根据汉语提示，写出单词或者短语的正确形式完成下面的句子。
小题1:My son is ____________ about collecting car models.  (对…热心)
小题2:The book gave us a vivid               of the war. (描述)
小题3:It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the               week. (先前的)
小题4:I deeply ____________ your kindness in coming so far to meet me. (感激)
小题5:During our conversation, I realized he was trying to ____________ the topic. (躲避)
小题6:She looked up his telephone number in the phone book to _________________ that she had got it right. (确定)
小题7:Jack breaks the ice during the conversation by _________________ sometimes. (讲笑话)
小题8:You are ________________ and you will succeed in the end if you keep moving like this. (取得进步)
小题9:“The interests shall ___________________ five parts, according to the agreement made by both sides,” declared the judge. (划分)
小题10:There is only ten minutes to go. We can’t wait any more, ___________________, we should start at once. (换言之)