阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。Some people say it is not easy for a middle-aged person to learn a foreign language. But is it{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(real)true?
Several years ago, I worked for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}English newspaper which was doing such a research. They asked me to learn a new language for one month. Then I had to go to the country and do some "tests" {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(see)if I could "survive(挺过来)" in different situations.
I chose Spanish(西班牙语)and did a one-month course at a language school and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find)that some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}example, hola isn't very different from "hello". Of course, there are other things which are more difficult. In Spanish you have to change the verbs(动词)for each person. But my{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(big)problem of all was the pronunciation. I found {#blank#}7{#/blank#}was very difficult to pronounce some letters in Spanish, especially r and j. So I had to download {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(sentence)onto my phone and I listened and practised them again and again.
A month later I went to Spain. A Spanish teacher {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(call)Paula came and began the test. "Will I survive?" I wasn't sure enough but {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I wished I would!