In the first year of lower secondary Nam had some (5) ____________ in learning English. His (6) ______ of English words was really bad and his English grammar was worse. He didn’t know how to improve it. One afternoon after the lesson, his English teacher told him (7) ____________ for her out of the classroom. She took him to school library and showed him cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in a glass bookcase. She told him how to use an English- English (8) _____________ to improve his English grammar. He made (9) _________ progress and only one year later. He (10) ____________ the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in his hometown. 5. A. words B. grades C. difficulties D. sounds 6. A. pronunciation B. pronunciations C. pronounce D. pronouncing 7. A. waited B. wait C. to wait D. not to wait 8. A. books B. atlas C. brochure D. dictionary 9. A. much B. many C. some D. no 10. A. had B. won C. knew D. gave