《2025年阳光学业评价八年级英语上册沪教版》

第二节 阅读填空(每小题 1 分,共 5 分)
Before the internet, people usually learnt things by reading books, like encyclopaedias. Encyclopaedias are big books with lots of information. 51. ______.
52. ______. It started in 1768 in Scotland. Two men, Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, made it. They were printers and engravers. They also had an editor named William Smellie. The first edition had three big books.
These men and the editor had no formal training. 53. ______.
Britannica has had 15 different editions. It changed over time. The changes happened when new people took over and made the book better. The last big change was in 1985. The 14th and 15th editions were special. They were updated every year. 54. ______.
Then Britannica said they would stop making paper books. 55. ______. They didn’t sell many, only 1% of what Britannica made. They stopped selling CDs in 2012 with the “Ultimate Edition”. Now, Britannica is online.
Encyclopaedia Britannica is a symbol of knowledge and learning. It has changed a lot, but it still helps people learn.
A. So, the books got better and better.
B. But they made a book that helped people learn many things.
C. People keep them at home for easy reference.
D. The last paper books were made in 2012.
E. Encyclopaedia Britannica is a very old book.

答案： 51. C 52. E 53. B 54. A 55. D

五、写作(共三节,满分 30 分)
第一节 用方框中的词语完成短文(每小题 1 分,共 5 分)
including, nobody, intelligence, inventors, perhaps
Thomas Edison was one of the greatest 56. ______ in the 20th century. His inventions, 57. ______ the light bulb, have greatly influenced our daily lives even till today. When he was a child, 58. ______ believed he would ever achieve anything because of his little formal education. However, his mother refused to give up and started teaching him by herself at home. Soon he showed great 59. ______ by reading books on a wide range of subjects. Later, he began to develop self-education. Without it, 60. ______ it would have been impossible for him to bring people new innovations. Before he died, he had already owned 1,093 patents.

答案： 56. inventors 57. including 58. nobody 59. intelligence 60. perhaps