Nowadays， lots of foreigners are learning Chinese． Like many of them， I

（1）　　 knew two words of Chinese （"Ni Hao" and "Xie Xie"） when I first came to Beijing， China in 2009． As you can guess， my life was（2）　　       for a while after I arrived． Simple tasks like ordering food or taking a taxi were quite stressful．

    I knew I had to learn more Chinese， so I（3）　　       a Chinese class． My teacher   was（4）　　   ， although I didn't learn enough to have a real conversation． Later I   studied on my own as well， but my progress was still slow． And I decided to （5）　　．

    Around this time， I started playing in a band with a Chinese man who became one of my best friends in Beijing． He taught me a lot of（6）　　    about music， such as "melody"． He learned a lot of English from me in return， so it was a good way to（7）　　 language and culture．

I have learned enough Chinese to （8）　　     many problems like booking train tickets． These days， there are more foreigners who are studying Chinese． I can（9）　　why it's an amazing language． Finally， I found that the best way to learn a

（10）　　 is to make friends with native speakers and spend time with them．

（1）A． usually	B． only	C． hardly
（2）A． easy	B． interesting	C． difficult
（3）A． missed	B． attended	C． taught
（4）A． helpful	B． cheerful	C． thankful
（5）A． make up	B． put up	C． give up
（6）A． words	B． names	C． jokes
（7）A． change	B． imagine	C． exchange
（8）A． deal with	B． look for	C． think of
（9）A． hope	B． realize	C． doubt
（10）A． language	B． subject	C． task

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