target，confidence，challenge，effort，progress，take part in，keep track of，look forward to，focus on，adapt...to，keep...company，lose heart

After checking in，Xie Lei left for London.It was the first time that she had left her motherland to study abroad and she was quiet excited and was full of hope.
    However，not everything went as smooth as she imagined.She had（1）

looked

looked

forward

forward

to

to

studying abroad as an exchange student but she was also very nervous actually.As a senior high school student abroad，it was a big （2）

challenge

challenge

for her study and life.Her biggest difficulty was English because she found it hard to（3）

keep

keep

track

track

of

of

what the teacher said.At first，she became confused and hesitated to speak English due to lacking （4）

confidence

confidence

.However，she didn't（5）

lose

lose

heart

heart

easily.In order to improve her English quickly，she not only （6）

took

took

part

part

in

in

some social activities to practice her English speaking and listening skills，but also she kept reading English day and night.Gradually，she made a little（7）

progress

progress

and she could （8）

adapt

adapt

herself

to

to

the new life abroad well.
    She shared her experience on her blog and encouraged everyone to be positive and never give up when faced with any difficulties.Just try to find solutions and take actions!