READ THE PARAGRAPH AND CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE ANSWER A ,B ,C OR D FOR EACH OF THE GAPS.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 (6)_______ WAS ORGANISED 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