假如你是李华，你的外籍教师Linda邀请你去参加她周日下午举办的生日聚会，可是你有事不能参加。请你给她写一封100词左右的电子邮件，说明原因并表达祝福。开头已写好，要点如下：

1. 感谢邀请，并表达歉意；

2. 原因：周六和父母一起去乡下看望生病的祖父，周日晚上才能返回家，很遗憾不能及时赶回参加她的生日聚会；

3. 生日礼物：汉英词典，托同学刘红给她带去；

4. 表达祝福。

Dear Linda,

Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party on Sunday afternoon.                                                                                             

Yours,

Li Hua        

---Waiter!

   ---______

   ---I can’t eat this. It’s too salty.

   A. What?           B. Yes, sir?          C. All right?         D. Pardon?

Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. ______, neither of them could swim.

   A. In fact      B. Luckily      C. Naturally          D. Unfortunately

Occasions are quite rare ______ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

   A. when            B. which          C. why            D. who

The father as well as his three children ______ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

   A. is going            B. go             C. goes           D. are going

______ production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year.

   A. As                B. For              C. With           D. Through

The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see ______ the next year.

   A. carried out         B. carrying out      

C. carry out           D. to carry out

When you meet a new word in reading the English papers, you can guess its meaning but needn’t always ______ the dictionary.

   A. look up             B. attach to         

C. pay attention to    D. refer to

They succeeded in killing pests which came from the foreign countries ______ a lot of hard work.

   A. according to        B. thanks to         

C. in memory of        D. in addition of

______ loud music in public is against the law in the UK.

   A. Play            B. Having played 

C. Playing         D. Being played