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

When you live with other people at school, it’s important to keep a good relationship with your roommates. Here is some advice.
★ Set rules together.  Rules are important. It’s necessary to set up rules with your room-mates together. You can talk about things you like and dislike. 【小题1】              
This can make all of you comfortable to live in the same room.
★ Clean up the room. 【小题2】             If you just throw your dirty clothes away or don’t take out the trash, no one in your room can be happy.  Although it’s hard to clean up your room every day, you need to clean it up at least twice a week.
★ Respect others’ privacy (尊重…隐私). Don’t take or use anything from your roommates without asking! If your roommates know that, he or she must be unhappy. 【小题3】                
★【小题4】             If you want to keep a good relationship with your roommates, you should spend some time together. In this way, you can know more about each other and find out what you have in common.

【小题5】 Which of the following is TRUE?