Dear Mother，

I'm writing from our hotel at Sludge Beach．Sam and I are on vacation with the children for a few days．We’re happy to be here，but to tell the truth，we’re having a few problems．

The weather isn’t very good．In fact it’s cold and cloudy．Right now I’m looking out of the window, and it’s raining cats and dogs．

The children aren’t very happy．In fact they’re dull and they’re having a bad time．Right now they're sitting on the bed playing tic-tac-toe and watching TV．

The cafeterias(餐廳) here are expensive，and the food isn’t very good. In fact，Sam is at a clinic right now．He's having problems with his stomach(胃)．

All the other hotels here are beautiful and new．Our hotel is ugly, and it's very, very old．In fact right now a repair person is fixing the bathroom sink(水槽)．

So，Mother, we’re having a few problems here at Sludge Beach，but we’re happy．We’re happy to be on vacation，and we’re happy to be together．

See you soon．

Love

Laura

（根據(jù)短文內容，判斷下列句子是否符合短文內容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）

1.This is a letter to Laura’s mother.

2.There’s something wrong with Sam’s stomach, so now he is at the hotel.

3.Laura’s hotel is beautiful and new.

4.The children are having a wonderful time when they are watching TV.

5.Though there are a few problems, they are still very happy to be on vacation.

Make up sentences with the words, phrases and punctuation given.（連詞成句，注意所給的標點符號）

1. chicken wings / eating / best / likes / Mike

______________________________________________.

2. orange juice / to / a little / I / like / drink / would

______________________________________________.

3. floor / is / the / on / a beautiful rug / there

______________________________________________.

4. a birthday party / Ben / we / have / for / shall

______________________________________________?

5. next Friday / have / school sports meeting / we / our / are going to

______________________________________________.

Who taught ______ history last term?

A. them B. their C. themselves D. theirs

After three years of work and life in Shanghai, John ______ the changeable weather.

A. used to B. is using C. uses D. is used to

. --Why not have robots play cards with you?

--I prefer skating to at home on such a sunny day.

A. go, staying B. going, stay

C. going, staying D. go, stay

Amy and Frank went to the concert, but ______ of them enjoyed the performance.

A. neither B. none C. both D. all

The Sixth East Asian Games were held in Tianjin last month. The underlined part means ______.

A. were taken place B. took place

C. happened D. were happened

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (將下列單詞或詞組前的字母填入空格。每詞限填一次)

It was a very hot afternoon, and we decided to cool off in the river near my home. As we climbed down a small rocky hill toward the water, my boyfriend Edward 1. started to shout, then jumped into the water below. Mathew and Kathy quickly followed but I was too far away to jump.

I heard a low hum (嗡嗡), which was growing louder. From a distance, the group of bees 2.___ a cloud of smoke. As it got closer, I realized it was actually large numbers of bees flying towards me. All I could do was to cover my face with hands. I thought that if I sat very 3. , the bees would think I was just another rock.

After a few minutes, I knew my 4. hadn’t worked. The bees were attacking me. I could hear my friends shouting at me to get down to the pool fast. But it wasn’t so 5. . I was in great pain and the only way I could get away was to use my hands to climb down the rocks. However, I was afraid to do that at first because my face would be unprotected. The noise the bees made was so loud and 6. , but I had no choice.

I rushed down the rocks and jumped into the pool, but I don’t remember doing it. I was just so happy to be free from the pain. I was safe and the water felt wonderful.

But we still weren’t out of 7. . Every time we tried to climb out of the pool, the bees flew back over our heads. We spent the next three hours in the water, putting out heads under the water 8. to avoid the bees until they finally lost interest.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內填入適當?shù)脑~，使其內容通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)

Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?

To be sure, people are d 1. . You cannot do everything as well as certain other people do. If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players, others would be very poor, and the r 2. would be in between. But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of p 3. . It is the same with reading. Some seem to enjoy reading and to read happily without any s 4.help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job. In between, there are all degrees of reading ability.

Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can i 5. his reading ability. In these experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, they were given some instructions (說明) and t___6.___ in reading. After a few months, another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had r 7. their reading scores. So don’t worry about your reading ability. Everyone can be a better reader.

請按字母表順序寫出五個元音字母的大小寫。