Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, is famous for its festivals. There are twelve festivals around the year. Half of them are celebrated during the months of July and August.Thousands of people visit it. Here are some of the events（公开活动）you can enjoy in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh International Festival

The first Edinburgh International Festival was planned during World War II for artists to find hope and communicate with each other. Later, actors, musicians, dancers and singers from all over world came over to give performances.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

This is one of the largest art festival in the world. There are thousands of shows across the city. It was first held as a supplement（补充）to the Edinburgh International Festival. Then it developed very well. Anyone can perform in the festival and many artists take part in it. During the festival, you can go to the Royal Mile to watch performances for free.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

It began in 1983. It is the largest book festival in the world. It is held every year in Charlotte Square Gardens in the center of Edinburgh. There are over 700 event for kids and adults who love books. You can meet many writers, talk to them or ask them to sign a book. Kids also like it because they can listen to stories and watch artists draw pictures of the stories.

    Bobby was six years old, and he went to school. There were nineteen other little boys and girls in his class. They often went to parties together.

    When one of the children had a birthday, he or she invited all the other children to come to a party. And at Christmas all the mothers had parties for all the children.

Bobby like parties very much .He liked the games they played there —but he liked the nice food more .His favorite food was cakes.

    Before a party, Bobby's mother always asked him not to eat too many cakes, and Bobby always answered ,”I won't ,Mom .”But he always ate a lot and sometimes he got ill .Christmas came again, and again there were a lot of parties. Bobby went to all of them. The last one was on January 6^th.

One evening before this party, Bobby's mother called the lady who had the party, Bobby always eats too many cakes at parties. Don't worry, answered the lady “At the party, a child can only have three cakes —and the cakes are small”

    “Oh, good!” Bobby's mother answered happily. On January 6^th, she took Bobby to the party. When it was time to eat ,Bobby took four cakes and began to eat them .”You can only have three cakes ,Bobby！＂said the lady .She asked the boy to put the fourth one back on the plate.

    “I can't,” answered Bobby .I ate that one first”

根据短文 ，回答问题。

    Joy always rides her bike to school. It's four miles to school and it takes her about fifteen minutes. Joy likes riding to school. She says it's good for her health.

    Edward usually goes to school by bus. He likes talking with his friends on the bus. It's about ten minutes' journey (旅程) to school by bus.

    Mary's home is near the school. She usually walks to school. It's about five minutes' walk. Mary says she likes taking walks after meal.

    Do you know Paris? It's the capital of France. It's a great place to visit. You can do many fun things in Paris.

    You can eat breakfast at a cafe. French pastries(油酥点心)are delicious.

    You can also go for a walk along the Seine River. You can see many artists painting and selling their pictures. You can also buy books and postcards there.

    It's a good choice to take the underground to the Eiffel Tower. The view(景色)from its top(顶端)is fantastic(极好的)!

    Learn some French before you go to Paris. French is one of the most beautiful languages in the world. It's wonderful to speak French in such a romantic(浪漫的)city.

⑴题完成句子；(2)～(3)题简略回答问题；(4)题找出并写下全文的主题句；(5)题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

    One day, a baby snail（蜗牛） found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell（壳） at any time. He was confused(困惑的), so he went up to his mother and asked, “ Why was I born with a shell that grew so hard and heavy?” His mother said, “Because we don't have bones（骨头） to hold us up. We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to protect us.”

    The baby snail asked again, “The caterpillar(毛毛虫) has no bones, either, and she can't move quickly. Why can she live without a shell?” The mother snail answered, “That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She can fly high into the sky. The sky can protect her.”

    The baby snail had one more question, “But the earthworm(蚯蚓) moves like us. He has no bones and he won't turn into a butterfly. Why doesn't he carry a hard and heavy shell?” His mother said, “He can dig a hole and hide in the ground, and then the earth can protect him.”

    The baby snail then cried, “We are so poor! We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!” His mother smiled at him, “That's why we have a shell. My dear, imagine that if we don't have the shells, what will happen to us? Hot sun will dry out our bodies and we'll have nowhere to sleep. What's worse, we'll die in the heavy rain. How terrible it is! We don't depend on the sky or the ground for protection. We should depend on ourselves.”

    Eaten any wood today? You may have! And you possibly brushed your teeth with it and you are even dressed with wood. You might know that paper is made from wood. But we get a lot more from trees than paper! In fact, more than 5,000 wood products make our lives better each day. It's true! From toothpaste to photo film, wood products are all around us.

    Wood resin(树脂) is one of many chemicals we get from trees. When a tree gets hurt, resin will form as a protective(保护性的) coating around the wound to stop the insect. People collect the resin and use it to produce paint, glue and soap.

    There are also tree-based chemicals in many of the foods we eat and drink. Some of these chemicals are used to add colours to soft drinks, others to keep food from going bad too quickly. For example, snack food, milk shake and ice creams can be made with cellulose (纤维素) from trees.

    Our life is full of products that come from trees. Now, how many tree products can you see from where you are sitting right now?