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When you stay away form your home for a long time, you start to miss your good bed, your good parents. Believe it or not, you’re feeling homesick. You can help yourself to feel less homesick. Here’s how:
1. If you’re going away from home, bring your favourite clothes, 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 whenever you are.
3. You can make a plan for when you’ll call your mom or dad. You can also keep in touch with family and friends by email 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第2-5段的小标题，并填入四个空格中。
A. Keep yourself busy B. Tell someone your feeling
C. Stay in touch D. Bring something favourite 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
语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文的连贯性，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于3个单词）。
Which is better, writing or typing？These days, many college students have given up 1. (take) class notes by hand. Instead, they type on laptops（手提电脑） 2. they think typing is fast, and they can write more notes. But a new research has3. (show) that taking notes by hand is in fact better for long-term memory.
In this research, students were asked to listen 4. a teacher. Some took notes by typing on a laptop. The 5. (other) took notes by writing them down. Then they were given a test. Both groups got almost the same result in 6. (remember) the facts. But students who typed their notes did worse on conceptual (需要理解的) questions.
Why is it like this? The answer is that writing by hand is slow, 7. it gives the students more time to think about the questions they don’t understand. They are able 8. (write) down the main points. “This leads to a 9._______ (deep) understanding,” say the scientists.
However, the students typing notes on a laptop 10._______ (usual) just write down what the teacher says word for word in class. Although they can write more notes, they just type really thinking about what they are typing. “This usually leads to mindless transcription(抄录),” say the scientists.
So if you want to remember something better, write it by hand！
根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出空白处单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。
Jim misses his father so much, and dreams of him often. His father works in 1.________(加拿大). They haven’t seen each other for 2.______(几乎) six months.
Today Jim didn’t 3.___ (打) basketball with friends as usual. The sky was __4.__ _(暗的) and he left school in a hurry. It began to rain soon. _5._ _（虽然、尽管）he ran back home quickly, he was all wet when he got home twenty minutes later. His mother was cooking in the kitchen and he helped _6.__ _(摆放) the table after he changed his clothes. She smiled at him and gave him a letter. Jim took the letter and ran back to his _7._ __(自己的) room. This is the ___8.___(第四) letter he had received. After reading the letter, Jim was excited. He went ___9.____（楼下）as quickly as he could to tell his mother the good news that his father would __10._____(回来) in ten days. He has been looking forward to the days with his father for so long time!
词汇运用
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次，每空限用一词。
1. Miss Li ________ to check students’ papers, though she was very tired.
2. In my opinion, mobile phone is one of the most important _________ in modern life.
3.My grandparents didn’t have ________ to eat when they were young.
4.The boy only wrote his name __________ the paper, then he slept and did nothing else.
5. Do you know which mountain is the ________ in the world?
Darling Kelli,
I’m so sorry I will not get to see you grow up as I so want to. Please don’t blame(责备) people or the world for this. A lot of life is simply luck and mine is running out.
I wish I had the words to make you feel better. I wish you didn’t have to see me in pain as you often do now. I wish so many things were different but they are not.
But while your old dad is still around, I thought I’d try to give you some life advice in one go. I hope it gives you some comfort. I hope cancer never returns so that your life is long, fulfilled and happy.
Everyone will say it’s of great importance to work hard at school. I hope you’ll always do your best. I did well at school but did it do me much good in life? Not really. Schoolwork is important, but make sure you have fun too.
You and your mom will argue(争吵）at times, especially when you’re a teenager. Please remember she loves you and wants the best for you. Give Mommy a hug when she is feeling sad. When you’re a teenager you might think your friends are right and your mom is wrong. But she has to make hard decisions for you. Treat her well.
You’ll have boyfriends when you’re older, so here’s some advice. It’s very hard to describe how it feels to really be in love. You might remember seeing your mom and I laughing together and cuddling(依偎）on the sofa, and once the love hearts and flowers fade(褪色) that’s what real love looks like. Have fun finding it.
Most important of all: Your laugh takes over your whole body. I hope you never lose that. There is no point in asking you not to be sad when I go. I know you will be, princess. And I wish I could be there to hug you until you smile again.
And finally, thank you for being you, Kelli. Enjoy your life. Don’t rush through it. All my love, always, goes to you, princess.
1.The father feels sorry because .
A. he is badly ill and in pain
B. he argues with his wife at times
C. he won’t get to see his daughter grow up
D. his daughter is not willing to take his advice
2.The author wrote this letter to Kelli mainly to .
A. tell her more about his disease
B. say sorry for leaving her alone
C. give advice that’ll help her later in life
D. encourage her to realize her dream
3. Which of the following sayings can we take from Paragraph 4?
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. Where there is a will, there is a way.
C. Action speaks louder than words.
D. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
4.The best title for the passage can be .
A. Enjoy Your Life B. Keep Healthy
C. Take Good Care of Your Mom D. Learn to love your family
Home Alone is a very funny 1990 American film. It tells us a boy who is left at home alone by accident.
One night before Christmas, McAlister family meet at their house. They are planning to fly to Paris for the holiday and are busy getting ready. Eight-year-old Kevin is the youngest child and he is fighting with his brothers, sisters and cousins. When he goes to bed, he is so angry that he wishes all his family would go away. In the morning, everyone wakes up very late. They are all in hurry to get to the airport, so they forget Kevin and he is left alone at home.
Although Kevin is alone, he is very happy at first. His terrible family have gone---his wish has come true. He watches TV, eats lots of fast food and play games. He has a good time. But later on, he goes out and hears two bad men called Harry and Lary. Many things in the house get broken as Kevin tries to stop them. Finally, the police come and the men are taken away.
The house is now in a mess, so Kevin tidies it up and waits for his parents. They get back from Paris and are very happy to find that Kevin is safe.
1.According to the passage, Home Alone is .
A. a movie B. a book C. a play D. a song
2.Why does Kevin think his family are “terrible” at first?
A. His family wake up late.
B. His family are busy preparing for the holiday.
C. He is left alone at home.
D. He is angry with his brothers, sisters and cousins.
3.When Kevin’s family come home, they find .
A. the house is in a mess
B. two bad men are at their home
C. Kevin is safe
D. Kevin is gone
4.From the passage, we can infer that Kevin .
A. is clever but not brave
B. can’t do housework
C. loves his family
D. doesn’t want to go for the holiday
