2025-2026年苏州市吴中区八年级上学期英语期中试卷
第一部分听力（略）
第二部分 完形填空 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将选项填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
One warm afternoon last spring, I was walking through a park in Putuo. At the corner of a grassy field, a group of women in their late 50s caught my ____1____. With plastic bags hanging from their arms, they moved slowly through the grass, ____2____ for something. “What are they doing?” I wondered.
Curious, I walked over for a closer look. One of the women looked ____3____ and laughed, “See? Wild shepherd’s purse! (荠菜)”
“Shepherd’s purse? Here in this park?” I asked, looking around in ____4____.
“Ah, you young guys know ____5____ about this,” the woman replied. Then, she moved to a small plant with toothed leaves just behind me. I looked at the plant and scratched (挠) my head. Maybe she was right: Young people like me don’t know much about it.
But this trend is everywhere online. Every spring for the past several years, digging for wild plants becomes ____6____ on social media. However, many of us know ____7____ about these plants. For example, I eat shepherd’s purse in dumplings almost every spring. But ____8____ I don’t cook often, how could I know what my food looks like before it’s chopped (剁碎) and cooked?
We aren’t robots, and eating shouldn’t feel like charging (充电). To make eating a truly human experience, we need to ____9____. We can buy the materials and learn to make dumplings by hand instead of buying ready-to-cook ones. What about digging for wild plants? It could be fun, but I think I’ll find a guide ____10____ I get my hands dirty!
1. A. eye B. heart C. mind D. ear
2. A. waiting B. asking C. searching D. preparing
3. A. down B. into C. out D. up
4. A. surprise B. trouble C. silence D. anger
5. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
6. A. possible B. popular C. secret D. serious
7. A. little B. a little C. few D. much
8. A. although B. because C. so D. if
9 A. take time B. take part C. take action D. take risks
10. A. after B. before C. when D. until
第三部分阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并将选项填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
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Love is everywhere. Some teenagers always say that they can’t feel love in their life. That’s because some people show love without saying it. So I share some common ways of showing love in the comics (漫画). I love these animal friends. They have their little magic to help one another, such as the little rabbit and the fox. They like saying words that are full of love.
11. How does the writer share the understanding of love?
A. By words. B. By comics. C. By actions. D. By phone.
12. Which of the following is right for ▲?
A. Love is trusting your best friend.
B. Love is taking care of myself.
C Love is finding the beauty of the world.
D. Love is getting you what you need now.
