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 (公開活動(dòng)) 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 the world came over to give performances.

   Edinburgh Festival Fringe 

   This is one of the largest art festivals in the world. There are thousands of shows across the city. It was first held as a supplement (補(bǔ)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 events 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.

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1. In Edinburgh,six festivals are celebrated in July and August.

2. We can watch performances for free in the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

3. The first Edinburgh International Festival was planned for artists to give performances.

4. The Edinburgh International Festival is a supplement to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

5. Kids like the Edinburgh International Book Festival because they can watch artists draw their favorite pictures.

  Many people believe that yellowing and wetness are the greatest enemies of stamps. In fact,stamps are afraid of not only wetness,but also light and dirty things. People protect their stamps in several different ways.

   To protect stamps,we should never touch the stamps with our hands. This avoids moving dirty things onto them. Stamp tweezers (鑷子) should be used in all conditions.

   Stamps are printed things. The color will slowly disappear if the stamps are put in the light for a long time. So we should not put stamps in the light for long. Direct sunlight must be avoided as well.

   Wetness is an important problem for stamps. Some collectors will put stamps in separate plastic (塑 料的) bags. However,it is possible that some stamps have taken in some water from the air before they are put into the plastic bags. Stamps become yellow easily and rapidly after they take in wet air. To protect the stamps,some people also put the stamps into a special room which has a machine to keep the air cool and dry. However,not many people can afford that.

   To keep stamps,stamp collectors usually put them under plastic covers. It is a common and simple way. This helps because the plastic cover keeps the stamps off the wet air. It also stops the fingers from touching the stamps.

   Some collectors prefer to store stamps inside a plastic box with desiccants (干燥劑) . However,we should take care not to let the stamps touch the desiccants. On top of that,don't take your stamps out on a wet day.

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1. One way to protect stamps is that we should never touch them.

2. What will disappear if we put the stamps in the light for long?

3. When do stamps become yellow easily and rapidly?

4.

5.

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   Do some colors make you feel calm while others give you energy? Scientists have studied the connection between colors and moods (心情) for a long time. Many believe that colors can influence our moods.

   Warm,bright colors such as yellow and red are positive colors. They can give people a pleasant feeling. Cool colors such as blue,purple,and green are relaxing colors. They help people experience calm feelings.

   Many public places are decorated (裝飾) with certain colors in order to create certain moods. Orange makes people feel hungry,and many restaurants are painted in this color.

People use color in their homes to create moods as well. Blue is a peaceful color. It helps you rest,so it is a very good color for a bedroom.

   Colors can create bad moods,too. Some types of blue make people feel sad. Red can make people feel angry.

   What is your mood right now? Now look at the color of the walls round you. Does it match your mood?

1. Cool colors are relaxing colors and they help people experience.

2. Orange makes people,and many restaurants are painted in this color.

3. People use color in their homes to as well.

4. Some types of make people feel sad.

5. This passage mainly tells us how color .

  Do you enjoy visiting a museum? Did you ever make a plan before a visit? Every museum must have something that attracts you. And there are many possible ways to enjoy yourself in a museum.

   If you follow these steps below,you’ll know what is worth seeing and doing,so that you can make the most of your time at the museum.

   Decide what museum you will visit. There are so many different kinds of museums and you first need to find one that you like. It's easy for you to choose one and start an enjoyable visit!

   Do some research online. Every museum now has a website which allows you to look through the information about it. On the website,you may look for such things as：

   . The exhibits (展品) —See what is on show at the museum at all times,and what special exhibitions are held for a short time.

   . The history of the museum—There will often be very interesting stories about the exhibits and the benefactors (捐贈(zèng)者) .That can make your visit more interesting.

   . Activities—See whether there are talks,tours or special activities on the day when you visit. Many museums hold some activities that meet the interests of all age groups.

   . Cost,food and storage —It's important how much the visit will cost. You have to decide whether or not you can eat there. You might also need to find out about transportation needs,as well as storage for coats,bags etc.

   Learn at least one thing on your visit. It is always good to take away something new from your visit.

   Plan breaks into your visit. When you walk around,standing here and studying exhibits there,you may become very tired. So it is important to take breaks. A break is a good opportunity for you to think of what you have seen and what else you might want to do in the museum.

   Take a friend or two. Visiting museums is always a lot more fun when you are with someone else. You can talk over what you’re seeing. A friend also brings another way of thinking when you talk about the exhibits.

1. According to the passage,we should first .

   A. do some research online

   B. make a plan for lunch

   C. decide on a museum to visit

   D. choose a friend to go with

2. To make our visit more interesting,we can.

   A. organize activities like special shows and talks

   B. read the stories about exhibits and benefactors

   C. learn about the interests of all age groups

   D. walk around the museum without breaks

3. If we visit a museum with friends,we can .

   A. share the experience with them

   B. come up with strange ideas

   C. cut down the cost of the visit

   D. discuss the next visit plan

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. What to do in a museum.

   B. When to visit a museum.

   C. Where to find a museum.

   D. How to enjoy a museum.

  Old Dawson had the best apples in town,but kids knew they mustn't go into his yard to pick a delicious apple,even off the ground,because Dawson,a bad-tempered (壞脾氣的) man,they said,would come after you with his gun.

   One Friday,12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend pruSS Amy. They had to walk by Dawson's house on the way to Amy's house. Like most of the children,Janet was scared of the old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.

   Amy said that Mr Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. Still,Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man's house. When they got dose enough,Dawson looked up with his usual frown (皺 眉) ，but when he saw it was Amy,a big smile changed his whole face as he said,Hello,Miss Amy.I see you’ve got a little friend with you today. ”

   Amy smiled back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun,and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree.

   As they walked on,Janet asked Amy,“Everyone says he's the meanest man in town. Why was he so nice to us?”

   Amy explained that when she first started walking past his house,he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him,but she always smiled at him. It took a while,but one day he half-smiled back at her.

   After some more time,he started smiling real smiles and then started talking to her. Just a “hello” at first,then more. She said he always offers her an apple now,and is always very kind.

   We’re always trying to achieve so much,and it's so easy to get caught up in (被卷入；陷入) everyday life that we forget we can bring cheer to ourselves and others simply. Giving a smile takes so little effort;let's smile to others.

1. Kids were afraid of Dawson because .

   A. he disliked children

   B. he was a bad-tempered man

   C. he always took a gun with him

2. On that day,when Old Dawson saw Amy getting close to his house,he was .

   A. very mad   B. quite happy

   C. really scared

3. From the passage,we can know that .

   A. Amy wasn’t afraid of Dawson before

   B. Janet never heard about the stories of Dowson

   C. Dawson offered each of the two children an apple that day

4. The underlined sentence he started smiling real smiles” means “Mr Dawson”.

   A. got to like Amy's smile day by day

   B. didn't know how to smile until he met Amy

   C. started to accept Amy as a true friend with real feelings

5. The best title for the passage may be .

   A. Smile brings a big success

   B. Smile improves the relationship

   C. Smile changes the environment

  When a computer works on a group of programs,it can get very hot. Cooling the computer can cost a lot. So some scientists wonder what would happen if the heat from the computer could be used.

   Large Internet companies (公司) such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computers. As these computers deal with information,they produce lots of heat,so they need huge cooling systems (系統(tǒng)) . These systems send the heat into the air.

   A company in Holland (荷蘭) thinks paying to make the computers work and then paying again to cool them are a waste of energy. So the company developed a special device—the e-Radiator.

   Boaz Leupe,head of the company,says that the e-Radiator works as a heating system and saves money. He explains that the energy is used twice—once to heat the home and once to cool the computer and that the users don't have to pay to cool their computers.

   Five homeowners in Holland are testing the heating system in their homes.

   “We pay for the computer using,so, in that way,homeowners get heating for free,”Boaz says.

   Jan Visser is one of the homeowners. “If you use the computer more,the e-Radiator produces more heat, ”he says. “It cannot provide enough heat if you don't use your computer often. ” But he is ready to try it. It's a great help for his family.

   The company says e-Radiators produce heat temperatures of up to 55^。C. It says the system could save its users about $ 440 a year.

1. Before the e-Radiator appears,usually the heat of a computer .

   A. is sent into the air

   B. helps the five homeowners

   C. is used twice

   D. makes the computer work better

2. The e-radiator is mainly used .

   A. to drive the computer

   B. to help Microsoft

   C. to heat the computer

   D. to provide heat

3. The Chinese meaning of the word “device” in this passage is probably “ ”.

   A. 節(jié)能   B. 實(shí)驗(yàn)

   C. 儀器 .   D. 開關(guān)

4. The best title of the passage may be “ ”.

   A. An environment problem

   B. A new way to heat homes

   C. The future computers

   D. The energy to be wasted

   The eagle has the longest feathers life of its group. It can reach up to 70 years. But to reach this age,the eagle must make a hard and painful decision. talon    When an eagle reaches near 40,its short sharp beak becomes bent (彎曲的) . Its long and once flexible (靈活的) talons can no longer catch animals or birds for food. And its old and heavy wings with thick feathers on its body make it difficult to fly. Then,the eagle has only two choices： to die or to go through a painful time of change which needs five months.

   When the eagle feels weak and is about to die,it goes to a place far away on the top of a mountain and sits on a nest. For a new life,the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out. After pulling it out,the eagle waits for a new beak to grow. And then it pulls out its talons and old feathers. It takes the eagle five months to complete its change and get a new life. We can call it its rebirth. So it can live for 30 more years.

   Like the eagle,we human beings sometimes need to make some change to get out of our difficulty. In miserable condition,we have to change our ways of life. The changing may be very painful. But sometimes we have to throw off our old habits,memories and traditions. We can't go on with all our past burdens (重負(fù)) .

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

   A. When an eagle reaches near 40 ,its short sharp beak is still straight.

   B. For a new life,the eagle knocks its talons against a rock.

   C. If the eagle doesn’t change itself,it will have a new life.

   D. The writer's idea is that we can't go on with all our past burdens.

2. The underlined word “miserable” here probably means “”.

   A. terrible   B. good

   C. lonely   D. lucky 

3 . The best title for the passage can be “”.

   A. The death of the eagle

   B. The living period of the eagle

   C. A good and easy decision

   D. Rebirth of the eagle

   Once a king got two nice falcons (獵鷹) from his son. He had never seen such beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to fly.

   After several months,the king came to see how the training was going on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky,while the other was staying on the branch of a tree quietly,just keeping still.

   The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to try every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But none of them succeeded. One day,while the king was taking a walk in the forest,an idea came to his mind. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could solve this problem. He sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.

   The next morning,the king saw the other falcon flying above in the sky freely. “ It is unbelievable!” shouted the king. “How could you make it happen?”

The farmer replied, “It's very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested. ”

   It is always the same to human beings. We all have “two flying wings” in our hearts as well,but we often seem not to notice them and stay where we are just for safety and comfort. We won’t realize we can fly so high and freely until the “branch” we are resting on breaks.

1. What did the king do after he got the two falcons?

   A. He kept them on the branch of a tree.

   B. He sent them to a farmer in the forest.

   C. He made the best falconer train them to fly.

   D. He set them free and let them fly in the sky.

2. Why did the king call all his falconers together?

   A. Because he wanted to get more falcons.

   B. Because he wanted the other falcon to fly.

   C. Because he wanted them to see his falcons.

   D. Because he wanted to know more about his falcons.

3. Who finally made the other falcon fly in the sky?

   A. The king. B. The king's son.

   C. The farmer. D. The best falconer.

4. How did the king feel when he saw the other falcon fly freely in the sky?

   A. Excited. B. Moved.

   C. Worried. D. Relaxed.

5. What is the best title for the text?

   A. The wise king

   B. The nice falcons

   C. The best falconer

   D. The flying wings

   In northern Scotland there is a long,deep lake called Loch Ness. More than 200 meters deep,it is the largest lake in the UK. People say a big monster (怪獸) lives in its dark,cold waters. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten meters long. Some people say it has a beard like a horse. Others say it looks like a snake. Many people travel to Loch Ness to look for this strange monster,but only a few people have seen it. At least,they say they have seen it.

   The Loch Ness Monster is a famous legend (傳說(shuō)) .The first story about a monster in Loch Ness was told over 500 years ago,but the legend of the monster spread widely only in the twentieth century. In 1933,a husband and a wife reported that they saw a big monster in Loch Ness. Several people have taken photos,but at least one of them was a hoax (騙局) . During the 1960s,a team was formed to look for the monster. They took many photos and made movies,but they were never able to find a monster.

   There is no real fact that a monster lives in Loch Ness,but there is also no fact that one doesn’t live. One thing is true about Loch Ness： there are a lot of tourists there.

1. In northern there is a long,deep lake called Loch Ness.

   A. Scotland   B. Hong Kong

   C. Rome   D. Paris

2. What do people say about the monster in Loch Ness?

   A. It weighs about 100 kilos.

   B. It is one meter long.

   C. It has a tail like a horse.

   D. It looks like a snake.

3. When was the first story about the monster told?

   A. 200 years ago. B. Over 500 years ago.

   C. In 1933.   D. In 1960.

4. Why was a team formed during the 1960s?

   A. To kill the monster.

   B. To look for the monster.

   C. To catch the monster.

   D. To sell the monster.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

   A. People that saw a monster.

   B. A trip to Loch Ness.

   C. A legend about a monster.

   D. A team that took photos.

   Natural resources are things that we use that come from the Earth. Our natural resources are limited (有限的) .This means that they will not 1 forever. Some are renewable,like you plant a new tree when you 2 one down. Others are not renewable,like when you dig coal( 煤) out of the 3 . Once it is used,it is gone.

   People realize the 4  that Earth's natural resources are limited,and can do things to help conserve (節(jié)約) those resources. 5 you try to conserve a natural resource,you try to use less of it so it does not get used up so 6 . One way that people conserve fuel,like gasoline,is by riding a bicycle or walking when the 7 is short instead of driving everywhere.

   Water is a very important natural resource because we all need it to stay 8 . We can conserve water 9 making sure that our pipes and taps do not leak (漏) .We can also make 10 choices to conserve water,like only using the dishwasher or washing machine when they are full. Everyone can make contributions to protecting natural resources.

1. A. last   B. spread   C. burn   D. change

2. A. turn   B. cut   C. put   D. move

3. A. station   B. building   C. ground   D. brick

4. A. news   B. plan   C. decision   D. fact

5. A. When   B. Although   C. Whatever   D. Whether

6. A. slowly   B. hard   C. regularly   D. fast

7. A. money   B. space   C. place   D. distance

8. A. alive   B. alone   C. asleep   D. awake 

9. A. about   B. for   C. by   D. with

10. A. generous   B. funny   C. wise   D. surprising