Tom is a fat cat. One morning, his mom says, “Tom, play hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) with your sisters. It is really _______.”

But Tom doesn’t want to play _______ and he only wants to wait for his cakes.

“Come on, Tom. Let’s play!” Rose and Ella say.

“Well, you hide first,” Tom says.

Rose and Ella run off. Tom doesn’t run. He is still there and _______ his cakes.

“Tom, go to look for your _______,” Mom says.

Later, Tom _______ Rose under the bed and Ella under the chair.

Then Rose and Tom hide. Rose hides under the _______ again. Tom hides in the food _______.

Ella finds Rose at once. She _______ again but can’t find Tom anywhere.

“Tom, you can come out now!” Ella calls.

“I can’t. I’m stuck (卡住) in the food box!” Tom calls.

Rose and Ella come to see Tom and say. “Let us _______ you.”

“One, two, three—PULL!” Rose and Ella say.

Rose looks in it and asks, “Tom, _______ are the cakes?”

“Hiding!” Tom says and points to his tummy (指着它的肚子).

Hello! My name is Mary. I’m     51     English girl. I live in China with my family now. We all like China very much. My grandfather likes basketball, but he only     52     basketball games on TV. My grandmother likes volleyball because she thinks it’s interesting. My father likes tennis. He has many tennis     53     . My mother thinks that she can keep healthy by playing ping-pong, so she often plays ping-pong with her friends in the park. Many people think it is difficult to play basketball     54    . But I like basketball best. I think it’s easy for me     55     I’m very tall and I really work hard at it.

In a word, all of my families like sports.

56. John 遇到的问题对于中学生来说很常见。如果你是John的学长李明，请你写一封信，介绍你初中有趣的学习和生活。

Best wishes.

Li Ming