题目内容：

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式．

Speaking of talented  people ，  we will think of the young．  Mozart  created his first  piano concerto at 11．  Yet I can 't help  but draw much1.（ inspire） from those who succeeded at  an old age．2.（ give ） hope ， I am convinced that our dreams can come true if we  have faith3.ourselves  and  keep learning  and working for4.．

Consider the story of Mary Declany ， a 72﹣year﹣﹣old woman from the UK ， who invented a new art form  in the 1770s． On a visit to a friend ，  she  met two plant experts  who5.（ take） a trip with  an explorer through  the South  Pacific．   Interested  in  their work ，  she  picked  up a pair of6.（ scissor） and began making flower collages with cut paper．

7.surprised  us most  was  that  her works of  art  were  so unique and8. （value） that they were on display in the British Museum． There 's  the modern  versio9. （create）  our  lives ， without worrying about our age． And away from the mysterious world ， Colonel Sanders didn 't open  his first  KFC restaurant10.he was 62， while Fauja Singh ran his first marathon at 89．