五、语法填空。
Jiang Shumei, born in 1937, spent most of her time working in a factory. In 1996, she learned her 21. ______ (one) Chinese character(汉字). Sixteen later, she started to write down some of her 22. ______ (story). It was not easy, completing a single sentence. Sometimes, it take a day. She 23. ______ (usual) at 3 or 4 a.m., and revised(修改) them several times until she was satisfied.
In 2013, her book, Time of Trouble of Poverty, was published and it was 24. ______success. The book earned Jiang a lot of sympathy(同情). “Don’t feel sorry for me,” says to her fans. “The 25. ______ (difficult) mentioned in the book are now past. 26. ______ them, I could never finished this book.”
So far, the elderly woman 27. ______ (write) six books. They are more than 6000 characters in length. “It’s never too late. I enjoy 28. ______ (I) when writing,” Jiang says. She lives a healthy life, exercising every and 29. ______ eating a balanced diet. “If I can live as long as 130, would you still say that it’s too late for me 30. ______ (start) at 60?” she says jokingly.