2025-2026学年（上）葫芦岛八年级质量检测英语

1、当我们处于困境时，我们不应该放弃。

2、—______ are your family going this summer holiday?

—To Dalian. We’ll stay there for a week.

A. Where   B. When C. How D. Why

3、—What does your father think of your school report this term?

—The smile on his face shows that he is________ what I have done in my study.

A. afraid of   B. angry with   C. happy with   D. surprised at

4、When I entered the room, __________ my surprise, all the students stood up quickly.

A. for   B. to   C. in   D. with

5、Do you want to be healthy? _______. That can help you stay healthy.

A. Be happy.   B. Being happy.   C. To be happy.   D. Being happily.

6、—Could you please stop playing the drum? I ______the online lesson now.        

—Sure. I’m sorry.

A．will take

B．was taking

C．am taking

D．have taken

7、To know more about the Peony Garden of Heze, you _________ travel around with a local guide.

A．must

B．should

C．will

8、 many film stars to Hollywood these years ?

A. What do you think attract   B. What do you think has attracted

C. Do you think what attracts   D. What you think has attracted

9、As we all know, the book is made ________ paper, and paper is made ________ wood.

A．of; of

B．of; from

C．from; of

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

A. be   B. am   C. is   D. are

11、I am poor in English. I can hardly make myself__________.

A. understood   B. understand   C. understanding   D. to understand

12、Organic tea tastes________but sometimes it costs more than non-organic tea.

A.good B.well C.badly D.terribly

13、—Who teaches ________ music?     

—Nobody. I teach _________.

A．you; mine

B．your; myself

C．you; myself

14、The two shirts are similar in ________，but different in price.

A. style   B. sign   C. height

15、—Excuse me, I’m afraid we’re lost. Could you tell us where the nearest bank is?

—Sure. ________ along the road, and you’ll find a bank on your left.

A．Going

B．To go

C．Go

16、Dick was __________ a car.

A.too poor to buy B.poor enough to buy

C.enough poor to buy D.so poor not to buy

17、She opened the gift box, but to her disappointment, there was ________ inside.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

18、In cold winter, the temperature in northern cities often remains ________ zero.

A．among

B．beside

C．below

D．by

19、Even Tony’s six-year-old son asked him ______ smoking．

A．stops   B．stopped

C．stopping D．to stop

20、—Could you tell me how to pay you?

—You'd better use mobile payment. I don't care   or WeChat Pay.

A.whether is it Ali Pay B.whether it is Ali Pay

C.if it is Ali Pay D.if is it Ali Pay

21、 Please _______ spend too much time playing computer games. It wastes a lot of time.

A. not   B. aren’t   C. don’t   D. not to

22、A: You look so unhappy, Sam! What’s the matter?

B: Will you be happy being 【1】?

A: What happened?

B: I didn’t finish the task to remember all the words of Unit 3 on time, so the teacher asked me to write each of the new words five times.

A: How couldn’t you finish it? I remember you spent a 【2】 day doing this. You even 【3】 to go to watch your favorite movie with us.

B: You have to know not everybody is a born English learner like you. It seems that it always takes you 【4】 time to finish this. You know I always have a bad 【5】 for English words.

A: Actually I 【6】 of disagree with you. Everybody has the ability to learn English well. But what makes the 【7】 is that good learners are good at choosing good ways to learn wisely.

B: Can you share your secrets to English learning with me?

A: Sure, take the words memorizing as an example. It’s necessary to create some 【8】 between the words and the things you know well. It will be easier for you to remember them for a long time.

B: It sounds reasonable.

A: More 【9】, writing down and reading the words repeatedly just what the teachers asked you to do also help a lot. But don’t write them for too many times.

B: Uh...... you mean I have to be happy about that.

A: Ha-ha! At least it’s 【10】 to be so unhappy because it may help you in some way.

23、(Li Hua and Lin Yao have just walked out of the cinema. A reporter is interviewing them.)

Reporter: Excuse me, I’m a reporter from Imovie. com. May I ask you some questions?

Li Hua/ Liu Yao: Sure.

Reporter: 【1】.

Li Hua: The Wandering Earth II.

Reporter: Why did you choose it?

Li Hua: 【2】 She said it was a big hit.

Reporter: I see. (To Liu Yao) How do you like this movie?

Liu Yao: Amazing! 【3】

Li Hua: I agree. And Wu Jing acts really well.

Reporter: Well, what else would you like to say about it?

Liu Yao: 【4】 He wrote such a wonderful story.

Li Hua: And it’s an important milestone (里程碑) of our country’s movie development.

Reporter: 【5】 Thank you very much.

Li Hua/Liu Yao: My pleasure.

A．That’s for sure.

B．Did you enjoy yourselves?

C．Which character do you like best?

D．Because of my friend’s suggestion.

E．Which movie did you watch just now?

F．It’s a successful science fiction movie.

G．I’m really proud of the writer Liu Cixin.

24、How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you feel better when you visit your local park? Most people think that nature is good for our bodies and brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% teenagers can spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel this is a problem in the 2lst century.

As a result, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example of this is the work of Dr. Matilda in Sweden. The doctor gave people a maths test. During the test, their heart rates(心率) were fast. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D-vitual-reality(虚拟现实) room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people’s in the other group. The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed.

Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada. In Toronto, researchers studied 31,000 people living in the city. In general, they found that healthier people lived near parks.

Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life. In Dubai, for example, there are plans for a new shopping center with a large garden so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. In Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular. Many children study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside.

And South Korea is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. So after building cities for so long, perhaps it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

【1】The writer starts the passage by ________.

A．asking questions

B．comparing numbers

C．telling stories

【2】Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．In Switzerland, many children study in the forests and do lots of exercise outside.

B．In South Korea, about 13 million people visit new forests near the cities every year.

C．In Dubai, a new shopping center with a large garden has been built already.

【3】We can infer (推理) from the passage that ________.

A．fewer and fewer Canadians will live near parks

B．people used to break the rule of nature to develop cities

C．people’s heart rates get quicker in a 3D-virtual-reality room

【4】If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?

（①=Para. 1（自然段）②-Para. 2 ③-Para. 3 ④=Para. 4 ⑤=Para. 5）

A．

B．

C．

25、Whenever the word “peace” comes into our mind, we can’t help thinking of a dove with a leaf in its mouth. But do you know why this little bird became a symbol of peace?

The symbol first appeared in the story of Noah’s Ark. In the story, when the heavy rain that flooded the earth stopped pouring down, Noah sent out a white dove to see if there was any land. Then the dove returned with an olive branch in its mouth, which meant that it had found dry land somewhere. This brought hope to Noah. From then on, the white dove was considered the symbol of hope and new life.

In another very popular story from Central Asia, a big war was about to happen between two kingdoms. When one of the kings asked for his helmet, he was told that a dove had made a nest in it. The king’s mother wanted him to keep the nest and the doves. The king agreed and headed for the war without his helmet. After seeing this, the other king asked the reason. The king told the truth. The other king was deeply touched. And they finally agreed to make peace instead of war. A nest of doves became a reason for stopping a war. Since then, the dove has been connected with peace.

Later, many artists felt the bird was a symbol of peace. But it was Pablo Picasso who made the white dove a popular modern symbol of peace when he used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949.

【1】Why did Noah send out a white dove?

A．To find out if there was dry land.

B．To search for other living things.

C．To see if the heavy rain had stopped.

D．To find out where his ark sailed to.

【2】How might Noah feel when he saw the dove coming back with an olive branch?

A．Sad.

B．Excited.

C．Embarrassed.

D．Frightened.

【3】What made the other king decide to give up fighting?

A．The heavy rain.

B．A nest of doves.

C．The first king’s mother.

D．The goodness of the first king.

26、Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said “no.” or “we don’t know.” But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact (联系)these beings(人；生物).

Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life,” Shostak and Barnett said. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,” says Shostak. “And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.”

In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not,” says Shostak. “It’s a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other ways, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don’t have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we can communicate with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”

【1】Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _____.

A. astronomers   B. farmers

C. singers D. drivers

【2】What is the best title for Paragraph (段落)2?

A. The Age and Size of Earth

B. Our Galaxy: The Milky Way

C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist

D. Earth: The Only Planet with Intelligent Life

【3】Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

A. There were not any smaller planets.

B. There were not any powerful telescopes.

C. The astronomers were not interested in them.

D. The Milky Way didn’t exist at that time.

【4】Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

A. They’re afraid of us.

B. It’s a long way away.

C. They don’t want to see us.

D. They don’t know how to use radio signals.

【5】What does the underlined phrase “life forms” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Messages B. Tools

C. Intelligent beings   D. Radio signals

27、   You are walking down the street.  Suddenly it starts to rain and you don’t have an umbrella.  What do you do? Run or walk?

Most people would choose to run because it will get you out of the rain faster.  But if you run, you also run into more raindrops.  So what should you do?

Franco Bocci, a teacher at the University of Brescia in Italy, found that you should consider the wind direction and your body shape when you try to decide to move slowly or quickly in rain, according to the BBC.  

When there is no wind and the rain is landing directly on you, Bocci suggests that you should run as fast as possible.

But if the wind comes from behind and blows the rain onto your back, the best thing to do is walking at the same speed as the wind.  This way, both your front and back will stay mostly dry.

When the wind blows from the side, you'll have to think about one more thing—your body shape.  Thinner people are hit by fewer raindrops.  So a fatter person should run, while a thinner person should still try to match their speed to the wind.

“In general (大体来说)，the best thing is to run, as fast as you can—not always, but in general, Bocci told BBC News.  “If you’re really thin, it’s more probable that there will be an optimal speed.  Otherwise (否则），it is better to run fast. ”

Now you know what to do next time the rain catches you in the middle of the street.  But the best way to stay dry is still to carry an umbrella.

【1】According to Bocci, when it rains and there is no wind, what should you do?

A.Walk slowly. B.Run as fast as you can.

C.Wait until the rain stops. D.Walk at the same speed as the rain.

【2】Walking at the same speed when the wind comes from behind will   .

A.help you walk easily in the rain B.keep any rain falling on you

C.stop you from falling over D.keep your body mostly dry

【3】If the wind comes from the side, a thin person should consider________.

A.how fast he can run B.how long the rain will last

C.what the speed of the wind is D.what clothes he is wearing

【4】The underlined word “optimal” probably means________.

A.合适的 B.极限的 C.缓慢的 D.难以超越的

28、语篇填词

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent（帐篷）in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they c【1】 a meal over a fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang s【2】 by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys quickly ran into their tent. Their sleeping bags were w【3】 and comfortable, so they all fell asleep very soon. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began to s【4】. The tent was full of water! They all rushed out of their sleeping bags. It was raining h【5】 and they found that a stream had formed in the field.

29、An air-conditioner (空调) makes us cool in summer and warm in winter. Such a machine must be hard to make, right? Students from Northwood Middle School in the US decided to ________ some by themselves.

After a week-long lesson on heating and cooling, about 230 students at Northwood were ________ a challenge: to build their own air-conditioner ________ just a few hours. With limited materials like copper tubes (铜管) and small pumps (泵), students teamed up, made a plan and began building. To ________ the students, teachers also gave their own lessons on heating and cooling. The history of air-conditioning was taught in social studies; the heat index (指数) was taught in math; language arts taught students ________ to write reports about their production. For science teacher Marcy Buchanan, the ________ showed how far her students’ creativity could go.

“I think the whole goal was for them to design with their own ideas,” Buchanan said. To her, most students did a ________ better job than she expected.

After a few hours of work, all kinds of cooling machines ________ one after another. “This is awesome (好极了).” Makkiaka, a student, said. “It feels ________ to work together, solve problems and engineer some new things that can ________ make a difference.”

【1】

A．buy

B．find

C．introduce

D．make

【2】

A．made

B．given

C．fell

D．asked

【3】

A．in

B．on

C．after

D．under

【4】

A．present

B．accept

C．work

D．support

【5】

A．what

B．why

C．how

D．when

【6】

A．solution

B．challenge

C．decision

D．production

【7】

A．little

B．many

C．big

D．much

【8】

A．came in

B．came up

C．came out

D．came down

【9】

A．great

B．tired

C．boring

D．awful

【10】

A．carefully

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．actually