D．They may have different meanings in different countries．

55．What's the best title of the passage?_________．

A．The History of Signs B．Word Signs

C．Picture Signs D．Signs Are Important

第二卷(40分)

五、单词拼写：(共10小题，每题10分)

56．Bad weather sometimes causes________(自然)disasters．

57．The_______(丧失，失去)of his pet dog made him very sad．

58．I am waiting for the train．Do you know the time of its_________(到达)?

59．Every day there are lots of________(广告)in the newspapers．

60．Liaoning is in the_______(北面的)part of China．

61．We must help this boy．He doesn't know the________(重要性)of study．

62．His new car can sit five people_______(舒服地)．

63．We plan to help the students in poor areas by_______(提供)them with some stationery．

64．Have you read the________(最近)papers"China Daily"

65．What he said at the meeting hurt our_________(感受)．

六、句型转换(共5小题，满分10分)

66．We didn't have the soccer match because there was a heavy rain．(改为同义句)

We didn't have the soccer match_________ __________the heavy rain．

67．I like the parrot best．(改为同义句)

Parrot is_________ ___________bird．

68．Mot her pandas often leave their babies for two whole days on their own．(改为同义句)

Mother pandas often leave babies for two whole days_________．

69．She speaks French fluently(流利地)．(划线提问)

　　___________ ___________she speak French?

70．When the earthquake started，I was doing some shopping．(划线提问)

___________ ___________you doing when the earthquake started?

七、句子翻译：(共5小题，满分10分)

71．丹尼尔决定自学怎样做模型汽车．

_______________________________________________________________________

72．我们可以采取以下的行动来保护野生动物．

　　______________________________________________________________________

73．昨晚六点到八点你在干什么?

　　______________________________________________________________________

74．苏州的天气与北京的天气不同．

　　______________________________________________________________________

75．自从出生以来，我一直和父母生活在一起．

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八、书面表达(共1题，满分10分)

根据表中所提供的信息，给观鸟俱乐部(the Birdwatching Club)写一封信，词数80左右．

姓名 Sandy 年级 八年级 兴趣、爱好 足球，科学、地理、鸟类、热爱太自然