2025-2026学年（上）佛山八年级质量检测英语

1、如果你待在家，你将会遗憾的。

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2、阅读短文, 从方框中选择适当的单词填空（每词限用一次）。

Henry was a kind boy. His father was dead, and his mother was very poor. He had a little sister about two years old. He wanted to help his mother because she could not always make   【1】 money to buy food for her little family.

One day a man gave him one dollar to thank him 【2】 finding a watch he had lost. With the dollar Henry bought a box, three brushes and some shoe polish（擦亮剂）. He then went on the street, and said to everyone, “【3】 your shoes, please? ”

He was so kind that people began to notice 【4】, and to let him clean their shoes. The first day he brought home fifty cents. When he gave the money to his mother, she cried with 【5】, “You are a good boy. I didn’t know how I could make enough money to buy bread, but now I think we can live a better life.”

3、写出与句意相同或相近的句子，每空一词。

【1】How much did the cat weigh when it was born?

What ____________ the ___________ of the cat ____________  ____________?

【2】He felt sad because he lost his dog.

He felt sad ____________  ____________  ____________ his dog.

【3】There are fewer birds living in the forest than before.

The _________  _________ the birds living in the forest is __________ than before.

【4】He couldn’t finish the job if you didn’t help him.

He couldn’t finish the job ____________ your _____________.

【5】All the people ran wildly everywhere.

All the people ran wildly in ____________  ____________ .

【6】The weather in Beijing is different from that in Huai’an.

The weather in Beijing ____________ the ____________ as that in Huai’an.

4、Eddie is eight years old, but we have seven candles only, we need______ candle.

A. only one   B. one more   C. some more   D. one much

5、 A lot of money __________ at the charity show, but the cost of living __________ a lot, so we  still need to do much work to help the disabled people.

A. was raised; has risen B. was raised; were raised

C. rose; has risen   D. rose; were raised

6、— Can you tell me _________?

— Sorry, I’m busy now. You can ask Linda for help.

A．who is the man over there

B．when will the meeting begin

C．what will the weather be like

D．how I can make this machine work

7、Let’s have a ________ party for her. I’m sure she’ll be ________.

A．surprise; surprise

B．surprised; surprised

C．surprise; surprised

D．surprised; surprise

8、His parents   Shenzhen for twenty years.

A. have been in   B. have been to   C. has been in   D. has gone to

9、My brother _______ exercise every day and he likes sports very much.

A．do

B．does

C．will do

D．is doing

10、As soon as little David could read, he ________ great interest in books about robots.

A．show

B．shows

C．showed

D．is showing

11、—________?

—It’s between minus ten and minus six degrees.

A．What time is it

B．What colour is it

C．What’s the temperature

12、— Must I return the book this week?

— Well, you _______ if you can renew it on line．

A．mustn’t

B．needn’t

C．have to

D．should

13、Jay Chou is popular among young people in Hong Kong _____ his nice voice.

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

14、—I have a happy weekend on the farm.

—________.

A．Have a good time

B．I’m glad to hear that

C．Oh, that’s very nice of you

D．Thanks a lot

15、– Jim, could you help me to repair the bike?

–  ________, let me see first.

A. No problem.   B. That’s all right.

C. Not at all.   D. There’s no problem.

16、I bought a new MP4 player and it ______ me 500 Yuan.

A．paid B．spent C．cost  D．took

17、Mike goes to school by bike, ________ his sister goes to school by bike too.

A．but

B．or

C．and

18、We should learn the ________ of never giving up from Aron Ralston.

A．feeling

B．spirit

C．trouble

D．experience

19、A: What are you reading, Kevin?

B: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.

A: 【1】

B: It’s about a man named Robinson who lives alone on an island.

A: Really? I can’t imagine! What’s Robinson like?

B: 【2】

A: Is the story interesting?

B: Sure. 【3】 I can’t stop reading the book.

A: 【4】

B: Of course! I’ll bring it to you as soon as I finish it.

A: Great. 【5】

B: It won’t take long.

A: Bye. See you.

A．The book is difficult to understand.

B．What’s the book about?

C．He’s clever enough to get over many difficulties.

D．I enjoy it so much.

E．What’s your favorite book?

F．I can’t wait to read the book.

G．Can I borrow it?

20、根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。

A: Hi, Jane! My family are going on a trip to Beijing this weekend.

B: Sounds exciting! 【1】?

A: By bus.

B: By bus? I think it’s too expensive.

A: 【2】?

B: I think the best way to get there is by train.

A: 【3】?

B: One ticket costs ¥125.

A: 【4】?

B: It takes seven hours to get there by train.

A: That’s good. Thank you.

B: 【5】. Bye!

A: Bye!

21、Dear Andrew,

Nice to hear from you. Here is some information about my family and me. I am from Tangier, north of Morocco. I have a sister and a brother: Leila, 14 and Jamal, 11. I am 16 years old. My father is a fireman and my mother is a nurse. We live in a small but nice house by the sea.

I can swim and I usually ride my bicycle to school. I am quite healthy and strong. My sister can’t swim but she can play tennis well. My brother likes football and basketball and there are many pictures of football players on his bedroom walls.

I like quiet places and slow music. I am a little shy. But my brother is quite different. He likes loud music. He is funny and he is good at telling jokes.

My favorite subject is geography but I am not good at math and science. I’d like to be a lawyer (律师) in the future. My sister is opposite. She is good at math and science, and she wishes to be an engineer (工程师) or a doctor.

I have a happy family. What about you? Tell me more about you and your family.

Yours,

Hasna

【1】Who can play tennis well?

A．Hasna.

B．Leila.

C．Jamal.

D．Andrew.

【2】Jamal is good at ________.

A．swimming

B．drawing

C．telling jokes

D．telling stories

【3】What’s Hasna’s favorite subject?

A．English.

B．Geography.

C．Science.

D．P. E.

【4】What does the underlined word “opposite” mean in Chinese?

A．活泼的

B．谨慎的

C．相似的

D．相反的

【5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Hasna usually goes to school by bus.

B．Leila wants to be a lawyer in the future.

C．Hasna’s mother may work in a hospital.

D．Jamal has many pictures of basketball players.

22、Xiao Peng, a 12-year-old Chinese boy, has too many activities. His father takes him away from school sixteen afternoons a month and drives him across town to practice. “I do most of my homework in the car when we are driving to the practice centre, and I have to do the rest when I go home. I am too tired and I just want to sleep,” he said in a sleepy way.

“More and more kids become unhappy because they have too many activities to do,” said Mr. Wang, an expert of child development (发展). “41% of the children aged 9-13 said they felt worried most of the time, and more than 75% of them said that they wished they had more free time to play.”

“Over-scheduling (过量的课时安排) is a growing problem for Chinese families,” said Mr. Wang. It is not good for both kids and their parents. All these family members are always very busy, especially for dinner time. More families have dinner quickly or often have to eat fast food on their way to football practice or music lessons. We all know it is important for kids to learn how to relax. If they don’t learn that now, it will be more difficult to learn when they get older. Kids need time to relax. Parents should think about what is right for kids.

【1】According to the first paragraph, how does Xiao Peng feel about these activities?

A．Relaxed.

B．Excited.

C．Tired.

D．Sad.

【2】How many children aged 9-13 wanted to have more time to play according to Mr. Wang?

A．About three quarters.

B．About two thirds (二分之一).

C．About a half.

D．About one quarter.

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

A．a growing problem

B．learning how to relax

C．over-scheduling

D．feeling worried most of the time

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

A．Over 41% of the parents said they felt worried most of the time.

B．More and more kids become unhappy because they have too many activities to do.

C．If kids don’t learn to relax now, it will be less difficult to learn when they get older.

D．Over-scheduling is a growing problem for American families.

【5】What does this text want to tell us?

A．Parents should worry about their children.

B．Parents should give much time to the kids to study.

C．Parents should let their children take more activities.

D．Parents should know that their children need time to relax.

23、The Grade 3 students at the Clean City School collect empty bottles. In June, they are going to take them to a recycling center. They are going to sell the bottles and buy some books for the school library. Kate has started a graph to show the number of the bottles they have collected. This is the graph.

Students Bottle Collection

【1】In October the students collected __________ empty bottles.

A．eighty

B．sixty

C．forty

D．twenty

【2】The students collected _________ more bottles in December than in January.

A．80

B．20

C．100

D．40

【3】From the graph above, we know that the students picked up the same number of bottles in _________ and _________.

A．October; February

B．September; April

C．January; May

D．November; March

【4】Why do the students collect empty bottles? Because they _________.

A．want to do something for their school

B．like empty bottles very much

C．want to play with the bottles

D．want to sell them to buy balls

【5】Which of the following is true?

A．Katherine drew the graph.

B．Students have collected over 700 bottles in the past 10 months.

C．Students collected the same number of bottles in four different seasons.

D．Students collected bottles to raise money to buy books for the school library.

24、阅读下面短文，并根据短文大意及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词。在填写答卷时，要求写出完整单词。（每格限填一词）

Winning feels good; losing feels bad. Some people think that losing is a t【1】experience. Unfortunately, we can’t always win, so it’s important for us to a【2】the bad feeling of losing and turn it into a positive（积极的）lesson that teaches us the ways we can improve.

At the Tokyo Olympics, China’s mixed-doubles table tennis team of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen won silver i【3】of gold. They took the loss like good sportsmen. Some Chinese fans, however, were angry and disappointed. In their opinion, all table tennis golds should go to China.

There is a popular saying goes like this: “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.” It’s from a famous basketball player who experienced many years of losing a【4】 he had won a championship early in his career. However, he later went on to win five more championships.

Sports is a lot like life. We are always competing to get into the best schools, to win prizes, and to get better jobs. We don’t always win, but every loss can be an opportunity to learn and, through this process, to improve. We should raise our s【5】 when we are losing. As long as you believe in yourself and never give up, you will never be a loser.

25、书面表达

请根据下面的提示，介绍一下你和你的朋友Peter外貌、性格等方面的不同，并谈一谈你对朋友的看法，怎样才能能为你的朋友。可适当进行拓展。 词数，80 词左右。

参考词汇： serious, exercise, funny, outgoing