My first time taking part in the English corner was very interesting.  I went there with my classmate, who also wanted to  ___36______his spoken English . We agreed with each other that if we couldn`t find ___37_____person to join us , we could at least talk with each other in English . At the same time we could also encourage each other . At the beginning , ___38____of us talked actively with the other people , but then we met an American teacher . He was ___39_____and invited us to join his group . We attended their discussion , ___40____we didn`t say anything , either . The American __41_____was very surprised and said , “Anything is OK, If you don`t say anything , __42____do you come here ?”

     The second time I attended the English corner , I felt more ___43_____..I first invited a girl whose spoken English was very good  After talking , I knew she learned English all by herself . She was busy ___44____in a company , but she came to the English corner every week . She said I would __45____in the end if I persisted(坚持)in practicing it .

Now my English is very good !

（   ）36. A. speak  B. say  C. learn  D improve

（   ）37.A. other   B. many C. another  D. no

（   ）38.A .both   B any   C. neither  D. either

（   ）39.A. happy B .excited C. surprised D. nice

（   ）40.A. and  B. but  C. or  D. so 

（   ）41. A. classmate B. teacher C. doctor D scientist

（   ）42.A . why  B. when C. where D. how

（   ）43. A. embarrassed B. confident C. careful D. honest

（   ）44.A. working B. living C. learning D. speaking

（   ）45.A.speak  B. do  C. succeed  D. understand