阅读下面短文,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Zhu Yanjun won the second place in the Chinese Poetry Competition for his excellent poetry skills.
Born in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} village in Jingning County, Gansu Province, Zhu only received primary and middle school education. His love for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( read) poetry and books came from his Chinese teacher who has published many {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( article) in magazines."I also wanted to published stories, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I started to read," he told China Daily.
Although Zhu left school so early, he didn't stop his poetic journey. He worked {#blank#}5{#/blank#} more than 10 cities. Whenever he got to a city, he visited the bookstores and libraries there. He took a notebook to write down paragraphs from books and recite(背诵){#blank#}6{#/blank#}( they).
Most of his favorite poems from the Tang Dynasty, and some of them{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( write) by Chairman Mao Zedong. Why? Because he found them easy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( remember). Over the years, he has read thousands of poems and he can recite more than 1,000 of them now.
Reading poetry {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( help) Zhu stay calm and he never complains about hard work." Whenever I face any difficulty, I think of a famous saying‘ Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it'," he told China Daily.
Zhu's children were {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( interest) in poetry too. They were accepted into universities in different cities.