八年级英语下册期末考试Ⅱ．单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。

1．Would you mind _________ in class?A. no talkingB. not talkingC. no talkD. not talk2．—_________ have you been in this school?—For two years.A. How oftenB. WhenC. How soonD. How long3．Our teacher told us light (光) _________ much faster than sound .A. travelsB. traveledC. had traveledD. will travel 4．My father _________ Beijing on business for three days. He will be back in two days.A. have gone toB. has gone toC. has been toD. has been in 5．The price of this bicycle is quite _________. I don’t have enough money to buy it.A. lowB. richC. highD. expensive6．It has been two years _________ he came to China.A. sinceB. afterC. beforeD. till7．— Would you like some butter with your bread?— ____________.A. Not at allB. OK. Here you areC. That is right.D. Yes, a little, please8．There isn’t going to be any pollution in the future, _________?A. be thereB. be not thereC. is thereD. isn’t there 9．—Would you mind if I smoke here?—_________. No smoking here.A. Oh, please don’tB. Yes, please.C. Of course notD. It doesn’t matter10．While we _________, we saw a UFO land on a street.A. were shoppingB. shoppedC. are shoppingD. shop11．He won’t join in the party. I won’t, _________.A. yetB. eitherC. alsoD. too12．I don’t know when he _________ tomorrow. If he _________, I’ll let you know.A. comes, comesB. will come, comesC. comes, will comeD. came, will come 13．—You are Jim’s sister, aren’t you?—_________.A. No, I amB. Yes, I’m notC. Yes, I amD. Yes, you are 14．I had a hard time _________ where the post office is.A. findingB. foundC. findsD. to find 15．There are lots of shops on _________ of the street.A. every sidesB. all sidesC. both sidesD. neither sides Ⅲ．完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）根据短文内容，在短文后面的四个选项中选择一个可以填入相应空格内的正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。

I first saw the baby panda when she was only 10 days old. She looked like a white mouse. We 31 her Xi Wang. It means “hope”.When Xi Wang was born, she was just 100 grams(克). Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk for as 32 as 14 hours a day. When she was six months old, she started to eat bamboo shoots(嫩芽). Eight months 33 , she was not a small baby any more. She grew into a 34 young panda and weighed 35 kilos. When Xi Wang was 20 months old, she had to look after herself because her mother had another baby. Xiao Wang has to live by itself. 35 , it is very difficult for pandas to live in the wild. Here are some problems that pandas like Xi Wang may have in the future.If hunters(猎人) catch a panda, they will 36 it for its fur(皮毛). If farmers 37 trees and forests, pandas will have no place 38 .When mothers leave baby pandas 39 , people will often take them away. People think that the baby pandas need help.If pandas are in danger, we should try our best to protect them. If we do 40 , soon there will be no pandas in the world.16．A. made B. called C. told D. kept17．A. longer B. long C. much D. little18．A. later B. sooner C. after D. in19．A. strange B. weak C. famous D. healthy20．A. Luckily B. But C. However D. Especially 21．A. kill B. feed C. have D. eat22．A. cut down B. plant C. protect D. water23．A. to play B. to eat C. to live D. to live in 24．A. lonely B. together C. alone D. happy25．A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. somethingⅣ．阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）AA wife and a husband had just come back from London. It was a long journey. They were both very tired. When they went up to the door of their house, the husband put his hands into his pockets and suddenly stopped. “Alas, I lost my key!” he cried out. “What? I knew it well that a man like you must always be careless(粗心的), so I hid(藏) another one,” the wife said with a smile.“That’s wonderful! Dear! Hurry up to open the door!”“Oh, I put it in a drawer, ”said the wife with a red face.26．The wife and the husband were very tired because __________.A. they went a short way and had little restB. they had just returned from LondonC. they both hurried up to the doorD. they walked from morning till evening27．What had happened when they got to the door of their house? __________A. The husband was too tired to move.B. The husband lost all the money he had.C. The husband found the door open.D. The husband lost the key to the door.28．The husband was happy again because __________.A. his wife hid another key to the doorB. his wife was so kind to him as beforeC. he found the door was not lockedD. he himself found the key to the door29．Where did the wife hide their key?A. In a box.B. In a drawer.C. In a bag.D. In a pocket. 30．What do you think of the wife and the husband?A. The wife was more careless than the husband.B. The husband was more careless than the wife.C. The wife was as careless as the husband.D. The husband was as careful as the wife.BJack is in Grade Three now. He is a polite boy and studies hard. He is good at his lesson and can answer all the questions in class. His teachers and classmates like him except Henry. They’re deskmates, but Henry likes playing and often fails in the exams. His father is a dentist and gets a lot of money. The boy thinks he lives in the richest family in town. So he looks down upon(瞧不起) others and laughs at them. Of course he has few friends.Jack is busy all the time. His father is a shoe-maker. The man has to work hard but he can’t buy enough food for family. He tells Jack to help him after school. So the boy has to do all his homework at school. He’s ready to do so.One summer afternoon, on his way home, Jack met his sister Lily.The girl carried a heavy box in her arms without wearing shoes. Jack carried it for her. Henry saw her and said, “Your father is a shoe-maker, but your sister has no shoes!”“I don’t think it’s strange,” returned Jack. “Your father is a dentist, but your sister has no teeth when she was born!”31．The teachers and classmates like Jack because ___________.A. he does well in his lessonsB. he’s polite to everybodyC. he’s a bad boyD. A and B32．Henry thinks ___________, so he looks down upon any other child.A. he plays wellB. his father is a dentistC. he’s very cleverD. his family is therichest33．Henry has few friends because ___________.A. he is weak in his lessonsB. he often laughs at othersC. he doesn’t study hardD. he always stays at home34．One day, Henry laughed at Jack because ___________.A. Jack’s sister didn’t wear shoesB. Jack’s sister had to workC. Jack had to help his father.D. Jack’s father was a shoe-maker.35．We can know from the passage that ___________.A. Jack didn’t help his father do houseworkB. Jack was helpful (有帮助的) to his familyC. Henry did well in all his lessonsD. Jack’s family was very richCA. Bill GatesB. Mark TwainC. Thomas EdisonD. Celine Dion 37．The _________ was born in 1835.A. inventorB. singerC. doctorD. writer 38．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the name of a _________.A. bookB. songC. companyD. film 39．Dr Bethune worked in China for about _________ years.A. 2B. 4C. 6D. 8 40．Which of the following is true?A. Mark Twain wrote Business@ the Speed of Thought.B. Bill Gate started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.C. Thomas Edison made over 1000 inventions.D. Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997.第Ⅱ卷（共45分）Ⅴ．句型转换。