

【5】In this story, the writer has realized ________ .

A.spending time with family members is important

B.going to parties is great fun for him

C.it is wonderful that friends are so close

D.parents are often surprised to see their child home

25、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

It was Sunday yesterday. In the afternoon, there was a little wind and thick gray【1】(cloud) were gathering（聚集） in the sky. It seemed there would be a heavy snow. At around seven o’clock, it began to snow.

【2】 first it snowed lightly. Then it snowed【3】 ( heavy). Nancy could hear the wind and snow beating against the windows. She couldn’t fall asleep （入睡）【4】 it was too noisy outside. She was【5】( think) about the snow.“Maybe we needn’t go to school tomorrow,” she said to【6】(she) happily. Suddenly, a strong wind blew one【7】her windows open. She got up and closed it. She knew that【8】 snowstorm was coming.

Luckily, the wind and snow【9】(stop) this morning. The snow was not so heavy【10】 Nancy had thought. So after breakfast, Nancy went to school as usual...

26、作文

澳大利亚籍学生Mary刚来你校就读，她在校园网论坛上发了一个帖子说她感到很孤独。假如你是刘薇，看到了她的帖子，请依据下面表格内容提示写一个回帖。

要求：

1.必须包括表格中三个方面的内容；

2.必须用上表格中的提示词语；

3.词数：70词左右。

Hi, Mary,

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