Can adults be fluent in a second language?

Title says it all. Basically, I'm asking because I have been in the American school system, and they did not really start putting emphasis on language learning until after the ideal window of time to pick up a second language. I'm kind of feeling down because I have (reluctantly) decided to be a foreign language teacher, which demands a fluency test. I have failed this test four times now, and my friends abroad have told me (in brief) that it's fine, it's just that an adult can't really expect to be fluent in a new language.

Is there any truth to that?

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