2025-2026学年（上）玉溪八年级质量检测英语

1、根据括号内所给提示，将下列句子翻译成英语。

【1】妈妈，我永远不会让你失望的。 (let ... down)

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【2】他们齐心协力，很快完成了工作。(pull together)

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【3】我爸爸喜欢篮球而不是排球。(rather than)

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【4】他会被学校开除吗？ (kick off)

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【5】王奶奶对她的孙女们要求严厉。(be hard on sb.)

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【6】那个男孩差点从高墙上掉下来。 (be close to)

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【7】第一步是学习如何使用这台机器。 (动词-ing形式作表语)

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2、The Hobbit is such____wonderful science fiction movie that I want to see it_____ second time.

A. a, a   B. a, the C. /, the   D. /, a

3、---It’s difficult for the village children to cross the river for school.

---I think a bridge _________ over the river.

A. was built   B. should be built   C. has been built   D. is being built

4、—I have just got my driver’s license.

-- !

A．Good luck

B．That’s right

C．Just so-so

D．Congratulations

5、We a class meeting on rubbish classification（分类）this time last Monday.

A.were having B.are having C.had D.will have

6、To my surprise, the person I spoke to at the gate ________ to be my new teacher.

A．came out

B．turned out

C．turned into

D．stayed out

7、Look at this machine.Do you know who it was invented______ ？

A. for B. by C. to D. from

8、Very soon a nursing home ________ in our neighbourhood for the elderly living alone.

A.has set up B.will set up C.has been set up D.will be set up

9、—When did the old man ________?

—He ________ for over ten years.

A．die; died

B．dead; has died

C．dead; died

D．die; has been dead

10、________, we must get to school on time.

A.More importantly B.Important

C.More important D.Importantly

11、—The students of Grade 9 have to take part in the P.E. test.

—Yes, ________ they are busy studying, they need to practice more.

A．unless

B．though

C．because

12、— Would you like to come to have dinner this evening?

— I’d like to _______ I’m free.

A．and

B．if

C．but

D．so

13、-Could you tell me_______? -More than a year.

A. how soon will the new airport be built

B. how long has the new airport been in service

C. how soon the new airport will be built

D. how long the new airport has been in service

14、The school wants parents to _________.

A．park their cars at the school gate

B．teach their children to walk to school

C．drive their children to school carefully

D．stop dropping off children outside the gate

15、He, as well as his parents, ________ going to visit Shanghai in July.

A. be   B. am   C. is   D. are

16、—You look so tired. What’s wrong?

—I didn’t go to bed ________ I finished watching In the Name of People last night.

A．until

B．if

C．unless

17、My cousin is _______ organized and she always keeps her things ______.

A. well; in a good order   B. good; in good order

C. well; in good order   D. good; in a good order

18、一He _______ go out with his parents, but now he ____ staying at home alone.

一Maybe he has got older.

A．used to; used to   B．is used to; used to

C．is used to; is used to   D．used to; is used to

19、You can’t enter the house. Look at the ________. It says “No entry”.

A．stream

B．sign

C．corn

D．platform

20、—Have you ever been to Hangzhou?

—Yes. I ________ there for two years. But now I run my own company in Suzhou.

A．was working

B．have worked

C．worked

D．would work

21、-He didn’t go to school yesterday, did he ?

-______, though he was not feeling well.

A.No, he did.  B. No, he didn’t.

C.Yes, he did.  D. Yes, he didn’t

22、根据对话内容，从所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全对话，其中有两项是多余的。

A: Nice to meet you! I’m Dave from America.   

B: Nice to meet you, too! I’m He Wei, an exchange student from China.   

A: China? It’s a great country. 【1】

B: Really? Well, next year, you can come to my house for the New Year.   

A: OK. 【2】

B: Of course not. On the New Year’s Eve, we always make dumplings with family and some coins are put in the dumplings. 【3】

A: That’s cool. Anything else?

B: On the New Year’s Day, we Chinese always visit relatives and give gifts to each other.   

A: Oh, I like gifts. 【4】

B: In China, you shouldn’t open the gift at once. You should wait and open it later.

A: Really? It’s interesting. 【5】

B: You’re welcome.

A．Thank you for telling me so much.

B．Do you often get a lot of gifts?

C．The person with coins is lucky.

D．I’m interested in Chinese festivals, especially the Chinese New Year.

E．When I get a gift, could I open it at once?

F．Do you like coins?

G．Would you mind telling me some customs about the festival?

23、情景七选五请阅读下面一段对话，根据其情景,从方框内七个选项中选出能填入对话的五个选项。并用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

Peter: Hi, Alice. I'm going with my cousin to a concert next week. 【1】

Alice: When are you going, Peter?

Peter: 【2】

Alice: What time does the concert start?

Peter: At one thirty, And it finishes at a quarter past four.

Alice: 【3】

Peter: We'll go by train. It's too far to ride a bicycle, and there is no subway.

Alice:OK, 【4】 I've only got one hundred dollars.

Peter: Oh, that' s all right. They’re only ninety dollars each.

Alice: Great!That leaves me with ten dollars to get some ice -cream or a drink.【5】

Peter: You’1I need a jacket because it's cold inside the concert tent Alice: Great! I can't wait.

A. How will we get there?

B.It' s Tuesday today.

C.Do you want to come with us?

D. Is there anything need to bring? 

E. Are the tickets expensive?

F. What can I do for you ?

G.We’re going on Tuesday afternoon.

24、   Parents of very young children know this：You catch your child in the act of stealing the cookie—the evidence（证据）of candy written on his or her face. However, the kid often gives a denial, "I didn't do it!"

Learning to tell the truth, even at the risk of punishment, is an important part of moral（道德）development, and new research suggests it can take seven or more years for kids to get there.

Early in 2017 Professor Craig E. Smith published a study. He and his workmates chose 48 children between four and nine years of age. They told the kids a story about a boy or girl doing something wrong，such as taking a classmate's toy or candy, and then either lying about the wrongdoing to a parent or confessing（承认错误） it. In each case, they asked the children, "How would the child feel? How would the mother feel?"

The children's answers were generally divided according to age, which is in agreement with the above research, showing a gradual growth of moral understanding in early childhood. More of the four-to-five-year-olds thought the child in the story would feel better keeping the stolen candy, lying and getting unpunished. They imagined the parent in the study would be angry with the child who confessed. However, the seven-to-nine-year-olds were more likely to think the child would feel better confessing the wrongdoing and that the parent would have positive（积极的） feelings towards a confessor.

Smith says, "Kids of all ages who expect that a parent would feel happy about a child's confession are more likely to tell the truth rather than lie. Reward the honesty even if you feel you must punish the wrong action." He adds, what parents can learn from these studies is to listen calmly without getting angry right away when their child confesses.

Allowing children to make mistakes is one of the greatest challenges of parenting. It is easier when they are young. The potential（潜在的） mistakes carry greater risks, and part of being a parent is reducing risk for our children.

【1】What does the expression "gives a denial," in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.refuses to tell the truth B.decides to blame the parent

C.prepares to accept the truth D.begins to shout at the parent

【2】What did Smith and his workmates find in their study?

A.Kids of all ages are more likely to tell the truth rather than lie.

B.Younger children would feel better confessing the wrongdoing.

C.Older kids thought parents would be angry with their confessions.

D.Older kids are more likely to confess to an act than younger children.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.It's easy for kids to confess their mistakes.

B.Parents should at once punish the kids who lied.

C.It takes time for children to learn to tell the truth.

D.Parents should never get angry after kids' confessions.

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Why children like telling lies when they are young.

B.How children feel when they confess their mistakes.

C.Why parents must punish their children's wrong actions.

D.How parents should treat their children when they make mistakes.

25、Some of the greatest problems we face today are the destruction (破坏) of our environment. Brown clouds, polluted water, endangered wild animals.., these problems seem so huge.

So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don't have to drive...

But does it do any good? When I am the only one in line at the market with cloth bags, am I doing any good? Does my walking to stores make any real difference to the world?

I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鸟) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration (迁徙), a few of them first take off from the lake. But none of the others seem to notice, so the small group returns. However, the next day they try again. This time few more fly along with them, but most of them still pay no attention, so they return again. They try for several times. Every time a few more birds join in but, since the thousands of others still take no notice, the great migration plan is once more stopped.

Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once again starts flying and a small number more join in just as before, then more. Finally, they all take flight and the migration really begins. What a spectacular sight it must be—thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once!

A few can make a difference. Even if you're the one to take the first step, and continue trying, others will someday take notice and together we will solve even our greatest problems.

【1】Where would you most probably read this passage?

A. A guidebook.

B. A movie poster.

C. A personal blog(博客).

D. A geology(地质) magazine.

【2】What does the underlined word "spectacular" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Frustrating.   B. Surprising.

C. Terrible.  D. Fantastic.

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

A. Even if we can walk there, we still drive over.

B. Flamingos like to get together in groups of a thousand or more.

C. Brown clouds and polluted water are the only problems we face today.

D. When a few of the flamingos first take off from the lake, all the others follow at once.

【4】What's the writer's purpose of writing this article?

A. To show that the writer loves to see the migration of flamingos.

B. To tell readers to continue trying and it can make a difference.

C. To introduce a special kind of flamingo to readers.

D. To show that there're many problems in the world.

26、  When a cake is brought to the table at a birthday party, it is usually decorated with candles. It is said that the tradition of lighting birthday candles was invented by the ancient Greeks; it has taken on different meanings through the years. Today, one of the most popular birthday traditions is to blow out the candles all at once to make a secret wish come true.

In order to please Artemis, the goddess of the moon, the ancient Greeks arranged something special for birthdays. A moon-shaped cake was baked and decorated with lit candles. They thought the smoke from the candles would carry an offering(祭品) up into the sky, where they believed Artemis lived.

The tradition of lighting birthday candles continued in Europe, where candles were sometimes kept burning all day on a person’s birthday, partly as celebration and partly to keep away evil spirits. It was believed that the blowing out of candles represented one’s prayers(祈祷) to the gods. Some cultures believe it is a bad luck to blow out the candles until after the evening meal is eaten.

Traditionally, one candle represents a year of the person’s age. Some families prefer to add an extra candle for good luck. But that practice is improper when a very young child is celebrating a third birthday. Generally, older people’s birthdays are celebrated by placing just a few candles to represent, such as an eight for 80th birthday.

Today’s birthday candles are made in different shapes, like animals or flowers. One or two candles in the shape of numbers are sometimes used instead of lots of candles; for example, a four-shaped and a zero-shaped candle would represent 40.

【1】Why did the ancient Greeks arrange something special for birthdays?

A. To make their dreams come true.

B. To celebrate a person’s birthday.

C. To protect themselves from evil spirits.

D. To please the goddess of the moon.

【2】What is the tradition of lighting candles for birthdays like in Europe?

A. The candles were always kept burning all day on a person’s birthday.

B. The blowing out of candles represented one’s prayers to the god.

C. Some cultures believe it is right to blow out the candles before the evening meal.

D. The Europeans sometimes keep burning the candles all day just as a celebration.

【3】What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A. In some families, people would add an extra candle without any special meaning.

B. It is common to see a cake with four candles on a three-year-old child’s birthday.

C. Traditionally, people can use an eight-shaped and a zero-shaped candle to represent 80.

D. Usually one candle is placed on a cake for each year of the person’s age.

27、Dear friend,

Please join us for our Walk for Charity（慈善）. Starting in Weldown, you and your friends can choose to walk 10, 20 or 30 kilometers.

The money raised will provide support for people in our town. Start getting sponsors（赞助者）now and then just come along on the day. Please read the instructions below carefully.

See you on Sunday 16, May.

P.S. Well done to last year’s walkers for helping to raise a total of £21, 000. The money has already been used to build a children’s school.

START TIMES：30 km: 8—10 a.m.               20 km: 8—10:30 a.m.        10 km: 8—11:30 a.m.

CLOTHES should be right for the weather. If it is rainy, bring some protections. It is better to wear shoes that have been worn in, rather than new ones.

MAPS will be available. If you need help along the way, please tell the volunteers.

BUSES

A bus will be waiting at Fenton to take walkers back to Weldown. The bus will leave every 30 minutes starting from 12 p.m. The service is free.

【1】As for clothing, the organizers suggest that the walkers wear _______.

A．old shoes

B．new shoes

C．cool suits

D．warm clothes

【2】When can the walkers take a bus from Fenton?

A．At 11:30 a.m.

B．At 11:45 a.m.

C．At 12:30 p.m.

D．At 12:45 p.m.

【3】The material is probably taken from _______.

A．a music magazine

B．a local newspaper

C．a safety instruction

D．a hospital notice

28、在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。

One of the first science fiction books published was Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth, written in 1864. This popular book marked the b【1】 of our strong interest in science fiction. Since then, there have been books, magazines, computer games, radio and TV shows and films.

A science fiction story doesn’t just focus on the future; it focuses on the use of science in our future. Sometimes things that are written in science fiction stories a【2】 become true. Star Trek first appeared on television in 1966. The crew of the spaceship spoke to each other on small mobile devices. A robot starred in the 1927 film, Metropolis.

In the 1982 film, Blade Runner, video communication was s【3】 as an exciting thing of the future. This is one of the reasons why science fiction is so popular. It lets us think about how our world might be in the future. It gives us ideas about how we might make things on the Earth better than they are n【4】. It gives us possible solutions to problems.

A【5】 reason is that it begins to answer some of the biggest questions in life, questions like Are we alone in the universe? What could we do better? Science fiction gives us the chance to think about these questions and c【6】 possible answers.

People also like to get away from their daily lives through science fiction. It is d【7】 to imagine a better way of doing this than reading a fantastic story about a place you have never been to and creatures you cannot imagine. It does this by making us feel that anything is possible.

Perhaps science fiction could also make us feel lucky to live here on the Earth. Perhaps it could even make us take better care of our planet.

29、   Many people love eating pancakes.But do you know there is a holiday _______ Pancake Day in England? It _______ many years ago,and it is usually in March.

English people usually celebrate the day with fun games .However, the most well-known activity _______ that day is the pancake race.

In some villages and towns in England,the pancake race _______ every year. Traditionally ,it was a race for _______ only. There were special rules about the pancake race: Housewives must wear aprons（围裙）.They must run about 410 meters. A bell rang _______ before the race started .With the first bell the women made their pancakes. With the second bell they started _______ with a cooked pancake in frying pan. While running the race, they each must toss(扔, 掷)the pancake three times and _______ it back in the frying pan.If the pancake fell down,the runner must _______ and toss it again.

Now the pancake race is still a major activity on Pancake Day. Everyone,no matter man or woman, young or old, can ________ it .

【1】A.called B.celebrated C.thought D.taken

【2】A.finished B.started C.happened D.spent

【3】A.at B.from C.in D.on

【4】A.takes place B.has C.holds D.carries

【5】A.boys B.girls C.women D.men

【6】A.once B.twice C.first D.second

【7】A.walking B.jumping C.going D.running

【8】A.catch B.toss C.throw D.cook

【9】A.throw it away B.pick it up C.give it up D.eat it up

【10】A.feel sorry about B.be afraid of C.be scared of D.get fun from