题目内容：

词语运用。

阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。每个词只能用一词，每空限用一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。其中有两个是多余选项。（10分）

life, other, nothing, obey, give, strong, happy, then, leaf, hardly, when, laugh

Once the colors quarreled: all said that they were the best and the most important.

Green said “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope.I was chosen for grass, ____1.____, trees--without me, all animals would die."

Blue interrupted “You only think about the Earth, but look at the sky and sea.It provides the water for people. The water is the basis of life. Without me, you would all be ____2.____."

Yellow ___3.___ at them.” The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Ever time you look at a sunflower; the whole world starts to smile. Without me, there would be no fun."

Orange started. “I am the color of health and strength. When I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, I’m so beautiful that no one ___4.__ another thought to any of you."

Red could stand it no longer. He shouted out "I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood! ____5.___ blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon!"

Purple spoke with proud voice “I am the color of royalty(王权)and power. People do not question me. They ___6.____."

Finally, Indigo(靛蓝色)spoke much more quietly than all the ____7.___,"Think of me. I am the color of silence. You ____8.__ notice me, but without me, you all become superficial(浅薄的).You need me for balance and compare."

All the colors went on quarreling louder and __9.___. Suddenly there was a flash of bright lightening! Then rain started to pour down. The colors were so feared and get together for one. When people saw them and said “What a beautiful rainbow! That’s the most beautiful scenery we have seen!” When they heard this, they were very ____10.____.Then they knew they all act a special purpose. So whenever a good rain washes the world and a rainbow appears in the sky. Let us remember to appreciate one another.