宿迁市树人初级中学2025-2026学年上学期八年级期中英语试卷
一、单项选择
1. The milk tea I just made doesn’t taste ________ the milk tea sold in the shop, because it has less sugar.
A. as sweeter as B. as sweet as C. as sweetly as D. as sweet than
2. —Why are you taking a basket with you to go shopping?
—The store doesn’t ________ shopping bags ________ shoppers.
A. provide; with B. offer; with C. provide; for D. offer; for
3. You ________ swim in that river. It’s too deep and dangerous.
A. had better B. would better not C. had better not D. would better
4. Mr Wu often advises us to spend as much time as we can ________ English.
A. to pracice speaking B. practice to speak C. practicing speaking D. practice speaking
5. The light in the bathroom burned out. Why not ________ a new one?
A. put up B. put in C. put out D. put on
6. You should pay attention to your writing. The ________ you write, the ________ marks you will get next time.
A. more careful; fewer B. more carefully; highest
C more careful; fewest D. more carefully; higher
7. Which of the following words doesn’t have a prefix?
A. untidy B. unhealthy C. impossible D. important
8. Ask the boys to help ________ to the juice, Tom.
A. himself B. themselves C. ourselves D. yourselves
9. —Mom can I play computer games this evening?
—________ your homework first, and then we’ll talk about it.
A. Finish B. Finished C. Finishing D. To finish
10. —Please don’t tell others about my story, Amy.
— ________. I’ll keep it secret.
A. Yes, I will B. Sorry, I will C. No, I won’t D. Yes, I won’t
二、完形填空
Last night, Frank had a dream about the coming maths test, which troubled him very much these days. So he was in a(n) ____11____ mood (心情) when he woke up.
Uncle Robin once told Frank about “white noise”—noise made by a fan or soft rain is a(n) ____12____ of white noise. Frank had tried it and it really worked! After that, whenever he felt worried about something, he would ____13____ white noise with his headphones.
With the ____14____ of the maths test still in his mind, Frank went to get his headphones. He ____15____ he had left them on his desk, but they were gone. His little brother Andy was always ____16____ his things—without asking. He ran into his brother’s room and started shouting at him in ____17____. “Where are my headphones? You can’t just take my things! Or I’ll take yours!” He grabbed (抓起) one of his brother’s toys and ____18____ it on the ground, breaking it into two pieces. Andy started to ____19____, and Frank stormed out, feeling better.
Frank’s mum heard the shouting and went into Andy’s room. “Hey,” she said ____20____, “stop for a second and tell me how you’re feeling.” Mum never shouted. Frank knew that she thought it was better to talk about ____21____ instead of getting angry.
“He always does this, Mum!” Frank shouted. “I’ll have a maths test… and… and I had a bad dream…” Frank ____22____ shouting. In a calm (平静的) voice, he said, “I ____23____ what I did was bad. I’m sorry, Andy. I really get mad ____24____ you take things without asking, but breaking your toy wasn’t ____25____. I will buy you a new one.”
Frank’s mum said, “Well done, Frank, and, Andy, ask first next time, OK?”
“OK, I’m sorry too,” said Andy and they all smiled.
11. A. bad B. strong C. excited D. strange
12. A. list B. gift C. example D. introduction
13. A. talk about B. listen to C. turn down D. wait for
14. A. results B. thoughts C. prizes D. relations
15. A. meant B. decided C. disagreed D. remembered
16. A. repairing B. cleaning C. breaking D. borrowing
17. A. anger B. fear C. shame D. surprise
18. A. tied B. burnt C. threw D. placed
