How did we help to save our earth last week? Let me tell you .

First, my family tried to save electricity. We never left the lights ________ when leaving the room. We ________ the TV when nobody was watching it. Mum only used cold water in the washing machine. Second, we started recycling. We tried to write on ________ sides of our paper, but not just on one side.

We also divided our rubbish into ________ bags for bottles, paper and food. Mum kept the plastic shopping bags from the supermarket to use them again as rubbish bags.

Third, my family started to save ________. We stopped ________ long baths and had short showers ________. We washed toilet with used water. Mum and dad used less water to do the washing. My sister and I didn’t leave the tap(水龙头) running when we brushed our teeth.

At last, mum and dad began to save gas(汽油). Mum used to ________ us to school, but now my sister and I started riding our bikes to school. It’s hard work ________ exercise!

Dad and a few of the people in his company also started to go to work in one car and share the ________.

These are great ways to help protect our environment.

The reason is that her teacher Mr. Burns always tells her to do her best. Though she only runs for a few minutes, Mr. Burns says, “Good job! Next time you will be able to go a little longer.” Mr. Burns even put a small box on the floor so Kelly would be able to practice jumping over it.

That night when Kelly finished dinner, she put three boxes and began practicing jumping over them. She made it! Kelly thought to herself, “Tomorrow I will be able to jump over those boxes in P.E. class.”

And sure enough, Kelly jumped over three boxes in class the next day. The other kids said to her, “Good job!”

There was a relay race (接力赛) on Tuesday. Kelly was scared that she would not be able to go very far. But when Mr. Burns said, “Ready! Set! Go!”, Kelly thought to herself, “I can do it.” When Kelly ran around the track (跑道), she heard many cheers and kids shouting, “Go Kelly! You can do it!” That was all she needed to hear. Kelly ran fast. She finished first! The kids cheered for her. Kelly felt so good. “Thank you Mr. Burns,” said Kelly. “Kelly, you ran the race, not me.” “Yes, but you always said I could do it.”

We might have to face a fact: Sometimes life can become pretty boring. Here     66     just a few easy ways to make your life more interesting.

Listen to some different kinds of music.

If you’re still listening to the same songs that you listened to years ago,     67     it’s time to try something new—rock, jazz or country music. With     68     of artists out there, there is always something new.

    69     to people.

This is probably one of the easiest things you can do, but it’s     70     that so many people don’t do this. The best part is that you can do this anywhere.     71     you’re shy, just start by saying hello to people. An easy way to do this is to talk about something in the environment around you. You’ll meet some very interesting and funny people.

Try a new kind of food.

Go somewhere to try some food you have never     72     before. You can always ask the people who work there what to order. They know what is popular on the menu. New food may make you feel much     73    .

Learn a foreign language.

It’s interesting to see how another language works. Take Russian for example, its pronunciation and     74     are very different     75     English. You can find some websites that show you words and their pronunciation of a new language.

Lauren Singer has produced almost no waste in the past two years, providing that a rubbish-free lifestyle is possible. Lauren studied environmental science at NYU (New York University), and it was during her student years that she began working towards “zero-waste” goals.

Today she has learned to make all of her own everyday eco-friendly products, such as toothpaste, shampoo, kitchen cleaner and so on. She also set up her own company “The Simply Co”, through which she sells her home-made products. Lauren regularly writes about her experiences of a zero-waste life on her blog. Lauren admits(承认) that the past two years haven’t been easy. “I stopped buying packaged products and began bringing my own bags and jars(罐子) to fill with products at the supermarket,” she explained. “I stopped buying new clothes and shopped for only second-hand things.” Even though the journey has been hard, Lauren’s zero-waste life has been well worth the effort. Lauren says that she now saves a lot of money because she is prepared when she goes shopping, and does not buy things that she won’t use at all.

The 23-year-old girl has become a role model to many. She’s giving talks in schools and colleges, and also having more and more interviews about her zero-waste lifestyle on TV and the radio worldwide.

In our daily life, most of us don’t want to make mistakes. We dislike mistakes, and sometimes we’re even afraid of them. In most people’s eyes, making mistakes means doing something wrong. But in fact, mistakes are really good in some ways. Here are some of the reasons.

First of all, when we make mistakes, we’re growing. It is clear that we are trying new things. If we never try anything new, how can we improve? How can we develop? The simple answer is “We can’t.” Look around us, almost everything we see in our real world is the result of someone trying something new.

Secondly, when we make mistakes, we are learning. Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb(灯泡), but he himself didn’t think so. He said he just learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.

Finally, when we make a mistake, we are much closer to success. Why? Because we will try many times before we succeed. Every time we make a mistake, we’ll have one more chance to succeed next time. There is an old saying, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”

So, go ahead and face mistakes. And then grow, learn and succeed.

在过去的三年里，我们每个人都积攒了许多的教材和笔记。现在，初中生活即将结束，我们应该怎样处理这些资料呢？请你提出2-3条合理建议。开头已给出，不计入总词数。（词数：30词左右）

How do we deal with our textbooks and notebooks? Here are my suggestions. First,

生活态度决定着人的生活状态和行为习惯。快乐的生活会使你的人生更美好。你是怎样让自己保持快乐的呢？请你以“How to make yourself happy”为题，写一篇60-80词的英语短文。

2. 文中不得出现真实的姓名和校名；

3. 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

How to make yourself happy

As we know, life is not all roses. Then how to make yourself happy when you have trouble?