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

problems????????????? causes????????????? Advice

Feeling stressed????????????? Too much homework;

Don’t have enough tome for their hobbies.????????????? Make a plan for study and hobbies.

Find time to relax as possible as you can.

Getting short-sighted? (近视的)????????????? Too much homework;

Bad reading and writing habits.????????????? Do homework and reading in a correct way.

Fighting with each other????????????? Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.????????????? Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them.

Feeling tired of study????????????? Computer games’ bad influence.????????????? Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you are tired.

Getting fat????????????? Having more pocket money to buy snacks;

Dislike doing exercise.????????????? Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day.

1.There are ______ main problems in the survey.

A. four???? B. five???? C. six???? D. seven

2.What problems are caused by too much homework?

A. Feeling stressed and fighting with each other.?????

B. Feeling tired of study and getting fat.

C. Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted.????????

D. Getting short-sighted and feeling tired of study.

3.If Simon is feeling stressed, he should __________.

A. do much more homework?????????????????????

B. make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies

C. donate(捐赠) his pocket money to Project Hope????

D. buy some snacks

4.Peter is tired of study, maybe because he __________.

A. has no close friends??????????? ?????????????

B. has no pocket money

C. plays too many computer games?? ?????????????

D. gets fatter and fatter

5. __________ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fighting.

A. Doing less homework?????????? ?????????????

B. Playing computer games

C. learning how to make friends???? ?????????????

D. Paying no attention to each other

Maybe you are an average（普通的）student. You probably think you will never be a top student. In fact, anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here is how:

1. When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a plan of your time. A weekly plan may not work out all your problems, but it will push you to realize what is happening to your time.

2. Look around the house for a good study place which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, nothing but study materials. No game, radio, or TV!

3.Listen to everything the teacher says. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

4.When you get home from school, go over your notes. You should preview the materials that the teacher will discuss the next day. It will be useful. If you do these things regularly, you will study better.

5.The purpose of a test is only to show what you have learned about a subject. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be worried.

Maybe you are an average（普通的）student. You probably think you will never be a top student. In fact, anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here is how:

1. When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a plan of your time. A weekly plan may not work out all your problems, but it will push you to realize what is happening to your time.

2. Look around the house for a good study place which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, nothing but study materials. No game, radio, or TV!

3.Listen to everything the teacher says. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

4.When you get home from school, go over your notes. You should preview the materials that the teacher will discuss the next day. It will be useful. If you do these things regularly, you will study better.

5.The purpose of a test is only to show what you have learned about a subject. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be worried.