2025-2026学年（上）梅州八年级质量检测英语

1、   Do you “worship” your parents?

After I came to China, I started hearing the word “xiaoshun” a lot. It is often translated into English as “filial piety”. However, I think the translation “parent worship” is easier to understand. The basic idea behind “parent worship” is that children should always listen to their parents and do everything they can to make their parents happy.

I think many Chinese people I know would agree with the idea. I guess it is a nice idea, in theory（理论上）. But I also have some Chinese friends who would disagree.This is because they have had to do things they didn’t want to, just because their parents told them to_______For example, one of my good friends had to break up with her boyfriend because her parents thought he didn’t make enough money. “孝顺”似乎有时候也是不公平的。

Most kids in the US, especially teenagers, would probably disagree with “parent worship”, too. In fact, arguing with one’s parents and being rebellious (叛逆的) is common for US teens. 我经常与我的父母就家规进行争论，而且我也不总是遵守那些规矩。

I think the best way is somewhere in the middle. Most, if not all of us, love our parents and try our best to respect（尊重） them. So of course we should follow their rules and try not to stress them out (使紧张). On the other hand, parents should respect their kids as well and give them some reasonable freedom and independence.

【1】The basic idea behind “parent worship” is that children should always listen to their parents and do everything they can to make their parents happy.

【2】This is because they have had to do things they didn’t want to, just because their parents told them to.

【3】“孝顺”似乎有时候也是不公平的

【4】 我经常与我的父母就家规进行争论，而且我也不总是遵守那些规矩

【5】 On the other hand, parents should respect their kids as well and give them some reasonable freedom and independence.

2、Look out! The traffic is ________ fast ________ we can't cross the street now.

A.enough; to B.so; that C.such; that D.too; to

3、We all know the _____ of learning English well.

A. important   B. importance

C. different   D. difficult

4、--Mike likes playing basketball

--  

A.So does he. B.So he is

C.So she does D.So he does

5、She was so angry at _______ he was doing _______ she walked out, and closed the door heavily behind her.

A. what; that   B. that; what   C. that; that   D. what; what

6、 We’re doing much better _________ English our teacher’s help.

A．in; at

B．at; in

C．in; with

D．at; with

7、It's time to say goodbye to my school． I'll remember the people   have helped me．

A. who B. which C. whose

8、I think that half the class will _______ with you.

A. share   B. refuse   C. agree   D. start

9、 — Do you think yesterday’s math problem was difficult?

— Yes. I could work it out.

A.hardly B. easily C. finally D. nearly

10、—Tom, why did you have a meeting yesterday?

—________ a better way to have these robots ________.

A．Find; fixed

B．To find; repaired

C．Finding; fix

D．Found; repair

11、Almost all women are   fashion. It never fails to catch their attention.

A. sure about     B. happy with

C. worried about   D. crazy about

12、Your computer will go wrong if you _____ games too often on it.

A．play  B．plays  C．playing  D．will play

13、—Could you give me a few ________ on how to spend the coming winter holiday?

—OK, let me see.

A.victories B.documentaries C.costumes D.suggestions

14、Sad movies make me  _______ .

A.cry   B.crying C.to cry

15、Mike tried his best to learn English well _______ he caught up with the others at last.

A．but

B．or

C．and

16、The story of “Fishing with birds” lets us _______ a lot about the traditional Chinese skills.

A．know

B．knew

C．to know

D．knowing

17、 It is believed that ________ December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played.

A. on B. in C. at   D. by

18、—It’s too hot. What about having a glass of cold drink?

—________

A．Good idea!

B．Good luck!

C．That’s right.

19、--- He couldn’t hide his __________ at my success and said bad words about it.

A. envy   B. wisdom C. purity   D. power

20、— How about your journey to Shanghai?

— Everything was wonderful except that our car ________．

A．slowed down  B．put down

C．got down D．broke down

21、—Lily, how do you practice your listening skills?

—In many ways. Usually I practice them by _____ tapes.

A. listen to B. listening  C. listening to  D. Listen

22、补全对话 从方框中所给的选项中选择正确的句子补全以下对话。

A:Hello, Michael! Thank you very much for giving away your money to Project Hope.

B: 【1】 I am glad to do something good for poor kids.

A:So am I. Project Hope has helped the poor kids a lot in the past twenty years.

B:Yes. And I think it will continue working well later.

A:I think so. 【2】

B:I have been in China for about ten years.

A:Oh, it’s a long time. 【3】

B:Yes. It has really changed a lot. It used to be crowded and dirty, but it has become a beautiful city. 【4】 

A:What’s the greatest change in China?

B: 【5】

A:You are right. I am proud that China is becoming richer than before.

23、A: Hi, Bill! What’s this?

B: Hi, Betty. It’s a kind of ink (墨水).

A: Really? 【1】 Is it a new invention?

B: Yeah...My uncle has just bought it for me.

A: 【2】 Do you know?

B: Yes. It was invented by two Indian girls.

A: Wow! How great! 【3】

B: Of course. If you eat it accidentally, it won’t have any bad effect (影响) on you.

A: Really? Why? 【4】

B: It’s made from fruit and vegetables.

A: Amazing! I have the habit of putting pens in my mouth. 【5】

B: Haha...Here you are! You can have a try.

A: Thanks a lot.

A．Who was it invented by?

B．The ink is still wet.

C．I’ve never seen it.

D．What’s it made from?

E．I think I need to use that new ink.

F．It’s different from the traditional ink, isn’t it?

G．Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen or brush.

24、One day, Mr Brown took a train from Paris to Frankfurt. When he got on the train, he said to the conductor(售票员), “Sir, could you help me? I have something important to do in Mannheim, but I’m very tired and I need some sleep. Would you please wake me up (叫醒) in Mannheim? Here is 100 dollars for you. But I have to tell you, sometimes when people wake me up, I get really mad. But you’ll have to get me out of this train in Mannheim. Is that clear?”

The conductor agreed and took the money. Soon Mr Brown fell asleep. When he woke up, he found he was in Frankurt. He was so mad at the conductor that he started shouting(喊叫) at him. “Why didn’t you wake me up in Mannheim? I gave you 100 dollars. Give me my money back!”

When Mr Brown was shouting at the conductor, two other passengers looked at them, and one said to the other, “He’s mad!” The other man said, “Yeah! When they put off(让……下车) another man in Mannheim, that man was as mad as him!”

【1】Where did the train start?

A．From America.

B．From England.

C．From France.

D．From Canada.

【2】The man wanted to sleep on the train because __________.

A．the trip wasn’t interesting

B．he was tired

C．he liked sleeping very much

D．he had no friends

【3】What does the word “mad” mean in this passage?

A．高兴

B．伤心

C．狂怒

D．害怕

【4】The conductor woke ________ up in Mannheim.

A．Mr Brown

B．another passenger

C．Mr Brown’s friend

D．another conductor

【5】Where was the man when he woke up?

A．In Paris.

B．In Mannheim.

C．In London.

D．In Frankurt.

25、Honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can’t talk, but can they lie in other ways?

Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees (黑猩猩), behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator (猎食动物) gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.

Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, hides its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others hide their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, dig the food, and hide it again somewhere else.

Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner’s hand and start fighting again.

Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don’t hear them, and they don’t need to share their food.

As children, many of us learn the saying “You can’t fool Mother Nature.” But maybe you can’t trust her, either.

【1】Why are some animals dishonest according to the animal experts?

A．To talk.

B．To survive.

C．To tell jokes.

【2】A plover protects its young from a predator by ________.

A．pretending to be hurt

B．getting closer to its young

C．driving away the adult predator

【3】By “Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky”, the writer means ________.

A．chimps are ready to attack others

B．chimps are sometimes dishonest

C．chimps envy the winners of the fight

【4】We can know from the passage that ________.

A．all the animals survive by fooling other animals.

B．some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.

C．the losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner’s hand.

【5】Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Do animals lie?

B．How do animals learn to lie?

C．How does honesty help animals survive?

26、Everybody, Smile! Let’s Take a Photo

Take a look at these funny photos! A happy lion, a cute fish and two fighting kangaroos. They made the judges of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards laugh!

The closing date for entering this competition is June 30. The judges have received thousands of photos from around the world. They have posted some of their favourite ones online to attract more people to send in their photos.

In 2015, two Englishmen, Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, started the competition. They wanted to show people the lighter side of wildlife photography and help to save wild animals through the use of humour. Each year, the competition supports a different animal charity. This year, it is helping to save wild orangutans(红毛猩猩)in Indonesia.

“To save animals, we need people to fall in love with them,” said Paul, “These photos show us the lovely and funny side of the animals in our natural world!”

【1】How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the text?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

【2】The judges posted some photos online to ______.

A．get more photos

B．fall in love with them

C．make people laugh

D．learn about animals

【3】What does the underlined word “save” mean in the text?

A．keep money for future use

B．keep ... safe

C．build a garden for

D．do some collecting

【4】From the text, we may know Paul is a ______.

A．teacher

B．painter

C．zookeeper

D．photographer

27、Now, the First Photo Competition is held in our city. We have received many wonderful pictures. But we can’t give prizes to everyone. There are four kinds of prizes for our winners.

【1】How many photo competitions were held in the city before?

A．None.

B．One.

C．Two.

D．Three.

【2】There are ________ winners in this competition.

A．four

B．eight

C．eleven

D．twelve

【3】Which pictures of the following were taken on the same day?

A．Xiangshan Park and Pudong New Area in Shanghai.

B．Beihai Beach and Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.

C．Xianglu Peak and Window of the world in Shenzhen.

D．The Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

【4】________ belongs to Historic China.

A．Beihai Beach

B．Kangaroos

C．The Forbidden City

D．Xianglu Peak

【5】Who took a photo of a panda and its baby?

A．Wang Li.

B．Zhu Ting.

C．Ouyang Su.

D．Bai Xinxin.

28、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

How do students spend their free time after finishing their homework? Watch TV, play computer games, or go outside to relax? Here’s a good e【1】.

Tim and Kerry Meek are b【2】 teachers. They live in the UK with their two daughters: eleven-year-old Amy and nine-year-old Ella. R【3】, the Meek family has become the focus (焦点) of the whole country a【4】 they completed (完成) 100 different outdoor activities in one year successfully.

The Meek couple didn’t want their children to spend all their spare time in front of the TV and become “couch potatoes”. So about one year ago, the Meeks decided that watching TV and playing computer games were not a【5】. Instead, they set 100 tasks for them to do outside. Although Mr. and Mrs. Meek are not outdoor activity fans, they took part in all the activities to e【6】 their daughters. It turns out that the two sisters really had fun j【7】 activities.

Every holiday and weekend, whether it’s sunny, rainy or snowy, the Meeks would start to try the activities on their list, i【8】 hiking, sailing, climbing, skiing, and so on. The two little girls not only had a wonderful time, but also learned a lot of skills from the activities. They were even able to stand up in front of their school to make a s【9】 for charity (慈善) . “Our friends spend a lot of their free time doing things which are h【10】 to their health. Luckily, we’ve had the chance to experience something different.”

29、先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly. A few days later, a small hole _________. He sat and watched for several hours when a butterfly tried hard to _________ its body through that little hole.

Suddenly it _________ making any progress and looked like it was stuck. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut a _________ hole in the cocoon. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it had a weak body and small, thin wings.

The man didn’t think anything of it and sat there waiting for the butterfly to start to _________. But it didn’t happen. _________, the butterfly would spend the rest of its life crawling (爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It would never be able to fly.

The man acted with _________ but he didn’t understand the consequences (后果). When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon forces the fluid from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be _________ to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze itself out of the cocoon, its wings never get the fluid and it can never fly.

Sometimes struggles are _________ what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any _________, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.

【1】

A．appeared

B．caused

C．closed

D．followed

【2】

A．afford

B．force

C．change

D．hide

【3】

A．began

B．practised

C．forgot

D．stopped

【4】

A．bigger

B．prettier

C．deeper

D．blacker

【5】

A．discover

B．leave

C．fly

D．rest

【6】

A．In all

B．In the hope

C．In fact

D．In the wild

【7】

A．confidence

B．cleverness

C．courage

D．kindness

【8】

A．ready

B．free

C．devoted

D．used

【9】

A．mainly

B．probably

C．luckily

D．exactly

【10】

A．habits

B．problems

C．risk

D．spirit