这一学期的努力成果就看期末考试的成绩了，因此，我们一定要重视。在期末考试来临之际，各位初二的同学们，下文为大家整理了一份英语下学期期末测试题，希望可以对各位考生有所帮助!

一. 单项选择 (15分)

(   )  1. — What’s the 　　　 of your country, Tim?

— More than thirty-five million.

A. value        B. name

C. advantage      D. population

(   )  2. — Why not c onsider 　　　 the Internet for interesting information?

— Good idea!

A. search        B. searches

C. searched       D. searching

(   )  3. It was 　　　 of you to fight against the robber (抢劫者) just now. We’re all proud of you.

A. brave        B. foolish

C. crazy        D. pleasant

(   )  4. The writer 　　　 in translating this book  into Chinese last month.

A. succeeded    B. created

C. divided     D. appeared

(   )  5. Tina has lived in China for two years, and she knows 　　　 Chinese.

A. a little of     B. a little

C. a bit of       D. both B and C

(   )  6. Mark didn’t wake up 　　　 his friend called him this morning.

A. before    B. while

C. until    D. after

(   )  7. Jack 　　　 the empty bottle on the floor and threw it into the dustbin.

A. opened up    B. picked up

C. rang up      D. moved up

(   )  8. 　　　 Jenny 　　　 I believe Tom’s words, because he always tells lies.

A. Either; or    B. Neither; nor

C. Both; and        D. Not only; but also

(   )  9. The boy’s parents 　　　 s ince he was three years old. He has to live with his grandparents.

A. died         B. dead

C. were dying    D. have been dead

(   )10. It’s difficult 　　　 the poor man 　　　 that new house.

A. for; afford    B. of; afford

C. for; to afford   D. of; to afford

(   )11. Judy seldom goes to the history museum, 　　　 she?

A. is        B. isn’t

C. does     D. doesn’t

(   )12. My friend told me that she 　　　 for Shanghai on June 5th.

A. leave        B. leaves

C. will leave    D. would leave

(   )13. — Where is your mother, Kim?

— She 　　　 Hangzhou. She’ll come back this weekend.

A. goes to      B. has gone to

C. will go to   D. has been to

(   )14. If you drive too fast on the road, it 　　　 an accident.

A. cause      B. causes

C. caused     D. will cause

(   )15. — Do you know 　　　, Li Ming?

— Of course! In 2012.

A. where were the 30th Olympic Games held

B. when London hosted the 30th Olympic Games

C. which record was broken at the Olympic Games

D. how many medals did they get at the Olympic Games

二. 完形填空(10分)

Winter becomes colder and colder. People begin to wear more 　16　 themselves against the cold. But 　17　 do animals get through the long cold winter?

A number of animals, especially birds, travel to 　18　 places to get away from the cold. Wild geese, for example, fly south. Other animals, such as bears, snakes and squirrels, 　19　 most of their time eating or storing food. After enough food and energy preparation, they go to safe places to hibernate (冬眠).

Hibernation is a special and deep sleep. When animals hibernate, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat and breathing become very 　20　. They look like dead ones. The largest hibernators are bears. 　21　 other hibernators, bears do not eat or drink while hibernating, which can last as 　22　 as six months.

For some cold-blooded animals, 　23　  gives them a good place to keep warm. 　24　 the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes or ponds. For insects (昆虫), most of them don’t 　25　 during the winter, which is called diapause (昆虫生 长的停滞期).