Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her ________.

“Early on I decided not to allow the opinions of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began ________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the ________ my passion for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my ________ Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ________ of it and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never left me.

“My ________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to hear music ________ from others. I can tell the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my imagination. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every ________ that I have.

“I decided to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I ________ to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had done this before and some teachers were against my admission. Based on my performance, I was finally ________ and went to graduate with the academy's highest honours.

“After that, I established myself as the ________ full-time solo percussionist. I wrote and arranged a lot of musical compositions since ________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. ________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't ________ that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be ________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”

A few years ago, LaQuista Erinna’s son, Jackson, was diagnosed with autism (自闭症). Erinna had always noticed Jackson was _________ to everyday things. But the most difficult thing was getting a(n) _________. “Usually I have to do some coaching to get him in the chair and he will put on his headphones.” Erinna explained. The stress was so _________ for her, so she decided to stop taking him to the barber.

“We went almost two years with no haircuts. People would always comment on how _________ his hair was,” Erinna remembered. “It was really _________ for me. I was trying to protect my baby, but I just had to develop some tough skin.”

Ultimately, Erinna found a _________ named Ree and things seemed to be possible. Ree has been able to do things _________.

However, things went _________ at the beginning one day. “We got caught in traffic. He left his headphones. We hadn’t had lunch. It was just like a series of _________ events,” Erinna said.

Jackson __________ to get in the barber’s chair. He started running around the shop. Erinna was about to __________ and call it a day, but Ree encouraged her to __________. Then Ree noticed Jackson’s Super Mario Bro shirt and told him that he needed to save Mario by making sure no hair got on Mario.

At last, Ree managed to get Jackson to sit down. She talked to him throughout the entire process and turned the haircut into a __________, encouraging him to protect Mario to keep him engaged.

“It just __________ me so much,” Erinna said. “When the haircut was complete, Jackson was like, ‘Well, can we go back tomorrow and play again?’”

It __________ a lot to Erinna that Ree took the time to figure out a way to give Jackson a haircut that day. She shared a video online, which has gotten millions of views.

Last summer I went on a two-day river rafting trip with my teenage daughter as the river guide.I was proud to see my baby girl_______and confidently moving our raft through a variety of_______white-water conditions.I also found it ashamed to have my daughter giving commands and barking_______as to when and how to paddle(用桨划船）．

As we approached the largest rapid(急流）on the river I could feel my heart beating faster.Upon_______the turbulent(湍急的）water,our boat got_______on a large rock.I was in the front of the boat and reached forward with my paddle,thinking I would help _______ us away from the rock.In the next instant I could feel myself falling out of the boat and into the river.I did have my moments of_______and terror.

This resistance disappeared quickly,as I landed in the cold, powerfully turbulent water._______my high-quality flotation vest,I was pulled underwater,_______thankfully,within seconds I popped(冒出）back up to the surface.A few moments later one of the other trip leaders called for me to________toward his boat,where I was quickly pulled up and in.I was shaken,out of breath,and quite________to be out of the turbulent water.

An equivalent of this experience happens all the time in our lives.This is life.You cannot count on things going________.When we do,we often________disappointed and unhappy.Resisting________,which often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly,keeps us from ________ the scenario(可能要发生的事）unfolding before us clearly, and it can keep us from acting in ways that are smart and effective and that lead to results that make us feel good and proud of ourselves.