2024~2025学年度第二学期期中质量测试
八年级英语试题
（答卷时间120分钟; 满分150分）
一、单项选择。（本题共 10 小题; 每小题 1 分; 满分 10分。）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. You will not get the prize ________ you finish all the tasks. Keep trying!
A. after B. because C. until D. when
2. You must feel very tired after two hours’ waiting at the crossroads. Actually, you ________ stand all the time. You can find a place to be seated for a rest.
A. mustn’t B. don’t have to C. can’t D. shouldn’t
3. —Andy won the first place in the Sunshine Town Writing Competition.
—It really surprised us. Nobody ________ him to be so great.
A. explained B. expressed C. accepted D. expected
4. Volunteering is a chance to learn some useful skills and communicate with others, ________ a great contribution (贡献) to our country.
A. as well as B. as good as C. as many as D. as much as
5. As a teenager in new times, it’s our duty to make a(n) ________ of Chinese culture to the world by telling Chinese stories in English.
A. conversation B. instruction C. introduction D. conclusion
6. —Mr Wu, how soon will the football field in our school be open to us students?
—Oh, I’m afraid it’s still ________ to talk about that.
A. too early B. too late C. early enough D. late enough
7. —Look at the rubbish. It’s careless ________ you ________ it here.
—Sorry. I will pick it up right away.
A. of; to leave B. for; to leave C. of; leaving D. for; leaving
8. —Are you sure you have to do this now? It’s almost midnight now.
—I don’t know ________ to do it if not now.
A. where B. how C. what D. when
9. According to the following text ideas are organized in the way of ________.
Rain is falling all around. It falls on the fields and trees. It rains on the umbrella.
And it rains on the ships at sea.
A. time order B. space order C. general to specific D. specific to general
10. —Think about being rich like those actors and singers. It must be great!
—You see, ________. All that matters is what you have now.
A. it never rains but it pours B. the grass is always greener on the other side
C. actions speak louder than words D. the early bird catches the worm
二、完形填空。（本题共 15 小题; 每小题 1分; 满分 15分。）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every evening before my elder sister Becca and I went to sleep, we would spend five minutes having a dance ____11____. No matter what went on that day or how unhappy we were with each other, we would dance. It was a ____12____ my dad helped to keep when we were little.
One day Becca and I had a huge argument (争吵) on ____13____ would play with a doll. Before bedtime, we were still ____14____ with each other. Our dad took us to the living room and ____15____ the music.
“For a full five minutes. No talking. Just ____16____,” he said with a smile.
After the five-minute music was over, we were laughing so hard that neither of us ____17____ why we were arguing just now.
Since that night, and up until recently, our five-minute dance party was ____18____ we must come to every evening.
Now Becca and I sat with my parents at the dinner table. It was the last night ____19____ Becca left home for college. Mom made Becca’s favourite meal. I was sad to think this would be the last time we all ate together. But Becca ____20____ ate her meal and explained she would go to say bye to her classmates.
Looking at the ____21____ chair, I realized how much I loved those nightly dance parties with my sister. I couldn’t shake the feeling of how sad I would be if we ____22____ the last dance party.
Some hours passed, and I began to get ready for bed, giving up on the thought that our last dance party would ____23____. Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door.
