2025金陵中学河西分校八年级上英语期中试卷
一、听力（略）
二、单项选择(每小题1分，共计10分)
请认真阅读下列各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. Which of the following words can be put in the middle of the vocabulary tree below?
A. plan B. hobby C. personality D. looks
2. Look at the picture. Which of the following proverbs (谚语) does this picture match best?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Every dog has its day.
D. The early bird catches the worm.
3. Although Sun Jiadong was already in his seventies, he was still very ________ and became the designer of China’s lunar exploration programme.
A. energetic B. caring C. humorous D. thoughtful
4. —How hard you are working these days, Nancy!
—The mid-term exams are coming. I think ________ we are, ________ we will be.
A. the more hard-working; the luckiest B. the hard-working; the lucky
C. more hard-working; luckier D. the more hard-working; the luckier
5. —How do you like your dishes?
—Sorry, I ate too much hot food and lost my ________ of taste.
A. secret B. sense C. feeling D. interest
6. — Bob, ________ sunshine is good for us and makes us happy. Let’s go out for a walk.
—I’d love to, but I’m ________ tired today. What about tomorrow?
A. a bit; a bit B. a bit; a bit of C. a bit of; a bit D. a bit of; a bit of
7. — Did you study any other languages ________ English when you were at college?
— Yes, I studied three. But I have forgotten all ________ a few words of each.
A. besides; except B. except; besides C. except; except D. besides; besides
8. “Make sure you protect ________ from the sun during the hike,” Mom reminded the twins.
A. you B. your C. yourself D. yourselves
9. —What do you want the screwdriver (螺丝刀) for?
—I’d like to ________ a shower (花洒) in my bathroom.
A. put out B. put in C. put up D. put on
10. —Don’t forget to keep a safe social distance (距离) in public places, Tony!
—________.
A. You’d better not B. Never mind C. Don’t worry D. Sorry, I won’t
三、完形填空(每题1分，共计10分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Do you know how to make your study more effective? Almost every student has his own way of learning, but a ____11____ with my deskmate gave me new ideas on how to study effectively.
My deskmate was a typical procrastinator (拖延者) in the eyes of our teachers and she always finished her homework ____12____ than the other classmates. Sometimes that made our teachers ____13____. However, what surprised me most was that she made progress step by step. Once, I asked her, “How can you do better and better? You do your homework so ____14____.” She answered, “Doing my homework slowly doesn’t mean that I don’t study hard. ____15____, I just go over what I have learned first, and then do the homework.”
I suddenly ____16____ that she wasn’t a procrastinator. She just spent her time thinking and doing the review. When she was thinking and reviewing, she ____17____ the mistakes and then corrected them.
