《2025年海淀单元测试AB卷八年级英语下册外研版》

VI. 短文填空（10分）
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。
Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him 1. ______（play）. But one night, a lady asked him 2. ______（sing）a song.
“I don't sing,” said the man. But the lady told the manager, “I am tired of 3. ______（listen）to the piano. I want the player to sing!” The manager 4. ______（shout）across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”“Although I 5. ______（not sing）before, I can have a try,” he answered. He now was singing for the 6. ______（one）time! Nobody had ever heard the song. He sang so 7. ______（beautiful）! He had the talent(天赋)! He may have lived the rest of 8. ______（he）life as a no - name piano player in a no - name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best known 9. ______（sing）in the US.
You have skills and abilities too. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be 10. ______（good）than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

答案： 1.play 2.to sing 3.listening 4.shouted 5.haven't sung 6.first 7.beautifully 8.his 9.singers 10.better

VII. 阅读表达(济宁中考改编)（10分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文后的要求答题。
On the evening of September 26, 2019, the streets of Geneva in Switzerland went dark. This usually happens when there is a problem with the electricity, but this time the lights were turned off to allow people to go outside and look at the stars. This is often impossible in a city because of light pollution.
Light pollution is when light from street lights or buildings makes the night less dark. There are many reasons why this is a problem. Animals sleep less because they think it is still daytime. Birds that fly to warmer countries in the autumn need to see the moon and stars to find their way, but light pollution makes this difficult. Insects and birds in cities often fly towards lights at night, knock into buildings and die.
Light pollution is also bad for us. It can stop us sleeping and give us headaches. Also, we don't see the same sky that people in the past did. This means we almost never see one of the greatest scenes in the world: the millions of stars. Hundreds of thousands of people have never seen it in their lives.
However, it is not difficult to do a few things to reduce(减轻) light pollution: we can all turn lights off when we don't need them and we can cover our windows. If there is less light pollution, we will once again be able to enjoy the beauty of the night sky.
1. Why were the street lights turned off in Geneva? (no more than 11 words)
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2. What helps birds find their way? (no more than 4 words)
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3. Please list at least two reasons that can show light pollution is a problem.
(1)______________________________
(2)______________________________
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
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5. Do you like a colourful night city with lights or a dark night city with no lights? Please list your reasons.
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答案： 1. To allow people to go outside and look at the stars.
2. The moon and stars. 3.
(1)Insects and birds in cities often fly towards lights at night,knock into buildings and die.
(2)Light pollution can stop us sleeping and give us headaches.(答案不唯一，从文中任选两条即可) 4.如果光污染少一点，我们将能再次欣赏到夜空之美。 5.I like a colourful night city with lights because it's a sign of a busy city./I like a dark night city with no lights because I can enjoy the beauty of the night sky.(开放性设题，答案合理即可)