Question

nothing,silent,examine,see,hardly,annoy,excited,mind,hear，push,bark,happy 

  I'm Laurie. I would love to be like all the other children. But I was not. I didn't 1.        well.

 "What did you say?" I often had to ask. And my friends had to repeat 2.         .

  "Laurie can't hear. Laurie can't hear," they sometimes sang. That made me feel 3.       .

  On the playground,I often played alone. The other children didn't have any trouble with their hearing,and it 4.        them when I didn't understand them. I felt I didn't belong.

  My dog Laika did understand me. He knew I didn't hear well. He didn't 5.        that. When he wanted to say something,he 6.      his head against my leg.

  Mom took me to see an ear doctor last weekend. After 7.        my ears,he gave me hearing aids (助听器) .You can 8.        see them.

  They hang behind my ears. And in my ears is a little piece of plastic.

  Now I can hear like all the other children. And I can hear when Laika 9.       . It's all new for me. But sometimes I just turn them off because I miss the 10.        of before.

  I'm lucky that I have my hearing aids to hear with and some friends to play with. Now I feel I belong!

Answer 1

1. hear   2. everything   3. unhappy   4. annoyed

5. mind   6. pushed

7. examining   8. hardly

9. barks   10. silence