江苏省常州市外国语学校2025_2026学年八年级上学期12月Unit 5月考英语试卷（文字版，含答案）

这是一份江苏省常州市外国语学校2025_2026学年八年级上学期12月Unit 5月考英语试卷（文字版，含答案），共11页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，信息还原，回答问题，单词填空，每空一词，动词填空，综合填空等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、单项选择 (共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
1. — Is it easy fr an 18 - year - ld t balance study and hbbies?
— It's nt easy, but if they try their best, they can still have a happy life.
A. an; aB. a; aC. an; anD. the; a
2. — Mm, I'm curius abut babies! What was my sister's weight at birth?
— Let me think... She weighed abut 3.2kg when she was brn.
A. in; weightB. at; weightC. at; weighedD. in; weighs
3. — My little brther has a cld and desn't feel well. What shuld we d?
— The nurse said, "Take this medicine and it will make him feel better sn." Pr sick by!
A. t feel; sickB. feel; sick
C. feeling; illD. feels; ill
4. — Why dn't yu let Tm walk in the frest alne at night?
— Because he may be in danger. There are many dangerus animals like wlves arund there.
A. dangerus; in dangerB. dangerus; dangerus
C. in danger; dangerusD. in danger; in danger
5. — Our PE teacher ften talks abut the Chinese Wmen's Vlleyball Team. What can we learn frm them?
— Their spirit tells us nt t give up when difficulties cme.
A. dn't give upB. nt t give up
C. nt giving upD. nt give up
6. — Many wild animals are lsing their hmes. What shuld ur gvernment d?
— It shuld take actin t prtect the wild animals right away.
A. take actinB. take ffC. take inD. take place
7. — Hw did Mr Wu lk after the lng meeting yesterday?
— He lked _______. His team gave a really _______ reprt n prtecting wild animals.
A. satisfying; satisfyingB. satisfying; satisfiedC. satisfied; satisfyingD. satisfied; satisfied
8. — I read a news reprt: Many wild animals are in danger because f human activities.
— That's terrible! We must d smething t _______ and selling these animals.
A. keep peple huntingB. stp peple huntingC. stp peple t huntD. keep peple t hunt
9. — Ww, ur trip t the next city was s fast and easy!
— Yeah! _______ the high - speed trains, ur jurney becmes much easier nw.
A. In rder tB. In rder thatC. Thanks tD. Thanks fr
10. — We shuld stp buying prducts made frm animal fur t prtect wild animals.
— _______! That will really help reduce harm t them.
A. That's a great pintB. It's up t yu
C. Never mindD. I'm nt sure
二、完形填空（共12小题，每小题1分，共12分）
On a cld sunny day, I sat in my car and watched dlphins swim in the sea. Suddenly, I saw sme dlphins were beached (搁浅). It was very 11 fr them t be ut f water. I knew they needed help.
12 thinking t much, I jumped ut f my car and ran t the beach. I first called the plice but they were far away. It was a life - r - death mment fr the dlphins. I didn't knw 13 t help them, s I put a message (消息) n the Internet. I hped smene culd see it and cme t save thse lvely animals.
Minutes later, three bys f a nearby schl came first. It was like light that drve the darkness away. Then mre and mre peple 14 . We decided t help the smaller dlphins first. We wrked hard and finally mved them back t the deeper water 15 .
T my 16 , n dlphin left after we gt free. They stayed in the water and made strange sunds t cheer the ther dlphins n. 17 we finished the rescue (救援) wrk, all the dlphins raised their heads frm water and swam arund t shw their 18 t us. Then they swam back t the deep sea.
It tuched me a lt and made my heart 19 . They helped each ther when in 20 . I felt that ur vlunteer (志愿者) grup was just like the dlphins. On such a cld day, nbdy 21 getting wet r dirty. We wrked tgether t save the dlphins and make sure everybdy was safe.
I will never frget this experience. Peple can 22 learn frm ur friends - animals.
( ) 11.
A. excitingB. dangerusC. bringD. satisfying
( ) 12.
A. AgainstB. WithutC. ByD. On
( ) 13.
A. whyB. whichC. hwD. when
( ) 14.
A. changedB. mvedC. leftD. arrived
( ) 15.
A. ludlyB. seriuslyC. successfullyD. healthily
( ) 16.
A. sadnessB. happinessC. amazementD. excitement
( ) 17.
A. befreB. ifC. afterD. because
( ) 18.
A. interestsB. thanksC. rightsD. wrries
( ) 19.
A. brkenB. cldC. hurtD. warm
( ) 20.
A. rderB. cnversatinC. dangerD. time
( ) 21.
A. wrried abutB. learned abutC. talked abutD. heard abut
( ) 22.
A. alwaysB. usuallyC. smetimesD. never
三、阅读理解（共14小题，每小题2分，共28分）
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( ) 23. What is the hme page mainly abut?
A. Adpting an animal.
B. Chsing a welcme pack.
C. Being a member f WW
F.
D. Receiving a gift frm WW
F.
( ) 24. Hw much will yu at least pay yearly if yu adpt an animal?
A. £3.B. £30.C. £36.D. £60.
25. If Shaw, a 14 - year - ld by, adpts a giant panda, what will he receive?
A. A real sft giant panda.B. An ptinal sft cuddly ty.
C. A standard welcme pack.D. A special pack created fr him.
B
The 15th Natinal Games were held frm Nvember 9 t 21, 2025 in the Great Bay Area. This year's Games were very special because they were jintly hsted(联合承办) by three places fr the first time: Guangdng, Hng Kng, and Maca. Over 15,000 athletes frm all ver China tk part in 34 majr sprts and 419 events. The Games are expected t be the biggest in histry, shwing the strng develpment f Chinese sprts.
The masct(吉祥物) fr this event is a lvely pink dlphin named "Yueyue", which means "happy" in Chinese. Yueyue wears a blue T - shirt with the number 15 and a big smile n its face. The pink dlphin was chsen because it shws the marine(海洋的) feature f the three places. It stands fr friendship, happiness and envirnmental prtectin, welcming all players t cme tgether in sprts.
The pening ceremny tk place at the Guangdng Olympic Sprts Center. The shw cmbined(结合) traditinal Chinese culture with mdern technlgy, like dragn dances and digital light displays. Sme new and exciting sprts have been added t attract yung peple, including surfing and skatebarding(滑板). These sprts are becming increasingly ppular wrldwide.
The Games used new technlgy t make watching easier. Peple culd watch cmpetitins thrugh mbile phnes and experience events in VR. An nline news center prvided infrmatin in three languages. The rganizers als paid special attentin t envirnmental prtectin by using electric buses and reusable materials. These effrts made the Games mre mdern and envirnmentally friendly.
( ) 26. What made this year's Games very special?
A. One f the biggest Natinal Games in histry.
B. The additin f sme new and exciting sprts.
C. The first time fr three places t hst the Games tgether.
D. A mix f traditinal Chinese culture with mdern technlgy.
( ) 27. Which is TRUE abut the masct f the 15th Natinal Games?
A. It is a lvely blue dlphin named "Yueyue".
B. It shws the mdern feature f the three cities.
C. It wears a pink T - shirt and a big smile n its face.
D. It welcmes all players t cme tgether in sprts.
( ) 28. Where can we read the passage?
A. In a mvie pster.B. In a sprts magazine.
C. In a histry textbk.D. In a travel guidebk.
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Grwn - ups(成年人) never understand anything n their wn, and it is tiring fr children t be always and frever explaining things t them. S then I chse anther jb, and learned t fly airplanes. I lived my life alne, withut anyne that I culd really talk t, until I had an accident with my plane in the desert f Sahara six years ag. Smething was wrng with my plane. As I had nbdy else with me, I decided t try the difficult repairs all alne.
The first night, I went t sleep n the sand, a thusand miles frm humans' living places. I felt quite lnely. Yu can imagine my surprise, at sunrise, when I was awakened by a strange little vice. It said, “If yu please, draw me a sheep!”
“What?” I shuted, jumping t my feet, cmpletely surprised. I lked carefully all arund me. I saw a mst special small persn, wh std there, lking at me seriusly. He was hardly taller than a rsebush.
Befre I culd speak, he repeated, “Draw me a sheep!”
I had never drawn a sheep befre, but I was s surprised and lnely that I did as he asked. I drew a simple sheep, but he shk(摇动) his head, “N, that ne is sickly. Make anther.” I tried again, but he said, “This ne has t many hrns. It's nt what I want.” I drew a third, and a furth, until I grew tired. “I dn't knw hw t draw sheep any mre,” I said, handing him a piece f paper with nthing n it. “Here's a bx. The sheep yu want is inside it.”
T my surprise, his face lit up, “That's just what I need! Des it eat a lt f grass?”
“Of curse. Why d yu ask?”
“Because where I live, everything is very small. I need a sheep that wn't eat up all my rses.”
Rses. The wrd made me think f the time I was six years ld, I fund a bk named True Stries frm Nature, and there was a picture f a huge snake swallwing (吞咽) an elephant. I shwed it t grwn - ups and asked if it made them scared. They said, “Why wuld a hat make us scared?” I explained it wasn't a hat - it was a huge snake with an elephant inside. But they tld me t stp talking abut snakes and elephants. They said I shuld fcus n my spelling and arithmetic(算术). That's when I realized grwn - ups never see the true meaning f things. I put away my drawing and decided nt t explain anything t them any mre.
The little prince pulled me back t the present, “will yu prmise(承诺) the sheep wn't eat my rses'
“I prmise,” I said. And in that mment, I knew I had finally fund smene I culd talk t.
Adapted frm Little P.
( )29. What can we infer(推断) frm the writer's experience with grwn - ups when he was six?
A. Grwn - ups were better at understanding the true meaning f the picture.
B. Grwn - ups were interested in the stry abut the snake and the elephant.
C. The writer's drawing f the snake and the elephant made peple scared.
D. Grwn - ups cared mre abut children's study than the true meaning f things.
( )30. Why did the writer think he finally fund smene he culd talk t?
A. Because the little prince was gd at drawing.
B. Because the little prince culd understand him.
C. Because the little prince lived in a place with rses.
D. Because the little prince liked small animals, t.
( )31. Which is the crrect rder f what happened in the stry?
①The writer met a little prince in the desert.
②The writer decided t try t repair his plane alne.
③The writer tld the little prince the sheep was inside the bx.
④The writer slept n the sand and felt lnely n the first night in the desert.
⑤The writer shwed grwn - ups the picture f a snake swallwing an elephant.
A. ⑤②④①③B. ②①⑤④③C. ⑤①②④③D. ②④①③⑤
( )32. What is the best title fr the stry?
A. Meeting the Little PrinceB. The Accident in the Desert
E. The Art f Drawing Sheep
D. Grwn - ups and Drawings
D
Bred at schl nw? Hw d yu think schls will lk in the future? Last week, abut 600 teenagers in the U.S. dreamed f a future schl changed by technlgy.
Accrding t a survey published by the U.S. Internet service prvider American Online (AOL), nly ne in 100 thinks that in the future they will walk frm hme t schl. The rest believe they will use jet packs and hver bards everyday transprt.
All the participants(参与者) f the survey are teenagers brn int the Internet age. The study is t shw hw the first "cyber generatin" dreams abut a future life created by advanced technlgy.
When talking abut educatin, mst believe there will still be schls t g t, but that technlgy will play a mre and mre imprtant rle in learning. The 600 teens think there will still be teachers, but 37 percent imagine them t be rbts(机器人). Abut 24 percent believe that teachers will still be human but they will have inter - changeable micrchips(微芯片) s that ne persn can teach all subjects.
Mre than half believe hver barding will be their favurite activity. Anther third think jet packs will be ppular. Nearly 30 percent think playing ftball and bike - riding will still be ppular.
40 percent say children will wear virtual reality helmets t bring lessns t life, while ver 25 percent believe they will nt need lessns because micrchips stred in their head will send needed infrmatin int the brain. Matt Whyman, adviser t the chief medical fficer n yuth issues f AOL, said, "The kids seem t knw the liberatin qualities f technlgy."
( ) 33. What may "jet packs and hver bards" be in Paragraph 2?
A. Ppular machines fr teaching.B. Daily transprtatin tls.
C. Sprts tls fr playing ftball.D. Learning virtual reality tls.
( ) 34. What will a future schl be like in the teenagers' eyes?
A. A future schl will be bring because f technlgy.
B. There will be n mre human teachers in future schls.
C. A future schl will becme mre and mre technlgical.
D. Students can use inter - changeable micrchips t learn at schl.
) 35. Hw des the writer supprt the teenagers' ideas abut future schls?
A. By interviewing famus scientists.B. By describing a teenager's dream.
C. By using survey numbers and examples.D. By building a new educatin system.
) 36. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. The teenagers' dream fr a future schl.
B. The survey f a future schl in America.
C. The future teaching and activities at schl.
D. The imprtance f rbts in a future schl.
四、信息还原（共4小题，每小题1.5分，共6分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的六个选项中选出四个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
We use energy t d everything. Energy lights ur cities and pwers ur cars, trains, planes and rckets. It warms ur hmes, cks ur fd, plays ur music and makes the pictures n ur televisins. 37
And energy cmes frm many places. Fr example, energy frm the sun's light dries ur clthes. 38 Plants keep sme f that energy inside f them. When a deer eats a plant, it gets that energy. It uses that energy t live. If a tiger eats that deer, the tiger will get sme f that same energy.
Many different kinds f energy cme frm different places, but there are tw main grups we can put energy int: renewable (可再生的) and nnrenewable. Renewable energy can be used ver and ver again. It cmes frm things like sunlight, wind, plants, mving water and the Earth's heat. We can use these things t make electricity. 39 There will always be sunlight, there will always be wind, and the Earth will always be ht inside. If we use these surces fr energy, we'll never run ut.
40 We are getting mst f ur energy frm nnrenewable surces. We say they are nn - renewable because we are using them mre quickly than they can be made. Mst f these are fssil fuels (化石燃料) like il, natural gas and cal. It had taken the Earth millins f years t make fssil fuels frm dead plants and animals as ld as dinsaurs. There is n fast way t make fssil fuels, but we are using them very quickly. Remember that it's ur duty t prtect the energy.
A. But we have many energy prblems nw.
B. That energy als helps plants t grw.
C. And we dn't have t wrry abut running ut f them.
D. But where des renewable energy cme frm?
E. It pwers the machines in factries and the tractrs n the farms.
F. We have t learn smething abut renewable and nnrenewable.
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五、回答问题（共3小题，每小题2分，共6分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。(每题答案不超过6词)
Plants are very imprtant t living things. Life culd nt g n if there were n plants. This is because plants can make fd frm air, water and sunshine. Animals and humans cannt make fd frm air, water and sunshine. They get their fd by eating plants and ther animals. S animals and humans need plants t live. This is why we find that there are s many plants arund us.
If yu lk carefully at the plants arund yu, yu will find that there are many kinds f plants. Sme plants are large while thers are small. Mst plants are green.
There are tw main kinds f plants: flwering plants and nn - flwering plants. Flwering plants have leaves, flwers and fruits. Almst all the trees arund us are flwering plants. Yu can prbably recgnize (识别) sme plants frm their flwers r fruits. Yu cannt see any flwers n nn - flwering plants. Many nn - flwering plants grw in the frest.
Plants are very useful t us. We get fd frm plants. Fruits, vegetables and grains (谷物) cme frm plants. We als get wd (木材) frm trees. We can use wd t build huses and make paper. We can use sme plants t make medicine. Besides, plants can help t keep ur envirnment (环境) clean. S we shuld plant mre trees and take gd care f them.
41. Hw d animals and humans get their fd?
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42. What clur are mst plants accrding t the text (根据文章)?
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43. What can plants prvide us?
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六、从方框内选择正确的词，并用其恰当形式填空（5分）
44. If yu want t get gd grades in exams, yu shuld take yur study seriusly every day. 45. Luckily, all ur effrts helped us win the schl sprts meeting. 46. Many little animals are in danger, s the prtectin f them is very imprtant t us. 47. It is meaningful t d smething t help the ld, such as helping them crss the rad. 48. We have prepared fd and games fr the picnic, s it's certain that we will enjy urselves.
七、单词填空，每空一词（5分）
49. The zkeeper said there are different kinds f wlves (狼) living in the large frest nearby. 50. Our city gvernment (政府) is building mre parks t make peple's life mre cmfrtable. 51. My grandma's hands are tinier (tiny) than mine, but they can always make delicius hme - cked meals. 52. This strybk mainly (main) talks abut hw a little by helps his friends in the frest. 53. The beginning (begin) f the new schl year is always exciting because we can meet ur classmates again.
八、动词填空（6分）
54. T save (save) water in daily life, remember t turn ff the tap after washing hands. 55. Yesterday afternn, my little brther drpped (drp) his favrite ty car when he ran in the living rm. 56. With the teacher's help, Lucy finally managed t slve (slve) the math prblem she stuck n. 57. We ften see ur neighbr's grandma water (water) the flwers in her garden after dinner. 58. Nw mre and mre peple care abut envirnmental prtectin, s the number f tree planters increases (increase) every year. 59. My pet dg is very smart, and it isn't (nt be) afraid f cats at all—they even play tgether.
九、综合填空（10分）
Last mnth, my class jined a trip t prtect an imprtant frest in ur city. The guide tld us that many birds in 60.______wild are 61.______risk because f pllutin. T help them, we first learned hw t set up birdhuses by 62.______(we) with simple tls.
We fund that sme baby birds culdn't fly 63.______(easy) because they were t thin. A vet explained that their parents spend a lt f time trying t find clean water in the frest 64.______plluted water wuld make the little birds sick. We als met an 65.______(India) scientist wh studies frest eclgy. He said that 66.______(ill) in birds ften starts with drinking the dirty water.
Later, we planted 50 yung trees. Everyne wrked hard: sme dug hles, thers carried water, and I decided 67.______(recrd) the whle prcess with my phne. By the end f the day, we felt tired but happy. The guide tld us this trip was just the 68.______(ne) step t prtect the frest. These days, mre and mre students in ur schl 69.______(jin) in activities like this t make sure the birds and ther animals live a safe life here.
60.________ 61.________ 62.________ 63.________ 64.________
65.________ 66.________ 67.________ 68.________ 69.________
十、翻译句子（共6小题，每题2分，共12分，最后三句请自己加标点）
70 如果我们不喂养它，这只鹰将靠吃什么活着？
What ______________________________if we dn't feed it?
71. 自然灾害使这些狐狸在他们的生存地更难找到食物。
Natural ______________________________in their habitats.
72. 即使你有悲伤的感觉，我也不能现在接受你的邀请。
________yu have a feeling f ________, I cannt ________yur invitatin nw.
73. 作为动物世界之王，狮子也面临风险
________, lins are als ________.
74. 因此，上个月他停止了使用由动物皮毛做成的东西。
________, he ________things made frm the fur r skin f animals last mnth.
75. us, if, There, dn't, yu, may, be, f, nne, left, prtect, us
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试卷答案
一、单项选择（每题1分，共10分）
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A
二、完形填空（每题1分，共12分）
11. B 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A 21. A 22. D
三、阅读理解（每题2分，共28分）
A篇
23. A 24. C 25. B
B篇
26. C 27. D 28. B
C篇
29. D 30. B 31. A 32. A
D篇
33. B 34. C 35. C 36. B
四、信息还原（每题1.5分，共6分）
37. E 38. B 39. C 40. A
五、回答问题（每题2分，共6分）
41. By eating plants and ther animals.
42. Green.
43. Fd, wd, medicine and envirnmental cleaning.
六、从方框内选择正确的词，并用其恰当形式填空（5分）
44. seriusly 45. effrts 46. prtectin 47. meaningful 48. certain
七、单词填空，每空一词（5分）
49. wlves 50. gvernment 51. tinier 52. mainly 53. beginning
八、动词填空（6分）
54. T save 55. drpped 56. t slve 57. water 58. increases 59. isn't
九、综合填空（10分）
60. the 61. at 62. urselves 63. easily 64. because 65. Indian 66. illness 67. t recrd 68. first 69. jin
十、翻译句子（每题2分，共12分）
70. will the eagle live n
71. disasters make it harder fr these fxes t find fd
72. Even thugh; sadness; accept
73. As the king f the animal wrld; in danger
74. Therefre; stpped using
75. If there are nne left t prtect us, yu may be the next.
2. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was abut 6 years ld, my brther David and I visited ur aunt, Mary. We stayed in her huse fr a night. David was nly 4 years ld, and was still afraid f the dark, s Mary left the hall light n when we slept.
The next night, David and I slept with my aunt and uncle, because they were wrried that David wuld be afraid f the dark. But when I wke up in the middle f the night, I fund David was sleeping next t me. I was nt afraid f the dark, but I was scared that my brther wuld fall ut f the bed. I mved him t my bed. My aunt was surprised t see us in the same bed the next mrning. But my brther and I were nt scared! We lved t sleep in the same bed because we culd talk t each ther all night. David didn't fall ut f the bed again. He was safe next t me.