Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank.
I was very excited to know that I was going to Australia for a study tour (1)_______ four months. I didn't think (2)______ the problems of speaking English until I met my host family. At first, I couldn't communicate (3)_______ them because my English was so bad. All the eight years I had been learning English wasn't much used at all because we didn't have real practice at school. Even (4)_________ my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn't. My problem is pronouncing 'l' and 'n'. For (5) _______, I wanted to tell them that " I have lots of homework today ", but I said " I have note of homework today", so they misunderstood me. My host mum (6)_________ me a lot by correcting my bad pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to (7)____________ when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After four months, my English was (8)_______ better. Apart from English, I learnt to make my (9)________ breakfast and lunch. I had to rice a bicycle to school every day. I went swimming and tired sailing. Sometimes I also tired skiing. It was wonderful. But (10)_____ most valuable thing was that I learnt to be by myself and to be independent.
I was very excited when I knew I was going to New Zealand (1)____with____ I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (2)____example____ I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate (3)____myself____ them because my English was so bad. All the eight years I had been learning English wasn’t much use at all, because we didn’t have real practice at school. Even (4)____because____ my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is pronouncing ‘‘L” and ‘‘R”. For (5)_____much___ , New Zealand people often asked ‘‘What do you eat in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said ‘‘We eat lice”. My host mum (6)____the____ me a lot by correcting my pronunciation. I usually practised by talking to (7)________ when I had a shower, so no one could hear me. After four months my English was (8)___own_____ better. Apart from English I learnt to make my (9)____though____ breakfast and lunch. I had to ride a bike to school every day. I went swimming and tried water-skiing and sailing. It was wonderful. But (10)____helped____ most valuable thing was that I learnt to be myself and to be independent.
