When you stay away from your home for a long time, you start to miss your good old bed, your good old parents. Believe it or not, you’re feeling homesick (想家的). You can help yourself to feel less homesick. Here’s how:

1. If you’re going away from home, bring your favourite pajamas (睡衣). You can also bring some pictures of the people who you may miss. You can look at them any time you want.

2.The busier you are, the less time you’ll have to feel homesick. Spend your free time on music, sports or books. Try to join in activities wherever you are.

3. You can make a plan for when you’ll call your mum or dad. You can also keep in touch with family and friends by emails or text messages.

4.Sometimes, telling someone that you’re feeling a little homesick will help you feel better. Maybe you can tell a friend that you feel homesick and the two of you can do something fun.

从A、B、C、D中选择正确的选项作为文章的小标题，填入第【1】~【4】四个空格中。

A. Keep yourself busy???????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Tell someone your feelings

C. Stay in touch???????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Bring something familiar with you

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. How to stay away from home?????? ????????????? ????????????? B. How to do something fun

C. How to feel less homesick????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. How to miss your home

阅读理解

The best thing about going to school is learning how to read. Books are great friends. They can help you to learn about anything you want to know. They can go anywhere with you. You can read about animals, faraway places, people, and anything else.

Books are written by people called authors(作者). Authors think of things they want to write about. They make a plan for a book and start to write .Some authors write books that give us information(信息)and teach us things. Authors are very important people because they help us learn. Find a good book to read and read every day ,You will enjoy your time with a good book.

1.What can you read about in books?

2.What is the best part about going to school?

3.What are authors?

4.What do authors do before they write a book?

A. They think about what they want to write about.                        

B. They eat lunch.

C. They make a plan for the book.                                                

D. Both A and C.

5..Authors are important people because     .

What problems do the teenagers probably have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.

Problems                               Causes                                                        Advice

Feel stressed                        Too much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies.    Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax.

Get short-sighted                 Too much homework. Bad study habits.   Do eye exercises or read in a correct way.

Fight with each other          Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.      Make more friends and understand each other.

Don’t like to study                The bad influence of computer games.   Play computer games just for a short time.

Get fat                                    Have more pocket money to buy snacks. Don’t like to do exercise. Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Do exercise every day.

1.For whom is this form above most probably written?

A. Parents.         B. Children.         C. Teachers.        D. Students.

2.According to the information given in the form, why don’t students like to study?

A. Because of too much homework.

B. Because they don’t know how to get on well with classmates.

C. Because of the influence of computer games.

D. Because they don’t like to do exercise.

3._______ will help you avoid becoming short-sighted.

A. Doing eye exercises regularly                                    B. Reading in bed

C. Reading in the sun                                                       D. Reading too long

4.If you feel stressed, you should ________.

A. do less homework

B. make plans for your study, hobbies and relaxation

C. fight with others

D. have some snacks

5.Peter is very fat. Maybe he ________.

A. plays computer games too much            B. has too many snacks

C. doesn’t like to do exercise                                D. B＆C