2025-2026学年辽宁省沈阳127中学八年级（上）开学英语试卷 一、阅读五选五：本大题共5小题，共12分。 Encyclopedia Britannica（《大英百科全书》） used to be the king of encyclopedia .It hopes to become the most important encyclopedia again. (1) It moved to Chicago in 1935.In 1990，the company sold more than 100，000 sets of books. (2) This was Britannica's best year.Book sales dropped during the time of the Internet because people stopped getting information only from books. (3) Some online encyclopedias started in the early 21st century.It was the beginning of the end of Encyclopedia Britannica books.Several years ago，the company stopped publishing the books.It put the whole encyclopedia on the Internet. (4) One reason is that some online encyclopedia have millions of articles，but Britannica has only 106，000.About half of Britannica's articles are free while almost all of the articles on other online encyclopedia are free. Still，some readers believe that Britannica's articles are-more trustworthy （值得信任的）. (5) They make sure the articles are correct.The president of Britannica has a plan.He wants to offer all of the encyclopedia .online for free.The company hopes more people will read it. A.Encyclopedia Britannica was popular this year. B.They began getting it online as well. C.Britannica began in Scotland nearly 250 years ago. D.It's said that each Britannica article is checked by experts. E.Sadly，Britannica online is not as popular as some other online encyclopedia . 1.A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E 2.A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E 3.A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E 4.A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E 5.A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E 二、完形填空：本大题共10小题，共20分。 Wang Xingxing，a name that has become well-known in the world of robotics，is a truly talented and intelligent scientist.He was born in 1990 in a common family in Yuyao，Zhejiang. When he was a student，his English was so poor that he only (6) the English exams three times during his three-year high school.(7) no one guessed he could achieve so big a success.This is because his(8) and passion shone brightly in other areas. From a young age，Wang showed his unique ability.In primary school，he loved to organize simple materials like wood and wires to (9) something new.His first (10)invention was a wind-powered car，which he made using old toys and a small fan.This early project showed his natural(11) for turning ideas into reality. In 2009，he entered Zhejiang Sci-Tech University to study mechanical and electrical engineering.There，his love for robotics grew stronger.With limited resources，he built a bipedal robot by using only 200 yuan.This (12)creation was a huge step for him. Later，when he was a postgraduate student at Shanghai University，he developed the XDog man-like robot.His work (13) in robotics because his XDog man-like robot could move (14) and carry objects，helping researchers around the world.After graduation，he founded Unitree Robotics.Under his leadership，the company has (15)many amazin ... ...
