2025-2026学年山东省淄博市张店区八年级（下）期末英语试卷（五四学制）（含答案）

第=page11页，共=sectionpages11页2025-2026学年山东省淄博市张店区八年级（下）期末英语试卷一、阅读理解

DuringtheWarringStatesPeriod.therelivedamannamedSuQin.Hetriedtofindajobasanofficial.

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failed.WhenSureturnedhome，hisfamilyalllaughed

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him.Hissister-in-lawevenrefusedtolethimi.Sufeltvery-

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，buthedidn'tgiveup.Finally，thegreatmancameupwiththeideahecalledthe"he-zong"principle（合纵之术）.

Later，Sutraveledtomanystatestointroducehis

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.Hesaidsmallstatesmustworktogethertofightthestrongstate—Qin：ItwasfirstacceptedbystatesofYanandZhao.ThenSu

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inaskinganotherfourstatestogoaiongwiththeplan.Suunited（联合）sixstatesandworkedastheirprimeminister（丞相）.Hecompletelybecamethe

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ofhisfamily.

Oneday，Supassedbyhishometown.Hisfamilyallcameoutto

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him.Whenseeinghissister-in-lawdownonherknees，Sulaughed.Herememberedexactlyhowshetreatedhimbefore.Hesaidtoher，"Youusedtobe

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tome，butwhyareyousohumble（谦逊的）now？"

"You'retheprimeminister.

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dareItreatyoulikebefore？"hissister-in-lawreplied.

ThisisthestoryoftheChineseidiomqianju-hougong.Itisusedtodescribesomeonewhotreatsapersonbadlyatfirstbutwelllaterbecausethepersonhasachievedsuccessorbecome

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tohim/her.1.A.so B.because C.but2.A.at B.as C.in3.A.sad B.happy C.excited4.A.family B.brother C.idea5.A.succeeded B.lost C.failed6.A.problem B.pride C.tourist7.A.welcome B.refuse C.beat8.A.thankful B.polite C.impolite9.A.How B.When C.What10.A.weak B.bored C.helpfulB

Haveyoueverheardofsugarpainting？ItisoneofChina'smostpopularfolkartforms.Mostofthetime，sugarpaintingpiecesareproducedbyartistsonthestreets，aroundparks.

Asfortheorigin（起源）ofsugarpainting，itissaidthatChenZi'ang，agreatpoetintheTangDynasty（朝代），wasitscreator.Chenlikedbrownsugar，buthiswayofeatingitwasmorecreativethanothers'.Hefirstmelted（融化）thesugarbyheatingit.Thenheshapedthehotsugarintoanimals，flowers，plants，andsoon.Oncethesugarcooleddown，itbecamesweetartworks.

Oneday，Chenmadeanicesugarcreation.Whilehewasadmiringit，thelittleprincepassedby.Hewasexcitedtoseethespecialsugarandtookitaway.Backinthepalace，thelittleprinceatethesugarandcriedformore，whichupsettheemperor.TheemperororderedChentocometothepalaceandshowhowhemadeit.

Chenmadealivelysugarcoinsoon.Thenhestuckitontoabamboostickandgaveittothelittleprince.Theemperor，whosawthewholeprocess，wasglad.HepraisedChenandofferedhimajobinthepalace.

Fromthenon，thesweetsnackbecamewidelyslowlydevelopedintotheartofsugarpaintingtoday.11.Wherecanyouseesugarpaintingpiecesnow？______A.Intheschool. B.Onthestreets.

C.Inthesupermarket. 12.WhoisChenZi'ang？______A.poet. B.prince. C.Anartist.13.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"inparagraph2referto（指代）？______A.Thewayofeating. B.Sugarpainting. C.Sugar.14.WhatdidChenmakeforthelittleprince？______A.sugaranimal. B.sugarcoin. C.sugarbamboo.15.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout？______A.Thestoryofsugarpainting.

B.ThehistoryofTangDynasty.

C.Thestoryofthelittleprince.C

TheLanternFestivalfallsonthefifteenthdayofthefirstlunar（阴历的）month.Itdatesbackover2，000years.Therearemanystoresabouthowitcameintobeing.Hereisoneofthem.

Alongtimeago，abeautifulcrane（alargebirdwithlonglegsandalongneck）flewfromheaven（天堂）toearth.Thevillagersthoughtitwasdangerous，sotheykittedit.WhentheJadeEmperor，MasterofHeavenandEarth，learnedthathisfavouritecranewaskilled，hedecidedtosetfiretotheirvillageonthefifteenthdayofthefirstlunarmonth.

WhentheJadeEmperor'sdaughter，akindgoddess，learnedabouttheplan，shewarnedthevillagersofthebadnews.

Thevillagersdidn'tknowwhattodountilanoldmancameupwithaplan.Hetoldthevillagerstohangredlanternsaroundtheirhousesandsetofffireworksforthreedays，tomakeitlooklikethevillagewasonfire.

WhenthearmyoftheJadeEmperorcametothevillage，theysawthelightsandthoughtthatthevillagewasalreadyonfire，sotheyleft.

Thevillagersweresafeandhappythatthelanternsandfireworkshadsavedtheirlives.Sincethen，hangingredlanternsindifferentshapesandsizesonthatdayhasbecomeatradition.16.WhatisTrueabouttheLanternFestival？______A.It'sonJanuary25th.

B.Itonlycamefromonestory.

C.Itappearedover2000yearsago.17.Whatisacrane？______A.Itisalargebird. B.Itcan'tfly.

C.Ithasmagic. 18.Whosavedthevillage？______A.TheJadeEmperor. B.Anoldman. C.Thearmy.19.Howwasthevillagesaved？______A.Byhangingredlanternsandsettingofffireworks.

B.Bysettingfireandkillingthebeautifulcrane.

C.Bymakingsomelanternsindifferentshapes.20.What'sthebesttitle（标题）？______A.Howdoyoumakelanterns？

B.DoyouknowtheLanternFestival？

C.WhyistheLanternFestivalimportant？21.

I'msurethatlaughingduringyourEnglishlesson，that'sprobablyagoodthing.Besidesmakingaclassmorefun，humour（幽默）canbeagoodlanguagelearningtool（工具）.

First，therearegoodreasonstokeeplessstressinthelanguageclassroom.Peopleusuallylearnalanguageanduseitmuchmoreeasilywhentheyarerelaxed—andwhatreducesstressmoreusefullythanlaughter？Andinaclass，sharingajokecanmakestudentsandteachershaveafriendlyatmosphere（气氛）andtrustineachother.

Also，researchhasfoundthathumourhelpsourbrainsfeelgood，makinguswanttolearnandrememberbetter，andthatworksforanysubject!

Humourcanbeatestofyourlanguageskills，too.Understandingjokesrequiresnotjustsomebasicknowledgeofwordsandsentences—youneedtoknowwhythey'refunny!Forexample，alotofjokesarebasedonwordplay（俏皮话），sothelistenermayneedtoknowmorethanonemeaningofawordtounderstandthejokes.

It'snosurprisethatbothstudentsandteachersexpectsomehumourinlanguagelessons.Butwhatkindsofjokesarethemostpopular？Onestudyaskedabout260foreignlanguagelearnerswhattheythought.Theresearchersfoundthatstudentsreallylikeditwhenteachersmadefunnycomments（评价）duringlessons.Studentsalsolikedfunnycartoonsandculturalstories.

______(1)Whatdoesparagraph1mainlytalkabout？______A.Whatisgoodforlanguagelearning.

B.Howtomakegoodfriendsinschool.

C.Whenisagoodtimetogotoschool.(2)Whyishumouratestofyourlanguageskills？______A.Becausehumourcanmakepeoplehappyinlife.

B.Becauseallpeoplelikeplayingjokesonothers.

C.Becauseunderstandingjokesrequiresknowledge.(3)Whatarethegoodpointsorhumouraccordingtothepassage？______

①reducingstress

②makingbrainsfeelgood

③makingpeopletalentedinart

④knowingmoreaboutwordsA.①②③ B.①②④ C.②③④(4)Pleasegiveanendingonthe_____.______A.SodoyouthinkyoucanlearnEnglishwell？

B.Sowouldyouliketoenjoythehumourinstudy？

C.Sowhydon'tyoutalktoparentspolitely？(5)Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellus？______A.Totrustinothers.

B.Toworkhardatschool.

C.Tolearnalanguagewithgoodhumour.E

Gutierrez'slifechangedafterhefoundacopyofAnnaKareninainrubbish.Ithappenedonanighttwenty-sevenyearsago.Themiddle-agedmaninBogotamadealivingbycollectingrubbish.Hefoundsomedesertedbookswhilehewasdrivinghistruck（卡车）throughrichneighborhoods.Anideasuddenlywentthroughhismind一Whynotsavebooksfromrubbish？Fromthenon，hetookaboutfiftybookshomeeveryday.Finally，hestartedalibrarywherepoorchildrencanreadbooksforfree.

Bogotahas19publiclibraries，buttheyareallfarawayfrompoorneighborhoods.Formanyfamiliesthere，it'sdifficulttobuynewbooks.AndGutierrez'slibraryjustsolvestheproblem."Idon'tthinkI'vedonesomethinggreat.Thelibraryisjustlikeabridgebetweenpeoplethrowingbooksandthosewishingforbooks，"Gutierrezsaid.

Today，therearemorethantwentythousandbooksinGutierrez'slibrary.There，peoplecanfindeverythingsuchastextbooks，historybooksandmagazines.Thelibraryisopeneveryweekend，andlotsofchildreninnearbyneighborhoodsvisititbythemselvesorwithparents."Ihopethelibrarycanhelpkidsfallinlovewithreadingandlearnmoreabouttheworld，"saidGutierrez.

Gutierrezgrewupinapoorfamily，andjustfinishedprimaryschool.Butitdidn'tstophimfromreading."Booksarehumans'bestfriends.Thereisnothingmorebeautifulthanhavingabookinhand.I'mgladthepoorchildrencanenjoyreadingtoo，"Gutierrezsaid.Oneman'srubbishcanbeanotherman'streasure.Infact，eachofuscanimprovethelivesofpeopleinneedarounduslikehim.22.WhatisAnnaKareninainthepassage？______A.woman. B.driver. C.book.23.WheredidGutierrezfindAnnaKarenina？______A.Inhishome. B.Inarichneighborhood.

C.Inalibrary. 24.HowmanybooksarethereinGutierrez'slibrary？______A.50. B.Over2000. C.Over20000.25.What'strueaboutGutierrez'slibrary？______A.YoucanreadbookstheseonSunday.

B.Youcan'tfindanymagazineinit.

C.Onlychildrencanreadbooksinit.26.Whatdoesthelastunderlinedsentencemean？______A.Everyonecanstartalibrary.

B.Poorpeoplecanreadbooks.

C.Everyonecanmakeadifference.

Howmanylanguagesdoyouthinkyoucouldlearnifyouhavetriedreallyhard？Three？Five？Tenatmost？

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ThereisamaninAmerica，calledVaughnSmith.Hecanspeakeigntlnguagesverywell，andheisalsoabeginnerinlearning37otherlanguages.Andin24ofthose"beginner"languages，hecanhaveshortconversations.

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Firstofall，Vaughnistalentedinlanguagelearning.ButwhatreallymattersisthatVaughnknowsgreatlanguagelearningskills.

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WhenhehasachancetomeetsometouristswhoarelostandhavetroublewithEnglish，hecantalktothemintheirlanguagestohelpthemandpracticehislanguageskillsatthesametime!

AnothertipfromVaughnisto"makeitfun"，likelisteningtotheradioorwatchingmoviesinthetargetlanguage.Oneofhisfavoritesisreadingbilingualshortstories.Thestoriesteachhimnewwordsandhowtousephrasesandsentencescorrectly，andit'sfuntoreadthem.

Vaughnalwaysspendssometimereviewingnewwordseveryday.

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.Healsobelievesthatreadinganewwordonce，10differenttimesaday，ismoreeffectivethanreadingitahundredtimesinonesitting.

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ForVaughn，hisloveforlanguagesisoneofthebiggestreasonswhyheloveslearningthem!

A.Besides，hehasgoodlearninghabits.

B.Helivesahardlife.

C.Practicemakesperfect.

D.Howabout50？

E.Lastbutnotleast，interestisthemostimportant.

F.Youmightwonderhowapersoncanspeaksomanylanguages.27.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F28.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F29.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F30.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F31.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F32.

BeforeStevenbecameafourthgrader，hebehavedverybadlyatschool.Henever（1）

（pay）attentioninclass.Hetalkedbacktohisteachers.What（2）

（be）worse，healwayslookedforchancestoskip（旷课）classes.

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（lucky），everythingchangedafterStevenmetMr.Rowe.InMr.Rowe'sfirstclass，Stevenfeltthewarmthand（4）

（kind）ofthisnewteacher.Hewaswelcomedwithafriendlysmileandencouragingwordsafterenteringtheclassroom.

Thatdayafterschool，Mr.RoweplayedkickballwithSteven.Heeventaughthimausefulandspecialskill.Stevenlearneditfastand（5）

（do）quitewell!Everyonecheeredfor（6）

（he）andStevenfeltsoproud.

Gradually，Stevenbegantoenjoyschoollife.Hebecame（7）

（active）thanbeforeandevenofferedtoanswerquestionsinclass.Butheseldomgavecorrectanswers.Hesaidheshouldhavestudiedhardbefore."It'snevertoolate（8）

（learn），Steven，"Mr.Rowesaidnicely."Don'tgiveup，nomatterwhathappens.（9）

youdon'tgiveup，youwillstillhaveachancetosucceed."

StevenreceivedmuchhelpfromMr.Rowe.Finally，Stevenbecameawell-behavedstudent.NowStevendreamsofbeingagreatteacherlikeMr.Rowe，andhewillholdon（10）

hisdream.33.

IoftentalkbacktomyparentswhenIdisagreewiththem.Intheheatofthemoment，Imightsaysomethinghurtful.Butlater，Ialwaysfeelsorry.IknowIshouldn'targuewiththemlikethat，butIcan'talwayscontrolmywords.Ireallywanttostopthis，butIdon'tknowhow.Couldyoupleasegivemesomeadviceonhowtocommunicatebetterwithmyparents？

WhenIwasinmiddleschool，Iusedtogetangryeasilywhentalkingtomyparents.Butovertime，Ilearnedafewsmallthingsthatreallyhelped.Maybetheycanhelpyoutoo.

First，trytotakeadeepbreathbeforeyouansweryourparents.Ithelpsyoucalm（冷静）downandspeakmorekindly.Forexample，iftheyaskyoutocleanthekitchenwhenyouhaveabigexamthenextday，closeyoureyes，takeadeepbreath，andthenexplainthatyouneedtostudy.

Also，learntoseethingsfromyourparents'side.Whentheyseemunreasonable，askyourselfwhytheyareactingthisway.Maybetheyaretiredfromwork，worriedaboutyourfuture，orjustrepeatingwhattheirownparentsdid.

Spendingalittletimetalkingwiththemeverydaymakesadifferencetoo.Oneday，mymumaskedaboutagameIliked，andIexplaineditfortenminutes.Itfeltnice.ThenIstartedsettingasidejust10to15minutesafterdinnertosharesomethingsmallwithmyparents.Itdidn'tsolveeveryproblem，butitbuiltabridge.Overtime，thoselittleconversationsmadethebiggertalkseasier.

Finally，don'tbeafraidtosaysorry.Afterarguments，Iusedtostaysilentfordays.Butgradually（逐渐地），Irealizedsaying"（4）▲"helpedusmoveonfaster.ft'snoteasy，butitre