广东省广州市四十一教育集团2025-2026学年八年级上学期英语期中测试卷

When Einstein was young, he failed several exams because he often played with1 bad kids. On a Sunday morning, Einstein prepared to go fishing with2 kids. His father stopped him and said, "Einstein, you were spending too much time3. I'm worried about your future."

"What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert failed4 exams than me,5 they went fishing as usual."

"My boy, I have6 story for you. I hope you can listen to it carefully."

"There7 two cats on the roof. Suddenly, they fell into the chimney (烟囱).8 they climbed out of the chimney, one cat's face was dirty while the other cat's face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it walked9 in the street. You can imagine what happened later."

"Einstein, it is possible10 anybody to be your mirror (镜子). Some kids are not strict with11. You may become stupid if you take them as your mirror." Hearing this, Einstein put down his fishing rod and returned to his room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror and12 himself, "You are special, so you needn't be as13 as others." That was why Einstein was successful in his career.

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. You can learn from other people, but you14 not follow them completely. You must see yourself clearly, and know15 you want to get.

Imagine this: You are standing in front of a huge building. When you enter it, you find there are many gardens and open areas inside. Most surprisingly, its roof (屋顶) has a farm that is full of all kinds of1. This isn't an art museum or a scene from a sci-fi movie. This is the Fangshan Campus of Beijing No.4 High School.

2, schools mean square buildings, separate classrooms, rows of desks and a teacher standing in the front. Most campuses have looked this way for many years. But as time goes by, traditional campuses may no longer meet students' needs. There are now new schools that look quite3.

Take the Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus for example. The school believes that4 doesn't just happen in the classroom, but all over the campus. The design of its campus5 students to go outside, play and communicate with each other.

Future campuses will6 create more chances for teachers and students to interact (互动). "In the information age, the most important commodity (有价值之物) on a campus is social space to meet and7 each other," said Thomas, an architect (建筑师) from the United Kingdom.

Thomas designed a teaching building for Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Students can enter the building from8 directions. All of its rooms are round and connect to each other9 long corridors (走廊) separating (分开) them.

There are many possibilities for future schools. But no matter what they look like, their purpose should be the same: they can encourage students to be10 and creative.

In the past years, there were many robots that could help human cooks (厨师). But most robots could only cook one kind of food, such as pancakes or noodles. The new cooking robots that look like robotic arms are much smarter. They were made by EncoSmart Technology, a company based in Beijing. They can cook many different dishes and keep learning to create new menus. What's more, they know how to avoid safety risks based on the working environment.

Now, the robots are offering fried food in some office buildings in Haidian District. In the near future, the robots will be able to make ice cream, drinks and salads at more restaurants. "This will help get food to customers faster," said Tian Yan from EncoSmart Technology.

We believe that the new cooking robots will drive the restaurant industry toward greater intelligence, creating new jobs in the future.

As Henderson State University scientist Renn Tumlison explains, the spots camouflage baby deer very well. That's because they look like patches (斑) of sunlight that shine through trees and other plants and land on the forest floor. A baby deer's best way of living is to simply hide itself in the environment.

When you see a baby deer hiding among the leaves alone, it's hard to imagine a weaker animal. But in fact, being alone is another way of protection. For the first few weeks of a baby deer's life, its mother only comes to feed it or lead it to a new place, because adult deer are easier to see and smell than their babies. A mother's absence (缺席) helps cut down the risk of drawing a predator (捕食者) straight to her baby. When the baby is able to run as fast as its mother, they start spending more time together.

The baby deer won't have their spots forever. When a baby deer is somewhere around three or four months old, the spots begin to disappear. However, some kinds of deer don't ever lose their spots—like the fallow deer and the sika deer.

Last week, Guangming Research Centre made surveys among 1,000 residents (居民) in Xingfu community. The surveys were mainly about different types of e-waste and how the residents deal with e-waste. The diagrams below show the results.

E-waste is the world's fastest-growing kind of waste, and only a small part of it is collected and recycled. Some residents think they should recycle e-waste, because e-waste includes many valuable metals, such as gold, silver and so on. They say they try to repair some electronic devices rather than buy new ones. They also give away their electronics which they don't like anymore to people in need.

The main reason for using 11 digits is that we have a large population. But as our population grew, there were not enough numbers for us to use. So we began to use 11 digits starting from 1999.

11 digits can be used to make tens of billions of mobile phone numbers. That's enough for each person to have seven or eight phone numbers to use in China. Usually, the service provider will reuse a canceled number after three to six months. If you call a number that you haven't contacted (联络) for a long time, you may find that its owner has changed.

Besides China, Britain and Japan also use 11-digit mobile phone numbers. But their numbers always start with "0". Countries like the United States, Australia and India use phone numbers with 10 digits, while Canada's mobile phone numbers are also 10 digits long, the same as those in the United States.

A. We once had 10 digits.

B. The 11 digits can be divided into three parts.

C. Also, mobile phone numbers can be recycled.

D. And the last four digits are random (随机的).

E. So they cannot create as many numbers as we can.

People call Molly's grandmother a "walking encyclopedia" because she knows a large a of knowledge. How can she do that?

The first secret is that she has a colorful life. When she was young, she went to different parts of the world. Several years later, she was married to John and their son was b. Therefore, she began taking care of her kid at home i of travelling everywhere.

From then on, she started to read many different t of books, including story books, magazines, guide books, dictionaries and so on. Even when she meets difficult contents (内容) in books, she always keeps a positive attitude and never gives up trying to understand them.

That's why Molly's grandmother knows e.

It is rude to your classmates.

We shouldn't our parents after we grow up.

During the National Day holiday, tourists came to visit the Canton Tower.

Suddenly, the dinosaurs , and nobody knows why.

Please all the questions.

In July, the use of electricity in my house sharply because we use air conditioner everyday, but it slowly goes in October.

With the arrival of AI, a large number of important changes around the world.

AI in the modern world.

Failure always success. Don't be afraid of taking actions.

The smart desk may be one of of all time in our school.

The king thought and accepted the wise man's challenge.

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