阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dear Tom，
How time flies! You  ______(study) in Beijing for nearly a month, during which you must ______(achieve) a lot. Well, how’s everything going? It is reported that the weather there is very hot and dry these days, which is very different from _____of your country. Have you adapted to it? In_____ (add), you once complained that the food  ______(serve) there was not to your taste. I hope that should have been improved.
I am glad to tell you that I will go to Beijing to take part in an English speech contest in July, _____is not only an honor, but also a great opportunity for me ____(improve) myself . And now I try my best to make ______(prepare) for it. However , I have some trouble in ______(collect) the materials relevant and using the language. I will appreciate  it if you give me a hand to solve the problems.
After the contest, I am to drop_____ at your school to visit you.
Please wait for my phone.