请用适当的词完成下面的短文,并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。 
Last winter holiday,I visited a village with only 11 houses. __71__ the village was very small, I spent a whole day in it.
The village became popular because __72__ Grandpa Huang's hard work. He bought a house there over 30 years __73__, but in 2010 the village was to be pulled down. In order to save the old village, Grandpa Huang painted on the walls of __74__ own house and other houses. He painted things that he liked. In the village, there were many paintings of __75 __, such as cats and birds. The most popular paintings for visitors were of famous people. One of them was a picture of Andy. He and my __76__ singer. I liked him so much that I asked a visitor to __77__ a photo of that painting and me. On the ground of the village, Grandpa Huang has painted __78__ lot of well-known Chinese sayings. From them, Grandpa Huang learned to live a long and happy __79__.
I really had a good time in the village __80__ wished to visit it again.
【答案与解析】
71．Although/Though    此句的前后内容之间存在让步关系，故用表示让步关系的although和though。此句意为“虽然这个村子很小，但我在里面度过了一天的时光。”
72. of     短语because of意为“因为，由于”，后接名词（短语）、代词或动名词等。Grandpa Huang's hard work是名词短语。
73. ago    结合语境可推知，此处指在30多年前，黄爷爷在那里买了一所房子。ago意为“以前，以往”，与一般过去时连用。
74. his    结合空格后的“own house and other houses”可推知，此处指黄爷爷他自己的房子，故用his。
75. animals    结合空格后的“such as cats and birds”，此处指很多动物的画。
76. favo(u)rite    结合下一句“I liked him so much that I asked a visitor to... a photo of that painting and me.”可推知，Andy是“我”最喜爱的歌手。
77. take    短语take a photo of...意为“给……拍照片”。此处指给“我”和那幅画拍一张照片。
78. a    短语a lot of意为“很多”。
79. life    结合上一句可推知，黄爷爷从这些中国谚语中学习去过长寿且幸福的生活。live a long and happy life意为“过着长寿且幸福的生活”。
80. and    and在此处表示并列，连接两个并列的谓语动词。