北京市玉渊潭中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题（含答案）

北京市玉渊潭中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题 一、单选题：本大题共12小题，共12分。 1.—Hi, Emma . How was your vacation in Yunnan？ — was fantastic.（　） A. It B. They C. This D. Those 2.The best time to visit Beijing is _____ autumn. A. on B. in C. at D. to 3.—_____ do people use bamboo for —People can use it to build houses and make tools. A. What B. When C. Why D. Which 4.Mr. Brown is pleased with his new phone, because it runs much_____than the old one．（　） A. fast B. faster C. fastest D. the fastest 5.Yuan Longping is one of _____ scientists in the world. A. great B. greater C. greatest D. the greatest 6.The talent show is _____the game show. I like both. A. as interesting as B. not as interesting as C. as boring as D. not as boring as 7.—How was your visit to the museum last weekend —Great! I _____ a lot about Chinese culture. A. learn B. am learning C. learnt D. will learn 8.Sandy’s home is far from school, so he _____ to school by bus every day. A. will go B. went C. goes D. is going 9.— Did you do _____ last weekend —Yes, I did. I went to Tian’ anmen Square. A. something fun B. nothing fun C. everything fun D. anything fun 10.—Mum, where is Lily —She _____ the flowers in the garden. A. waters B. watered C. was watering D. is watering 11.She expects _____ the new film. A. see B. to see C. seeing D. to seeing 12.— What a fine day! What about going for a picnic —_____. A. You’re welcome B. It doesn’t matter C. That’s a good idea D. Thank you very much 二、完形填空：本大题共8小题，共16分。 I’m excited today. That’s because my best childhood friend Molly came back home late last night. I haven’t seen her in FOUR years! I still remember the day Molly came to the world. It was March 20th, 2016—about two years after me. Molly was so 13 that she soon became one of the stars here at Kunming Zoo. There was always a large 14 of visitors outside our playground, but most of these people were coming to see her only. Molly and I played together every day until one evening in April 2018 when she told me she would go to a remote (遥远的) place. The next morning, I found her cage 15 . The zookeepers told me that Molly was being sent to a zoo in Henan. It was the 16 day of my life—we hadn’t even said goodbye to each other. I have never stopped 17 her since that day. “Will she have difficulty getting used to the northern climate Will she continue to be treated well ” I thought. Nobody could help answer these questions. One day, I heard from several zoo visitors that Molly had been trained to perform acrobatics (杂技) and carry tourists around on her back. The handlers (驯兽员) forced her to learn tricks. The news 18 shocked me. How I wished this was not true! Although I also heard that many people had been asking the government to save Molly, I still couldn’t 19 worrying about my friend. I feel lucky that I have been taken good care of. In many other zoos, however, elephant shows are common while the living conditions ... ...