2024~2025学年度第二学期期末学业质量监测试卷八年级英语
（考试时间：100分钟满分120分）
请注意：
1.本卷分选择题和非选择题两个部分。
2.所有试题的答案均填写在答题卡上，答案写在试卷上无效。
第Ⅰ卷选择题（65分）
一、单项选择
从下列每题所给的选项中，选择最佳答案。（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
1. Cooking is a ________ skill that we should learn from an early age.
A. modern B. serious C. natural D. basic
2. — Excuse me, is there a shopping mall nearby?
— I’m not sure, but there is a 24-hour store ________ the street.
A. past B. across C. through D. over
3. Zoe and his friends joined the ________ to protect the environment and wild animals.
A. ORBIS B. UNICEF C. Oxfam D. WWF
4. —Dear, I’d like to ________ Dream S10, a smart sweeping robot, to help us clean up the house at any time.
—That sounds great. I can’t wait.
A. put off B. put in C. put away D. put on
5. Jack ________ missed the train this morning. Luckily, it began to move just as he got on.
A. exactly B. mainly C. nearly D. really
6. We are going to begin our meeting at 8:00. Please be here ________. Don’t be late.
A. at times B. at a time C. on time D. all the time
7. Smart locks are becoming more and more popular because we ________ take keys with us.
A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
8. —Wow, Huawei’s Triple-Folding (三折叠) Phone. What a big surprise!
—I can’t agree more. ________, I can’t afford it.
A. Moreover B. Otherwise C. However D. Instead
9. — Millie, we want to hand out leaflets about going green. Would you like to join us?
— ________ It’s everyone’s duty to protect the environment.
A. My pleasure. B. Never mind. C. Why not? D. That’s all right.
10. —Mr Brown, how can I improve my spoken English?
—“________” The more you practise, the better it will be.
A. Many hands make light work. B. Every dog has its day.
C. Actions speak louder than words. D. Practice makes perfect.
二、完形填空
阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
In the 1880s, gold was found in Alaska, the USA. Many people came to the area hoping to get ____11____. New towns were built and grew bigger in a short time. A town called Iditarod grew so quickly during 1909 that it became the ____12____ city in Alaska. In the summer months, people could take things to those towns by ____13____, but the rivers and the ocean were frozen in winter. And there was no way to get there. So a winter track (小道) was opened up in 1910. And people would use teams of ____14____ to pull sleds (雪橇).
The track became known as the Iditarod Track. It took a team of dogs about three weeks to travel ____15____ Alaska. They stopped at “roadhouses”, which could offer drivers hot drinks and ____16____ beds to fight against low temperature. The track was used every winter until the ____17____ came into use in the 1920s.
However, in 1925, a disease called diphtheria (白喉) ____18____ the city of Nome. The disease could be cured, but ____19____, the medicine was in Anchorage, right on the other side of Alaska. Planes were still quite new, so _____20_____ knew if they could fly in such cold weather. After some discussion, people _____21_____ that the medicine would be carried using a team of dogs instead.
