根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使其意思完整。
Dear Laura,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I'm having a great time on my student exchange programme in France. I was a bit (1)n before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host family are really nice. They go out of their way to make me (2)f at home. The grandmother knows that I miss Chinese food a lot. So she learnt how to make Chinese food. She also has a teenage granddaughter about my (3)a who is really kind. She always talks to me in French to help me practise. You wouldn't believe how (4)q my French has improved because of that. I'm very comfortable speaking French now. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn't (5)w me as it used to.
My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the (6)d table. As you can imagine, things are very different from the way they are at home. For example, you shouldn't put your bread on your plate. You should put it on the table. I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I'm used to it. Another example is that you shouldn't eat (7)a with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a (8)f. Another thing is that it is impolite to say you're full. If you don't want any more food, you should just say, "That was delicious." Also, you shouldn't put your elbow (肘) on the table. I have to say that I (9)f it difficult to remember everything, but I'm gradually getting used to it. I don't find French customs so strange any more.
I'll write again soon and tell you more about my life in France. Hope you're (10)h a good school year.
Yours,
Tim

1. nervous
2. feel
3. age
4. quickly
5. worry
6. dinner
7. anything
8. fork
9. find
10. having

本题结合短文语境和首字母提示，考察八年级上册核心词汇与常用固定搭配：
1. 句意为“我到达这里之前有点紧张”，nervous意为紧张的，符合初到异国的心情语境。
2. 固定搭配make sb feel at home意为“让某人感到宾至如归”，符合寄宿家庭热情招待的语境。
3. 短语about my age意为“和我年龄相仿”，对应前文提到的十几岁的孙女的描述。
4. 此处修饰动词improved，需要用副词，quickly意为快速地，用来描述法语水平提升的速度。
5. worry sb意为“使某人担心”，doesn't后接动词原形，对应“犯错不再像以前那样困扰我”的语境。
6. 固定搭配at the dinner table意为“在餐桌上”，对应后文介绍法国餐桌礼仪的内容。
7. 句意为“除了面包，你不能用手吃任何东西，甚至水果都不行”，anything符合此处否定句的语境。
8. 句意为“你必须把它切开，用叉子吃”，fork意为叉子，符合西餐餐桌礼仪常识。
9. 固定结构find it + 形容词 + to do sth. 意为“发现做某事是……的”，主语为I，用动词原形find。
10. 此处是现在进行时结构，have a good school year意为“度过愉快的学年”，变为现在分词having。