阅读下面短文 ，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
I started to learn English at the age of seven. The experience ofsinging and chatting ______ English gave me the feeling that Englishis a beautiful language, ______ can bring people a lot of joy. At that time,English was indeed a very good friend to me. After I ______ (上学)middle school, I began to find English learning wasn’t so ______.In fact, I had to be as hard-working as o     fellow students,but I ______ (不能) to make any greater progress. I was about togive up my English study ______ I met Miss Wang, a kind teacher,who encouraged me to p     more. With her help, I took part inEnglish competitions and won many p    . Since then Englishhas absolutely been one of my ______（最喜欢的）subjects.