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Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said_小题1:_____ was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months__小题2:____ （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 小题3:_____（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, 小题4:_____ for the week after. I didn’t understand 小题5:____ this would happen and my credit card had already been charged小题6:______ the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 小题7:_____（surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 小题8:_____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 小题9:____ we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little小题10:_____（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.
