practice every day and make a record of your achievements. You will enjoy learning English, and you will feel more confidence in yourself.

1. To feel positive about learning English means _______.

A. if you are patient, you will learn

B. you can understand everything all at once

C. if you make mistakes, you can learn from your mistakes

D. if you believe you can learn, you will learn

2. _____ follows in addition.

A. More information B. The same information

C. The result D. The opposite information

3. When you learn English, you do not need to ______.

A. be patient B. make mistakes

C. express your ideas in English D. understand everything all at once

4. What is not helpful for you to enjoy learning English?

A. To communicate in English.

B. To worry about taking risks.

C. To think about what has been done after each class.

D. To make a record of the achievements.

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. It is very important to learn a second language.

B. Some people learn a second language easily. Other people do not.

C. There are ways to help you learn a second language more easily.

D. Don't worry about taking risks when learning a second language.

Marx could read all the leading European languages and write in three: German, French and English. He liked to repeat the saying: "A foreign language is a weapon in the struggle of life." He took up the study of Russian when he was already 50 years old, and in six months he knew it well enough to get pleasure from reading Russian books.

In spite of the late hour when Marx went to bed, he was always up between eight and nine in the morning. He had some black coffee, read through his newspapers and then went to his study.