During the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Deng Xiaolan _________ 44 children to the center of the stage. The children caught the world’s attention with their beautiful _________. The story behind the choir (合唱团) is also _________   .

Deng Xiaolan was born in Fuping, Hebei Province. Although she later left that place, Fuping was always on her mind. In 2003, she _________   Fuping and met with a group of children from Malan village. Deng _________   that the children sing a song together. However, her suggestion got no _________ . After chatting with them, she was _________ to learn that there were no music teachers in their school.

At that time, Fuping was a poor county. Students had no_________ to learn music. Deng decided to _________   music and became the first music teacher in the village school.

Deng collected __________   musical instruments like violins and guitars from her workmates and friends. She also founded a choir to teach the students to__________   and play musical instruments. Through music she helped the students develop a love for their hometown. She believed music can __________ endless possibilities for their lives.

Sun Zhixue, one student of Deng’s, __________   for a master’s degree in music education. “When we were young, Teacher Deng was like a beam (束) of __________   that lit up our lives. She was my role model. I’ll work in the countryside like her to __________   the children’s world with music,” Sun said.

I believe what my grandmother taught me: “Nothing bad happens without something good coming of it. ”

For years   I completely _______ this saying. Being _______, I   thought of it as a “when one door closes another opens” kind of thing. Only recently, after a long period of _______ times do I understand the true meaning of my grandmother’s saying.

The first difficult wave came when my first child was born with a heart disease, requiring an open-heart _______ when she was only seven months old. Another was needed when she was two.

Our business _______ bad times, just when we were _______ with a flood of medical bills. _______ my husband started having back pain that left him unable to move for months. Finally our family was under great economic(经济的) _______ .

We’ve spent a few years_______from the ruins( 废墟 ) of our dreams and hopes, and through it all I’ve __________ begun to understand what this saying had to teach me. It wasn’t about opportunity at all. It wasn’t about doors __________. For me, it is about what comes into being __________ the ruins at our feet.

It’s not a __________sweeping change in my nature( 本 性 ). Instead, it’s the building of small things. Today I face each day with three new abilities: modesty, simplicity, and thankfulness. This is the __________that has come from the pounding(猛烈撞击) surf of the last few years.

The good that comes, is our ability to __________ and adapt. In the remains left by misfortune, I’ve learned new skills to deal with my __________ world. Over time I am better able to __________ the pounding of the waves, and __________ learn to enjoy the beauty of the surf.

I would be lying if I didn’t say we’ve been __________enough, and that I don’t desire __________ tides.

But I know that through it all, my abilities will grow and the good will come.

When my daughter Adriana was seven, she was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD强迫症）and anxiety disorder. Adriana suddenly became very_______,and the playful,giggling girl stopped existing.My husband and I could see that Adriana was_______but couldn't give her a hug because she was afraid to be_______.Even our dog learned not to go around her because it_______her.

When no one was able to help, I knew it was up to me to find a_______. I started out small by encouraging Adriana to poke(戳）me to see that_______bad would happen, and after a while,she_______it and found that it turn out fine._______，we had pokes instead of hugs. That first step developed_______that helped her try walking on the floor with________feet, trust that she didn't have to wet her clothes to________the germs around her, and trust that she could go to school without feeling________. When I say it took time, I mean it took years, but one by one, she faced her fears.

I made sure she knew that OCD was the same as any other illness and she was never to feel bad about it, but to keep working at getting________.When she was ready ,we encouraged her to________it, because that would make her stronger and help others understand too.

Adriana is now 23-years-old.She________has OCD and anxiety,but has learned to deal with them.Overcoming them has given Adriana________and self-acceptance that is beautiful to see. It's been an amazingly________journey, but she was never alone in it.

Today Adriana keeps poking me once in a while, but not because she can't________me. There are plenty of hugs to go around, but now it's a________thing between the two of________us; a of where she's been and how far she's come.