阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently.You play as the “mother” of a frog who lives alone and enjoys 1.(travel)．You need to prepare food and tools for his trips.The frog will send you postcards 2. he is away.

The game's popularity may have 3. to do with how lonely people are these days，according to the Xinhua News Agency.Many players have said that the lonely frog is just 4. them.But playing with the frog helps them 5.(forget)their loneliness for a short time.

Loneliness seems to be 6. common 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 7.(be)“always or often lonely”，The Telegraph reported.

This might be 8. the UK government 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 help UK citizens feel 9.(little)lonely.The minister's office will provide more money for 10.(activity)that connect people together.

书面表达

下面是大明写给他的朋友Tom的信，信中描述了他的烦恼。

Dear Tom，

My classmate，Lucy，bought a new pen.I liked it very much，so I used it without her permission.Unluckily，I broke it.Then I put it back secretly.Now she finds out the truth and is very angry with me.I don't know what to do.Can you help me?

Yours，

Daming

请你以Tom的身份，给他写一封80～100词的回信，在信中指出他的问题并给他建议。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Could you please pass ___________ the ball? Thank you!

A.I B.me C.my D.mine

---How old is your little sister?

---She is just five months old. She was born August last year.

A.in B.on C.at D.for

— __________ does it take you to go to school?

—It takes me about 10 minutes to walk to school. I live quite near the school.

A.How long B.How far C.How many D.How soon

Judy enjoys running. She even runs than the boys in her class.

A.fast B.faster C.fastest D.the fastest

What a lovely rose! It's one of __________ in the bouquet (花束).

A.beautiful B.more beautiful C.most beautiful D.the most beautiful

Listening is just as _____ as speaking in language learning.

A.important B.more important

C.most important D.the most important

He just came back from the UK and he for the newspaper next month.

A.work B.works C.worked D.will work

My grandfather wants __________ around the world because he enjoys__________ places.

A.traveling; seeing B.to travel; to see

C.to travel; seeing D.traveling; to see