题目内容
【题目】Moving to a new place may be an exciting adventure. 【1】 If you have a friend experiencing this anxiety, there are some steps you can take to make him feel more at home. Talk to your friend about his homesickness. 【2】 This also gives you the option to share with him any strategies you have personally discovered to help overcome these feelings.
Join your friend in discovering and adapting to the new environment. It is human nature to fear the unknown. By learning to deal with the new environment, your friend will find it easier to overcome the desire for what is familiar.
Introduce him to new friends by including him in your social circle. These new relationships help relieve the feelings of homesickness and keep his mind off those friends he left behind. 【3】 For example, if he likes sports and being outdoors invite him to go hiking or camping with you and your friends.
【4】 Developing a new schedule will help him change things to where he does not need his old routine. Perhaps get him involved in an athletic club where he can boost endorphins(内啡肽) by keeping physically fit.
Keep a positive outlook. Encourage him to see the glass half full so he can embrace this new experience instead of longing for what once was. Being positive helps your friends become more positive, so make the most of your influence.【5】
A. However, there are many ways to overcome it.
B. Burying it will only make his homesickness worse.
C. Invite him to clubs that you know he will enjoy.
D. Help him develop a new routine to replace the old one.
E. You will help him keep an active attitude to life if you are positive.
F. He could be homesick due to missing family dinners every night
G. However, following that is the anxiety that comes from a change in routine.
【答案】
【1】G
【2】B
【3】C
【4】D
【5】E
【解析】初到一个新环境会使人产生焦虑，作者的一些建议能帮助快速适应新环境。
【1】G
考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。上句讲去一个新地方是令人兴奋的冒险，G项：然而之后就会是来自日常改变的焦虑。下句也提到experiencing this anxiety, G项承上启下，引出下文。故选G.
【2】B
考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。上句讲要主动和朋友谈论想家话题，B项：把想家话题隐藏只能使思乡更厉害，与上句对比，是对谈论次话题的进一步解释，故选B.
【3】C
考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段主要讲给他介绍朋友扩大朋友圈，以此来减少思乡之情。根据下句if he likes sports and being outdoors invite him to go hiking or camping可知带他去参加喜欢的活动，C项表达了此意，故选C.
【4】D
考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据下句Developing a new schedule will help him change things to where he does not need his old routine.可知是建立新的时间表来代替原来的旧程序，D项表达了此意，符合本段内容。故选D.
【5】E
考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据本段首句Keep a positive outlook可知本段主要内容，上句Being positive helps your friends become more positive又提到积极的态度，E项中keep an active attitude to life if you are positive.与本段主题一致，故选E.
