2025-2026学年上海市新民实验学校八年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、语法选择：本大题共10小题，共10分。 March 22nd is World Water Day.Water is the source of all life.For Chinese people，it has played (1) important role in Chinese civilization and brought many wise ideas in our culture. Water is very important for all living things.But (2) we don't deal with it well，it can cause big problems.Chinese people (3) the power of water since ancient times，so they always try to use it (4) .For example，Da Yu dug channels （运河） which were used to let the water (5) into the sea smoothly and helped farmers grow crops better. Ancient people also gave water deep meanings.Confucius once said， "The wise love water；the kind-hearted love mountains." He thought people were taught to learn from water and improve their behavior.Laozi， (6) great thinker，got an idea from water too.He believed that softness could overcome hardness，and that we should follow the natural way of doing things.These ideas later encouraged rulers (7) the laws of nature and respect their people.Xunzi，a famous educator，compared a ruler and his people (8) a boat and water.He said， "Water can carry the boat， (9) it can also overturn it." This means that people's support is the key to a country's (10) . In short，water is not only necessary for our daily life but also holds great wisdom for running a country and guiding our behavior. 1.A. a B. an C. the 2.A. because B. though C. if 3.A. have known B. will know C. knew 4.A. proper B. improperly C. properly 5.A. to flow B. flowing C. flow 6.A. other B. another C. the other 7.A. following B. to follow C. followed 8.A. to B. with C. from 9.A. but B. and C. so 10.A. safe B. safety C. safely 二、完形填空：本大题共7小题，共14分。 A report shows 86% of people in China use mobile phones to pay.For students，they(11)touch the real money in their daily life.They may only do it when they get lucky money during the Spring Festival.When they need to buy something，they usually don't(12)into their pockets for paper money.They use their digital watches.As a result，many children ask their parents， Hearing the question from their kids，a large number of parents start to(13) children don't have a sense of money.They have no idea where money comes from or how(14)one makes money.This may cause big problems when they grow up， To solve the problem，a few primary schools in some cities begin to give special Maths classes to teach students about money.During the lessons，teachers show all the paper money and(15)to students and teach them the basic units，like yuan，jiao and fen.(16)，the teachers ask the students to do simple calculations：from jiao to yuan or from yuan to fen.MrWang，a head teacher，said，to know it.It's a (17) job，but the classes will be helpful to them in the future. 11.A. seldom B. sometimes C. often D. never 12.A. get B. take C. pour D. reach 13.A. wonder B. worry C. doubt D. disappoint 14.A. helpful B. difficult C. terrible D. dangerous 15.A ... ...
