4 . After reading the passage, please fill in the following blanks.

About three years ago, something terrible happened to me. One day, my two brothers and I were coming back from the islands when we     1     (trap) by a terrible storm. A huge wave covered our boat and my younger brother     2     (fall) into the sea.With the wind and waves, we were going in the     3     (direct) of the whirlpool. However, when we were on the edge of the whirlpool, I felt     4     (calm) than when we were moving towards it. Suddenly, we went over the edge. I thought my life was over.     5     I was still safe. The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles     6     great speed. I noticed that the heavier objects in the whirlpool went down more quickly than the lighter ones. I tried to make my brother     7     (understand), but he was too frightened     8     stayed in the heavy boat. Without     9     (wait), I jumped into the sea to try and escape. Some time after I left the boat, with my brother in it, it     10     (pull) into the bottom of the whirlpool. Then the sky was clear, the wind calmer and the moon was shining. In the end, a boat picked me up. I got safe.

5 . 你是新华中学的学生李华，你的美国朋友Jack在给你的电子邮件中询问中国人在生活中使用手机的情况，请你给他回一封电子邮件。内容包括：
1. 人使用手机的情况；
2. 使用手机带来的问题；
3. 建议。
注意：
1. 80左右；
2. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack
      Thank you for your email. Now let me tell you something about the cellphone using in China.
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6 . Every year around August, millions of teens take their parents to stores to buy new clothes for the start of the school year. Not every parent can afford this, and some teens are forced to go to school in the same clothes they wore last year. The obvious differences in clothes cause differences among students. There is a simple solution to this problem; school uniforms (校服).

I know from personal experience and surveys that wearing uniforms creates a sense of equality among peers (同龄人).

From sixth grade until I graduated from senior high school, I attended a school that required students to wear uniforms. The uniform was very simple: dark brown shoes, green-brown pants, and a white shirt. The uniform left little room for any kind of self-expression, especially through clothes.

However, I learned how to stand out by expressing myself through my personality, art, and sports. I did not know I could draw until the sixth grade. I also would never have learned of my musical abilities if it hadn’t been for my desire to find ways to express myself. Uniforms taught me that I was myself, except what I wore.

Uniforms also contribute to a much safer learning environment. I remember a particular event that happened in my junior high school. A man ran away from prison and wanted to hide in the gym of our school. Luckily, cameras all over the school quickly found the stranger before any danger could ever happen as he was out of place. School officials kept the man locked inside our gym until the police came to take him back to prison.

Uniforms help provide a better educational experience for all students no matter what race, culture, or economic class (经济阶层). In closing, wearing uniforms is good for both schools and students.

1. How does the author introduce the topic?

A．By explaining a basic rule.

B．By challenging others’ views.

C．By describing a common problem.

D．By sharing his parents’ experience.

2. Which of the following could the author agree with?

A．Uniforms should be more modern.

B．Uniforms can help shape better students.

C．Uniforms are popular with students.

D．Uniforms are bad for self-development.

3. What do the underlined words “out of place” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Dressing differently.	B．Standing straight.
C．Running fast.	D．Breathing heavily.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To record his high school life.

B．To show his supportive view towards uniforms.

C．To ask students to like what they wear.

D．To introduce high school uniforms.

7 . As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leader who could make the world a better place. Her passion to help others was awakened when, from the age of nine, she accompanied her Tunisian father to his birthplace in the east of the country during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children.

Toumi witnessed first-hand the destructive effect of desertification (沙漠化). “Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the Sahara Desert in its tracks.” A decrease in average rainfall and an increase in the severity of droughts have led to an estimated 75 percent of Tunisia’s agricultural lands being threatened by desertification.

Toumi recognized that farming practices needed to change. She is confident that small land areas can bring large returns if farmers are able to adapt by planting sustainable crops, using new technologies for water treatment and focusing on natural products and fertilizers rather than chemicals.

In 2012, Toumi consolidated (巩固) her dream of fighting the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a programme named Acacias for All to put her sustainable farming philosophy (理念) into action. “I want to show young people in rural areas that they can create opportunities where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the impact of desertification and climate change than somebody who is living with no access to water.”

By September 2016, more than 130, 000 acacia trees had been planted on 20 pilot farms, with farmers recording a 60 percent survival rate. Toumi estimates that some 3 million acacia trees are needed to protect Tunisia’s farmland. She expects to plant 1 million trees by 2018. In the next couple of years, Toumi hopes to extend the programme to Algeria and Morocco.

1. How did Toumi’s holiday trips to Tunisia influence her?

A．They made her decide to leave the country.

B．They helped her better understand her father.

C．They aroused her enthusiasm for helping others.

D．They destroyed her dream of being a teacher.

2. What is the main cause of the desertification of Tunisia’s farmland?

A．Low rainfall.

B．Soil pollution.

C．Cold weather.

D．Forest damage.

3. Why did Toumi set up Acacias for All in Tunisia?

A．To create job opportunities for young people.

B．To help the children obtain a basic education.

C．To persuade the farmers not to use fertilizers.

D．To promote the protection of their farmland.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Saving Water in Tunisia	B．Holding back the Sahara
C．Planting Trees of Native Species	D．Fighting Poverty in North Africa

9 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Where will you choose to live, in the city or in the countryside? People have different ideas about the questions.

Some of my friends would like to live in the city. Everything     1    (be) convenient in the city. When people are thirsty, they can have boiled or bottled water at once. When a child is ill, he     2    (send) to hospital in just a few minutes. However, people have to suffer heavy traffic and air pollution anyway. On the other hand, others     3    (choose) the countryside. The reasons are simple. Nothing is better     4    (live) in fresh air, drink clean water, and enjoy free natural beauty.