Jiang Mengnan, a 30-year-old woman who was born in a small village of Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, received the 2021 Touching China Award.

She lost all her     1     (hear) due to misusing drugs when she was six months old. Since then, she has been living in a silent world, where she can only communicate with others by looking at their mouths and reading their lips. By doing so, Jiang     2     (final) was able to “listen” and “speak” in her own way.

Jiang’s parents,    3     are both teachers, love reading books and newspaper. It is because of their decision to encourage her     4     (learn) lip reading that Jiang could go further in her pursuit of study.

Jiang has always been strict with     5     (she). However, it’s not easy for her to “listen” to teachers in class like normal students. Therefore, most of the time she had to read what teachers write on the blackboard     6     continue to study by herself after class in order to keep up     7    others. In spite of this, she never attended any special education school.

Her     8     (determine) and perseverance later also earned her the admission to Jilin University, a prestigious (久负盛名的) college in China where she     9     (get) a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree.

“Make solid efforts for your goal and don’t worry about     10     (gain) and losses,” Jiang said. In September 2018, Jiang was admitted as a doctoral candidate in the School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University.