词汇应用(每小题1分，共10分)
【小题1】France is a beautiful               (west) country.
【小题2】Liu Qian is a                (magic). He is from Taiwan.
【小题3】Which is               (deep) salt lake in the world.
【小题4】She                    (not read) this book before
【小题5】My grandpa is three times              (old) than me.
【小题6】The story was interesting . We couldn’t stop              (laugh).
【小题7】She was attracted by the                  (beautiful) of nature.
【小题8】Have you ever              (write) a novel?
【小题9】Many people didn’t know the              (重要性) of health until they got seriously ill.
【小题10】Neither of you           (be) right.

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My grandpa is over 70 years old. I like ____86____ with him. He used to live in a mountain village when he was young. Every morning he had to get up early and ____87_____the animals. There was no TV set then, and there was no delicious food to eat.He always says we are____88____ than they were. But I don’t think so. Because we have too much _____89____ and too many exams every day. Do you agree ___90____me ?   

请根据首字母或汉语提示，完成单词的填写，使文章通顺、完整。
Dear grandma，
How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now, I was sorry to 【小题1】h_______    that he had a cold last week I hope you are in good 【小题2】h____________    .
Things are fine here, I【小题3】f ________  my end-of-year exams last week and got my report【小题4】c_________     today. I always get【小题5】___________(紧张) when I see me envelope from school in the mail. put luckily I did OK this time. I had a hard time with science this semester and I wasn’t surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was 【小题6】 __________(懒惰), which isn’t true. It’s just that I find science really difficult. 【小题7】_______________(另一个)disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do 【小题8】__________________ (更好) .  The good news is that my 【小题9】__________(数学) teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.
Well, that’s about all the news I have for now. Mom and I 【小题10】D______    send their love.
Love，
Alan

Simon is a middle school student. He is studying in Grade 7. He usually        at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. But today he gets up at 6:30         helps his grandparents clean their room. After that he goes to buy a big      because it is his grandpa’s birthday. His     is going to be 68 years old.
Simon     two CDs about Beijing Opera(京剧) for his grandpa. He is      his grandpa would like them very much       his grandpa enjoys listening to Beijing Opera.
It takes Simon five          to finish all these things. When he gets home, it’s already        , his mother is making noodles with grandma. They are       and talking about something happily. His grandpa is drinking tea and listening to Beijing Opera.
Simon says, “       to you, grandpa.” Then he cuts the big cake and         grandpa a big piece. Grandpa is very happy and         it.
In the evening, Simon watches TV        his grandparents together after the family let off         . He is a little tired but very happy, because he can make his grandparents happy.

My grandpa is in his seventies. He’s ____ to take the bus for free.