题目内容：

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Everyone will have some difficulties in his life. I once had a very terrible childhood because of my ___1._____. And a man changed me and my life.

Before I was five years old, I didn’t have any hair. I feared that other children would laugh at me, so I didn’t like to play ___2.___ with them. I just stood by the window and watched them play. I felt lonely all the time but I wasn’t brave enough to go out of my own world. I saw an old man walking on the playground every day. He was not good-looking. As he passed by, children always laughed at him. The old man just looked at them, _____3.____ any words.

I was angry with the children. I asked my brother, “Brother, don’t those children fear that the old man will beat them? ” My brother just said, “That’s not a problem. The old man ____4.____ hear or speak.”

One evening, I played on the playground alone and the old man came again. I smiled and asked him, “Hi, what’s the time?” The old man looked at his watch. “It’s five thirty.” I was surprised, “You can hear and speak?” “Yes”, the old man smiled, “Don’t _____5.___ about your hair, because it will grow when you grow up!”

I was happy. He was the ____6.___ man to encourage me not to mind my hair. ______7.____ then, I’ve decided to try to make friends. ___8.______, kids were very friendly to me. And I wasn’t lonely any more. The man and his words are like a light, making my life bright.