六、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
"It is never too late and you are never too old to start studying something new!" said Ellen Rema. She began to learn English 1. the age of fifty.
Two years ago, because there were no evening classes in the area Ellen lived in, she chose to study online. She bought an English course on the internet.
Ellen began with some easy classes and studied 2. (real)hard. Her son always said, "Mum, you are a bit crazy." "He couldn't understand why I spent so many hours 3. (study), but I love it," she said. "Maybe I wanted to do too much in 4. short time. I finished all my courses in two years, but I found I still had many 5. (difficulty)with grammar."
She chose to continue instead of giving 6. . Now she is still studying in the online classroom. But to make her English better, she has set new goals for 7. (she).
"Studying online is never boring, but you need self-discipline," said Ellen. "8. you want to learn, try your best even though you face something difficult and when you think you haven't made any progress."
Ellen said studying English wasn't all about hard work. "It was 9. (interest). I really like the online conversation classrooms. I have learned so much about other cultures," she said.
"My life 10. (change)a lot by now. I am very thankful for the internet," said Ellen.
读后词汇拓展 猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思,并收入自己的小词典。
1. self-discipline 2. thankful

1. at 2. really 3. studying 4. a
5. difficulties 6. up 7. herself 8. If
9. interesting 10. has changed
读后词汇拓展
1. n. 自律能力 2. adj. 感激的

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合固定搭配、词性转换、动词时态、从句引导词等知识解题。思路：先通读短文理解大意，再逐空分析：1. 第1空考固定搭配“at the age of”；2. 第2空需用副词修饰副词hard，转换real为really；3. 第3空考“spend...doing sth”固定搭配；4. 第4空考“in a short time”固定搭配；5. 第5空many后接可数名词复数，转换difficulty为difficulties；6. 第6空考“give up”固定搭配；7. 第7空需用反身代词，对应主语she；8. 第8空引导条件状语从句，用If；9. 第9空修饰事物，用interesting；10. 第10空由by now用现在完成时，转换change为has changed；最后完成词汇拓展，根据词性和词义判断。
【解析】1. 固定搭配“at the age of”表示“在……岁时”，故填at；2. 此处修饰副词hard，需用形容词real的副词形式really，故填really；3. 固定搭配“spend + 时间 + (in) doing sth”表示“花费时间做某事”，故填studying；4. 固定搭配“in a short time”表示“在短时间内”，故填a；5. many后接可数名词复数，difficulty作“困难”讲时为可数名词，复数形式是difficulties，故填difficulties；6. 固定搭配“give up”表示“放弃”，符合语境，故填up；7. 主语为she，此处表示“为她自己”，需用反身代词herself，故填herself；8. 此处引导条件状语从句，意为“如果”，故填If；9. 此处修饰事物（学习这件事），需用形容词interesting（有趣的），故填interesting；10. 由时间状语by now可知，句子用现在完成时，主语my life为单数，故填has changed；读后词汇拓展：1. self-discipline是名词，意为“自律能力”；2. thankful是形容词，意为“感激的”。
【答案】1.at 2.really 3.studying 4.a 5.difficulties 6.up 7.herself 8.If 9.interesting 10.has changed；读后词汇拓展：1.n. 自律能力 2.adj. 感激的
【知识点】固定搭配、词性转换、动词时态
【点评】本题围绕终身学习主题，考查英语基础语法知识，贴近生活，侧重对核心知识点的应用，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5