根据句意和首字母提示填空，完成下列句子。 1. A poor memory f______ her efforts to become an actress. 2. I'm too e______ to say anything. 3. Can you always understand s______ English? 4. I want some s______ about what to do next. 5. Reading more books is h______ for learning Chinese. 6. He's used to reading the poem a______. 7. The teacher spoke highly of him because he made few m______ in the exam. 8. My math is not good enough. So I want to i______ it. 9. I had a long c______ with your teacher just now. 10. The book has a great i______ on his life. 11. The boy b______ very well at the party last night. 12. A teacher's work is often c______ to a candle. 13. He c______ me to play another tennis game. 14. I don't know how to s______ the difficult problem. Can you help me? 15. He stayed at home i______ of going to school all day.