December 21st is Becky’s birthday. When she gets home after school, her parents are     1     at the table. On the table there is a birthday cake     2     fourteen candles. They say to her, “Happy birthday, dear! We have a present for you, Becky.     3     and look for it in your bedroom.”

Becky runs     4     to her room. On her bed she sees a red box. She thinks that her present must     5     in the box. She opens it. There is nothing but a card in it. The girl takes it out and reads, “Dear Becky, I’m your present. My     6     three letters (字母) are the same as in the word ‘come’. My last two letters are the same as in the word ‘water’.     7     middle three letters are in the word ‘put’. What am I? ”

Becky thinks hard and soon smiles. Then she goes to the living room and shouts,   “Aha, I know what present it is. Thank you very much, Mum and Dad!     8     where is it?” Her mother says, “Look at the back of the card.” Becky turns it over and     9     ,   “Come and look for me in the study.”

Becky runs to the     10    . There on the desk she finds her present. What is it? Do you know?

4 . 假定你是李华，你的生日快到了，请给你的英国笔友Tom写一封信，告诉他你计划如何让这次生日过得更有意义。

My birthday is coming and I plan to make it meaningful. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’d love to know about your ideas to make my birthday even more special.

Yours,

Li Hua

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