2025-2026学年度第一学期期中质量自测
八年级英语试题
（考试时间100分钟，全卷满分140分）
一、听力（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节：听下面十段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的答案。每段对话读两遍。
1. Who is Kitty’ s best friend?
A. B. C.
2. What is Simon probably doing?
A. B. C.
3. What else does Andy need to make a kite?
A. B. C.
4. What subject does Tom like to learn at school?
A. B. C.
5. Who is the tallest boy in Jack’s class?
A. Mike. B. Simon. C. Daniel.
6. Where did the man buy the apples?
A. In a fruit shop.
B. In a nearby supermarket.
C. In the city center.
7. What does the boy think of the film?
A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Wonderful.
8. Who helped Mike paint the wall last Sunday?
A. His brother. B. His father. C. His uncle.
9. How many students in Jack’s school would like to wear uniforms?
A. Half of them.
B. Less than half of them.
C. More than half of them.
10. What is Max like?
A. Helpful. B. Polite. C. Humorous.
第二节：听下面两段材料，每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的答案。每段材料读两遍。
听对话，回答小题。
11. What does Jim find difficult while learning English?
A. Grammar. B. New words. C. Pronunciation.
12. How does the girl learn new words?
A. By reading aloud.
B. By listening to tapes every day.
C. By writing and going over them at times.
听短文，回答小题。完成信息记录表。
Amy’s school life
On ________ afternoons She practices speaking English.
On Tuesday afternoons She has a ________ class.
On Thursday afternoons She has ________.
13. A. Monday B. Thursday C. Friday
14. A. singing B. drawing C. swimming
15. A. meetings B. sports C. matches
第三节：
听一篇短文，填入所缺的信息。短文读两遍。
Hi Joe, you asked me how to make a leaf animal yesterday. I looked it up online. It’s actually pretty ________. Here’s how to make one. First, get a piece of paper. Next, ________ some leaves — big, colorful ones are best, and don’t forget to wash them. Then, use a knife and cut the leaves into shapes for the body, ________ and legs of your animal. Take your time to make sure it looks like the animal you want to create. ________ you are happy with the shapes, ________ them onto the paper. Finally, draw eyes, nose and a mouth on your leaf animal. And there you have it — your leaf animal is ready! I hope you enjoy making it. Remember to send me a picture.
二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
1. What kind of DIY activities does the picture on the right show?
A. Making mooncakes. B. Painting a wall.
C. Putting together a shelf. D. Making lanterns.
2. Which of the following suffixes is often used to form a noun?
A. -less B. -ist C. -ful D. -ly
3. The storm would hit in a few hours, so the villagers were in a race ________ time to protect their homes.
A. over B. across C. beyond D. against
4. My sister is ________ than me and she always comes up with new ideas.
A. more outgoing B. less careful C. more creative D. less patient
5. —Sam, good books are good friends. They help us open up a new world.
—That’s true. ________ , reading novels helps me relax after work.
A. However B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. Anyway
6. When learning languages, it is best to focus on learning sentences ________ single words.
A. rather than B. because of C. such as D. away from
7. The beautiful flower pattern on her dress makes it different from all the other styles in the shop. The phrase “makes it different” means ________ in the sentence.
A. puts it away B. sets it apart C. takes it off D. finds it out
8. Simon may draw ________, if not better than, Timmy. You can choose either of them.
A. as good as B. as well as C. not as good as D. not as well as
9. My father is busy. Every year, he only rests for ________ 10 days while we have many.
A. at most B. at first C. at least D. at last
10. — How do you like the Jiangsu Football League, Su Chao?
—________. It caught the eye of the whole country.
A. I am not sure B. Couldn’t be worse C. Couldn’t be better D. I don’t think so
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Peter left Miss Martin’s classroom and felt like a loser. Krista, his friend, noticed him looking ____11____.
“What’s wrong, Peter?” asked Krista.
“I just ____12____ my English exam,” replied Peter. “I made too many spelling mistakes.”
Peter was from China. ___13___ was not his first language.
“____14____! You need to make a little progress every day,” said Krista.
The next day, she gave Peter a book: The Top 500 Most Often Misspelled Words.
“There are 500 words. You still have 125 days before the final exam.” said Krista. “Every day you learn ____15____ of those words. Soon, you will ____16____ them all!”
