Question

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。

Years ago, millions of Chinese were crazy about a Japanese mobile game called Travel Frog. In the game, you play as the “mother” of a frog who lives alone and enjoys travelling. You need to prepare food and tools for his t1.. The frog will send you postcards w2. he is away.

The game’s popularity may have s3. to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players said that the lonely frog is just l4.themselves. But playing with the frog helps them f5. their loneliness for a short time.

Loneliness seems to be a c6. problem today. According to the Guardian, about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely”, The Telegraph reported.

This might be why the UK g7. declared (宣布) the country’s very first “Minister of Loneliness” (孤独大臣) in January. The minister’s job is to find ways to be a8. to help UK citizens feel less lonely. The minister’s office will p9. the activities that connect people together with more money .

This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media. When we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies (自拍) without us, we may c10. their “perfect” lives with our own and feel sad and lonely.

So are you a lonely young man who keeps the frog?

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