I. Read the passage. Then choose one suitable word to fill in the gaps. (2.0 points)
I started (1)_______ English when I was 14 years old after five years of studying Russian. In the (2)_______ I encountered some difficulties learning the language, but I tried my (3)_______ to overcome them. Firstly, my English pronunciation was (4)_______ by the way I spoke Russian. To solve this problem, I practiced by listening to tapes in English every day. I played the tape, stopped after each sentence, and (5)_______ the sentence several times. At school, I joined an English speaking club which (6)_________by a teacher from Britain. She understood my difficulty and helped me very much in improving my pronunciation. Secondly, I found it really hard to learn English vocabulary. In Russian, the way you write the word is the way you pronounce it. However, English spelling is often (7)_______ from its pronunciation. To get over this difficulty I started using the dictionary. Whenever I learnt a new word, I looked it (8) _______ carefully in the dictionary. Then I tried to remember the way to read and write the word. After that, I wrote the word down several (9)_______ in a notebook. Gradually, I got (10)_______ to the spelling system of the language. Now I’m confident that my English has become much better.
Question 1: A. getting B.learning C.writing D.reading
Question 2: A. start B.beginning C.end D.begin
Question 3: A. most B.self C.best D.hard
Question 4: A. effected B.given C.affected D.reflected
Question 5: A. said B.told C.spoke D.repeated
Question 6: A. organise B.was organised C. organising D. are organised
Question 7: A. different B.the same C.far D.differ
Question 8: A. down B.on C.out D.up
Question 9: A. way B.ways C.times D.lines
Question 10: A .used B.remembered C.well D.attracted