David meets Tommy outside school on Open Day. Complete their conversation. Use the present continuous form of the words in brackets.

My parents have always loved everything about India, so a year ago we went on holiday there. It’s a wonderful    15  with beautiful scenes and interesting people . However, I didn’t enjoy Indian  16  very much.
On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the  17  they said. “If you go by train, it’ll take you only two hours to get there.” However, the hot   18  took over four hours. I was very  19  when we got there , so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were  20  to find it was quite nice. I wasn’t full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.
I said to my dad, “I’ve been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please?”
Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very  21  . I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself  22 —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough（咳嗽）and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldn’t  23  how spicy (辛辣的) it was!
I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn’t make me eat another Indian meatball for all the   24   in the world!

根据短文内容，按要求答题。

Today is August 17^th. It’s my sister Mary’s ninth birthday. 73In the morning, my parents take us to Heima Clothes Store. There my mother buys a red sweater for Mary. After that we go to Huaxing Bookstore. At the bookstore, I buy some CDs for Mary. My father buys a book for her. Its name is Harry Potter. It’s Mary’s favorite book.

74In the afternoon, my parents have a party in our home for Mary. Mary’s friends Mike, Jim and Cindy come to the party. Mike brings a new pencil case to Mary. Jim gives Mary a soccer ball. My sister likes playing soccer. Cindy gives Mary an English-Chinese dictionary. At the party Mary is very happy. Oh, do you know me? I’m Mary’s brother. My name is Nick.

（一）根据短文内容简要回答下列问题。

1.How old is Mary?

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2.Does Nick’s sister like playing soccer?

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（二）将短文中划线的两个句子译成汉语。

3.                                     

4.                                      

（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5.                                     

--- Would you like to go hiking with us for summer vacation?

--- Yes, I’d love to. _____ my parents have decided to take me to visit my grandmother.

A．Because          B．But              C．As               D．And