2014初三英语阅读理解：holiday

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　　28 High Road

　　Oxford

　　Sept.27，2002

　　Dear John，

　　Thank you very much for your letter.I'm glad that you enjoyed your holiday with me.

　　We enjoyed having you and your sister here.We hope that you will both be able to come again next

　　year.Perhaps you'll be able to stay longer next time you come.A week is not really long enough，is it?

　　I hope you are both working hard now that you're in Grade Three.I shall have to work hard next

　　year when I am in Grade Three.Tom and Ann will be in Grade Three the year after next. They went on a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I hurt my foot and I couldn't

　　walk very well.They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there.Do you still remember the island?That's where all five of us spent our holiday.

　　Tom，Ann and I send our best wishes to Betty and you.We hope to see you soon.

　　Yours sincerely

　　Michael

　　阅读此信，回答下列问题。

　　1.How long did their holiday last this year?

　　2.Who stayed with Michael for the holiday?

　　3.When did Michael write the letter?

　　4.Who is in Grade Two now?

　　5.Why didn't Michael go to the island for picnic?

　　参考答案：

　　1.It lasted only a week.

　　2.John，Betty，Tom and Ann.

　　3.He wrote it on September 27，2002.

　　4.Michael is in Grade Two now.

　　5.Because he hurt his foot and he couldn't walk very well.