2025-2026学年（下）许昌八年级质量检测英语

1、我认为自愿帮助老人是有意义的。

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2、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号（每词限用一次）。

Have you ever listened to the sound in your heart? Have you ever 【1】 an article which has the same idea as yours?

The TV program, Readers, has been popular since it came out on CCTV-1 on February 18th, 2017. It is produced by Dong Qing, a famous hostess. Readers invites many guests 【2】 something that influences them most. Not only famous people but also common people can 【3】 the guests.

Liu Chuanzhi, the founder of Lenovo, 【4】 to Readers as a common father. He said, “As long as you are an honest man, you are my good son whatever your job is! “Xu Yuanchong a 96-year-old translator, shared some of his personal experiences of translating Chinese poems into English and French. His words were simple but moving. He read a love poem with tears in his eyes.

This program has turned reading into a new fashion. It 【5】 the beauty of Chinese language and the power of reading. Now Reading Booths（朗读亭）are set up in many cities. Lots of students take an active part in them.

3、It took me a long time to wait for the early bus this morning.

I ________ ________ ________ ________ waiting for the early bus this morning.

4、Both players are in hard work, ________ wanted to lose the game.

A.either B.neither   C.another D.the other

5、I can't understand ________.

A.what does Christmas mean B.What Christmas does mean   C.What Christmas means

6、Mobile phones are very popular nowadays and they are _________ than before.

A．cheap

B．cheaper

C．cheapest

D．the cheapest

7、How do you create and publish an ebook? Which of the following is correct for the underlined part?

A.[ʊ] B.[ɔ] C.[ə] D.[ʌ]

8、Though you are weak in English, I advise you ________.

A．give up it

B．not to give it up

C．to give up it

D．give it up

9、_______ room looks very clean.

A．Bob and Dave’s

B．Bob’s and Dave’s

C．Bob’s and Dave

D．Bob and Dave

10、It ___ten years since he left his hometown.

A. was B. have been C. is D. has passed

11、He ________ here if he ________ enough time.

A．will come; will have

B．comes; will have

C．will come; has

D．comes; has

12、Spring is coming. The days are getting ________.

A．short and short

B．long and long

C．shorter and shorter

D．longer and longer

13、________ car is in front of my house?

A．Who

B．Who’s

C．Whose

D．What’s

14、He told her ________ there at once.

A．get

B．gets

C．should get

D．to get

15、The moon was ________ bright in the sky at night.

A．smiling

B．shining

C．hiding

D．raising

16、It happened________the night________June 20th, 1998.

A.at, of B.on, in C.on, of D.in, of

17、—My father fell down on the ________ road and broke his leg.

—Sorry to hear that. We should be more careful in winter.

A．clean

B．busy

C．icy

D．quiet

18、Darren is from_________. He can cook delicious______curries.

A.India.  India B.India.  Indian

C.Indian, India D.Indian, Indian

19、交际用语

（2014河南）

A：It’s a nice day．

B：Yes，it’s a beautiful day．

A：Are there so many people here all the time？

B： ________________________________．This is my first time here．

A：Me too．I think this is a great place．

B：Yeah．I think so too．

A： ________________________________？

B：I’m visiting from London．How about you？

A： ________________________________．

B：That’s cool．Are you having a good time？

A：Yes．There are many things to see and I’m taking a lot of pictures．

B： ________________________________？

A：For two weeks，I went to San Francisco and Los Angeles．I want to see the Yellow Stone National Park before I leave．

B： ________________________________．

A：Oh，my friends are waiting for me．I hope you enjoy your stay here．

B：Thank you．It was nice meeting you．

20、根据对话内容，在空白处填入恰当的句子，使对话完整、通顺。

A: Lingling, did you go to see a movie yesterday?

B: No, I didn’t. I just stayed at home and read a book.

A: 【1】?

B: Cinderella. It’s very interesting.

A: Can you tell me more about it?

B:【2】. The stepmother and her daughters ordered Cinderella to work day and night doing the chores.

A: What a poor girl! 【3】?

B: One day, the Prince invited all the young ladies to a party, planning to choose a wife from among them.

A: Wonderful! I want to read it too. 【4】?

B: Sorry, I returned it to our school library this morning.

A: OK, I will borrow it tomorrow.

B: On Sunday? 【5】.

A: Oh, that’s the school library rule. I’ll borrow it next Monday.

21、   Modesty(谦逊) is a valuable quality in many cultures around the world. In China, this is no different. However, the phrase “毛遂自荐” seems to disagree with this.

During the Warring States Period, the Qin army marched(进军) on Handan. Seeing that Handan was in danger, Prince Pingyuan sought help from the state of Chu. He wanted to pick 20 talented people to go with him. However, he could only find 19 people who were good enough. Then, a man named Mao Sui volunteered.

Prince Pingyuan looked at Mao Sui with doubt, “How long have you been here with me?”

“Three years,” Mao Sui answered.

“I hear that a person with talent is like an awl(锥子) in a cloth bag. Its sharp point will soon pierce(戳) through the bag. You’ve been here for a long time, but I haven’t seen any of your achievements. Maybe you don’t have any talent.” said Prince Pingyuan.

“What I’m asking you now is to put me into that bag. If you do that, I will pierce through it. But not only the point — the whole awl,” Mao Sui said confidently.

Impressed, Prince Pingyuan allowed Mao to join his team, and Mao proved very helpful. Now the phrase “Mao Sui recommending himself” is used to describe someone who volunteers to do a task.

However, there is a fine line between self-confidence and arrogance(傲慢). It’s important to believe in yourself, but a strong ego can harm your career and professional relationships. So we recommend letting your work speak for itself.

【1】Where was Mao Sui from?

A.Qin. B.Chu. C.Handan. D.Pingyuan.

【2】What does the phrase “毛遂自荐” mean?

A.Show modesty. B.Feel unconfident.

C.Be professional. D.Volunteering for a task.

【3】The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 6 means ________.

A.putting an awl into a bag

B.putting Mao Sui into a bag

C.letting Mao Sui join the team

D.refusing Mao Sui

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Modesty isn’t a valuable quality.

B.Mao Sui was a confident person.

C.Prince Pingyuan didn’t like Mao Sui.

D.The writer thinks we should learn from Mao Sui.

22、   Pawnshop(典当行)are not malls. You can borrow some money at pawnshops if you leave something as a pledge. You can also take back what you left if you return enough money on time. But if you can’t, the owner of the pawnshop will sell your things. Pawnshops may be large or small, but they are all full of different things.

Few people want to go to the pawnshop unless they need much money. But sometimes people do want to sell things. Most pawnshops accept many kinds of things,including jewelry(珠宝),watches, clothes and so on. So the owners of the pawnshops must know a lot. Because some things may have been kept in a family for many years, the owners of the shops have to tell how old they are,whether they are real or how much they are worth. The owner of the pawnshop might buy it at a low price and then try to sell it for a higher price. About 25% to 35% of their money comes from selling things.

【1】What should you do if you want to borrow some money at a pawnshop?

A. Have a good job B. bring your ID(身份证)there

C. Know the owner very well D. leave something at the pawnshops

【2】The owner of the pawnshop will sell your things if_________

A. The pawnshop is full of different kinds of things

B. The owner of the pawnshop earn some money by selling things

C. You can’t return the money that you borrowed on time

D. The pawnshop needs much money to buy other things.

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Nobody wants to sell something at the pawnshops

B. The owner of the pawnshop make some money by selling things

C. The pawnshop will keep things for us as long as possible.

D. Most pawnshops only accept jewelry.

【4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “pledge”in Chinese?

A. 慈善 B. 机会 C. 欠款 D. 抵押

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Different kinds of pawnshops B. The owner of the pawnshops

C. Many kinds of things in the pawnshop D. Some introductions of the pawnshops

23、

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。

【1】If you want to improve your writing skills, you can call ________.

A．239--5478603

B．321--9694368

C．321--9649368

D．010--62617788

【2】How many hours is Country Life Market open a day?

A．8 hours.

B．9 hours.

C．10 hours.

D．11 hours.

【3】Alice’s house provides the following things Except ________.

A．a fridge

B．a computer

C．a TV

D．a washing machine

【4】Which of the following is Not true?

A．You can join Writer Club on Saturdays.

B．There are 2 bedrooms in Alice’s house.

C．You can keep a pet dog if you live in Alice’s house.

D．Country Life Market is on Guangming Street.

【5】How much will it cost you if you go to live in Alice’s house for two months?

A．$ 400.

B．$ 300.

C．$ 200.

D．$ 100.

24、As space science develops, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger.

Scientists have found out that radiation(辐射) is the greatest danger to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of radiation from the sun and other stars, which is bad for their health. Some special medicine may work a little, but there’s no really helpful medicine.

Space junk is also thought a great danger to spacemen. It’s reported that there are 9,000 man-made things flying in space. About 30% of these are man-made satellites(卫星),10% are spaceships, and the rest are space junk. An explosion(爆炸) in 1996 made a cloud of 300,000 fragments(碎片), each at least 4 mm in size, and even a small piece of these knocked against a spaceship window and did some damage. Scientists are working on helpful ways to do with space junk.

Although space is really dangerous, it interests everyone on the earth. In the near future, it may become usual for people to spend a few days in a space hotel. We may even choose to leave the earth and live in space for a few years. So we should care for space and do something to help improve the space environment.

【1】________ of man-made things in space are space junk.

A. 10% B. 30% C. 60% D. 80%

【2】_______ is/are the most dangerous to spacemen.

A. Satellites B. Radiation C. Fragments D. Space junk

【3】What can people do in space in the near future? ________

A. They can only live and travel in space.

B. They can grow some fruit and vegetables in space.

C. They can find out ways to solve all the problems in space.

D. They can spend a few days or live for a few years in space.

【4】The purpose(目的) of the writer who writes the passage is mainly to _________ .

A. introduce what the space is like to us

B. talk about some important space travels

C. tell us the space environment and to care for space

D. show us how interesting the life of the spacemen in space

25、Nook’s arrival, Good or Bad?

Booklovers, most of them, will tell you what a pleasure it is to lend a favorite read to a friend—the novel you stayed up all night to get to the end of; the travel book that made you feel as if you yourself were on a train ride through India. For a while it seemed that e-book users were to be denied this pleasure of lending to friends. You could b【1】 a book or magazine for your reading device, but you couldn’t lend it out.

But now, with the Nook, the US book chain Barnes and Noble’s response to Amazon’s Kindle, electronic readers will be able to have their l【2】 literary enthusiasm pressed on their friends, just like readers of physical books can. You simply email the book from your Nook and your friend can read it for two weeks, using any device with the Barnes and Noble e-book reader software. It’s a big i【3】 from previous e-book readers.

The Nook offers other features too. You read in black and white on the main screen, just like with Kindle. The difference is that on the lower part of the device there’s a c【4】   touch screen, which allows you to browse through a book or magazine, but goes black when you’re not using it so that you s【5】 power.

Another exciting thing about the Nook is that it offers Wi-Fi, arguably a big advance on previous e-book readers. Customers in the United States can use the Internet connection to read whole e-books at Barnes and Noble’s hundreds of bookstores for free. None of Barnes and Noble’s c【6】 can come close to this.

But the Nook, ironically, has t【7】 out to be a money-loser for Barnes and Noble, or at least a job-loser for Barnes and Noble’s employees. According to Marian Maneker at The Big Money Website, if the Nook is successful it might take sales from the company’s bookstores, eventually forcing their closure and the loss of thousands of jobs.

26、某英文报举办以“家乡的变化”为主题的征文活动。请你根据下表提示，以“The changes in my hometown”为题，用英语写一篇90词左右的短文。

注意事项：1.短文的标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数；

2.表格中省略号处须用1—2句话作适当发挥。

参考词汇：方便的convenient

The changes in my hometown

In the past, my hometown was very small.

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