题目内容：

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）。

afraid   start   hardly    progress   with    speak   either   understand   help    laugh

Last year, I had a difficult time in my English class. To begin   1.  , it wasn’t easy for me   2.   what the teacher said-she  3.   too fast, and I could   4.  follow. I was also   5.   of speaking in class because I thought I would   6.  at.. I couldn’t make complete sentences,   7.. Then I   8. to watch English programs on TV. It  9.  a lot. Now, I have made great   10.  and I even got an A in the last exam!