^{选择方框中适当的单词或词组填空．完成下列各句。}

between，with，because，swimming，birthday，music，reporter，way

^{1．I'm thirteen years old and my                                      is in April．}

^{2．I like playing soccer                                       my friends on weekends．}

^{3．The pay phone is                                the hotel and the restaurant．}

^{4．Let me tell you the                                           to the post office．}

^{5．I like elephants                                   they are cute．}

^{6．A                                 meets interesting people every day and asks them questions．}

^{7．We want a                                            teacher to teach guitar，piano and violin．}

^{8．The boy is                              at the pool in the photo．}

across from，How's，to be，computer games，come over，TV show，to eat

^{9．My mother is a bank clerk，but she wants                                         a policewoman．}

^{10．It's time for lunch．Let's go to the restaurant to get something                                           ．}

^{11．—                              the weather in Boston?}

   ^{—It's cloudy．}

^{12．—What's your brother doing?}

^{—Nothing much．He's only playing                                 ．}

^{13．—Do you want to go to the movies?}

^{—That sounds good．This                                      is boring．}

^{14．—Where are the pandas?}

^{—They're over there，just                                    the koalas．}

^{15．—Do you want to                                          to my house? We can watch a video．}

    ^{— OK．}

In the United States there is a special hotel．The hotel lies in a small town near the sea．There are not many people in the town, but every year, there are many visitors and they like to stay in the special hotel．

When you go into the hotel, the waiter or waitress will give you a list．The prices of the rooms are on the list．But the room has no its number, and its name is a person in a famous novel （小说）．If you choose a name, for example, Holmes （福尔摩斯）, the waiter will give you a bookmark．And the bookmark is the key to the room．

After you open the door, you will feel surprised． Why? The room is furnished （摆设） just like you are in the novel and you are talking with Holmes．On the clothes tree are Holmes’ hat and his black cloak （披风）．On the desk there is a big pipe （烟斗）．It looks as if he has just gone out and he will come back soon and you can talk with him friendly．Of course he will not come back．But you can sit in the room and read some books about Holmes．It’s very interesting, isn’t it?

As time goes on, the hotel is getting more and more popular． You can see people all over the world in this hotel．

1．Where is the hotel?

2．What are on the list?

3．Will Holmes really come back and talk with you?

4．Why will you feel surprised after you open the door?

5．Who can you see in the hotel as time goes on?