2025-2026学年第一学期八年级期中调研英语试卷
2025.11
一、听力（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. To build ________ better city, our government will provide more free health care for ________ old and kids next year.
A a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
2. —How did you put together the model Great Wall so well!
—It’s easy. I just followed the ________.
A. information B. message C. introduction D. instruction
3. Someone says “Time is money”. But I think time is ________ money.
A not important as B. as important as
C. even more important than D. the most important than
4. —We are free this evening. Shall we go out for a walk?
—It is foggy. Why ________ a film at home ________?
A. not watch; instead B. not to watch; instead
C. not watch; instead of D. don’t watch; instead of
5. The weather in Nanjing is different from ________ in London these days, but the people here are as friendly as ________ in London.
A. those; that B. the one; those C. the one; that D. that; those
6. The ________ you listen to teachers in class the ________ your understanding of lessons will be.
A. more careful; better B. more carefully; clearer
C more carefully; easier D. more careful; deeper
7. He went camping with us and taught us how to ________ a tent.
A. put in B. put away C. put up D. put out
8. —What else do you think we should pay attention to ________ our environment?
—We can use as much clean energy as we can.
A. improving B. improve C. to improving D. to improve
9. —The boy ________ to his parents. In fact, he didn’t do his homework in the room.
—Yes. His parents found him ________ on the bed listening to music.
A. lied; lies B. lay; lying C. lied; lying D. lay; lied
10. —Many people think women are not good at driving cars.
—________. My mother drives better than my father because she is more careful.
A. You have a point B. I can’t agree with you
C. That’s all right D. Can’t agree more
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Tom sat at his desk, looking out of the window for a long time. His class project (课题) had to be done tomorrow. Everyone in his class had to write about their own special talent. His friends ____11____ theirs, but Tom still had a problem with what to write about. Earlier that month, Tom helped his friends with their projects.
Betty came to ask for help and enjoyed Tom’s wonderful ____12____. Tom advised that she should write about drawing because Betty drew wonderful pictures. Betty went home happily.
A few days ago when Tom ____13____ with Scott in the library, Scott was worried about his project. Tom advised him to write about swimming because he was a very good swimmer. Scott hurried home to work on his project.
Tom still couldn’t find out what his special talent was. He thought about his friend Ellie. Last week when they were on their way to school, she danced along beside him. Suddenly, Ellie stopped because she was worried about her project. Tom told her to write about dancing. Ellie was so happy that she jumped into the air and danced the rest of the ____14____.
However, Tom still couldn’t decide on his special talent. ____15____, he had an idea.
The next day, everyone including Tom presented (呈现) their projects.
“It ____16____ me a long time to decide, so I started to think I didn’t have one. But … I do have a special talent. I’m good at ____17____ my friends,” he said, “All of the things I do are great ____18____ because I do them with my friends.”
