Do you love having your own room? Do you hate to clean it?

Sometimes your room becomes so messy(杂乱), and you can’t find what you want. You can’t even see the floor!

    It isn’t because you are lazy. It is because you are not arranged(有安排的).

    But don’t worry. American writer Julie is here to help. She has written “Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens” to help make your life more organized.

    In the book, the writer points out（指出）that your room is the only space in the world just for you. If you keep it clean and tidy, you will find things easier and have success in life!

    But, to have more success, you must arrange all parts of your life. Not just your room! The book gives many tips to help you do this:

（1）       Always put things back where you find them.

（2）       Keep anything important in one easy-to-reach(伸手够到) drawer.

（3）       When you buy a new textbook, put your old ones in a drawer.

（4）       Put labels (标签) on your drawers saying what is in them.

（5）       Make a plan for each day. Then you will know what you should be doing at all times.

（6）       Keep to your plan.

If you follow these tips, you will learn to arrange your space and time. And your future will be full of success!

46. The writer thinks your room is messy because you are          .

          A. busy                  B. lazy                C. not patient         D. not arranged

47. The underlined word “tips” means           in Chinese.

          A. 意见           B. 建议          C. 测试            D. 段落

48. The book Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens tells us to          .

          A. throw(扔) old things away

          B. make labels for textbooks

          C. put used things everywhere

          D. put important things in a drawer easy to reach

49. In order to know what we should be doing at all times, we should          .

          A. make a plan for each day         B. find things easily

          C. get up early                    D. buy a new textbook

50. The writer of the passage wants to tell us to         .

          A. read books often                   B. organize our life well

          C. have our own rooms             D. clean our rooms only

Japan is one of the cleanest countries in the world. What are its secrets?

In Japan, people have to pay for their garbage. If they have a lot, or their garbage is difficult to treat, they have to pay more. They also have to pay for things they no longer need, like old TVs and fridges. This makes people think before they throw away.

Japan has set a good example to the rest of the world. If people in every country did the same, we would be able to do something about our environmental problem.

What can we do to help the environment? Here are some ideas.

·Reduce! Check it out. Buy products with less packaging (包装).

Buy less and create less garbage. We shouldn’t buy things we don’t need.

·Reuse! Be creative and make use of garbage. For example, you can make a photo frame(边框) out of small pieces of garbage.

·Recycle! Ask your family and friends to use recycled products(产品).

Be helpful. Is there a recycling center near your home? If so, ask your family and neighbors to recycle.

1. What does the underlined word “treat” probably mean in Chinese?

   A. 治疗                                       B. 丢弃                                     C. 处理

2. Paragraphs(段落) 1- 4 of the passage mainly tell us about _______.

   A. the secrets of Japan’s being a clean country

   B. what we should do to help the environment

   C. different kinds of ways to make use of garbage

3. How many ideas does the passage mention about helping the environment?

   A. Two.                                      B. Three.                                   C. Four.

4. What can we do to help the environment?

   A. Throw away all the garbage.  B. Go shopping more often and buy things we don’t need.

   C. Ask our family and friends to use recycled products.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. People in Japan should pay for their garbage.

   B. There are many garbage cans in Japanese streets.

   C. We can recycle the garbage by burning all the garbage.

We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.

　　There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east，the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶). The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.

　　At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”

　　“I boiled (煮) it，as you said.”

　　“And what did you do with the water?”

　　“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.

　　“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.

(    ) 1. Most of the people in Europe ________.

　　　  A. drank tea every day 300 years ago        B. drink tea every day

　　　  C. know nothing about tea               D. like to eat the tea-leaves

(    ) 2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ________.

　　　  A. countries in the west                   B. countries in the south

　　　  C. India or China                       D. a tea shop in England

(    ) 3. The sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because ________.

　　　  A. the sailor told her to

　　　  B. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

　　　  C. she liked to show off (炫耀)

　　　  D. she wanted to sample (品尝) the tea together with her friends

(    ) 4. At the “tea party”，________.

　　　  A. all the woman’s friends spoke highly of the tea

　　　  B. nobody knew what to do with the tea

　　　  C. the woman offered her friends some dried (干的) tea

　　　  D. the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

(    ) 5. What mistake did the old woman make? She ________.

　　　  A. boiled the tea                       B. did as the sailor said

　　　  C. poured away the water                D. didn't throw away the tea-leaves

Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.

　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.

　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.

1. How long is it since basketball was invented?

A．1000 years                            B．More than 100 years

C．1100 years                            D．Less than 100 years

2.The students felt unhappy because _______.

A．they had much homework to do

B．they often got into fights

C．they couldn't play outdoors

D．they had little time to study

3.Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

A．Some students                         B．Some teachers

C．Some students' parents                   D．Some of his friends

4.When a student ______ , he makes a score.

A．receives the ball. 　　　　　　

B．throws the ball to another student

C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand

D．throws the ball into the basket

5. Which sentence is right?

A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit to throw the ball.

B．It was easy to invent the game.

C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor.