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Adrian's "Amazing Race" started early when his parents realized he couldn't hear a thing, not even loud noises. At a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的),he learned  ___1__ language and had
to __2___ with other disabled children. However, the  ___3__ of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a(an)  __4_life. After speaking to an advisor,
she sent him to private classes __5__ he learned to lip-read and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian's parents __6__ to send him to a regular school. The headmaster tried to prevent
them from doing so, __7__regular school couldn't take care of a special needs student. His parents were
determined to __8__ and pushed him hard to go through his work every day __9__ they wanted to prove that, __10__ the opportunity, Adrian could do anything. Adrian made the grade and was __11__.It was a big challenge. The pace(节奏) was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention
to  the teacher, ___12__wasn't always easy. But he___13__ it and did a lot of extra work after school.
The ___14__made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good __15__and got
into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in his life __16__ school. He developed a love __17___ the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06, __18___ the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible __19__ one of the most important lessons
from his mother.
"If you ___20__ yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results," she often said.
(     )1. A. sign
(     )2. A. mix
(     )3. A. view
(     )4. A. common
(     )5. A. that
(     )6. A. thought
(     )7. A. lying
(     )8. A. insist on
(     )9. A. because
(     )10. A. having given
(     )11. A. fired
(     )12. A. it
(     )13. A. stuck to
(     )14. A. affords
(     )15. A. aims
(     )16. A. outside
(     )17. A. to
(     )18. A. achieved
(     )19. A. out of
(     )20. A. leave out

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