Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

My name is Aimi. I’m in the sixth grade at a secondary school in Tokyo. I like learning Mathematics because it (22) _______ me to develop my thinking. I spend much of my time (23) _______ Maths exercises. I often get marks 9 and 10 in Maths tests. I don’t like English because remembering English words and structures (24) _______ very difficult for me. But I think I have to work (25) _______ at English. My teacher encourages me a lot. She gives me some English books, and she shows me how (26) _______  words better. I hope that my English will be better in the second semester.

I like learning Mathematics because it (22) _______ me to develop my thinking.